D. was first introduced to music at about the age of 10 when his mother let him pluck around on her acoustic. His love of music grew while playing the guitar and other instruments and expanded into the recording arts. During his studying of the recording arts D. was a live sound engineer for 7 years and toured the country with various Sacramento bands like 7th Standard and The Revolution Smile. He became known for his well balanced, spatious, and energized mixes. Soon he was asked to fly to Europe to tour with the Deftones, A Perfect Circle, and The Revolution Smile. After a brief tour with Head Automatica (Darryl Palumbo's side project) he left a flourishing career in live sound to put all of his energy into his true passion-Recording great music. Currently D. is focused on producing, engineering, and mixing in the Sacramento area primarily using J Street Recorders (owned by Brian Wheat of Tesla) as his main facility. THE SONGS PLAYED ON THIS PAGE ARE PART OF MY DEMO REEL (RESUME) Bands D. has worked with or is currently working with:
Affirmative Cameraman! ,The Hour Gang ,Losing All Pride ,Phil Putnam ,Quitter ,THEND ,Perish ,
Deftones,Downshift ,Head Automatica ,Gnosis ,The Revolution Smile ,Seventh Standard ,Resolve to Burn ,The Broke,Day Care,Forever Goldrush
My goal is to make every recording I work on sound like it will be played on the radio.
Im looking for talented, energetic, and hard working bands to help carve out a new sound for Sacramento. My production style is focused mostly on pre-producion helping to ensure that your band is as "tight" as possable and songs developed to your satisfaction then we go into the studio to record. I prefer to work from but J Street Recorders but I also use my personal studio for editing and some tracking. I also understand budgets are always of concern so I'll do everything possible to keep you from over spending.
THE SERVICES I OFFER:
Pre-Production (as stated above) - Help in making sure your songs are ready to be recorded
Engineering - My aim is to get the best sounds and tones to tape/hard drive so we dont have to "fix it in the mix"
Editing - Cut out extra noise and such, Sound replace, Tune, Get rough ideas for mixing
Mixing - Here is where I work to be as creative as possable with out leaving behind your sound and the ideas you want to get across to your fans.
Mastering - Make it big, make it loud.
