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johnny k.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path

About Me

Best known for his work with Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Finger 11, and Plain White T's.... Johnny has worked with many other great bands such as Kill Hannah, Simple Plan, Avenged Sevenfold, Drowning Pool, Soil, Halestorm, Black Tide, Machine Head, Royal, Twigs...to name a few. Johnny also owns Groovemaster Studios in Chicago. Groovemaster offers world class studios featuring SSL and Vintage Neve consoles. Great recording spaces, extensive microphone collection, instruments, amps, and tons of outboard gear. For studio Info, visit http://www.myspace.com/groovemasterstudios..

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My Interests

Music, Guitars, Amps, Recording, Animals, Reptiles, Trees, Deserts, Oceans, Beaches, Mountains, Hiking, Biking, Fishing, Good Conversation, Philosophy, Good Mexican Food, Sushi, Architecture, Building, Art, Photography, Muscle Cars, 60's Cadillacs, Motorcycles.

I'd like to meet:

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Paul McCartney, Les Paul. ....

Music:

Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Rolling Stones, U2, Jane's Addiction, Pink Floyd, Rush, Tool, The Who, The Doors, Distuurbed, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Metallica, AC/DC, Cure, Kill Hannah, Robin Trower, Van Halen, New Order, Machine Head, Journey, Panic at the Disco, Boston, Deep Purple, Bjork, Foghat, Kansas, Plain White T's, America, Supertramp, System of a Down, Shine Down, Heart, Doobie Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Silvertide, Queens of the Stone Age, Black Sabbath, Avenged Sevenfold, Bob Seger, Neil Young, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Blur, Weezer, Red Hot Chile Peppers, 3 Doors Down, John Mellencamp, The Monkeys, Jimi Hendrix, Coldplay, Rage Against the Machine, Radio Head, David Bowie, Kiss, Death Cab For Cutie, The Academy Is, Fiona Apple, Interpol, The Twigs, Muse, ....Jazz, Blues, Classical.

Movies:

All the original Pink Panthers, Caddy Shack, Christmas Vacation, Spinal Tap, Old School.

Television:

Flight of the Conchords

Books:

A Clockwork Orange, Lord Of The Flies, A Christmas Carol, Lord Of The Rings. Romeo and Juliet. Wuthering Heights.

Heroes:

Chico Mendes, Pericles, Muhammad Ali, Einstein, Ben Franklin, Michael Jordan, 2005 White Sox, Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Andy Wallace, George Martin, Jimmy Page, Steve Irwin.

My Blog

3 Doors Down-Number 1 on Billboard’s 200 chart!!!

Acclaimed Universal Republic rock band 3 Doors Down topped the Billboard 200 chart this week for the second time in their career. The self-titled effort, 3 Doors Down, their fourth studio release, arr...
Posted by johnny k. on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:31:00 PST

NYE!!! Vegas Style!

NYE in Las Vegas!!!...It's a can't miss good time!!!3 Doors Down Live at the Hard Rock Las Vegas!
Posted by johnny k. on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:11:00 PST

Plain White Ts Nominated for 2 Grammys!!!

The Plain White T's... Nominated for 2 GRAMMY'S!Song of the Year: Hey There Delilah - Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with...
Posted by johnny k. on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:18:00 PST

Currently working with Staind!

I am producing Staind!...living in Northampton Ma. for the next few months!
Posted by johnny k. on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:09:00 PST

Mixing 3DD In Nashville!

Today we started mixing with Andy Wallace in Nashville! It's amazing down here this time of year!...and it's my birthday!
Posted by johnny k. on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:40:00 PST

3 Doors Down...were almost done!!!!

Just two more weeks of long hard days...and we'll be done tracking in Florida!We are set to mix in Nashville in mid October with the legendary Andy Wallace...who mixed "Seventeen Days" for us!
Posted by johnny k. on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:44:00 PST

Finger Eleven Nr.1 at Alternative!

Finger Eleven's "Paralyzer" tops the alternative rock chart!!!
Posted by johnny k. on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:22:00 PST

BLACK TIDE on main-stage at this year’s Ozzfest!!!

Beginning on August 10 in Tinley Park, Illinois- BLACK TIDE was originally set to play Ozzfest's second stage....but were forced to drop off the bill because they are legally too young to play the sta...
Posted by johnny k. on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:08:00 PST

PWT’s CD "Every Second Counts" goes Gold!!!

Congrats to the Plain White T's!!!The RIAA has officially certified the Plain White T's latest album, Every Second Counts, as gold after selling more than 500,000 copies!
Posted by johnny k. on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:35:00 PST

Recording 3 Doors Down!...

We are recording in a beautiful house on 5 acres down in Orlando. We set up a vintage neve 12x4 console...and a bunch of neve and api outboard pre's to track....it sounds awesome!!! It's a great vibe....
Posted by johnny k. on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:07:00 PST