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Author Topic: Bands that have produced AND recorded/mixed quality albums themselves?  (Read 6932 times)

Phillip Graham

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Hello all,

I was reading J's thread about his band's new upcoming album on iTunes, and it made me think about bands who have done the DIY thing and come up with a quality result.

I own a some records that fit this category, and would to learn about examples of others.

Three I already have that come to mind:

"Transatlanticism" by DCFC-great songs, great sonics, perhaps the standard of band produced/recorded albums?

"As Daylight Dies" by Killswitch Engage-great sonics for this genre in our current vein of modern-rock mixing.

"Fire/Water" by Thrice-a good intersection of tones and sonics, with strong songwriting.
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Re: Bands that have produced/recorded quality albums themselves?
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2008, 02:17:22 PM »

I would second the Fire/Water Alchemy Index Vols I & II.  Tepei has really done some nice work on that album.  I will say however that the last track on Fire is rather bothersome on my eardrums, and I can't make it more than 45 seconds into the song without moving on.

Firebreather is STELLAR though.
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Re: Bands that have produced/recorded quality albums themselves?
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2008, 03:02:46 PM »

Fantastic Planet - Failure

Identikit - Burning Airlines
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Phillip Graham

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Re: Bands that have produced/recorded quality albums themselves?
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2008, 04:53:34 PM »

j.hall wrote on Mon, 04 February 2008 15:02

Fantastic Planet - Failure

Identikit - Burning Airlines


Ach, how could I forget about "Fantastic Planet" and Ken Andrews, and I own that record!

(bows head in shame)

I didn't realize that Burning Airlines made that record themselves...
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Re: Bands that have produced/recorded quality albums themselves?
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2008, 09:41:30 PM »

J Robbins

he did the first one by himself as well, and he's done all the channels releases which are great too.

Lula Davina - Shiner
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Re: Bands that have produced/recorded quality albums themselves?
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2008, 09:42:12 PM »

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Re: Bands that have produced/recorded quality albums themselves?
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2008, 10:26:30 PM »

Weezer - Pinkerton
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Re: Bands that have produced/recorded quality albums themselves?
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2008, 10:30:07 PM »

ryst wrote on Mon, 04 February 2008 21:26

Weezer - Pinkerton



Rolling Eyes




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Re: Bands that have produced/recorded quality albums themselves?
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2008, 10:41:16 AM »

ryst wrote on Mon, 04 February 2008 22:26

Weezer - Pinkerton


Sincerely hope you are kidding about this one...

Unless
Joe Barresi (Tool, L7, Pennywise, QUOTSA, etc.),

Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Mogwai, Sparklehorse, Modest Mouse),

and JJP (John Mayer, Jellyfish, Black Crowes, Diana Ross, Amy Grant, Semisonic, Better than Ezra, No Doubt, etc., etc.)

were members of Weezer in 1996...

http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xf exqlhld6e~T2
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Re: Bands that have produced AND recorded/mixed quality albums themselves?
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2008, 02:04:53 PM »

Phillip Graham wrote on Mon, 04 February 2008 13:07

Hello all,

I was reading J's thread about his band's new upcoming album on iTunes, and it made me think about bands who have done the DIY thing and come up with a quality result.


Hi Phillip,

Hope your new year is rocking so far.  How's the PhD coming?

As you know, my place does almost exclusively "under the radar DIY stuff".

Two recent projects the artist is proud of (and I am glad I had a hand/ear in) is Light Silver Automatic:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lsautomatic

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lsautomatic2

The first link is the "rock" record and the second one is the "acoustic".  

"Quality"?  I dunno - but like any DIY project, if the "do-er" is satisfied, we all should be, eh?  Some of these songs are many years old.

I think Mark is a really good songwriter.  Nothing earth-shattering just thoughtful.

Recorded mostly in a basement by one of my protege`s and overdubbed/massaged at my place as a team (writer, engineer and me).

Take good care, Phil - still using E2?

Fig
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Re: Bands that have produced AND recorded/mixed quality albums themselves?
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2008, 02:37:53 PM »

i think John Angello did some work on that Burning Airlines stuff. either way, those records sound super good.

I like Chad Clark's self-production on the Smart Went Crazy and Beauty Pill records. Spoon's self-produced stuff sounds great too. The newer stuff they did with Jon Brion doesn't sound as good to me.

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Re: Bands that have produced AND recorded/mixed quality albums themselves?
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2008, 03:35:44 PM »

yeah, i think agnello worked on identikit.  forgot about that.



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Re: Bands that have produced AND recorded/mixed quality albums themselves?
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2008, 07:30:38 PM »

Fig wrote on Wed, 06 February 2008 14:04

Phillip Graham wrote on Mon, 04 February 2008 13:07

Hello all,

I was reading J's thread about his band's new upcoming album on iTunes, and it made me think about bands who have done the DIY thing and come up with a quality result.


Hi Phillip,

Hope your new year is rocking so far.  How's the PhD coming?


Thom!  Hopefully about 6 more months!  Then into the real world.  How's things at Sensaphonics?  PS I have a tear in the silicone of my right ear ER15s.  You guys have a recommended glue?  My ear canals, as you know, are so stinking small there's just not enough material in one spot, and it tore.

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As you know, my place does almost exclusively "under the radar DIY stuff".


Yup!  Listening to the rock record now...  The decision to let the singer's voice take up so much of the midrange against the guitars is interesting.  Kind of a Jeff Buckley vibe.

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"Quality"?  I dunno - but like any DIY project, if the "do-er" is satisfied, we all should be, eh?  Some of these songs are many years old.


I guess by quality i mean acceptable and appropriate performances, no obvious engineering decision mistakes, mixes that make sense.  It doesn't all have to be "big pop" but since that sound can be tough to achieve, I give cred to bands that get there.

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Take good care, Phil - still using E2?

Fig



Sold the replacement pair you got me ages ago, to another GT student, after my 7506s walked off at a gig.  Needed good cans more than the ears.  I really liked the E2s, ignoring that the top octave was completely not there.  Great single driver product for the money, if you added a bit of low/low mid eq to them.
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Re: Bands that have produced AND recorded/mixed quality albums themselves?
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2008, 02:34:06 PM »

pg666 wrote on Wed, 06 February 2008 14:37

Spoon's self-produced stuff sounds great too. The newer stuff they did with Jon Brion doesn't sound as good to me.


Jon Brion has only worked on one (released?) song with Spoon -- "The Underdog".  Everything else has been self-produced, or more correctly "co-produced" with guys like John Croslin and Mike McCarthy.
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Re: Bands that have produced AND recorded/mixed quality albums themselves?
« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2008, 06:31:22 AM »

Athlete do all their own stuff don't they?

Whether or not that counts as high quality, I haven't heard anything except 'Wires'. And that was quite good.
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