I’m still working on an untitled release for Alexander. His first release of 2009, Concrete And Steeples should be out soon. 

I have started tracking for the second Buffalo Gun album, The Bad, which will be another 5-song EP.

I am producing/engineering/programming a score written by Jason Gaskin, singer from Lonely Heroes, for a short film project.  I will link a copy to the video when it’s complete.

Thanks for reading!

The daily routine was something like this: Wake up, breakfast, record, lunch, record, dinner, relax, reflect, retire, repeat. It seemed like a schedule I would have if I had enough clients to do this full-time. It was a lot of fun, and I could see myself working like this every week, but I definitely need a break for now.

Anyway, this experience prompted me to write a post about the difference between the role of a producer and the role an engineer, and how to work one-on-one with a songwriter. I will put this up soon.

P.S. A quick technical note of reflection: in mixing, I realized how much I prefer Drumagog over Sound Replacer. Especially the large amount of velocity layers and being able to automate parameters like sensitivity/threshold – fun stuff.

Ryan Alexander

Back in July and August of 2007, I recorded a full-length album White Flags and Silver Spoons Have To Sleep In Separate Rooms with my good friend, Ryan Alexander. Recording that album was somewhat of a spontaneous notion at the time.

I’ve know Ryan since the fourth grade, and I knew he was writing and performing music, and Ryan knew that I had been recording and producing for a while, but he hadn’t worked together yet. But in the Summer, I told him I really wanted to work with his band, and that I would do it for really cheap.  So two weeks later, he drove up with demos and lead sheets and knocked out the whole album in about ten days. 

After releasing that album, getting signed then dropped by a distribution label, touring the east coast and California, starting a clothing line and going back to Skid Row, we’re getting back together. He’s driving up to Orlando with a laptop full of demos and music gear. Neither of us knows what exactly is going to happen, but both of us being out of jobs, we figure now is a good time for creativity. As a college student graduating to a dismal economic climate, I am celebrating my uncertainty. We’re living in historic times, so I want to look out for historic opportunities.