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About Me

If you had to label myself it would be: Mixer / Producer.I am Holland-based and my credits encompass a wide range of genres, and include Coldplay, Live, Franz Ferdinand, Angie Stone, Muse, Queens of the StoneAge, Counting Crows and more. Check out my site for more info: GuidoAalbers.com
Check out: more of my pics here
FAQ: [updated may 23 2007]
Q: What is your favorite compressor?
A: Do I have to pick one...? I guess the 1176 (mine are modified with Neve trafo's) or a Distressor, or a 1969, or a LTD-2 ??
Q: Why do you still use an analogue mixer, when you can do everything on a computer?
A: Why not? I like it better! Don't wanne get into the whole analogue / digital discussion, where people try to A/B both media. For me it's all about functionallity and quality. I mix way faster on a good analogue desk than with a mouse, and so far I liked the results better. That's all that counts for me.
Q: How long does it take you to mix a song?
A: Well... the only right answer is: "it depends"... I am sorry, there's NO RULE. I've done 6 songs a day, but I also took 1,5 day for just one song...
Arrangement / genre / vibe / quality of musicians / quality of recording / quality of the songwriting / how many tracks were used / how many mistakes do I have to fix / etc. etc.
Q: What's your favorite plugin?
A: Don't use many plugs... Maybe I have to pick MondoMod (by waves).
Q: What;s your favorite mic?
A: U47 (or the Sounddelux E47). I also like the Horch. RM2J very much
Q: What's your best mix ever?
A: I still have to make that one ;-)
I don't know... that's for you to judge.
Q: Do you meet a lot of famous people?
A: does it matter?... No, really... Does it matter? I like to meet creative people. I love it when people talk about their passion and it makes their eyes shine.
Q: What's your favorite mixer?
A: again: it depends... my favorites are (in random order): Brendan O'Brien / Michael Brauer / Toby Wright etc. etc.
Q: Can I attend one of your mixing sessions?
A: Yes... if you pay me ;-) That may sounds strange to you, but I think it's not fair to the people I am working for if I spend time (their time!, so their money) on something that's not related to their project.
Q: What's your favorite Reverb-unit?
A: TC 6000

My Interests

MUSIC... music... audio-gear (specially Compressors and Limiters)... Photography.

I'd like to meet:

Great bands! +Producers/mixers/engineers (and Beautiful women LOL ;-) Here is a clip from one of the Coldplay shows I mixed:
And this is a livemix I did together with Frank Mathijssen of the QOTSA
And here Franz Ferdinand, also from lowlands.
Here you see a recording we did of The Cinematics. This song (Human) was one of the highlights of the show!
This clip is from the Angie Stone DVD I mixed. Unfortunately the sound of this YouTube-clip is a bit distorted (where the real DVD is not!)
Check it out:
This song is one of the songs I mixed for a Krezip DVD:
And here are some other samples I did.

Music:

Basicly: everything with a guitar in it! (Well that's not really true; I also like Ben Folds)

Movies:

Everything with Edward Norton, Sean Penn, Samuel L Jackson.

Heroes:

everyone who's willing to take action and take chances to forefill their dreams.

My Blog

Making albums guerrilla-stylel

Wow I've had some crazy weeks of hard labour. After our vacation to Thailand (I might post some pics later) I went straight back into my rollercoaster-life. I've been working my ass of, but it was ver...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:44:00 PST

The Cinematics live

Someone just mailed me that the live-recording we did of 'Human' by The Cinematics can be found om YouTube. (Just like some other stuff I did.) On april 02 2006 I posted in this blog about this p...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:10:00 PST

Editors

Got to work with Editors last week. Together with Paul Schoenmakers I recorded & mixed the (secret)gig they did at Melkweg Amsterdam. Their new album is great, and their performance was amazing. W...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:37:00 PST

USA release Veldman Brothers

Great news: the debut album I recorded and mixed for The Veldman Brothers is also going to be released in the United States of America by the US company DWM Music. The Veldman Brothers features the tw...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:07:00 PST

greendive

For the next 2 months greendive is selected "Serious Talent" on Dutch radio 3FM. The track "Scar my face" can be heared daily. This is very quick, just after the EP "Break the silence" was&n...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Thu, 24 May 2007 05:36:00 PST

News flash [may 10th]

I was lucky enough to work with Greendive again. We went to the studio and quickly recorded 5 of their brand new songs. After that I went into a quick mixing-session and now there is a demo-cd ready t...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Thu, 10 May 2007 06:40:00 PST

Brand new update! [april 4th'07]

Hi again, Took me a long time (again) to find ime for an update. Well that's a good sign, isn't it?Here we go with some highlights: Let me start off by giving you an update on Jeremy's; a very tal...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:31:00 PST

Recording pics online

Hi again, I got a lot of questions asking me if I can put some recording pics online. Well, I just did some recordings for a blues band called Veldman Brothers and I managed to shoot some pics. Click ...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:33:00 PST

News update

Hi everybody, I wish you all the best for 2007 and I like to thank you for the support, inspiration and the trust you gave me in this past year. 2006 was a very important year for me, because it b...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:43:00 PST

Jeffrey Foucault

I've got a lot of messages regarding Jeffrey Foucault. Let me set this straight: I was touched by the way he "lives" his songs. (The word "performs" does not apply). And I am talking about t...
Posted by Gie-Sound on Mon, 15 May 2006 05:51:00 PST