Covenant Recording Studio is located in Kansas City, Missouri. We are very dedicated to delivering a high quality product at a great value. Our goal is to offer world- class music production in a variety of musical genres. We are prepared to record and produce projects that will meet a variety of needs from local bands to major labels. Covenant is committed to give your project the edge that it needs to be noticed in the industry... and that you'll never want to go anywhere else to get it done.
Brandon Paddock is the house producer and mixing engineer. He was the producer for the band, Josephine Collective, until they were later signed by Warner Brothers. Paddock went to LA to help engineer on their full- length project with producer John Feldmann (Goldfinger, Hillary Duff, Lost Prophets, Story of the Year, and The Used). Brandon has just finished recording, engineering, mixing and producing a track, here at Covenant Recording, for Josephine Collective's new CD that will be released by Warner Brothers in early 2008 titled, "We Are the Air."
Brandon has also produced and engineered for other local bands in KC such as; Queens Club, Flee The Seen, Jimmy Allen (formerly of Puddle of Mudd), Virtuosity, Autumn In Repair, The American Life, Chasing 7, Mi Corazon Negro, The Voice Issue, and John Goolsby."
Recently, 2007 Grammy nominated artists' Leeland recorded at Covenant prior to their tour with Casting Crowns.
The house drum and guitar technician, Tyler Chiarelli, is a recording and production assistant who is in charge of the set up for the guitars and drums at each session. He has professional experience in teching many different instruments and has worked as a personal guitar tech for Jimmy Allen from Puddle of Mudd. He also works as a professional guitar and drum tech at one of the most established backline companies in the Midwest. Tyler is an excellent and very versatile musician who has an exceptional amount of professional experience in tuning and teching drums, guitar and many other instruments.
Brandon and Tyler are extremely dedicated to finding the exact sounds you are looking for. Between the two of them, they have spent countless hours listening, researching, experimenting and reproducing professional sounds in many different genres and styles. We have a diverse list of equipment that they use so that they can be prepared to give you the sound you need. Here is a list of our current equipment:
Covenant is now pleased to welcome our newest team member, Aaron Crawford as a new producer/engineer/tech at our studio. Aaron is the drummer for Flee The Seen, and head of Poor Boy Productions.
Covenant Recording Gear List:
4/28/08
DRUMS:
All drum heads changed will be changed and tuned prior to each session.
Snare drum heads will be changed on the hour.
Gretsch Drum Kit:
20, 22, 24 Kick drums
10, 12, 13 Rack Toms
14, 16, 18 Floor Toms
DW Drum Kit:
22 Kick Drum
10, 12 Rack Toms
14 Floor Tom
Yamaha Steve Gadd 30th Anniversary Signature Drum Kit:
22 Kick Drum
10, 12, 14, 16 Mounted Toms
Drum Hardware:
DW 9000 Double Tom Stands (5)
DW Cymbal Stands (10)
(Misc. DW cymbal attachments, arms, clamps & other accessories are available.)
9000 / 5000 Double & Single Pedals
9000 / 5000 Hi-Hat
Snare Drums:
Ocheltree 14x6 Steel
Paiste 2002 Limited Edition Ocheltree 13x5 Brass
1970's 14x5 Ludwig Black Beauty
Steve Gadd Signature Snare Line (3 Different Models)
Dave Weckl 13x5 Maple
Dave Weckl 14x5 Stainless
Tama Kenny Aronoff 14x5 Black Beauty
Cymbals:
A wide selection of Zildjian, Sabian and Paiste cymbals including prototypes, & one offs.
This selection includes Zildjian K Series, K Custom, A Series, A Custom, Hand Hammered, Constantinople, Sabian AA Series, HHX and Evolution Series, Paiste 2002 Series & Paiste Signature Series
Guitars:
Collings I 35 Boutique 335
Collings D 2HG Boutique HD - 35 German Top Acoustic
Tom Anderson Classic Boutique Stratocaster
Gibson Les Paul Loaded w/ Lindy Fralin PAF Pickups
1986 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24
1998 Paul Reed Smith Standard 24
Gretsch Country Gentleman
Tom Anderson Hollow T Classic Boutique Telecaster
Don Grosh Retro Classic
Fender Relic 52 Tele
1979 Fender P Bass
Ernie Ball Musicman Bass
Carter Pedal Steel Guitar
Guitar Pedals:
Pedal Board Custom wired By TJC Custom Pedal Boards (There is nothing better.)
Pete Cornish Line Driver
Ernie Ball Volume
Fulltone Wah
Keeley Compressor (2 Knob)
Xotic AC Booster
Chicago Iron Octavian
Arion Chorus (Moded By Xotic)
Boss Reverb
Gigga Delay
Space Echo
Electro Harmonix Memory Man
Electro Harmonix Poly Octave Generator
Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe
Voodoo Labs Pedal Power
George L Cables
Guitar AMPS:
Divided By 13 FTR-37- Matching 2-12 Cab:
Your favorite Fender Reverb for a clean to refined Marshall crunch in the click channel.
Divided By 13 LDW- 17/39 Matching Cab:
AMAZING overdrive for the PUREST clean sound; this amp kills all the way across the board, from Les Paul rhythm to Stratocaster picking.
Divided By 13 JRT- 9/15:
This amp has a very simple control panel, that once learned yields a tremendous variety of incredible tones that are extremely thick, but at the same time have great clarity and definition.
Divided By 13 RSA-31 Matching Cab:
One of the best tones of the Vox AC-30 in a 2 channel studio head.
Marshall 1971 Super Lead:
The classic Marshall Rock tones...this is the real deal.
Greer Thunderbolt 30 - Matching Cab
Guitar Cabinets - (4x12's):
Marshall 1971 Basket Weave (Greenback Loaded)
Bogner (Vintage 30 Loaded)
Germino (Greenback Loaded)
Bass Cabinet:
Ampeg 8x10
Keys:
Yamaha Motif ES 8 - (Plus Ivory & countless other virtual instruments in ProTools.)
Alesis Quadrasynth Plus
Hammond C3 Organ
Leslie Model 122
Pro Tools 7.3:
HD 3 Accel Rig On Mac Pro Quad Core 3.0 GhZ w/ 9 Gigs Of Ram w/ Tons Of Plug-ins From:
Digidesign, Waves, McDSP, Massey, Bombfactory, Antares, Soundtoys, Synchro Arts, Chandler, & many more!
Reason 3.0
Sony Acid Pro 6.0
Preamps:
Universal Audio 6176 (2)
Universal Audio 4110
Vintech Audio X73i (2)
Chandler LTD-1 (2)
Vintech Audio 473
ATI 8M (2)
MICS:
Shure SM 7
Shure Sm57 (9)
Shure Sm81 (2)
Neumann KM 184 (Matched Pair)
Telefunkens M16 MK2 (Matched Pair)
Royer 122 x2 (Matched Pair)
Shure KSM 32 (2)
Sennheiser 421 (6)
AKG 414 (2)
Coles 4038 (Matched Pair)
Korby Kat 4 Tube Mic System w/ Hand Tuned U67, U47, Elam 251, & C12 Capsules
Shure Beta 52 (2)
AKG D112 (2)
Yamaha Sub Kick
AKG C 460
Sennheiser 609 (2)
Shure Beta 58 (5)
Shure Beta 98
AKG C 408 (4)
Studio Monitors:
A Pair Of Tannoy System 600
A Pair Of Tannoy System 12
A Pair Of KRK Rockit 5's
Mic Stands:
K&M (30)
Cables:
Canare
Mogami
Pete Cornish – (Used by Jimmy Paige, Paul McCartney, John Shanks, Pink Floyd, etc…)
OTHER FEATURES:
We have a large control room with 2 acoustically designed tracking rooms. We also have specially designed gobos built to create smaller spaces for vocals/tight guitars, whatever the project calls for.
If you are interested in recording your project with Covenant, contact us through MySpace, or by emailing us at [email protected]. We are ready to show you why we are "More than just a studio."
