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I am a music producer/audio engineer with 20 years experience in world class recording studios. Currently working with unsigned bands with the intent of allowing independent artists to empower themselves and make their own mark on the music industry.
I have produced and engineered for artists like Bile, Pro-Pain, Peter Gabriel, Helmet, Public Enemy, Alphaville, Pet Shop Boys, Tramping Ground, Bluish, Woodfish, Charles Norkus (Jaco Pastorius), Mackie from Bad Brains and Hot Action Cop among others and am represented legally by music attorney Ron Bienstock at www.musicesq.com .
Currently accepting demo submissions from unsigned (or independently signed) artists in the rock genre. If you would like to submit a demo please send it to me care of my management using the link above. Thanks!Please also visit my website at:
Interzone Studios .
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I get lots of emails from up-and-coming youngsters asking about the gear and techniques I use in the studio. I like these questions as I am passionate about what I do and the tools I use to do it. So, here's a few tidbits: (BTW, unless noted, all items are exclusive.)
*I mix on SSL (preferably G or G+ series) consoles.
*I record on Neve or API consoles.
*I use ProTools (sometimes Digtal Performer) on Apple computers.
*I tend to use German/Austrian mics such as: Neumann, AKG, Sennheiser etc.
*I DO NOT use plug-ins as a crutch to compensate for a lack of talent ie: Auto-Tune to correct bad vocals. If you suck so badly that you need that kind of help you should not be signed or wasting a professional's time.
*I use ProTools as the world's most advanced tape recorder...put the band in the room (after many rehearsals), mic 'em up, hit 'record.' If the take isn't right, DO MORE takes until it is. I don't get hired to sit in front of a monitor for hours editing your band until you sound good, you should be good in the first place.
I was brought up in an old-school 48-track analog, Neve equipped recording studio (Cove City Sound, Glen Cove, NY) run by guys who knew how to use a studio as an art form. No "in the box" mixing...it was all fingers and ears. Working in a place like that taught me about mic technique, song arrangement, the artistry of production and the subtleties of engineering. In my humble opinion (shared by many of the REAL producers and engineers) the art of record production and recording is being decimated by tone-deaf sonic assailants with cracked plug-ins galore on their hard-drives. Mark "Spike" Stent sums it up quite nicely:
"I think that the art of recording in general is getting lost with everybody learning their techniques in home studios instead of commercial studios."
When people ask my advice as to what recording school I think is the best (Full Sail, IAR etc.) I tell them the best recording school is the nearest recording studio. The best teacher is an older engineer that knows how to work in one. Save all the money of an expensive and drawn out education and get an internship at the nearest studio. The money you save you will have to live off of since it's likely you will not be paid from the start. Read every book and internet forum on recording and production. BUY A MAC! Parents insisting you go to college? Go for a music major, much more useful in the studio than how to program a beat in Reason (I have to say I LOVE Reason.) Besides, many colleges these days have some kind of audio-related program so that in conjunction with music can be very rewarding. Be advised: no matter what you do, be prepared to start at the bottom, even if you do have a diploma from an accredited school. That's one thing they don't tell you...you graduate from a school with a degree in audio engineering/production thinking you are now an engineer/producer, you knock on the door of your local studio looking for work as such and they tell you: "We have an opening for an intern. Can you clean the toilets and make coffee?" Take that internship. Trust me, that's the best thing you could do to begin learning studio recording and production techniques. Keep your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut. I had to learn that the hard way but I'm the better for it now.
BTW, a HUGE pet peeve of mine is people abbreviating the word "microphone" with "mike" or anything except the proper abbreviation, which is of course "mic."
I'm German...specifically Bavarian.
I'm a practicing Ninja, studying the martial art of Ninpo Taijutsu. I currently hold a 5th kyu brown belt as well as black belts in Kenpo and Aikido.