Wednesday, March 25, 2009

mastering

i'm going to go with West West Side Music for the mastering of my debut LP. last night i had a really terrific conversation with the owner and chief engineer Alan Douches; their rates are incredibly reasonable and they seem to be as artist-friendly as you please.

they've also done a ton of great work; their credits read like an indie band high school yearbook:

Sufjan Stevens, Nile, Brand New, Animal Collective, Fleetwood Mac, Mastodon, Everytime I Die, Clutch, Ben Folds Five, Converge, Galaxy 500, Beirut, Midlake, !!!, Shadows Fall, The Promise Ring, Against Me!, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura, Dalek, Yes, Fallout Boy, Hole, Thrice, Ted Leo, The Rapture, Superjoint Ritual, Hatebreed, Fat Boy Slim, Run DMC, The Misfits, Hot Water Music, Sick of It All, Black Dice, The Wrens, Les Savy Fav, My Morning Jacket, Cave In, Buzzcocks, LCD Sound System, Atreyu, Rupert Holmes, Panda Bear, From Autumn To Ashes, The Dismemberment Plan, Luke Temple, Snapcase, Martin Denny, Trans-Am, H2O, Hot Rod circuit, The Chemical Brothers, Luna, Monster Magnet, Rye Coalition, The Slackers, Glen Burtnik, Radio 4, Burning Airlines, Kramer, Alakaline Trio, Jets to Brazil, Her Space Holiday, My Brightest Diamond, Girls Against Boys, A Static Lullaby, Maritime, Danielson, Dave LaRue, Def Jux, Oneida, Burning Brides, Cap'n Jazz, Jackie Gleason, The Liars, Train, Paul Schwartz, Saves The Day, Pete Townsend, Maya Angelou, Low, Human League, Mice Parade, Sworn Enemy, Damon & Naomi, Burnt by The Sun, Gym Class Heroes, David Berkeley, Comeback Kid, Grand Master Flash, Strike Anywhere, DJ Soul Slinger, David Shire, Killswitch Engage, Kool And The Gang, Locust, Youth of Today, Between the Buried and Me, God Forbid, Smoothe Da Hustler, Pedro the Lion, Symphony X, Bad Brains, Earth Crisis, Channels, Olivia Tremor Control, Bayside, Twilight Sad, Murphy's Law, Oakley Hall, Lifetime, Unearth...


i'll report back here on how well they end up working out for "Broken Homes in Bexar County" but i'm very optimistic.