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As I say, I am wary because I am not a big name, but it's not out of the question that I would be asked to do this kind of thing based upon previous work/music. I probably have understated my levels of experience on this thread but that doesn't really bother me too much. I will not be sending them m...

No offense taken. I deliberately don't have any links or such in my profile because I don't want anything I say on a message board to necessarily reflect me professionally. The assistant contacted via email, and I've since spoken to him on the phone. I've inquired as to the whys and hows in the last...

Hi, they have booked a studio in London, so they won't be anywhere near any of my stuff. That's what I don't get - if it were a scam I don't see how they are actually going to get anything off me. I don't really want to reveal too much about specifics of the work they've asked me to do - if it's leg...

Hmmm, thanks for the input. I should point out, the terms were not completely broad - they do specify the kind of work, duration and dates. I also tried to get it moved as the dates were not perfect for me and they were unable to change the dates - this could be an elaborate double bluff kind of thi...

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice, primarily from the more experienced posters who have worked on big projects (Joel, Chris etc). I received an email a couple of days ago from a guy saying he was an assistant to "a well established UK band". He's looking for me to do some work with them. Anyway, a...

This sounds amazing, I wish I lived near LA.

So, I sit here at 7:30 am local time having just finished a 19 1/2 hour session (the last of 10 days and we had to finish the album), a personal record. What's the longest continuous session you've ever been involved in? I thought this could throw up some interesting stories.

That looks like a great resource, but it's probably a little much to expect the lad to get through it by next Friday. I'm really after something a little more short and concise, the kind of thing that could fit on one or two sides of A4.

Hi, I'm going to be having a kid from the local university helping out on my next album project. He's helped out before with some of my live gigs and I'm confident he can be an asset to the session if he knows what's expected of him. Is there a concise document anywhere on the net that's kind of a "...

I think this thread has more weird assumptions and unnecessary aggro than any I've seen for a long time. Chill out, guys!

I've been mixing on a Macbook Pro that was top spec when I bought it 3 or 4 years ago (it's the last of the original Intel Core Duos before they moved to Core 2 Duo). In general it's fine - I only run into problems with very, very high track counts (over 100) or a lot of virtual instruments/convolut...

I'm pretty sure they often do deals, but I've heard that for a mix from one of the american big boys (Tom or Chris lord-alge, Andy Wallace etc) they are basically looking for between $5k and $8k per track. Not bad work if you can get it. I think Cenzo Townsend charges around ?2000 per track. I'm not...

drumsound wrote: Having the monitors up high keeps me from creaming the mix buss.

That's a good idea, might have to give that one a try. I fear I'll just end up monitoring too loud though.

I think the only way to test this is to deliberately drop your Coles 10 times from exponentially increasing heights. When it breaks, you will know where the limit is.

I've used the Kel HM-7U. The studio I used it at didn't have it very long, but it was solid on outside kick on the one session I did while it was there. I auditioned it on vocals as well and it didn't really suit the singer, but I imagine it could certainly suit others. I don't remember a great deal...