Who's Who

[Skaldir]

Hi,
I've posted here a few times and forgot to introduce me.
Moonlapse brought me here and I must say that I'm really liking it here.

Name: Markus
Age: born 1978
Location: Germany

Own Band: Hel, Elane, and others

Occupation: Student sound engineering

Music Tastes: Metal, (Art-)Rock, Folk
Band: Unicorn, Arena, Änglagård, Katatonia, Moonsorrow, Blackfield, Bathory ...

Gear: Rode NTK, Audio Technica 4050, Audix i5, D2 (x2), D4, D6, Oktava Mk012 pair..
Mindprint Envoice preamp, RME Fireface 800, FMR Audio RNP, Spirit Soundcraft mixer,
Jackson Dinky Rev., Walden western guitar (love that one), Technics KN 5000 keyboard, V-Amp 1, Peavey Windsor

Fave Producer: Dan Swanö, Jens Bogren, Andy Sneap, Tomas Skogsberg

Fave Prodction on albums:
Cash - Solitary Man
Arena - Immortal?
Katatonia - the great cold distance
Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water (not that I like the music, but the production is impressive)

Software: Cubase 4, Voxengo Elephant, Curve EQ, Crunshessor, ApTrigga, UAD

 

[estigma2001]

Name : Gustavo Garcia-Godos Salazar

Location : Pueblo Libre, Lima Peru

Age : 31

Own Band : www.narkan.tk , www.bleedofhate.com and previous band estigma

Occupation : physician, musician

Musical Tastes : Metal, Rock, 80s wave

Favorite Band(s) : Forbidden, Testament, Death Angel, Xentrix, Anacrusis, Evildead, Intruder, Slayer, Judas Priest, Exodus, Anthrax, Violence, Carcass, Death, napalm death, Deicide, Aborted( last 2 cds), In Flames, Paradise Lost, and many more
Favorite Album(s) : Act III, The Gathering, Practice what you preach, R2R, Icon, Draconian Times, Bonded by Blood, Forbidden Evil, Twisted into form, etc

Favorite Producer(s) : Andy Sneap, Bill Metoyer (the sound of thrash metal), Scott Burns

Production Experience : Working in my Home Studio for fun.

Goal : to have my cds mixed and produced by Andy lol
Production Gear : PC pentium 4, wave 8/24 gadgetlabs, yamaha custom series drum, 5150(2) crate 4x12 cab and 5150 4x12 cab, Ibanez Guitar (shitty series lol), quadraverb gt

Software : Adobe Audition, Cool Edit Pro, T racks, Wavelab

 

[STINNETT]

Name: Will
Location : Kentucky
Age: 29
Own band: Currently?...An assortment of un-named projects.....
Occupation: Engineer (plastic injection mold design)
Musical Tastes: Most metal, especially technical Death Metal, Progressive rock, some classical, soundtracks, some jazz/fusion
Favorite Band(s): Death, Atheist, Cynic, Spiral Architect, Gory Blister, John Arch era Fates Warning, way too many...
Favorite Album: very hard to narrow down, but probably Death - "Individual Thought Patterns"
Favorite Producer: I enjoy several different flavors of production. I definitely love Andy's albums and I have to say Neil Kernon just because of "A Sceptic's Universe"..and how can I not say Jim Morris of Morrisound?
Production Experience: Record demos for local bands and a couple independant "albums". Started out just recording my own stuff, and that is still ultimately why I have a studio.
Goal: Finish my assorted musical projects and try to actually get my music out there for people to hear. Someday have a more serious studio in my home.
Production Gear:
PC, 2.8 Ghz dual core, 2 gigs of RAM, dual 160 gig HD's + external Drive for backups. 19" LCD monitor
Software: Sonar 5 Producer Edition, Various plugins....DFHS
Front end: FMR Audio RNP preamps, DMP-3 preamps, M-Audio Delta interfaces, Mackie CFX-20
Mics: Shure 57's, 58's, Beta 52, Audio Technica AT25, 3035, Studio Projects C1, Joe Meek JM27's, Sennheiser e609s, Audix i5, and a few others...
Other Stuff: Sansamp RBI, Radial X-amp, A few Behringer Items, Alesis monitors
Amps: 5150 II, JCM 900, Marshall VS100, Marshall cab, V-amp pro
Guitars: Jackson USA SL2H Soloist, Jackson SLSMG Soloist with Seymour Duncan "Full Shred" pickup. Taylor Acoustic, Ibanez SRX500 bass, Dean "Rhapsody" fretless bass.

 

[madbutcher]

Name: Matt

Location : St louis Missouri

Age: 23

Own band: Harkonin www.harkonin.com

Occupation: Wannabe musician / wannabe engineer / Deity (basically unemployed)

Musical Tastes: Mostly metal, some punk, some classical/symphony, some rock, and Frank Zappa. 100% ANTI-EMO

Favorite Band(s): Too many to name,at the moment probably Khold.

Favorite Album: Can't really name one, Slayer "season's in the abyss" is probably one i've heard the most though.

Favorite Producer: Peter Tagtgren, Neil Kernon, Andy Sneap, Jim Morris, Steve Albini, Terry Date, Machine, GGGarth,

Production Experience: Record demos for local bands, my own band, various odd recordings, lot of hip/hop vocals. Some vocals for a couple major label rappers and major label rap producers.

Goal: To have my own recording studio that is up to my preffered standards, and to have a 3some with Jessica Alba and the chick form "the Scorpion King"

Production Gear:
My own.....a d112 and a couple 58's.....a fostex vf-16
Of the studio I do work at (and hopefully still do as it was just subleased to someone else that is a rap producer.....)
Mics:Akg= c12VR (Stereo pai)r, d112, 414. Shure = 57's, sm81 (pair), sm91, beta 52. Sennheiser= 421's. Neumann= Km184 (pair), Soundelux= u95s
Pro tools tdm system (mix +++) Apgogee ad8000 and 888 converters. Bunch of plugins...
Board= control 24
Outboard= Valley Sound Neve 1272-2 channels, Midas XL4-8 channels, Crane Song Flamingo-2 channels, Manley Vox Box- 2 channels. EL Fatso, 2 UA 1176's, TC Fireworx, TC D two, Lexicon pcm 91

Amps: Crate BV 120, Peavey 5150
Guitars: Gibson Les Paul studio, Ibanez Rg 770. Both stock.

 

[A Toolish Circle]

Name: Roland

Location: Perth WA, Australia

Age: 20

Own Band: none

Occupation: Producer/mixer

Musical Tastes: Metalcore, Prog metal ,Prog Rock , Classical
,jazz , rock

Favorite Band: Opeth, A perfect circle, Tool ,Meshuggah

Favorite Album: Blackwater park ( Opeth ) Mer De Noms ( APC) DEI ( Meshuggah)

Favorite Producers: Steven Wilson,David Botrill,Billy Howerdel,Don Gilmour,Machine, Adam Dutkiewicz

Favourite Mixers : Andy Wallace , Rich Costey , Andy Sneap , Joe Chicarelli,Colin Richardson

Production Experience: 14 bands ( Perth )

Goal: Run a full Pro Tools HD system with Neve/Focusrite/API preamps and own a huge studio
or touring around the world with a band !

Production Gear: Cubase SX 3 , Genelec 1029a , B&W 602s monitors ,Tascam FW1804 soundcard , Shure/rode/samson mics / PSP|Waves|NI|TC bundles , Super PC

Other Gear : PRS singlecut SE , POD XT PRO , ROLAND RS -5 keyboard

 

[cobhc]

Name : Steven.
Location : East Midlands, UK.
Age : 20.
Own Band : Nothing at the moment.
Occupation : Nothing at the moment (hehe!).
Musical Tastes : Metal/rock, mainly black/death metal though.
Favorite Band : Overall (Children Of Bodom) Current (Daylight Dies)
Favorite Album : Overall (Follow The Reaper) Current (This Godless Endeavor)
Favorite Producer : Pretty much Andy.
Production Experience : Mainly just stuff at home, nothing great, need to get a bit better at doing my own mixes before i start to spread out into doing other things.
Goal : To be in some type of black/death metal band along the lines of Behemoth, and to be a half decent producer.
Production Gear : Shure SM57, M-Audio Delta 10/10LT, Sennheiser/Shure Headphones, 2x246 Opteron Cpu's, 2GB DDR400 Ram, 400GB SATA Raid.
Amps/Pedals: Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive, Lee Jackson GP-1000 Preamp, Rocktron Intellifex, Peavey Classic 50/50 Poweramp, Marshall G12T75 loaded 2x12 cab, also an original Line 6 Spider 112 Combo.
Guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Standard (Left Handed with stock p/up's), Jackson PS3T (Left Handed, with Jackson J50BC p/up, and JE-1000 gainboost), Jackson PS4 (Left Handed with EMG's), Tanglewood Acoustic (Left Handed)
Softwares : Cubase SX for Midi, Pro Tools M-Powered for mixing.
Plugins : Drumkit From Hell Superior, Waves Diamond Bundle 5.2, Izotope Ozone, Drumagog (with andy's samples).

 

[Pman]

Name : Parman
Location : north east uk, sunderland
Age : 15
Own Band : Nothing at the moment. had a small thing goin on here for a bit with some school friends but they didnt want to commit... www.purevolume.com/fromtheabyss
Occupation : school,
Instruments: mainly drums and guitar, also bass and piano
Musical Tastes : Metal(all types) alternative, etc
Favorite Band : constantly changing, at the moment: megadeth, death, carcass, bolt thrower, mendeed
Favorite Album : way too many, constantly changing etc
Favorite Producer : Andy, colin,
Production Experience : stuff at home, just progressively learning more and getting better with what i use and learning more about generally just recording, i usually record my own mixes
Goal : to get a band with the same music tastes and mindset, and to learn production professionally,
Production Gear : Shure SM57, Tascam FW1804, Oktava MK012 legitimate pair, cheap connect-it mics,
Headphones, beyerdynamics (?) and koss (?)
Amps/Pedals: zoom707 guitar fxpedal, marshall 30dfx amp,
Drums: pearl export double bass 8 piece with zildjian/sabian cymbals, pro mark 7a
Guitars: only real serious guitar is Ibanex EX350
Sofware: cubase sx, musicmatch jukebox for efficient wav conversion
Plugins : Drumagog

 

[Garfo]

Name : Gareth
Location : South Wales, Opposite the biggest Heavy Metal Factory in Europe aka Port Talbot Steelworks
Age : 23
Own Band : Got my own Progressive Rock Project/Album, other than that I play in an acoustic jazz covers band called Crowd Around
Occupation : Used to be in Marketing, now I just teach guitar at the mo
Musical Tastes : Prog Metal - Jazz, and Country, yep I like a bit of everything really
Favorite Band : Hmm, I'd have to go with Dream Theater here
Favorite Album : I like so many, so probably couldn't single it down to one
Favorite Producer : Andy, Bob Rock, Rick Rubin
Production Experience : Not that much really, mainly just recording and mixing my own music, and sometimes recording my acoustic band, for promo albums to get gigs and such
Goal : To make a living out of music, either playing it, or recording it.
Production Gear : Hmm, I don't have much of this, just a Pod XTL, shure sm57mic, and that for the moment is about it, oh, and a crappy 1.3ghz pc, with a soundblaster live
Softwares : Sonar 4 Producer Edition, A few Soft Synths, Reason 3, and a few fx plugins.

 

[Deus.exe]

Name: Leo
Location : Cologne, Germany
Age: 27
Own band: Deus.exe
Occupation: Network Technician (Unix, Linux, Storage,etc)
Musical Tastes: Mostly metal, some jazz, other assoted stuff (Garbage, Depeche Mode, Aphex Twin)
Favorite Band(s): Nevermore, Mnemic, Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad, Soilwork, Darkane, Gojira, Type O Negative, Moonspell, Carcass, Raunchy
Favorite Album: Impossible to say really, there are just too many but TGE, City, Heartwork, Mechanical Spin Phenomena and Confusion Bay come instantly to mind
Favorite Producer: Andy (Obvously), Daniel Bergastrand, Tue Madsen, Devin Townsend, Neil Kernon, Colin Richardson,Peter Tätgren
Production Experience: Demos for my own band and just a little fucking around at home.
Goal: To do somthing with my band before I get to old (Rock 'n' Roll is a young mans game after all).
Production Gear:
PC: AMD Athlon 2800 XP 64, 512 of RAM, 120 gig HD. 19" monitor
Software: Abelton Delta, DFH, Guitar Rig, etc
Front end: M-Audio Transit (Yeah I know)
Mics: Shure 58, Rode NT1
Amps: Marshall TSL100, Marshall cab, Engel Thunder
Guitars: Jackson Rhodes and Kelly Performer

 

[Torsis]

Name: Jeff M.
Location : RI, USA
Age: 48
Own band: ToxicNothing …significant
Occupation: Sr. Systems Architect for a Fortune 100 company
Musical Tastes: Rock, metal, prog

Favorite Band(s):Nevermore, Megadeth, DT, Rush, ELP, any Uli Roth, pre-Moonie Schenker

Favorite Album: too many …faves would be ^^

Favorite Producer: Sneap, NK, Templeman, Lange, Rundgren, Roy Z

Production Experience: Local radio, a couple of indy CDs, own material

Goal: Getting a guitar tone that I’m 100% satisfied with 2 weeks later

Production Gear:
PC: P4 3.4Ghz, 2G RAM, 2x160G HDD’s

Software: Sonar 5, Waves & other plugs, BFD w/XFL

Front end: Mackie 1402 VLZ, Aphex 207 pre, Echo Gina-24

Mics: 57, 58, i5, CAD E-200, AT Pro37R

Other Stuff: Tannoy Reveal passives, Marshall JFX-1, Roland V-Drum rig with Visu-Lites, Ashley gate, BBE 482, Evo 249C MIDI controller

Amps: ’82 Marshall JCM-800 50W combo, Marshall JMP-1, Digitech 2101 Artist, Pod 2.0, Pod XTL

Guitars: Jackson SL1, Parker Fly Deluxe, Gibson SG, ’78 Iceman, Peavey Fury 6’er, Alvarez DY45 acoustic

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

Name : Steve

Location : South-East coast of England

Age : 21

Own Bands : Orchid Fixation (guitar/vox/bass on record), Skree (everything, programmed drums), and an as yet un-named grindcore band with a Suicide Girl doing vocals

Occupation : Painfully unemployed, though doing some freelance web design at the moment.

Musical Tastes : Metal mainly, but a bit of everything - I have a soft spot for acoutic guitars.

Favorite Band : At the moment, Pig Destroyer, Earthtone9 and Alice In Chains.

Favorite Album : Pfft, no chance.

Favorite Producer : I don't pay much attention to who produces the records I like. I like Sneap's work on Earthtone9's stuff, and Scott Hull does good work for Pig Destroyer.

Production Experience : Orchid Fixation's first E.P, loads of Skree demos, and a load of other random songs. Might be doing a couple of other demos in the near future.

Goal : Right now, being able to pay the bills. Having a job I enjoy would be a bonus.

Production Gear : A couple of mics

Software : Sonar 5 Producer, Cubase SX3 (though I don't use it), a few plugins, T-Racks for mastering.

Backline: Laney TF700 Head (for £120 hybrid it sounds stupidly good), Laney 412 that I'm about the change the drivers in.

Guitars: Ltd. F-50 (Seymour Ducan Jazz in the neck and Kent Armstrong Ultra Distortion in the bridge), a Jackson Kelly (stock), a Tanglewood TEB-100 bass, and a Yamaha APX-5A acoustic. I've played some very expensive and high quality guitars (including a '69 Les Paul Custom and a custom 7-String Jackson - my friend's dad is a collector), and I've yet to find anything I get on with as well as my piece-o'-shit Ltd.

Steve

 

[Tachy]

Name : Maurizio

Location : North Italy ( Trentino )

Age : 30

Own Bands : Erosion

Occupation : I'm working on ofset print machine

Musical Tastes : a lot, but I'm into death and trash now.

Favorite Band : Nevermore, Dream Theater, Pain of salvation...and more more

Favorite Album : too many.

Favorite Producer : Me and Andy Sneap

Production Experience : a lot of demos of my band

Goal :

Production Gear : Actally none

Software : none

Backline: Marshall el34 100+100, jmp1, alesis midiverb4, korg dtr1000&2000,bbe sonic maximizers,framus cobra head,Marshall 1960 with 75s

Guitars : all jackson usa selected series.

 

[greyskull]

Name : Guy

Location : Surrey / Brighton

Age : 20

Own Bands : Without Thought http://www.myspace.com/withoutthought

Occupation : Music Student ( degree) and occasional assistant engineer for other people and producer/engineer for my band
Musical Tastes : shit loads of stuff,

Favorite Band : tough...... very tough. errr Killswitch are pretty damn hi, as are mastodon, cult of luna, isis, sigur ros, faith no more, mr bungle, and the dillinger escape plan

Favorite Album : its a toss between KSE- the end of heartache, Sigur ros - agaeits byrjun, jimmy eat world - Bleed american, or anything by Dillinger

Favorite Producer : In no order: Andy Sneap, Gil Norton, Rik Rubin, Mike patton, ben weinman, Adam D, and everyone at Tonteknik Recording .

Production Experience : Assistant engineer on several sessions and my bands sessions in other studios, currently producer/engineering us all my self...

Goal : to be able to run or work in a decent studio as well as getting somewhere with my band.

Production Gear : Amd 3000+ pc, T.L audio PA 1. Rode NT1 and Shure sm57, mackie srm 450's for loud monitoring

Software : Sony Vegas 6, Sound Forge 5, Waves Diamond, Drumagog, SSL lmc, frooty loops, Timeworks bundle, Antares Mic mod and Autotune 4

Backline: Mesa dual rec, peavey block letter 5150, marshall DSL 100, Orange 4x12, marshall jubilee 4x12.

Guitars: Gibson Sg and Les Paul with seymour duncan jb and planet waves locking tuners, Fender 72 custom thinline, Fender mex telecaster,

Pedals:
Electro harmonix Micro synthesizer and deluxe memory man, MXR phase 90, Digitech Whammy and digidelay, ibanez fuzz and flanger, BOSS tuner, heavy metal and noise supressor, Dunlop crybaby, danelectro eq and tremolo and a dod envelope filter.

 

[TheRiverFlowsFrozen]

Name : Chris

Location : Wooster, Ohio

Age : 21

Own Bands : None

Occupation : General Laborer

Musical Tastes : Melodic Death/Progressive Metal

Favorite Band : Dream Theater

Favorite Album : Changes from time to time. Probably Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence.

Favorite Producer : Andy Sneap

Production Experience : None.

Goal : To make more money and work less hours.

Production Gear : None.

Software : Sonar 4 Producer, Cool Edit Pro 2.1

Backline: Modified Peavey 5150 Head, Carvin Legacy 4x12, Boss TU-2, Dunlop Cry Baby Wah, Ibanez TS9, ISP Decimator, Boss GE-7, Boss CH-1, Boss DD-6, V-Amp 2

Guitars: Schecter C-1 Hellraiser, ESP Ltd. V-350, ESP Ltd. MF-207, Jackson PS4 Performer

 

[guitarguru777]

This is outdated ... See updated post

 

[bob.]

Name : Bob

Location : Amsterdam

Age : 23

Own Bands : Antillectual

Occupation : fulltime audio engineer student, hardly come outside anymore

Musical Tastes : Lots and lots of (different) stuff

Favorite Band : Iron Maiden, for sure..

Favorite Album : Deep Purple - Made In Japan (I don't think this is THE best album ever, but i still rocks like sh*t)

Favorite Producer : Mr. Sneap, Martin Birch, Bill Stephenson..

Production Experience : Produced/engineered few of our older demo's, assisted recording our full length, mastered by Alan Douches @ WestWestSideMusic.com. Worked few years as engineer at radiostation and worked 4 years as camera operator (ENG/Multicam).

Goal : Going on tour doing F.O.H., recording bands. Slowly building my own place. Marry a rich old lady.

Production Gear : Lots of coffee

 

[Rich - Rannoch]

Name : Richard

Location : Midlands, UK

Age : 38

Own Band : Rannoch (Guitar, Vocals)

Occupation : Technician

Musical Tastes : Metal (of course).

Favorite Band : Nevermore, Meshuggah, Devin Townsend, Opeth etc.

Favorite Album : Impossible to name just one!

Favorite Producer : Andy Sneap, Peter Tagtgren, Neil Kernon, Devin Townsend.

Production Experience : Own and Rannoch demo material.

Goal : To gain more knowledge and experience in the field of music production. Would love to have own studio but I’m too old now!

Production Gear : AMD Athlon 2.17 GHz, 1 Gig RAM, M-Audio Delta 1010 soundcard, 1.7 GHz Laptop with 1 Gig RAM, Tascam US-224 Controller, Yamaha HS80M monitors, Edirol MIDI keyboard controller, Shure SM-57, Audix i5, Behringer B1, UB1204 mixer. Engl Powerball and 4x12 cab, Ibanez Universe (x3), Schecter C-7 Hellraiser, ESP Ltd H-307, various effects pedals.

Softwares : Sonar 4 Producer Edition, Cubase SX, various Waves plug-ins, Wavelab 5, T-Racks, Izotope Ozone, Guitar Rig, Amplitube, DfH etc etc.

 

[Carrier Flux]

It's nice to see most of you guys are just as old as me! I don't feel like such and old fart now

Name : Jeff
Location : Minnesota, USA
Age : 29
Own Band : Carrier Flux
Occupation : Customer Service and learning network administration.
Musical Tastes : goth, industrial, ebm, and an overwhelming, undeniable and unrelenting addiction to all kinds of metal! doom, thrash, death, black, power…I love all of it.
Favorite Band : Windir, Meshuggah, At The Gates, early Emperor, Kvist, Ved Buens Ende, Front 242, Suffocation, Bolt Thrower, Evoken, Esoteric, Dodheimsgard, Horna, Deicide, Slayer, Primordial, Converge, Samael, Primus, Bethlehem, Abigor, Decapitated, Void of Silence.
Favorite Album : Windir – 1184, Emperor – In The Nightside Eclipse, Samael – Ceremony of Opposites, Front 242 – Up Evil, Marduk – Opus Nocturne, Kvist – For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike, Ved Buens Ende – Written in Waters, Bolt Thrower – The IVth Crusade, Destroyer 666 – Iron Will for a Steel Age, Dawn - Slaughtersun.
Favorite Producer : Peter Tagtgren (although I don’t know why. I hate hypocrisy and intellectually dislike his production style, but some of my favorite albums ever were produced by him, so I’ll give him credit where it’s due!).
Production Experience : Primarily my own material.
Goal : To make the world less stupid.
Production Gear : SM57, i5, rode NT1, oktava 219, shinybox ribbon, groove tubes brick, FMR RNP, tc electronics m-one, echo mia, maudio delta 1010LT, mesa rectifier rig, home made 2x10, bogner 1x12, fender esquire GT and Ibanez S540.
Softwares : eh, whatever I can get my hands on. Mainly sonar.

 

[doc_backmask]

Name : Richard "doc"
Location : Santa Barbara, California, USA
Age : 24
Own Band : BACKMASK
Occupation : Chemistry Graduate Researcher
Musical Tastes : Metal, Orchestral, Jazz, Rock, Reggae,
Favorite Band : In Flames, Megadeth, London Symphony Orchestra, LA Phil
Favorite Album : Metallica - Self-titled, Black Album, whatever you want to call it
Favorite Producer : Haven't paid much attention until recently, but if I had to, I would say Andy or Sylvia Massey
Production Experience : Just started learning by working on "Dark Fiber" for my band with Kazrog
Goal: Finish my PhD and never use it
Production Gear : None currently, as I said, I just started. Looking to invest in the new year.

 

[sparkyness]

Name: Simon
Location: Melbourne (also ex-Sydney, Dublin, NYC and London)
Age: 34
Current Project: Balance in the Hanging
Studio: The Clever Bedsit
Occupation: IT Consultant/Analyst
Musical Tastes: Post-Hardcore, Alternative/Indie Rock, Metal, Hair Metal, Goth.
Favorite Bands: Helmet, Shiner, Jawbox, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Unsane, Cave-In, Katatonia, Fugazi, King's X, Slayer, Sepultura, The Cure, Tom Waits.
Favorite Albums: King's X - Dogman, Cave In - Jupiter, Calla - Televise, Helmet - Betty, Unsane - Blood Run, Alice in Chains - Dirt, Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss, J.J. Paradise Players Club - Regenesis, Dan Lanois - For The Beauty of Winona, Love/Hate - Wasted in America.
Favorite Producers/Engineers: Andrew Schneider, Joel Hamilton, Matt Bayles, John Agnello, Daniel Lanois, J. Robbins, Jim Scott, Dave Jerden, Andy Wallace (sometimes), Brendan O'Brien, Paul Malinowski, Dave Sardy.
Production Experience: ex-clueless studio intern, session bass player, indie producer, commercial arranger/producer, live engineer.
Philosophy: Enjoying the journey, not just arriving at the destination.

Production Gear:
- Microphones: Shure SM7b, 58's, 57's, Rode NT1
- Console: Allen & Heath ZED-R16
- Other Interfaces and Control Surfaces: RME Fireface 400, Tascam US-2400
- Monitors: Event ASP8's, Yamaha MSP5's, Sennheiser 'phones
- Outboard: Compressors - Drawmer 1968ME, ARX Afterburner II, Phonic 3200, Symetrix 565E, RNC (2), DBX 119, Accessit, Apogee CRQ, Yamaha SPX-90.
- Amps, DI's, GFX & Cabs: Engl e-530, Orange Tiny Terror, ART SLA-1 Power Amp, Sansamp PSA, Palmer PDI-03, Pod XT & 2.0, Bass Pod, Sansamp BDDI, Line 6 DL-4, Sansamp Classic, Radial J48 DI, Radial ProRMP, Maxon 808, Ibanez TS-7 (modded), Digitech Whammy, Dunlop Tremolo, Boss DS-1, Morley Wah, Digitech Black 13, Behringer US600
- Basses: Spector Euro 4 LX, Dean Rhapsody 12 string, Fernandes '75 P Bass, Azumi Bass, "Parts" J-Bass.
- Guitars: '89 ESP Horizon Custom, Fender Telecaster, Rickenbacker 330, Epi Les Paul, Epi Casino Hollowbody.
- Computer: PC....Quadcore Q9450, 6 gig RAM, 3 x UAD cards.
- Software: Cubase 4, UAD, Superior 2, BFD 2 + expansions.