Stephen Hudson- engineering, production, guitar and drum maintenance, and instruments when wanted and apt.
Influences
NPR (balanced/spacious mixes), TapeOp mag & PotLuck Con, people who put their music or other work before their own egos/opinions
Some recordings I enjoy: American Football, Anathallo, Dave Brubeck, Death Cab "Photo Album", Jimmy Eat World "Clarity", Mew "...Glass Handed Kites", Mock Orange, The Roots, Spoon, John Vanderslice, Weepies, Weezer "Pinkerton" (& blue ONLY)
Sounds Like
converters so mastering grade they'll make your chastity fade
boutique preamps to make your knees dance,
and a closet full of microphones so phat they're lipo-proned.
1) The Marketing. IGNORE this. No studio will say, "Well, we sound mediocre."
2) The Samples. www.thebusyboxstudio.com (because myspace kills all treble)
3) The Engineer/Producer. The operator is pre-requisite to equipment. Is (s)he knowledgeable in acoustics, instrument tech, electricity, etc. or just hip and vaguely optimistic?
4) The Rooms and Equipment. Quality over quantity. Adequate pro/boutique gear trumps a slew of con(or pro)sumer gear. Numerous rooms can be convenient, but acoustics suffer in smaller ones (particularly bass frequencies due to room modes). This effects drums and mixing/mastering severely.
5) The Budget. Do the best you can afford. But price does not equal quality (Toyota v. Hummer?). Also, getting the best sound onto tape/disk is first priority, then mixing. Mastering is 5-10% of the sound. Better to send a gem to a decent polisher than a turd to the world's best. Set your budget accordingly.
6) The Time/Price Balance. How fast you can nail a part, how many parts you need, and whether they're written yet determines which option is best.
yeah Michael Gooden and his group are great ppl thanks for the ADD REQUEST and any band from Dallas is a band worth getting to know! are you and Shapes and Stars pretty close?
no other questions, i work for the door, mostly in plano, but when i work dallas next time i'll hit you up for coming down there early an checkin it out. I may want to do some solo stuff
hey sorry to bother you if i missed it in the blogs, but what software are you using to record. and are you going straight into a matrix (such as an m-box) or going through a digital board linked with your recording software?
