Mastering, Mixing & Songs

Well, it’s a long story. I thought it would be an interesting exercise to put down a summary of what has happened in my music “career” since Blue Laws, 9 years ago.  I released my last full-length album of songs, Blue Laws, in 2001. Since then, there have been 3 EPs – 2002′s Pollensongs, 2006′s [...]

I mixed and mastered a new live album by the Bazan band. It was recorded by Matt Barnhart at Electrical Audio in Chicago on October 28, 2009. There’s sound clips and more info at Bazan’s website. It will be available for pre-order today.

The majority of my work is mastering work, which I enjoy.  However, I’m seeing a trend which I want to address.  Many artists have small budgets, which I can certainly appreciate, being an independent artist myself.  A lot of these bands (appropriately) attempt to minimize the amount of money that they spend on a recording.  [...]

This might be a first for me – Curse Your Branches is charting in the Billboard 200.