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SALEM, Massachusetts
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Member Since4/11/2006
Band Websitesomeday
Band MembersKurt Ballou
InfluencesMetal Month on VH1 classic, Michael Gira, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Ian MacKaye, Mike Kirsch, Tonie Joy, Greg Ginn, Rick Rubin, Thomas Skogsberg.
Sounds LikeMixing Consoles: Custom 48 input console made of Tonelux, Thermionic Culture, and OpAmp labs components. Tape Machines: Otari MTR100 2” 24 track Ampex ATR-102 2 track with 1/2” and 1/4” heads MCI JH110 1” 8 track Tascam DA-20 DAT Tascam CD-RW 700 Tascam 102 MKII Cassette Monitors: Urei 809 mains Adam S3A near fields Mackie HR824 near fields Yamaha NS-10 passive near fields Audix 1A studio monitors Sony Boom Box Mics: AEA R88 stereo ribbon mic AKG C451 with CK1, CK2, CK3, and CK5 capsules (5) AKG D12e AKG D112 AKG D190 (3) Audio Technica ATM250DE Audix I-5 Beyerdynamic M-201 Beyerdynamic M-130 ribbon mic Beyerdynamic M-160 ribbon mic (2) Earthworks TC30K (2) Groove Tubes MD1a tube tube mic Heil Sound PR-20 Heil Sound PR-30 (4) Heil Sound PR-40 Heil Sound Handi-Mic Microtech-Gefell UM92.1s tube mic Microtech-Gefell MV692 with UM70, UM71, and M69 caps (4) Neumann KM 184 (2) Placid Audio Copperphone RCA 44bx ribbon mic Red type A tube mic Red type B condensor mic Red R0, R2, R4, R6 (2), and R7 capsules for type A and B mics Royer R-121 ribbon mic Sennheiser 421 Sennheiser 441 Sennheiser MD 504 Sennheiser E-906 Shure Beta 91 PZM Shure Beta 98 D/S (5) Shure Beta 58 Shure SM-57 (2) Shure SM-57 w/ TapeOp mod Shure SM-58 (2) Soundelux E49 tube mic Digital Audio Workstation: Mac Pro Quad 2.66g, 5g ram Protools HD3 Accel PCIe 24 channel in, 32 out, up to 192khz sample rates Apogee AD16x and DA16x converstion (16 in, 16 out) Plugins: All stock Digi plugs plus… Impact Maxim Reverb One Revibe Focusrite EQ Focusrite comp Drumagog Drumkit From Hell Amp Farm refuse Lowender Sonnox EQ Sonnox Transient Designer Sound Toys Pitch Doctor Sound Toys Crystalizer Sound Toys Echo Boy Sound Toys Phase Mistress Sound Toys Sound Blender Sound Toys Speed Bomb Factory BF-3a Bomb Factory BF76 Bomb Factory MC77 Bomb Factory Fairchild 660 and 670 Bomb Factory Plutec Bundle Sans Amp PSA-1 Joe Meek SC2 Joe Meek Meequalizer Sony Oxford EQ Sony Oxford Transient Modulator Sonalksis (everything) Massey VT3 Massey CT4 Massey L2007 Massey Tape Head Massey THC and more… Outboard Gear: Pre-amps: A-Designs EM red (2) Altec 1567a 5x1 Tube pre/mixer Chandler LTD-1 (Neve 1073 style) Chandler TG channel MKII (Abbey Road style) (2) Chandler Germanium Daking mic pre/eq (6) Drawmer 1969 Tube stereo Focusrite ISA 115 stereo mic pre/eq Joe Meek VC1 tube channel John Hardy MPC-3000 (4) LaChappel Audio 583v No Toasters Nice Pair stereo pre OpAmp Labs (10) OSA mutant Sans Amp Bass Driver Shadow Hills Mono Gama (2) Thermionic Culture “The Rooster” stereo Universal Audio 6176 Universal Audio 8110 8 channel EQ: Chandler LTD-1 (Neve 1073 style) Chandler TG channel MKII (Abbey Road style) (2) Daking mic pre/eq (6) Empirical Labs Lil’ Freq (2) Focusrite ISA 115 stereo mic pre/eq Krohn Hite filter LaChappel 583v Manley Massive Passive stereo tube eq (2) OpAmp labs 2 band inductor-eq’s (10) Sontec MEP-250C Stereo Parametric Sony MX-32 (4) Thermionic Culture “The Rooster” stereo Tonelux EQP4 (16) Universal Audio 6176 Compression: Aphex Expressor with Audio Upgrades mod (2) Custom built LA-2a clone DBX 165 Drawmer 1969 tube stereo Drawmer Three-Sum Daking FET II(2) Empirical Labs Distressor (2) Gates Solidstatesman Joe Meek VC1 tube channel Retro Instruments 176 tube compressor Sontec dynamic range controller Thermionic Culture “The Phoenix” vari-mu tube compressor Tonelux TXC (2) Tube-Tech SMC-2b multiband tube compressor Universal Audio 6176 Gates: Symmetrix 562 E stereo gate Symmetrix 564 quad gate Effects: Alesis Midiverb 4 Deltalab Effectron Digitech Studio Quad Electrix Filter Factory Electrix MoFX Eventide H3000 Ultraharmonizer Furman spring reverb Lexicon MPX-500 Motion Sound Leslie simulator Peavey Valverb spring reverb Roland RE-501 Chorus / Tape Echo Yamaha SPX-90 Other: Jensen MS encoder/decoder Little Labs IBP phase alignment tool(2) Radial SGI (studio guitar interface) Rane headphone amp Reamp V1 Drum Machines: Alesis DMpro Boss DR-660 Instruments*: Drums: First Act toy drumset (2) Ludwig super sensitive snare (mid 60’s) Pearl Steve Ferrone signature brass 14" x 6.5" snare (Black Beauty knock-off) Tempus kit. 14” x 6.5” snare, 8”, 10”, 12”, 14”, 16”, and 18” toms, and 22” kick. Yamaha Recording Custom (birch) 24" kick Yamaha Rock Tour Custom 14" x 8" snare Assorted Zidjian cymbals (most have been broken by angry drummers) Paiste Giant Beat ride Assorted percussion junk (tambourine, chicken shake, etc.) 1 straight cymbal stand 2 boom cymbal stands 1 hi hat stand 1 snare stand some drum thrones 1 beat-up DW9000 bass drum pedal Keyboards: EMU E-Synth Knabe upright grand piano Korg Microsynth Korg Poly-Six analog synth Hammond H114 organ Melodica Melody Horn Assorted Yamaha Portasounds Amps: Ampeg V-4R 100w BadCat Black Cat 30w class-A BadCat Lynx 50w class-A CMI 1x15 combo Engl Powerball Fender Vibro Champ Gallien Krueger 800RB GMT 300g Guild Thunderbass Laney Klipp Marshall JMP 50w Marshall 25/50 Jubilee 1x12 combo Orange AD200 Orange Thunderverb THD Flexi-50 Traynor Reverb Master 50w Traynor YBA-1 50w Verellen AC-15 clone Verellen 1x15 Twin clone Speaker Cabinets: Ampeg SVT 8x10 Ampeg V6 2x15 Homemade 2x12 with Jensen’s Emperor half open 2x12 with 1 Rola Celestion V30 and 1 Eminence Red Fang Emperor 6x12 1/3 open back with Rola Celestion V30’s, Eminence Swamp Thangs, and Celestion Sidewinders Emperor 6x12 1/3 open back with WGS alnicos, Eminence Texas Heats, and Celestion Sidewinders 60’s Marshall 4x10 basket weave column with 10 watt Celestion’s (2) 70’s Marshall checkerboard 4x12 model 1982 with assorted speakers ’73 Marshall 8x10 cab with 15 watt Celestions ’73 Marshall 8x10 cab with 4 12’s and no 10’s Peavey 1x12 with EV speaker Guitars: Dean Dimebag tribute bantar Fender super jumbo acoustic First Act custom guitar (2) First Act Delia First Act Delgada bass Frankenstein short scale tele with EMG's and Bigsby '62 Guild Starfire with Bigsby '62 Gibson Melody Maker '96 Rickenbacker 650A Atlantis with EMG's ’79 Peavey T40 bass Warmoth Jazz Master with EMG 89 Effects Pedals: Boss Flanger Boss Metal Zone Boss HM2 Heavy Metal Boss Super Overdrive Boss PS-3 Pitch Shifter/Delay Boss Occtone Overdrive Boss DD-5 digital delay Boss DD-6 digital delay Boss Noise Suppressor (2) Boss Graphic EQ Digitech Bass Synth Wah Danelectro DanEcho delay pedal Danelectro Grilled Cheese Distortion DOD Buzz Box Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Electro Harmonix Big Muff II Ernie Ball Volume Pedal FoxRox Octone Hao Rust Driver Hao Sole Pressure Line 6 Modulation Modeller Menatone Red Snapper Mt’lab Dokuhebi MXR Distortion+ Providence Heat Blaster Providence Stampede Providence “Great Deceiver” V-Stack V-Stack Tweedy V-Stack BHM Z-VexFuzz Factory
Record LabelUnknown Indie
Type of LabelIndie


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GodCity is a recording studio focusing on creative, innovative, artistically credible independant music. I've got a nice professional facility and lots of analog and digital gear. I made this profile so that I can view complete profiles of bands looking to record with me. I'm not looking to use this as a social forum. I'm only accepting friends from people I've recorded, labels I've worked with, photographers I've worked with, etc. Basically, just people who's shit I back in a professional way. For booking, email godcity@aol.com

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BATS





Mar 10 2009 6:07 PM

Kurt! We've arrived back on our shitty island having traversed the Atlantic filled with excitement electricity. We'd all like to thank you from the tips of our wings and the bottoms of our pumps for everything you did for us. We're so glad we came to Salem. See ya soon.
Cheers chief! BATS xxxxx
PAINT IT BLACK





Mar 4 2009 6:11 AM

yeah, that's right, we said "legendary"
steven





Mar 4 2009 6:22 AM

very VERY excited to hear how things come out with the new rig. the bar has risen once again.
LKRZ





Feb 17 2009 5:40 PM

LKRZ <3's You. xo.
Club Awesome





Feb 1 2009 9:36 PM

Sorry for taking all your business. Please understand, in these tough economic times you've gotta be cutthroat to survive. Rest assured, we'll certainly recommend you for anyone we can't accomodate.
Kruger





Jan 27 2009 4:48 PM

Hi there !

Just passing by to drop a massive :

"You Rock !"


Raph.
PHANTOM GLUE





Jan 23 2009 3:22 PM

Pressing cd's with crazy Oates art, we'll get one to you so you can bump it in whatever sweet whip you might be driving.
-M
Chang Ffos





Nov 25 2008 11:46 AM

hey!
did you finally get some sleep?
;)
pygmylush





Sep 12 2008 5:34 PM

KURT THERE ARE POSSIBLE PARTY TURTLE LYRICS ON THE PYGMY LUSH BIO.
CHECK IT.
Ryan Arson





Aug 20 2008 3:05 PM

Duck weasel.
MYRIN





Apr 20 2008 1:11 AM

hey sick show at the KNITTING FACTORY on friday .
TORCHE





Apr 14 2008 5:41 AM

meanderthal behind the scenes love you dude
DEVIN!





Apr 8 2008 8:11 PM

I just grabbed the new Torche.
It sounds killer! Best written/best recorded Torche album to date!!!
La Crisi





Apr 2 2008 2:37 PM

dude! it's been amazing working with you at godcity! we miss you and snizer!
talk soon!
N E C K B O L T S





Mar 28 2008 8:43 PM

Hey Kurt
thanks for everything you did for us years ago.
We hope to see you soon and do it all again.
MYRIN





Jan 26 2008 3:24 AM

hope too see you soon man .
dead or american





Jan 9 2008 10:15 PM

Was just laughing to myself about your Wyld Stallyns/Beatles dilemma ...
Ressurection





Jan 5 2008 2:47 PM

Kurt maned our board better than we could have dreamed.
Robotic Empire





Oct 26 2007 11:13 PM

marie claire





Sep 27 2007 3:47 AM

you're forgetting the rule about how all bands you record must cover "honky tonk badonkadonk" in a hidden track.
Trivikrama dasa





Sep 13 2007 3:40 AM

I told Lisa to turn the lights off. I'm getting fat eating packages of waffles.
MYRIN





Aug 16 2007 10:54 PM

SHIT BRO YOU KNOW HOW I ROLL . THE # IS LIKE 300 OR SOMETHING NOW . SLAP ANYONE LATELY ?
The Casual Lean (New Demo Up)





Jul 14 2007 8:42 PM

HEY NOW!
xProfessorx





May 21 2007 3:51 AM

I hope to see you and your 'dime banjo' on long island soon, haha.
Løngsden





May 14 2007 12:51 PM

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