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 John McKay - Mix Engineer
 
 
 Do you have a project already recorded, and are interested in Mixing Services?
 Interested in Location Record Production in the Phoenix area? Interested in Recording a Live Gig in the Phoenix area?  Recording Hellas Mounds - Photo by Andrew Weiss
 
 Read About Some Sessions I've Done (with audio!)
 Recording Man About a Dog at Trunk Space Recording The Earps Live at Hollywood Alley Recording 'Last Ferry to Cydonia' with Hellas Mounds Recording 'Pilot to Co-Pilot' with Red Republic
 Recording 'Duluth' with Grassroots Campaign
 
 Recording 'UFOs' with Snow Songs
 
 Recording '40 Thousand' with The Blizzard of '77
 
 Recording 'Corpse Smell' with Tweeker Chic
 
 Recording 'Like Knives' with Roman Arms
   Recording Forum Meta Search Simple custom search for recording info   10 Tips to Radically Improve Your Home Recordings As the owner of a mobile recording studio, a large portion of the work I do is 'Home Recording,' though it's usually at someone else's home! In the past 5 years of doing the location gig, I've come up with a few simple things anyone can do to improve their home recordings a lot. This stuff applies whether I'm recording you, or you're using your own gear. Getting good tracks down is always a good thing...Read More   The Importance of 'Character' in Recordings One of the things I notice about a lot of home recordings, and even professional studio recordings, is that they lack character. They are technically sound, acoustically neutral, and as a result, pretty boring to listen to...Read More   8 Tips For Choosing The Right Recording Studio While it might seem like choosing the right recording studio for your project is a straightforward process of finding the studio with the best price, there's much more to it than that...Read More   There's No Such Thing as a Demo
 Bands often use the term 'demo' to describe what they're looking to do. "We want to record a 4 song demo." The thing is, though, that 'demo' is an inaccurate term, that leads to an...Read More
 
 
 A Day in the Life
 
 I often talk to bands about recording, and some of the questions I hear most often are:
 
						"How does this work?""Do you record everyone at once?""Can we do overdubs?" In an effort to answer some of these questions...Read More So Are You Going To Finish Your CD or What?
 Every band I know is always in some stage of the CD production process. But often they've been in the same stage for a long time, sometimes a VERY long time! The key to getting your CD finished...Read More
 
 Bringing In The Pro's
 
 In this era of affordable recording equipment and software based recording workstations, many artists are choosing to record themselves at home. While it is possible to get very good results in a home studio, often projects are less impressive than they could be...Read More
 
 
 Acoustical Spaces and Why I Don't Use Reverb (much!)
 
 Acoustical Space is the term used to describe the apparent environment that a sound "appears" in. That is to say, the sound of the room, the reverb, the materials, etc. A vocal bathed in short bright reverb sounds like it was recorded in...Read More
 
 
 8 Steps to a Better Session
 
 Recording is a time-intensive experience, and problems that arise often seem magnified. No one wants to wait for an hour while the guitar player runs to Guitar Center for new strings. So, to keep things going smoothly...Read More
 
 
 Getting Your S*** Together
 
 The one thing (besides your ability to play) that will heavily impact your live and studio work is your equipment. Do you have a weak link in an otherwise strong chain? To find out...Read More
   How To Record a Kick Drum I was recording a band yesterday, and thinking about setting up my mics, etc. I've worked with these guys before, so I have an idea what they sound like, but the drummer had a new kit...Read More   
    Other Recording Studios in Phoenix
 
    Cheaper Milk/Good Morning - Man About a Dog Forgot Your Letter - Snow Songs Days Are Gone - Red Republic Last Ferry to Cydonia - Hellas Mounds Corpse Smell - Tweeker Chic Bad Seed - Thee Oh-No's Pat's Song - Die September White Phospherous - Gymkata UFO's - Snow Songs Bushywinks - Affirmative Action Figure Faces(live) - The Ed Band Duluth - Grassroots Campaign Rooster Run(live) - The  Like Knives - Roman Arms     Suitcase Recordings - Mobile Recording Studio Phoenix, AZ                 |