Who's Who

[everybody's x]

( I built off of Jame's list it had some similarities)

Name : Dave
Location : Kansas City Mo, USA
Age : 36
Own Band : Everybody's X
Occupation : Recording and mix engineer,Consultant, sometimes Production Guitarist. Vocalist
Musical Tastes : Metal, Grunge, straight up rock, you name it
Favorite Bands : Machine Head, Metallica, Pantera, Tool, Soungarden, Seether, Slipknot, Quicksand, Prong, Counting Crows (hey you asked)
Favorite Albums : the burning red, master of puppets, manic compression, aenima, subliminal verses, Cleansing, Disclaimer
Favorite Producer : Andy Wallace, Andy Sneap, Colin Richardson, TLA,CLA, Terry Date, Staub lot's of guys I admire
Production Experience : I've engineered or assistant engineered and/or mixed, and/or produced many albums in several genres since 1990 or so. Did 3 albums with my band. Worked with several big time artists in various modes, I suppose the most interesting one in the case of this site would be Clown from Slipknot.
Goal : To get to a level where I can make a living doing this stuff. (getting close)
Production Gear :

Custom built PC 3Ghz,

mics

RCA Junior velocity 74b ribbon
audio-technica at-4033
audio-technica atm-127he
audio-technica PZM x2
audix D6
sennheiser MD516
sennheiser MD421x2
shure sm57 x2
shure 565sd x4
shure 545 x 8
shure green bullet
shure sm7
radio shack pzm x2
mxl 990 x3
mxl V-69 Mogami Edition
Oktava MK012 x2
Pyle super-blue 8" sub speaker mic

Mixers
Soundtracs Topaz Project 8 32/8 buss
Pentron vintage 4 channel tube mixer x 2

Recorders
Studer A807 1/4" 2 track
Otari MX5050 BIII-2 1/4" 2 track
Akai M7 1/4" 2 track w/tube power/pre amps
Teac 80-8 1/2" 8 track


Monitors
M-Audio SP-8B
Fostex PM-2
MTX Terminators with Heil air motion transformers

Power Amps
Crown

Drums
1967 Ludwig Acrolite snare
1970 Ludwig Acrolite snare
Mapex Mars
12,13,14x6,14x8,16,22
Zildjian '68 Hollow Logo A series
14" hats
20" ride
19" crash/ride
16" crash
Zanki 18" crash/ride
Tama iron cobra powerglide double bass pedal
Tama Iron Cobra Hi-hat stand

Guitars
1987 Ibanez RG550
2002 Gibson Les Paul Studio
1977 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top
2001 Fender p-bass
2006 Ibanez PF acoustic

Amplifiers
1968 Fender deluxe reverb
1988 Marshall 2550 50 watt head
1994 Mesa Boogie 50 caliber + head
1990's Sovtek Mig 60
2003 Peavey Triple XXX
2005 Epiphone Galaxie 25
Marshall JCm800 celestion 4x12 cabinet
custom built celestion 4x12 cabinet
Mesa Boogie 4x12 open top/closed bottom w/2 celestions and 2 electro-voice speakers
Peavey 4x12 w/celestion G12T-75 speakers
Randall Iso-cab w/ 12" celestion vintage 30
Marshall Classic 4x12 with Greenbacks

Miscellaneous
Sansamp bass driver DI
Hughes and Kettner Redbox DI
Radial Pro_DI


Converters
Motu 2408 MKIII
Motu 1224 x 2
Motu PCI 424 interface
total I/O 24 channels
M-Audio Audiophile 24/96

DAW
Nuendo 2.2
Pro Tools M-Powered

 

[JeffTD]

Name: Jeff
Location: Ventura, CA for the summers, San Luis Obispo the rest of the year.
Age: 19
Own Band: The Good Age
Occupation: Student/editor
Musical Tastes: Rock, metal, pop
Favorite Bands: Devin Townsend, Soilwork, Paramore, Gojira.
Favorite Albums: Riot!, Natural Born Chaos
Favorite Producer: Bendeth, Bogren, Sneap, CLA, Grosse, Staub.
Production Experience: editing for Cephalic Carnage, Allegaeon, Vale of Pnath, Halcyon Way, own band, a few local bands, some forum members.
Goal: Tour with the band at least once, get a proper studio running after college.
Production Gear:
-Computers/Software: 27" iMac i7, MacBook Pro 2.4ghz, Cubase 5, S2.0 + Evil Drums, NY, and Metal Foundry, Expansions, SSD 3.5, Waves/Sonnox/Voxengo/SoundToys/apulSoft plugins.
-Hardware: RME FF800, Little Labs Redeye, SCA N72 and A12 preamps, PODxt Pro
-Mics: SM57's, SM7b, AT4033a
-Amps: 5150, Mesa 4x12
-Guitars: Stinnett #003 (89/81tw), Schecter C-1 Stealth (81/nothing), Seagull Acoustic

 

[Ronnie_Rocker]

Name: Ronnie Björnström
Location: Umeå, Sweden
Age: 25
Own Band: Ribspreader, Taedeat, Septic Ashes, Knife In Christ
Occupation: Soundengineer, studio and live
This is my studio website : http://www.myspace.com/septicsoundproductions ,http://www.sweettoneproductions.com
Musical Tastes: Metal in all forms, jazz, blues.
Favorite Band: Vader
Favorite Album: Impressions in Blood
Favorite Producer: Andy Sneap, Colin Richardson
Production Experience: albums: Paganizer - "Carnage Junkie", Ribspreader - "Opus ribcage", Taedeat - "Quademonium", Assailant - "Nemisis" (drumrecording), Slutstation Tjernobyl - "Noll Nio Noll", Lithany - "Lithany", Ulph Johanson - "Stories". a few compilation albums and alot of demos.
Production Gear :
- Microphones: AKG, Nuemann, Rode, Sennheiser, Shure.
- Audio Interface and Pres: Digidesign 192/96, Digipre 8ch, Mackie onyx 8ch x2
- Monitors: Genelec 8020 & 7050 sub, KRK Rokit 6. AKG K240 headphones
- Backline: I´ve got a complete music store as backline
- Computer: Apple G5, dual 2 ghz processor, 1,5 gig frame. Digidesign HD3 cards. 2 Samsung 19" LCD flatscreens. Digidesign PRO CONTROL

 

[scorpio01169]

Name: Wallace Barnett
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Age: 37
Own Band: Water Became Blood
Instruments I Play: bass, drums, and keyboard
Fav Band: Despised Icon
dont have a fav producer
equipment i own: look down
equipment i'd love to own: an SSL board

 

[Seizure.]

Name: John-Bart Van der wal.
Location: Zwaagwesteinde, Netherlands
Age: 19
Own Band: Seizure, Dr. Doom.
Occupation: Soundengineer, studio and live
This is my studio website : www.myspace.com/beingjbrules www.soundclick.com/beingjbrules
Musical Tastes: All things Relapse realy, Lots of good grind, postrocky stuff like neurosis/isis/cult of luna.
Favorite Band: Neurosis & Nasum
Favorite Album Musicwise: In The Eye Of Every Storm by Neurosis.
Favorite Album Productionwise: As I Lay Dying - Shadows Of Security.
Favorite Producer: Andy Sneap, Colin Richardson, Randy Staub, Matt Bayles, Andy Wallace
Production Experience: Lots of own productions and About a 4/5 Demo recordings now.
Production Gear :
Super PC
Emu 1212m
PreAmps: Audient Asp008, SPL Goldmike.
Pod Xt, Tech 21 Bassdriver D.i.
Alesis Mk2 actives.
And some other unsorted stuff!!

 

[mjlaudio]

Name: Matt
Location: South Florida
Age: 25
Occupation: Engineer/Mixing/Producer
Studio Website : http://www.bielerbros.com/studio.html
Musical Tastes: I like good music
Favorite Bands: Too many to name
Favorite Album: Vulgar Display, OK computer, Dirt, Death of a Dead Day
Experience: Sikth (Death of a Dead Day), Nonpoint (To The Pain), Skindred, From the Ashes www.myspace.com/FromTheAshesBand , hopefully more soon to come
Goal: Make good records
Production Gear :
PTHD
Neve V3 with lots of outboard
http://www.bielerbros.com/gear_list.html

 

[wishtheend]

Name: Dylan
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA
Age: 21
Own Band: This Failure (bass, producing), Apikorism (guitar, keys)
Occupation: Musician & Online Tech Support for MusiciansFriend.com
Musical Tastes: Metal (tech, death, speed, thrash, math), Industrial, Ambient, Prog, Jazz, Trip-hop
Favorite Band: at the moment ... Opeth
Favorite Album: The Fragile
Favorite Producer: T. Reznor
Production Experience: One year hobbyist - started on digital 4 tracks and just keep working on up.
Goal: Become the self-produced style band. Of course progress in my band is top priority - but also would like to record professionally. For now, this is just a skill to help the writing and progress of my band.

Production Gear :
- Microphones: AKG C1000S SDC (pair), MXL 993 SDC (pair), Shure Beta 52, Shure SM57 (x3), Shure Beta 58a, MXL 990 LDC, MXL 2001 LDC (pair), Heil PR20, Oktava MK-319 LDC, DDrum 5-piece trigger set
- Audio Interface and Pres: Presonus Firepod x2
- Outboard: Carvin headphone amp, Line 6 POD XT, Sansamp Bass DI, Korg DTR1000
- Monitors: JBL LSR4328P (pair), M-Audio BX8 (pair), Bose, Sony, Senn. & Vic Firth headphones
- Amps: Mesa 3-ch Dual Rectifier w/ Standard Rect 4x12, Carvin R1000 Bass head w/ R810 8x10, Fender Cyber Deluxe 65W 1x12
- Guitars: ESP LTD F-2005 (81/81), ESP LTD B-2005 (35-DC/35-P4), Carvin DC127 (SH-2/Dimebucker), ESP LTD V-254 (35-HZ), Epiphone Les Paul (SH-4/SH-6),
- Pedals: ISP Decimator, MXR: M-108 EQ, M-80 Bass DI, DFH Wah. Ibanez: TS9 Tube Screamer, WD7 Weeping Demon Wah, AD9 Delay, CF-7 Chorus/Flange, Marshall: Echohead Delay & Reflector Reverb, Boss: ODb-3, MT-2, DD-3. GE-7, NS-2 & TU-2, Ross Flanger, Digitech: Metal Master, Whammy
- Plugins: Waves Platinum Bundle, L3, SSL, RVOX, Drumagog, Apptrigga2, IK SampleTank

 

[Gnash]

NAME: Shane Meyer
Location: Warsaw, Missouri
Age: 69
Band: Gnash, Shane Nash (Solo shit)
Studio: Kenyon's Sounhouse
Lefthanded
Guitars: Ibanez: Prestige RG1570,(2) RG550s, Gibson: Flying V, Schecter: Stealth, Wechter Pathmaker
Pickups: Seymour Duncan SH-6 Distortion, and SH-13 Dimebuckers
I'm too lazy too put more. I'll come back and edit later.
Amps: Peavey5150, Supreme 160, Line6 AX2, Randall RH200, Ampeg 115 combo
Cabs: Marshall 1960A, B, Peavey MS, all 75w speaks
DAW: Sonar 5, Motu 24io, Tascam 24 controller, Waves, DFHS, DM5
Monitors: Event Precision 8's
Pres: Great River, Art, Behringer MX9000 Eurodesk , Soundtracs 16/8/16
Comps: FMR, Art, DBX
MIDI: Korg Triton Extreme 66key, Korg pad Kontrol
Bass: Schecter 5 string
Drums: Pearl Export 9 piece
Cymbals: Ziljian: Ks, Zs, ZXTs, Paiste
Heads: Remo Ebony pinstripe, Snare: Remo Emporer X, Ambassador
Triggers: Ddrum (pro)
DI/ReampCountryman DI, Radial X amp
Mics: AT4050, Rode nt1a, MXLV63mogami, MXL overheads, D112, (5) 57s, (3) 58s, (6) Sennheiser 604s
Influences and Favorite music statement : Started out with KISS, ACDC, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Thin Lizzy, ZZ top, Van Halen, Deep Purple, etc... early on,- 80s discovered: Exodus, Metallica, Testament, Prong, Forbidden, Vio-lence, Overkill, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Sepultura, Obituary, Napalm Death, Death, Possessed, SOD, Satch, Vai, Yngwie, Accept etc...- 90s discovered: Faith No More, Suicidal, Pantera, Primus, White Zombie, Carcass, Fear Factory, Machine Head, Korn, Biohazard, Meshuggah, Seattle scene shit, Now: Chimaira, Arch Enemy, ANKLA, BLS, Byzantine, Cannibal Corpse, Demiricous, Fu Manchu, Clutch, Hatebreed, Pissing Razors, Pro-Pain, Katakysm, Nile, COB, Skinless, Dying Fetus, Skinlab, Slapnut, Steely Dan, Threat Signal, Gojira, Haunted, Soilwork, In Flames, Hypocricy, At the Gates, Entombed, Sikth, Goathore, Toxic Grind Machine etc...
Favorite Producers/mixer dudes: George Martin, Dave Johnson, Eddie Kramer, John Zazula , Mutt Lange, Alex Perialis, Karzog, Colin Richardson, Terry Date, Andy Sneap, Shane Meyer, Eddie Garcia, Ross Robinson, Neil Kernon, Adam D, Dave Jerdan, Machine, Gary Katz, Black Neon Bob, Devin Townsend, Christian Olde Wolbers, etc...

 

[Skyweaver]

Name: Dean
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Age: 36BC - and tragically left alive (lost the will to die)
Own Band: Luthor http://www.luthor.info - Vocals and guitars
Occupation: Enterprise Architect
Musical Tastes: Metal
Favorite Band: Sabbath, Maiden, Slayer, Kansas, Spastic Ink, Priest, In Flames, Evergrey, Watchtower
Favorite Album: Sad Wings of Destiny
Favorite Producer: Andy Wallace, Fredrik Nordstrom, Andy Sneap, Michael Wagener
Production Experience: Beginner/Hobbyist
Goal: Record own band to a decent standard

Production Gear : Amd Pc, RME Fireface800, Millennia Origin STT-1, ADK TT Class A Tube Mic, Rode NT1 and Shure sm57,

Software : Nuendo 3, Waves Diamond, Drumagog, UAD-1

Backline: Peavey 6505+, Marshal 1970A.

Guitars: Ibanez RG3120, PGM30, Epiphone ZW, Fender Strat

Pedals: Clyde Delux Wah, Maxon 820, Boss - noise supressor, SD-1, DS-2, ZW-OD

 

[WeeFace]

Name: Neil Morgan
Location: Birmingham UK
Age: 21
Own Band: Nothing fixed ATM, working on a couple of projects
Occupation: Student, occasional work at local studio and live gigs
Musical Tastes: Most metal that isn't up it's own ass, dirty blues and old rock
Favorite Band: Couldn't say... maybe Vader
Favorite Album: Again a hard call... Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican has been on my turntable a lot recently
Favorite Producer: I should probably put Andy , also Fredrik Nordstrom and recently been noticing Jens Bogren
Production Experience: Limited, but building gradually. Halfway through a degree.
Goal: Making this into a full time job, or something audio related anyway!
Production Gear :
- Microphones: Studio Projects, Shure, and a lil' Meek
- Audio Interface and Pres: Echo Layla 3G, Presonus Bluetube
- Outboard: Meek MC2, and hopefully soon a LiquidMix
- Software: Sonar 5 (saving up for 6), Guitar Rig 2
- Monitors: KRK RP5, AKG headphones and B&W DM4s
- Guitars: Charvels, an Ibanez and sometimes my old Jap Strat
- Computer: Self built AMD X2 4200+, about 350Gb of storage, 1Gb RAM
- Amps: ENGL Fireball w/ RFT valves

 

[JBroll]

Great idea, always wondered about the lot that always hangs around here. Not around as long as a lot here, but here goes...

Name: Jeffrey Broll
Location: San Fucking Antonio, TX, USA
Age: 18, I think
Own Band: Unnamed - do lots of weird things and make up a new name for everything
Occupation: Student - UTSA, physics (considering a double major or switch over to math)
Musical Tastes: Metal, good prog, hard bop, fusion, baroque
Favorite Band(s): Dream Theater, Nevermore, Soilwork, Cryptopsy, Opeth
Favorite Album(s, in same order): Awake, Enemies of Reality, Chainheart Machine and Natural Born Chaos, Whisper Supremacy and Once Was Not, Blackwater Park
Favorite Producer: Andy Sneap, Steven Wilson, Peter Tagtgren
Production Experience: My own bullshit and some things for friends
Goal: Be noisy and reduce stress
Production Gear :
- Microphones: SM 57 without the transformer, will soon get an MD421
- Audio Interface and Pres: Audiophile 2496, ART Tube MP and homemade preamp
- Monitors: Sony headphones and Altec Lansing computer speakers
- Backline: Crate XT120R
- Computer: Completely bastardized Gateway desktop (only original components are the case and a couple of IDE cables) with 3.06 gHz processor (overclocked occasionally), 512mb RAM, half a tera of hard drive; less bastardized Gateway laptop running Enlightenment window manager on completely bastardized Ubuntu 6.10 (only original coding was the hardware detection from initial configuration, that's been fucked with too), with dual-core processor (can't recall speed, it's overclocked), 1gb of RAM, 80gb internal drive and 250gb SATA(n) drive available when I need it, used for mixing because I have no interface on it but it's always with me.

Jeff

 

[dreamcatcher]

Name: Shaawano
Location: Just off the LCO rez in Northwestern Wisconsin
Age: 35
Own Band: Not anymore
Occupation: graduate student in anthropological linguistics
Musical Tastes: Metal, industrial, trippy fusion, punk, noisecore, avant, indigenous, blues, rock, and alternative
Favorite Band: Slayer
Favorite Album: The Gathering
Favorite Producer: Andy Sneap, Terry Date, Andy Wallace, Rick Rubin, Dr Dre, Justin Broadrick, Bill Laswell, Steve Albini, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Eddie Kramer
Production Experience: Some demos, recording, mixing of my own stuff, other bands, and soon indigenous drum groups
Goal: get my PhD and have it be useful to someone, or be in a great stoner/doom band

Production Gear
- Microphones: AKG C1000s and others, Audix D6, Audio-Technica something or others, RØDE NT/4, Shure SM57s and 58s, Oktava MK219, other crap mics
- Audio Interface: MOTU Ultralite
-Outboard gear: Tascam M30 mixer, Tascam MX-80 mic mixer, FMR Audio RNC, Akai s200XL, Ibanez DM1000, Lexicon Vortex, Electrix EQ killer and Filter Queen, Digitech DSP 128 (modded), Yamaha SPX-900, Nady GEQ-231
- Other stuff: AKAI XR-10 drum machine, AKAI S20 phrase sampler, Roland JUNO-60, MOOG Rogue
- Monitors: Roland DS-50s
- For guitars and bass: Carvin X100B with 4-12" Vintage Celestion loaded, Peavey Mark IV with Acoustic 4-10 cab, some old old Fender Twin, old tube Peavey Deuce Preamp, Squier Champ 15, PODPro 2.5, BassPOD, various crap pedals
- Computer: Apple iMac G5 running Logic Express 7 and other apps, a Powerbook G4 running Audiodesk and GarageBand, plus an old clamshell iBook for ReBirth.

Oh, and I have the crappiest drum set in the universe.

 

[Mato Barla]

Name: Martin Barla
Location: Slovakia
Age: 32
Own Band: ASTAROT, DAHAKA, PYRIMOR (drums)
Occupation: graphic designer
Musical Tastes: Metal.
Favorite Band: Meshuggah, Nevermore, Gorefest
Favorite Album: Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Favorite Producer: Andy Sneap, Terry Date, Daniel Bergstrand
Production Experience: most time demos. Also some albums (Pagan Spirit, Nocturnal Devotion).

Production Gear:
- Microphones: Shure, Rode
- Audio Interface and Pres: Digi 002R, Focusrite OctoPre, Tascam 688
- Monitors: Mackie HR824, Mission m72, Beyer Dynamic and Philips headphones
- Backline: LittleLabs redeye Reamp, hand made Mesa Boogie Rectifier copy, 2x12 cab with Celestion Vintage 30's, DDrum Triggers Alesis D4, Rocktron PROGAP Ultra, Rocktron Chameleon
- Computer: Intel Pentium4 Dual 3.2GHz with 1GB of RAM

 

[BD Malibu]

Name: Björn
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Age: 24
Own Band: R:I, Majesty
Occupation: Student (Music, Philosophy)
Musical Tastes: Metal, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Soul, Classical music
Favorite Band: Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Stevie Wonder
Favorite Album: Iron Maiden - Seventh son of a seventh son
Favorite Producer: Dann Huff
Production Experience: Some demos of other bands & my own stuff.

Production Gear:
- Microphones: Shure, Rode, AKG
- Audio Interface and Pres: some M-Audio stuff, Phonic Vocalmax
- Software: Pro Tools M-Powered
- Backline: Peavey EVH Wolfgang Special, Jackson Randy Rhoads Custom, Martinez CL-1M LTD, Epiphone AJ Acoustic Guitar, Jackson Performer Bass, Line 6 Pod, Vintage Amp Rangemaster Top, Vintage Amp 4x12", some Boss effectpedals, Alesis Quadraverb, Roland Keyboard

 

[rubthebuddha]

Name: Steve, Lurker and infrequent poster.
Location: Manhattan
Age: Not quite as old as dirt, I was just getting into metal in 1978.
Own Band: None currently, but always wanted one named "Tonight Free Beer and Naked Chicks", as it would look great on a marquee.
Instrument: Drums, I own two beautiful drumsets; a set of Ludwig Superclassics, a set of Premiers, a full array of Zildjians, another full array of Meinl's, and a Black Beauty snare, all sitting in a storage unit for the past 8 years.
Occupation: Business owner
Musical Tastes: Metal, Prog, some classical (primarily piano sonatas) a bit of pop.
Favorite Bands: Pain of Salvation, Nevermore, Marillion
Favorite Album: Remedy Lane, This Godless Endeavor, Marbles
Favorite Producer: Andy Sneap, Roy Z
Production Experience: I used to record band practices to cassette.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Name: Loren Littlejohn
Location: Auburn NY (home of Manowar and If Hope dies) USA.
Age: September 4th 1983 (you figure it out you lazy bastard )
Musical Experience: I got lots on guitar, much on bass and a little on drums. Been in 3 bands (current would be none). Been to England to play music. Used to play bass in a church worship band
Own Band: (DEAD!) South Hall Riot/ www.myspace.com/southhallriot
Occupation: I work with developmentally disabled adults supervising them overnight, recording is part time for now
Musical Tastes: Any type of metal with the exception of Black. Rock.
Favorite Band: Deftones.
Favorite Album: White Pony (deftones)
Favorite Producer: I don't really know any well known ones other than Andy so I guess Andy. I like Collin as well.
Production Experience: I dunno, quite a few?
Production Gear :
- Software: 100% legally purchased software! experience with cubase mainly, have used LE, SX1, and currently use SL 3 and pro tools LE 8, Reason 4.0, DFH2, Melodyne Uno, A bunch of random samples, PSP plugs, wavearts plugs (5 set), URS and a couple of PSP plugs, and a plethra of freebees I love digital phish phones the best though (as far as free goes).
- Microphones: Audix fusion (6) drum mics, e609,(2) sm57, sm58, SP C1 pair, (2) blue ball dynamic, audix D6, AKG D112 .
- Audio Interface and Pres: Mackie Control Universal, m audio profire 2626, alesis compressor, presonus tube pre X2, presonus HP4, line 6 UX2, and mbox 2.
- Monitors: M-Audio BX8a pair.
- Backline: Mesa Dual Rectifier, Peavey 5150, B-52 AT100 (fucked), Fender bassman 100 (heavy mod), and Epiphone valve jr (many mods) and crate angled blue cab vintage 30, Ibanez MMM1, Yamaha dd-55c, M-Audio keystation 88 pro, Boss ds-1 (mod), dd-6, bd-2 (mod), tu-2, ph-3, MT-2 (mod), and an Ibanez Tube King. My drumkit went up in flames.
- Computer: Apple Mac Pro


Goal: Well, 5 years and I'm still motivated to make this happen. We shall see.

 

[Where She Wept]

Name: Jim
Location: Buffalo NY, USA
Age: 28
Own Band: Used to play guitar for Where She Wept a goth/blackmetal hybrid. Currently working on a solo disc where i play everything.
Occupation: Electronics tech, (currently looking for work)
Musical Tastes: Metal, Synth pop.
Favorite Band: Nevermore, Sentenced, Carcass, My Dying Bride, Sepultura, Napalm Death, Metallica, Megadeth, Overkill, Dream Theater, Scar Symmetry
Favorite Album: Too many
Favorite Producer: Andy Sneap, Mags, Tue Madsen, Colin Richardson
Production Experience: Demos on 4track cassette, to 8 track casstte to, ADAT, and then to PC this past year. Since then I've done 2 small demos for a Hardcore and an Emo band, Plus a flull length for Skinbound (www.myspace.com/skinbound)
Production Gear : The best cheap crap money can buy
- Microphones: AKG, Audio-Technica, Rode, CAD, Shure, Radio Shack PZM's
- Audio Interface and Pres: Firepod, M-Audio Delta 1010LT, SM Pro Audio SP8 Pre and a Behringer T1953 tube pre (don't like it, but keep it for looks) and a really cool old DOD rack compressor. It has a 40:1 compression ratio.
- Monitors: Behringer truth, Vic Firth isolation headphones (awesome headphones)
- Backline: Mesa Triaxis/2:90, Pod ProXT, Pearl Export Drumset.
- Computer: Homemade PC. 2.4ghz Athalon64, 1ghz FSB, 2gig of RAM; 40,80, + 250 gig ATA133 HD (I need to upgrade to SATA real bad), dual 17" monitors. WindowsXPuke:

Well it's a start, i haven't recorded more this year because of the last band i did. Their guitar player is wanted for stalking and cutting the brake lines of some woman in another state. And it made me think of the element i was having in my home, so i'm laying back sharpening my skills with my stuff and helping out friends with their recording needs.

 

[Kazrog]

Name : Shane McFee
Location : Santa Barbara, California, USA
Age : 28
Own Band : BACKMASK
Occupation : User Interface Designer
Musical Tastes : Metal, Classical, Industrial, Progressive
Favorite Band : Led Zeppelin, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Soilwork, Fear Factory
Favorite Album : Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
Favorite Producer : Andy Sneap
Production Experience : Mainly my own music (BACKMASK) in addition to helping friends out here and there.
Goal : Achieve international success with BACKMASK and as a producer
Production Gear : Mac G5, Motu 828 Mk II, Event studio monitors, various software and outboard gear.

 

[cobrahead1030]

Name: Mike

Location: Southeastern USA

Age: 23

Own Band: Disvisioned (guitarist)

Occupation: restaraunt worker, and college student (studying graphic/web design)

Musical Tastes: I'm primarily a metal guy, but i enjoy blues, all kinds of rock from the 50's onward, jazz, classical, country, and the occassional film score...i'm not much into hip hop or modern pop

Favorite Band: Metallica i suppose, HUGE influence as a kid, and the reason i began to take music seriously

Favorite Album: Master of Puppets & Ride the Lightning (tied)

Favorite Producer: i really enjoy a lot of andy's work, tue madsen is amazing as well

Production Experience: very little, i've done one demo/ep with my band and in the process of a 2nd...working my way toward recording other musicians, when i'm more confident of being able to give clients what they want/expect

Production Gear :
- Microphones: shure, audix, sennheiser, mxl
- Audio Interface and Pres: presonus firepod, alesis multimix 16, m audio fast track
- Monitors: wharfedale 8.2a, various sony and akg headphones from $10 up to $250
- Backline: framus cobra, peavey 5150, mesa mark III, epiphone valve jr, peavey xxl, splawn straight 4x12, splawn slant 4x12, splawn oversized 2x12, peavey 5150 4x12, behringer bass v-amp pro, gretsch catalina birch kit with assorted sabian and zildjian cymbals
- Computer: custom built pc...3.2 gig processer, 1512mb ram, two 80 gig hard drives

i'm a big time noob compared to most of you guys here, mainly inherited my recording hobby because i'm in a band that can't afford studio time

 

[Jacob Hansen]

Name: Jacob
Age: 36
Own Band: Invocator, Anubis Gate (vocals), Beyond Twilight (guitars)
Occupation: producer mainly, musician, dad
Musical Tastes: some metal, some rock, some pop
Favorite Band: I used to have one when I was a teenager... Now I can't think of one. Could be King's X, tho.
Favorite Album: metal: King's X - Dogman - the others: Jellyfish - Spilt Milk or Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes
Favorite Producer: Bob Rock, Brendan O'Brien
Production Experience: too many to mention... started in '92.
Production Gear : too much to mention here.
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