Not Amy - Walking Shoes

Title track off the upcoming EP by Yakima band Not Amy. This will be out in March. March 23rd is the CD release party in Yakima!


Tracked at London Bridge Studio. Mixed at Chartreuse Muffin Studio. Strings by Phillip Peterson!

Julia Massey and the Five Finger Discount - Outro Video

This video is for the song 'Outro,' which is on their most recent release Five Letters from Far Away.

The Grizzled Mighty EP Release Party Friday!!

At Neumos: https://www.facebook.com/events/384017641691207/?fref=ts

Short article: http://www.ssgmusic.com/premier-the-grizzled-mighty-releases-thick-hand-grip-ep

The Grizzled Mighty

For The Grizzled Mighty we spent 3 days in the studio (LBS) tracking and then brought it back to my place (Chartreuse Muffin Studio) to mix. I'm very excited for this thing to come out... Release party at Neumos on Feb 1st: https://www.facebook.com/events/384017641691207/. Hope one and all can make it out!

Yes. We tracked to 2". A827. 456. Win.

Yes we tracked live. Why wouldn't u?

Drums were fun. The kick was getting a little overwhelmed by the cymbal bashing, so I used a packing blanket over it. I'm really happy how these behemoth drums turned out on tape. First time I used the telefunkens... cool present but not harsh sound on the brass. I had to spot mic the trash crash after the first song... feeling as though we were losing it a bit too much on the outer edges.

Whitney Petty in the drivers seat. I don't know anyone who hits as hard. She uses souvenir baseball bats. There were some issues keeping headphones on... hence the bandanna. 

The Grizzled Mighty Announces Thick Hand Grip EP

Dig this little write up by Best New Bands: The Grizzled Mighty Announces Thick Hand Grip EP

The first single "Stuck in My Head": 

JMFFD - Five Letters From Far Away

These guys (Geoff B. Gibbs) did an amazing job tracking at the Cortex. I then took it back to Chartreuse Muffin Studio and mixed. Mastered by Carl Saff.

TOP 100 ... JMFFD Record Release... 1/4/13

Here is a music video for the song "Top 100" by Julia Massey and the Five Finger Discount. I mixed their 11 song record in October and it will be released later this week. Party at 9pm at the Sunset in Ballard: https://www.facebook.com/events/476865465692916/....

w/:
Yevtushenko
The Glass Notes
JMass & the FFD

City Faire Live Video

This is a one shot video, all live. I tracked and mixed.

Whiskey Syndicate

Just finished up 3 songs w/ Whiskey Syndicate:

The Jesus Rehab - Drunken Hillbilly Fight Bar

THE RECORD:

TJR-Mixing

I mixed over 4 days at my new home studio (Chartreuse Muffin Studio).

Dom listening.

Jared telling me what to do.

I get a thumbs up???

We're DONE!!!!

TJR-LBS

Over the course of 2 days (in mid November), we tracked everything for the 6 song EP which would eventually become "Drunken Hillbilly Fight Bar". It was super fun, and TJR is a killer band. I harken it to arena rock w/ just 2 people (brothers at that).

Got those baffles for the darker sound.

Dom is tuckered.

Playin' together (day1?)

Doin' some gang vox.

Makin' records takes it out of you.

Neat shot of the NEVE.

Tracking together (Day2?)

Group shot.

TJR-prepro

In August, TJR and I started preproduction on their  6 song EP. I went over to their practice space and tracked their library (11 songs), and we discussed and narrowed it down to 2.

Dom.

Workstation.

Jared.

Christian Smith - Solo Project

Also working w/ Christian Smith on some pop tunes. We started the process of putting them together when we had a little down time during the trio/jazz sesh in February.

Christian w/ his Martin.

Christian Smith Trio - LBS

In mid-Feb, stepped into the Bridge w/ my good friend Christian Smith (we play together in the band Tolex Soul). He was working on some straight ahead jazz tracks in a trio format. Bass in the VOX booth, drums in the big room, and guitar in the guitar room.

Bass in the VOX booth.

Paul Miranda on Drums (also from City Faire)

Feelin' good.

Neat shot of the room from the Drummers perspective.

Newport High School Big Band

In early January, Justin Davis and I trekked over to Newport High School to record in their auditorium via London Bridge Mobile recording. This was for their audition tape for the Essentially Ellington contest held every year. I took the tracks back to the bridge and mixed.

HATHWH=The Last Temptations-Album

Hannah and the Halfway House changed their name shortly after I left the group to The Last Temptations. The album we worked on together is up on bandcamp under this name (with some sweet artwork to boot!): http://thelasttemptations.bandcamp.com/album/penny-dreadfuls. Rob mixed most of the songs and finished a few overdubs (organ, bass) at his place. I mixed the last track "Predatory Glances". Enjoy!

Hannah and the Halfway House - LBS#2

So we had a second LBS sesh, tracked drums for two songs. I should note that for all the songs, we did bass/drums at LBS, with some keeper guitars. All the VOX, and overdubs were done at my new home studio (Chartreuse Muffin Studio). 

Hannah.

Alex.

Alex inverted.

Me gettin' some sounds.

Bobbie figuring out his guitar setup.

Hannah.

Rob again.

Alex playin'.

Hannah and the Halfway House - Sunset

We played the Sunset sometime in November (shortly after our first LBS sesh).

Hannah. 

Alex.

Me.

Rob "Doesn't Look Too Bad when He doesn't know ur taking his photo" Kemp

Hannah and the Halfway House - LBS#1

Well, you know if I'm in a band, we're gonna make a record. LBS Day #1 was a blast, and its always an entertaining thing being on the other side of the glass. I got some killer drum tones, and then settled in and played bass all day.

Bass town.

Alex and Hannah.

 Christian helping out pushing record all day.

Hannah taking a break. 

Rob "Fuck you for taking my picture" Kemp. Listening back maybe.

Alex on the set. Baffled the brick wall to get some darker kit tones.