Tom Durack - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am a music recording, mixing & mastering engineer and over the years I've been lucky enough to work on hit records for artists all over the world: The B-52's , They Might Be Giants , Ethel , NiNa , GLAY , Cocco , Etienne Daho , and Les Valentins , to name a few. I also work in the film world, notably with composer Howard Shore on his scores for The Last Mimzy and Martin Scorcese's The Departed.
When I'm not on the road, I record & mix in studios throughout NYC and also mix & master at ElevenFifteen Studio, my own Pro Tools room. From there and via the internet, I handle a wide variety of projects for my clientele worldwide.
If you'd like to work with me but a full-on studio project is not an option, let's talk about me mixing or mastering your music remotely via the internet. I do the work here but you evaluate it in the familiarity of your own listening environment - your studio, your home, your car ... wherever you're comfortable and trust what you're hearing. It's a great way of working and I have many happy clients who find the process simple, convenient, and efficient.
Recent projects:
Mastering the debut album from Black Bunny
Mastered the EP Meeting Of The Saint Louis County League of Volunteer Astronauts; Excerpts From The Keynote Address for The Alrights
Mastered the album Missing Briefcase for Alex Arrowsmith
Mastered the single What A Wonderful World for Miyavi
Mixed the album Rivals for We Tigers
Mastered the album Songs For Today's Attention Span for Dave Jay
Mastered the album Oh, The Humanity for Kat Hayman
Mastered the album Todomachi no Kanojo for Uranino
Mixed the song Island of Distress for Jerome Soligny
Mixed half of and mastered the album Maracatuniversal for Nation Beat
Recorded and mixed the song Generous Heart for Lou Reed
Mastered the eponymous debut EP from Civilized Tears
Mastered the eponymous debut album from Say Hello to Symphony
Mastered the album Androgyny Is In for Channel
Mastered the single Kattobase for Harvesta
Mixed Vieux Farka TourÃ© 's cover of "Bullet the Blue Sky" for the Africa U2 Project
Mastered the album Spots for All Night Chemists
Mastered the album September Songs: Music for Film for Greg Pliska
Mix consultations on the album The Else for They Might Be Giants
Coproduced and engineered the album Light for Ethel
Mastered the EP Filthy Mandibles for Animandible
Mixed two songs on the album I'm in Crinoline for Amy Kohn
Coproduced and engineered the album Here On Out for Cordis
Coproduced and engineered the album Open Doors for Crescent and Frost
Mastered the album Songs from the Deep Sleep for Brandon Wilde
Mastered the album Makes You Strong for The Bluegrass Gospel Project
Misc recording on the album Bonfires of Sao Joao for Forro in the Dark
Mixed single Without Your Love for Michael Wartofsky
Mastered the original cast recording of the Timothy Huang musical The View from Here
Mixed and mastered the album Redemption Songs for DRV
Mixed Pat Irwin 's score for Bam Bam and Celeste , a new film from Margaret Cho
Mix consultations on The Spine and The Spine Surfs Alone for They Might Be Giants
Mastered the album MerieNYC for Meredith Patterson
Mastered the album Silence for Maria
Mastered the album Shallow Eyes for Mayu
Produced and engineered the eponymous debut EP from UKUK
Visit my site for music, session photos, and my complete discography.
For more information contact Joe D'Ambrosio Management, Inc .

My Interests

Music, film, literature, food, travel, politics, astronomy, life.

I'd like to meet:

Musicians, songwriters, and creators of vital music of all kinds.

Music:

Aimee Mann, Air, Akiko Pavolka, Alana Davis, Alison Krauss, Amon Tobin, Amy Kohn, Animandible, Au4, The B-52's, The Bad Plus, The Beatles, Beth Orton, Brian Eno, Brian Keane, Cliff Martinez, Corn Mo, Crowded House, Daniel Lanois, David Bowie, David Byrne, David LK Murphy, David Sylvian, DJ Shadow, Elliot Smith, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Elysian Fields, Emiliana Torrini, Emmylou Harris, Ethel, Etienne Daho, Feeder, Fila Brazillia, Fiona Apple, Frank Zappa, Glen Phillips, Grace Jones, Grant Lee Buffalo, The Grays, Greg Pliska, Groove Armada, Hanne Hukkelberg, Harry Nilsson, Hem, Higgins, Howard Shore, Imogen Heap, James Blunt, James McMurtry, Jane Siberry, Jansen, Barbieri, & Karn, Japan, Jason Falkner, Jeff Thall, Jellyfish, Joan Armatrading, Joe Henry, Joe Jackson, Joe Satriani, Jon Brion, Jonatha Brooke, Joni Mitchell, Judie Tzuke, k.d. lang, Kate Bush, Keane, Laurie Anderson, Led Zeppelin, Little Feat, Los Lobos, Lou Reed, Low, Lucinda Williams, Mae Moore, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Meredith Monk, Michael Hedges, Michael Penn, Mick Karn, Mitchell Froom, Moby, Morcheeba, Morphine, Neil Finn, Nick Heyward, Nik Kershaw, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, PJ Harvey, Placebo, Poe, The Police, Porcupine Tree, Portishead, Prince, Propaganda, Psapp, Pugwash, Queen, Quruli, Radiohead, Rain Tree Crow, Rickie Lee Jones, Robbie Robertson, Ron Sexsmith, Roxy Music, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shawn Colvin, The Shins, Sigur Ros, The Sinceros, Sixpence None the Richer, Skypilot, Sly & The Family Stone, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Soul Coughing, Soundgarden, Spring, Steely Dan, Steve Roach, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Stina Nordenstam, The Stone Roses, Sufjan Stevens, Talk Talk, Talking Heads, Tears For Fears, Temple of the Dog, Thievery Corporation, Thin Lizzy, Third Eye Blind, Thomas Dolby, The Thorns, Tim Finn, Tin Hat Trio, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Tom Waits, Tool, Traffic, Travis, Tricky, U2, Vertical Horizon, Viktor Krauss, Walter the Orange Ocean, The Wannadies, Warren Zevon, XTC, Yello, Yma Sumac, Zero 7

Movies:

Lawrence of Arabia, Dr Strangelove, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Lolita, Barry Lyndon, Paths of Glory, A Clockwork Orange, The Godfather, Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi, Fargo, Blade Runner, The Ruling Class, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Shawshank Redemption, JFK, Nixon, North By Northwest, Zentropa, Miller's Crossing, Breaking the Waves, Being John Malkovich, The English Patient, The Big Lebowski, Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Se7en, Stardust Memories, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask, What's Up Tiger Lily?, Broadway Danny Rose, Videodrome, Dead Ringers, Crash, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive, Blood Simple, Dangerous Liaisons, Brazil, American Beauty, AmÃ©lie, Wiitness, Titus, The Usual Suspects, The Manchurian Candidate, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? 1984, Solaris, Zardoz, Richard III, Pootie Tang, Happiness, Spirited Away, Death to Smoochy, Requiem for a Dream, The Fisher King, Donnie Darko, Sideways, Rushmore, House of Games, The Last Seduction, Red Rock West, Citizen Kane, Taxi Driver, Bad Lieutenant, The Piano, The Madness of King George, The Man Who Would Be King

Television:

New York: A Documentary Series, The American Experience, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, Lost, Deadwood, Dexter, 24, Six Feet Under, The X-Files, Millennium, Seinfeld, The Twilight Zone

Books:

Jitterbug Perfume, The Demon-Haunted World, Don Quixote, A Soldier of the Great War, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, 1984, Fingerprints of the Gods, Shantaram, A Confederacy of Dunces, Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhouse-Five, Neuromancer, The Teachings of Don Juan, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Discoverers, Ask and It Is Given, The Foundation Trilogy, Anthem, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, A Mencken Chrestomathy, The Trial, The Metamorphosis, The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity, Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating

Heroes:

Carl Sagan, Robert F. Kennedy, E.E. Cummings, Bill Hicks