I'm a versatile and musical producer/mix and recording engineer and musician, experienced in recording and producing many genres, from hard rock, to folk and much else in between. I work from my own custom recording studio space and also have access to multiple top-quality recording studios in Bristol who afford me preferential rates. Services I provide:
- Recording - anything from demos to full-length, radio-ready albums.
- Mixing - creating a complete song from recorded 'stems'.
- Production - working alongside the artist to realise/help develop their artistic vision.
- Songwriting / Arranging - working with the artist to make the song/prject the best it can be. I love to work with people who are looking to collaborate with the producer on an artistic level, and who are striving to push sonic boundaries. I firmly believe that it's important to build a record up on strong foundations, and so I aim to meticulously cultivate the right sounds at the source, before anything hits tape. the idea of recording any old thing, with a view to shaping it later, tends to turn me off. Some of my favourite sessions have been with Sylvia Massy, Bite the Buffalo and The St Pierre Snake Invasion. Tracks i've produced/mixed have been played on mainstream radio including BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6 and have been added to major Spotify editorial playlists. GEAR:
I have collected a large amount of weird and wonderful gear and instruments, including analogue mixers, reel-to-reel tape machines, and pre amps. My arsenal includes:
SOFTWARE
Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton and countless plugins
HARDWARE
CONSOLE
WEM Audiomaster MKII - a nine-channel, all analogue mixer. Great for adding analogue character to any audio signal. Particularly great for warping and distorting drums, guitars, vocals. TAPE
Akai 4000DS 4-track tape recorder
Grundig 4-track tape recorder
OUTBOARD
Sebatron VMP Quad Plus preamps
Audient ASP880 preamps
Golden Age Pre 73 preamp
Focusrite Octopre MKII preamp
Warm Audio WA76 compressor
Focusrite Saffire preamps
Focusrite Scarlett preamps
Great British Spring reverb unit
MICROPHONES
AKG C414
AKG D112 (pair)
AKG D19
Aston Origin
Golden Age FC3
Grundig tape mic
No Hype Audio ribbons (matched pair)
Rode NT1a (pair)
Rode NT55 (pair)
Sabo handheld lofi mic
SE2202T
Shure SM57 (numerous)
Shure SM58 (numerous)
Tannoy ribbon (vintage - extremely rare)
Wasaphone MKII
Wasaphone Signalman
Wasaphone Pipe and Slippers
Wasaphone Big Boy MKII
Western Electrics 630 Eightball
AMPS
Plenty of quirky, all-valve amps including vintage Fender, Budda, Dirty Girl, Supro etc. If you're interested in pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved on a modest budget, please get in touch.
