Who's Who

[KHE]

after a year arround here i think it`s time to introduce my self... cya!

Name: Markus H.
Location: Switzerland, Kt. Lucerne
Age: 25 (1986)
Own Band: Intractable / www.intractable.ch
Occupation: Electronican
Musical Tastes: all kinds of music, but mostly metal
Favorite Band: too much to be listed
Favorite Album: see above
Favorite Producer: doesn`t have a favourite producer yet
Production Experience: produced our band`s Demo in feb`10, sounds terrible
Goal: learn to make good-sounding-metal-records. Most metal-recordings produced in switzerland sounds bahhhh  and becoming a good guitarist/songwriter and a bit of a drummer.
Production Gear: KRK RK6`s, Focusrite Saffire PRO24, Behringer BCF-2000, 2x SM57, Behringer ECM8000, shitty PhonicHelix24-Mixer/Interface, SamsonDrumMics, rehearsal/recording-room with professional acoustic-treatment, mix-room-treatment will follow (Date: Jan`11)
Guitars: Framus Diablo Custom 7 String, EBMM JP7, Jackson SL-2H USA
Backline: Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier 3ch, ENGL 4x12“ vintage cab
Other passions: skydiving
native language: not english please excuse all grammer-errors i will write...

 

[Revson]

Hi.

Name: Alex
Location: Orlando, FL
Age: 27
Own Band: Quarter the Villain
Occupation: Teacher, working on getting some more production work as well
Musical Tastes: Progressive/spastic metal, and pretty much everything else but the hippity-hoppity
Favorite Band: BTBAM or Dillinger Escape Plan. Honestly this changes every week.
Favorite Album: BTBAM's Colors I guess, again this changes by the week
Favorite Producer: .....Yes
Production Experience: Recorded my own bands throughout the years, and have been getting into recorded some O-town locals. I've worked live sound in college and sporadically since as well as doing some live recordings and mixing them down for live DVD's
Goal: Eventually have my own studio where I take care of small to mid-size bands enough to live without needing another job. And go on a worldwide tour. And beat out Kanye West for a "Producer of the Year" award and when he comes to interrupt me I punch him in the face.
Production Gear : Most of it's in my signature.

 

[USofguitar]

Name : Ulrich Schadeck
Location : Enschede, Netherlands
Age : 25
Own Band : Forced Evolution + working on a bunch of other projects (coverband, acoustic and rockband)
Occupation : Live and session guitarist, Music and guitar teacher, Songwriter
Musical Tastes : Metal, Classical, Electronic, Pop, Rock, Fusion, Jazz, anything good..
Favorite Band : Too many. Soilwork, Nevermore, DT, Metallica, As I Lay Dying... for the metal I guess. But I listen to Guthrie Govan, Charlie Parker, Greg Howe, Hoobastank, Pink, Chopin... any kind of crap.
Favorite Album : Way too many...
Favorite Producer : Andy Sneap, Devin Townsend, David Bendeth...
Production Experience : None. Just co-production my bands. I have years of studio experience, songwriting and arranging stuff though.
Goal : To make my earning with music, mostly as a live guitarist. I'd not call myself a producer but admire the art of producing bands.
Production Gear : Apple Macbook, Firebox Logic Studio 9, Samson studio speakers, ADK S51, various VST and samples library.
Amps: Diezel Herbert, Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3, Peavey speakers + various pedals (Dime wah, MXR carbon delay, ...)
Guitars: PRS CE24, PRS CU24, Fender Telecaster, LAG Arkane 200ST, Breedlove AC25 SR plus

 

[dale_a_smith]

I've been here a few months now so should really fill this in.

Name : Dale Smith
Location : Hull, UK
Age : 38
Own Band : Not now. Last proper band was Ernest. Prog funk rock sorta thing.
Occupation : Biodiesel chemist
Musical Tastes : Metal / alt / acoustic.
Favorite Band : If I had to pick one, Tool
Favorite Album : 10,000 days
Favorite Producer : Chris Sheldon.
Production Experience : about 4 years just recording local bands / acoustic artists.
Goal : Realistically I'm not gunna make a living doing this, but I love engineering and mixing, so If I get paid enough to cover my G.A.S I'll be very happy
Production Gear : see si below
Amps: Ashdown ABM 500 and Blackstar 15
Guitars: EKO acoustic

 

[Cryo114]

Name: Adam
Location: Kent, England
Age: 28
Own Band: Mushroom Clouds (Rock/Pop) Written In water (Metal) Running Zombies (Electronica/Hiphop)
Occupation: None
Musical Tastes: A bit of everything
Favorite Producers: Joe Meek, Flood, Bob Rock, Mr. Sneap, Tony Visconti
Production Experience: Blind Eye Fury (unreleased mixes), CSP (pre production), Metallica Musicians Forum Jam tracks I & II & IV (written and mixed) + my own stuff.
Goal: To please myself
Production Gear: Custom PC, Line 6 Toneport UX2, M1 Active moniters, Alesis Photon Keyboard, Casio some-shit fullsize keyboard
FX: Boss GX-700, TS9, GCB-95 Dunlop Wah.
Software: SSD Platinum, Cubase SX3, Revalver III and a bunch of free stuff
Backline: Peavey Classic 30, Orange Tiny Terror, Marshall JCM 900, JCM 800 4x12 cab.
Guitars: Schecter Hellraiser Avenger, Yamaha Pacifica with an SD59, Vintage V100, Cruiser bass, Yamaha FG-something acoustic, Aria 7 string, Casio DG-20.

 

[kernelxsanders]

Name: Daniel
Location: North Florida
Age: 20
Own Band: Buried Westward, Ashton Butcher
Occupation: Guitarist, Drummer, "Producer". even though they arent considered occupations for myself, thats what i do.
Musical Tastes: everything that is music
Favorite Band: August Burns Red, BTBAM, Within the Ruins, the list goes on...
Favorite Album: Thrill Seeker, When Everything Falls, Alaska, Invade, this list also goes on...
Favorite Producer: Andy and Joey, though, Josh Wickman's production on Invade might be my favorite mix.
Production Experience: little experience, i just like to write music and record it for my bands, eventually hoping to spread my name out there and make something of it.
Goal: to earn the respect of other producers alike
Production Gear : instrument > M Audio Fast Track USB (soon to upgrade) > AMD Athalon > Reaper with MIDI drums and AmpSims.

 

[Ishtar Gate Productions]

IG is a New Extreme Metal Label from Argentina.

Our greetings to everyone!

we are interested in get in contact with studios , porductors and engeneers to work with.

Bands, Bookings and Labels interested in work with us in Argentina fell free to contact us.

Best Regards

info.ishtargate@gmail.com

 

[superdgs]

Name: Bruno Melro
Location: Setúbal, Portugal
Age: 17
Own Band: Karuniiru, From Royal Hill, Joana Pedro
Occupation: current sound engineering student, drummer
Musical Tastes: Metalcore, Post-Hardcore, PunkRock, Progressive metal, Ska, Funk-Rock, Drum N Bass.. a lots.. of
Favorite Band: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Dream Theater, Oh Sleeper, August Burns red
Favorite Album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Red hot)
Favorite Producer: Rick Rubin, Andy Sneap, Chris Lord Alge, Bob Rock
Production Experience: Engineer and mixer:Sweep48 - Be Careful! May Become Hot EP, Joana Pedro E.P, Red Smoking Indians - Pretty dancer demo, Michaels - Bad Karma Day demo, Glasgow Murder demo, GONEINADAY-Standing Still demo, Skalibrated- Midget demo,From Royal Hill - Choices demo and to come: Karuniiru -Junkie Lolita E.P, From Royal Hill EP
Goal: getting better, and better, better musician and sound engineer
Production Gear: AMD X2 Dual Core 4000+ 2.0 Ghz, 4 GB RAM DDR2 800 mhz, M-Audio Profire 2626, Roland MA-20 Monitors, Sony HI-FI Monitors, Shure PG 57, Shure SM 58, Behringer D.I,Crate 8CH mixer, Studio Projects C1
Software: Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4cs3, Waves, SPL, Drumagog, Abbey Road, PSP AudioWare Plugins
Bass: Yamaha 4 strings
Drums: Pearl Forum Series, mapex maple deluxe 14x6.5 snare, remo and evans heads

 

[Variant]

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Name: Ryan R. Miller
Location: Portland, Oregon
Age: Chronological: 33 / Mental: 18
Own Band: The Surfacing / ♥Kankles♥ (seriousness of bands match ages above)
Occupation: Designer (industrial, product, mechanical, & graphic), been looking for work for over two years... thanks subprime lenders, now go die in a radioactive fire!
Musical Tastes: Prog rock/metal, experimental electonica/IDM, industrial, death metal, grindcore, underground hip hop, post-metal, avant garde, blues, fusion, instrumental rock, funk, new wave, world music, ambient
Favorite Band: Anything Devin Townsend related
Favorite Album: Ocean Machine
Favorite Producer: Devin Townsend, Tue Madsen (too close to call)
Production Experience: Just for my own bands at the moment
Goal: To stack lots of box, not like warehouse-type box, but the bedroom variety
Production Gear: HP IQ816 all-in-one PC, working on a godly rackmount comp.
Softwares: Cubase 5.5, FL Studio 9.7, Komplete 7, and a metric asston of other sample libraries, softsynths, and plugins!
Backline: I like it thick and round... oh, you mean in the studio... ummm... D.I. box(?)
Guitars: Steinberger Synapse ST-2FPA baritone guitar, Conklin GTBD-7 bass

^
This is me. I found the activation mail to my original account and decided to go back... keep my handle consistent across all forums, you know.

 

[JBroll]

You could also ask for a name change in the appropriate UM forum - there may be a slight delay, since our moderators also slay dragons and cure cancer on top of their duties here, but that's probably the more sensible approach.

Jeff

 

[ArnaudM]

Came back here with a new ID. I formerly used the ID of my studio, but I soon considered it as a kind of uncorrect way to appear. I'm not here to find customers, but for spending good times.

Name: Arnaud Ménard
Location: Challonges, France (french Alps)
Age: 32
Own Band: Alkemyst, Deathcode Society
Occupation: Litterature teacher
Musical Tastes: Hard Rock, Metal, "Classical" music.
Production Experience: From 2003, almost 10 long lenghts (Osirion, Black Rain, Alkemyst, Insomny, Further Dimension, Pavillon Rouge, Broken Mirrors) and some demos.
Goal: Learning, Improving, Sharing, having good times doing music.
Production Gear: PC computer, Samplitude 10, Firepod interface, Tfpro M16 pres, SPL gain station pre, Analog Lab pre, Two Notes Torpedo, Laboga Mr Hector amp head, some mics, plugins, and pair of ears.

 

[subvertallchris]

Name: Chris
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Age: 27 in 32 days
Own Band: Woe, Krieg, Unrest
Favorite Band: depends on my mood and the day.
Favorite Album: See above
Favorite Producer: Jens Bogren
Production Experience: Years polishing turds.
Production Gear: i7 950 with 12gb ddr3, Reaper 4, MOTU hd192 clocked to Big Ben, some API pres, BLA Auteur,modded GAP 73, Soundtrack PC MIDI board, Royer 121, Oktava MK012, sm7, some 421s, bunch more boring mics, Trigger for use with only my own samples, a whoooole lot of Nebula, lots more... I am a cable snob, using almost all Mogami or Redco (gold Neutrik)

 

[icos]

Name: Darren
Location: Melbourne, Australia (Originally from NZ)
Age: 29
Own Band: In Company of Serpents, Jekyll (former), Long Way Home (former)
Occupation: Manager (Telecommunications)
Musical Tastes: Metal (Mostly death, melodeath, thrash, groove, some nu for nostalgia reasons) Hard Rock, Grunge, Techy Drum and bass, Trip hop,
Favourite Band: Pantera, Metallica (prior to Load), Slayer, Deftones, Soilwork, In Flames, Dark Tranquility, Bloodbath, Portishead, Concord Dawn, Shihad, 8 Foot Sativa, Full Devil Jacket, Cynic, Decapitated, SYL, Misery Index, Misery Signals, Nirvana, Guns N'Roses etc etc
Favorite Albums: Vulgar Display of Power, Mightmares Made Flesh, Traced In Air, Dummy, Around the Fur, Reroute to Remain.
Favorite Producer: Sneap, Townsend, Vig, Madsen, Tagtgren, Bogren, Richardson, Suecof, Burns, Rasmussen, Rubin, Date, Rock,
Production Experience: Bands for years, engineering and production on bands albums. DIY trail and error.
Goal: Record a solo album that doesn't suck
Production Gear: PC, UX2, Mics (57, 58, cheap-ass LDC)
Software: Reaper, FLStudio, Superior 2.0, Ezdrummer DFH, All the LePou stuff (how this is free, I have no idea, its all awesome), Gearbox, PodFarm.
Bass: 4 String Karrera
Drums: DIY build Electronic drums based on Alesis D4
Guitars: 2X Ibanez GAX (SG copy and ART copy still the best sounding cheap guitar IMHO)

 

[IntoEntropy]

Name: Raph
Location: Philippines
Age: 23
Own Band: Caitlyn Bailey, Ballistraria, Juna
Occupation: Freelance producer, audio engineer
Musical Tastes: punk, hardcore, metal
Favorite Band: Converge
Favorite Album: Jane Doe
Favorite Producer: Kurt Ballou
Production Experience: A few local bands here and there.
Goal: Produce the best sounding recordings in the Philippines
Production Gear : not much. just a usb interface and a laptop.

latest production: http://soundcloud.com/into-entropy/embercore

 

[silvermaples]

Hey there, I've been a guitar player for 15 years and started getting into the mixing and production end of things about 2 years ago:


Name: Cory
Location: Southwest Florida
Age: 28
Own BandNo name as its only me doing everything lol)
Occupation: IT Professional (.....at the moment)
Musical Tastes: Metal (almost all types of metal), Progressive Rock, Rock, Pretty much anything with a guitar in it, yes even some country (Those guys can play).
Favorite Band: Too many..
Favorite Producer: Andy Sneap, Jason Bieler, Daniel Bergstrand
Production Experience: Just my stuff so far
Production Gear : Pro Tools 9, M-Audio Fast Track Ultra, GSP1101, Presonus Channel Strip, Dynaudio BM5a and BM9, Superior 2.0 w/MF, Waves....Nothing crazy but it keeps growing
Goal: To start mixing on a professional level.....now how do I get there...hmmm lol


Take care and keep on learning...... or rocking, which ever grabs your fancy

-Cory

 

[RandomAwesome]

Name : Josh Schroeder
Location : Bay City, Michigan, United States.
Age : 31
Own Band : Besieged
Occupation : Engineer/Producer
Musical Tastes : Metal/Rock/Electronica/Jazz/Classical/Hiphop/Video Game STs/etc.
Favorite Band : Too many to list.
Favorite Album : See above
Favorite Producers : Machine, Matt Goldman, Tom Dowd, Butch Vig, Devin Townsend, Ross Robinson, Steve Albini, Brian Wilson, etc. too many to list!
Production Experience : many bands over the years: A Plea For Purging (facedown), Life Size Ghost, Legend (rise), Beneath The Sky (victory), Hester Prynne, Wolves & Machines, See You Next Tuesday (ferret), For Today (facedown), Altars (facedown), Besieged (blood & ink), Dagon, Battlecross (metal blade), The Browning (earache), etc.
Goal : To be a producer who doesn't have a signature sound and works with every genre, from jazz to prog. metal. I strive to make each band and album achieve a unique sound through engineering, production and mixing techniques. I'm working towards being a hermit who works on an album for 2 months and takes the next month or 2 off. Eventually write video game soundtracks (similar to bodies of work by Amon Tobin, Jeremy Soule, Akira Yamaoka)
Production Gear : too much to list.
Software : Reaper

 

[Bereavement]

Name : Vincent Tam
Location : Hong Kong
Age : 30
Own Band : Bereavement
Occupation : Freelance music composer and sound designer
Musical Tastes : anything except rap music.
Favorite Band : Katatonia, Gojira, Meshuggah, Beirut, Giardini Di Miro, ryuichi sakamoto, Mr. Children, Mew, Jamiroquai, Chic
Favorite Album : too many to list
Favorite Producers : many and yet to have one to be my exact top favorite.
Goal : keep make can music and earn good enough of money and time and let me have more free time to do the music I really want!
Production Gear : RME Fireface 800(PC), TC Electronic Desktop Konnekt 6 (Macbook pro) , FMR RNP, FMR RNC, MXL V6, Neumann TLM 103. Rode NTK, Rode NT5 pair, Shure SM57(quite a lot of them), AKG D112, a lot of VST/AU plugins(most are free ones and some are not), NI Komplete 7, Superior 2.0 NYC and Metal Foundary, Addictive drums, Trillian, Eastwest RA, Motu Ethno, Yamaha MSP7 , Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro, AKG K121 Studio, Sennheiser HD280 Pro.
Software : Cakewalk Sonar, Logic

 

[C2Aye]

So this is my first post here. I'm a regular on the sevenstring.org forum but I heard about the Andy Sneap forums and thought I could learn a thing or two.

Name: Sithu
Location: Scotland
Age: 21
Own Band: Myself
Occupation: University student in the evil art of physics
Musical Tastes: Mainly metal and prog but I like to keep an open mind
Favorite Band: Really into Periphery, Chimp Spanner etc, all that 'djent' stuff, although I'm really digging Karnivool
Favorite Album: Jeff Buckley - Grace
Production Experience: I guess I'm an amatuer, but I've been at it for a few years now.
Goal: To make my recordings sound awesome and hopefully release an instrumental record by the end of the summer
Software: Sony Acid Pro 7

 

[Grolli]

Long time lurker, first time poster thinking this could be a proper thread to start with

Name: Christian
Location: The Åland Islands, Finland
Age: 24
Own Band: None, or as Devin Townsend says: "I play with myself"
Musical Tastes: Good music in general - whether it may be Lady Gaga, Béla Bartók or Meshuggah doesn't matter at all to me! I am a metal head by heart though.
Favorite Bands/Music: Freak Kitchen, Evergrey, Soilwork, Slayer, Kiss, Frank Zappa, Devin Townsend, Django Reinhardt
Favorite Album: "Scenes From A Memory" by Dream Theater or "Over-Nite Sensation" by Frank Zappa
Favorite Producer: Roberto Laghi, Jens Bogren, Daniel Bergstrand, Steven Wilson, Devin Townsend
Production Experience: None really, apart from three years in music production/audio engineering school and some recent activities in my little home studio
Goal: To be able to produce my own music in a way that satisfies myself
Production Gear: Pro Tools HD, Toontrack Superior Drummer & Metal Foundry, Genelec monitors

 

[french_riviera]

Name: ollie Location: french alps
Age: 39
Own Band: CHAOSIS (play drums ) www.myspace.com/chaosislegion
Musical Tastes: Metal (almost all types of metal)
Favorite Band: strapping young lad & meshuggah , gojira & loudblast ( french )
Favorite Album: wormwood ( the acacia strain )....too much to write !!!!
Favorite Producer: andy ....what else ? ^^