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James

jamescruz

About Me

**********I DO NOT CHECK THIS SITE VERY OFTEN. PLEASE CHECK MY WEBSITE AT WWW.JAMESCRUZ.NET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ME**********................................................ .........................................I am a freelance mastering engineer working in Manhattan. I have been nominated for a Latin Grammy. I am opening up my own world class mastering studio in Long Island City.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Artists and musicians who need help putting their vision to tape. ......Artists and musicans who need their record mastered. ......Anyone willing to stand up and make a difference in the world. ......Gina Gershon.

Music:

All. Seriously. I have the most all over the place record collection you have ever seen.

Movies:

Anchorman and Citizen Kane

Books:

The Phantom Tollbooth.

My Blog

I am no longer workin' fo' the man!

As some of you may know, I am no longer working as a mastering engineer for Sony Music because of the studio closing. This is a good change since it allows me the ability to be freelance while I do my...
Posted by James on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:03:00 PST

SUBJECT

I'm late, but who cares.This weekend that just passed Mark and I finished tracking Shelly Bhushan's album. The weekend ended with a string session that went incrediblely well. I borrowed a couple of m...
Posted by James on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:21:00 PST

And The Beat Goes On

So, it's been a while. I bet all three of you have missed me dearly. Anyone wanna know what I've been up to? Of course. That's why you clicked the link...The UK keeps me in business. I swear! They see...
Posted by James on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:46:00 PST

Is anybody listening?

Okay. Time to vent. I try to remain professional but it's really starting to kill me. DO MIX ENGINEERS EVER LISTEN TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING?? It's just a question and I think it deserves an answer. I am...
Posted by James on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:19:00 PST

Comin' through the land of the ice and snow

Hi everybody! For those of you wondering where I have been (okay my wife and Barrett seem to be the only people that read this but I can wish for more, right?) the answer is SICK. I haven't been to wo...
Posted by James on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:17:00 PST

The DJ Jimmy Diaz world tour

This morning I got a letter from a woman in Armenia. It looks like she will probably want me to master her daughters album. It's just one more country in my persuit to dominate the globe. Earlier in t...
Posted by James on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:33:00 PST

Stand here and just sing.

This weekend I had the wonderful honor of recording final vocal tracks on 5 songs for The Shelly Show This stuff is coming out so well. Her voice is beautiful and I feel like we are capturing some gre...
Posted by James on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:06:00 PST

It's my own surprise ending

Well, I finally finished it. It took a long time, but it's done.I'm talking about the New EP by Becca's Brew (Click Here ) I'm excited about this one. It came out great. It started with basic beats t...
Posted by James on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:13:00 PST

What? Really?

Sometimes (all the time actually) I love my job. I work with all kinds of people working on the most all over the place music. It's wonderful. The day started with doing stuff for a Gospel Music compi...
Posted by James on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:17:00 PST

I'm intercontinental when I eat french toast.

I have clients all over the world. Today I am working on an album for my Australian friends. It's a pop-rock group called Androids. Really poppy. Really loud. Really compressed. What's funny is the am...
Posted by James on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:05:00 PST