ALBUM: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
You have the option of purchasing individual songs, the complete album download, the physical CD, or both the CD and downloadable album.
A PARTIAL LIST OF ALBUMS I HAVE WORKED ON
ALFADOG MUSIC STUDIO
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Carolina (Rehearsal For Upcoming Album)
I Don't Want You (Rehearsal For Upcoming Album)
I'm a Music Producer and Recording Engineer who has worked professionally in the music industry for the past 24 years. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 1988 I took an Engineering position at the world famous Sigma Sound Studios in Philly, where I had the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the top Artists, Producers, and Engineers in the music industry. In 1991 I took a position at Disc Makers, the country's largest Independent Audio Manufacturer. While there I served as the Account Manager on more than 5000 CD, cassette, and LP releases for artists such as the Insane Clown Posse, Jars of Clay, and Cash Money Records; set up the Music Annex Company, a competitor that Disc Makers had purchased in Fremont, CA; and was the creator of the well known Disc Makers Studio Partner Program. I also own a Recording Studio, and have just launched Alfadog Music, a combination Production/Record Company, formed to be a breath of fresh air to much of the stale, cookie cutter, music that seems to be so prominent in today's music.
The studio is a professionally soundproofed 22' x 10' recording space, with an attached 24' x 14' control room with many amenities. The studio is a commercial studio that is rented to bands, musicians, and recording labels of all size. The heart of the studio is a custom built quad core PC with 4GB of memory, running the latest Pro Tools update, with 4 Universal Audio UAD-1 cards containing some of the sweetest EFX plug-ins you'll ever hear; vintage processors such as the Neve 88RS channel strip, Fairchild 670 compressor, and the Pultec Pro equalizer. All 32 mic inputs are fed to the Ramsa DA-7 digital mixing console with 32 individual channel inputs and 32 channels of ADAT Lightpipe output, interfaced to the M-Audio ProFire Lightbridge. There is a full range of microphones from Audix, Shure, Audio Technica, and Studio Projects.
The Fallen's debut album is complete! The band and I have spent a year recording and mixing this album and we're very proud to make it available to you for your your listening pleasure. The album consists of 11 tracks and it's the first album I've ever worked on where there is no filler material. Every song can stand on it's own, so much so that we are actually having trouble picking the first single to promote...lol. To date, it's the project that I am most proud to have my name associated with; that's how much I believe in the material, the musicians in the band, and the recording and production quality that we've produced. The Philly music scene is about to get a much needed jolt! All of your support and kind words are greatly appreciated. Please help us launch this thing nationally and then internationally. With your support, it's not a matter of if, it's just a matter of when.
The Fallen's second album is officially under way as we've kicked off the recording process. Yes, I know it's not standard to basically bring two debut albums out at the same time, but the album was originally written for and with Audra, who has now become a permanent member of the band. We've pretty much got 8 songs knocked out with 3 more to go. The goal is to have this one ready for retail by mid October. The album will consist of 11 uniquely crafted songs, as each song truly has it's own sound and it's own character. Look for some rough tracks to be posted as we begin moving through this process. Wait until you hear this thing as we continually evolve and develop the bands style!!! Just like the first release, there's guaranteed to be songs on here you'll like, regardless of what style of music you like.
I am seeking to network and work with serious people who are either in the music business or are looking to break into the music business. I offer creative Production deals that enable every artist to get their music to the masses. For more information visit http://www.anfmusic.com or message me. I can be reached at 1-877-8-SOUND9 or locally at 610-717-2091.
Thanks for all the great messages, comments, and compliments. I love working with bands and artists from all over the world. I've had a lot of people message me that they'd love working together but are located too far away for that to be practical. I can offer one partial solution for those that aren't close to Pennsylvania. I can mix and master your projects without you ever needing to be here. All you need to provide me with is your Pro Tools session folder or time aligned WAV or AIFF files. Please contact me if you are unsure of how export time aligned WAV.
One word of warning when you are shopping for a studio. In the past, I've been witness to some incredible changes and advancements, but nothing like what has taken place these past few years. Spectacular advances in computer technology have made equipment and resources, once only afforded by the million dollar studios, available to the masses. For the musician it is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing in that recording has become much more affordable as small project studios have sprung up like wild flowers as anyone with a minimal investment can hang up a shingle and call themselves a studio. A curse in that most of the people calling themselves studios have no understanding of what they are doing. Capturing sound to a hard drive is no great feat, anyone can learn the basics of using a program like Pro Tools. But operating software and knowing the art of recording, audio editing, mixing, and mastering, are worlds apart! Yes, we all can afford the "Formula 500 Race Car" now; but put a professional driver in the same car as an amateur, and the amateur is going to get their doors blown off.