Megan Thee Stallion’s hit Hot Girl Summer that I recorded the vocals for was certified platinum in December. It’s my first platinum record, and I look forward to putting that plaque on my wall soon. Megan was also featured on Chance the Rapper’s album, a feature that I recorded as well.
Jacquees released his sophomore album “The King of R&B”. I recorded all his vocals for the track “All You Need” ft. Bluff City and Quavo.
Live recordings are still going strong – from concert halls, to comedy venues like Caroline’s and the Comedy Cellar, basements, rehearsal spaces, living rooms and video shoots atop skyscrapers in Manhattan. Even a 4-day stint at a theater in SoHo to record the audio for a live sitcom pilot. The rig is certainly making it’s rounds.
Here’s a finished video for Damn Tall Buildings that I recorded at Sony Hall in midtown, mixed and mastered.
Another series of videos featuring the incredible Lucy Yege from a living room in Bushwick.
The cornerstone of my mobile multi-track rig, my home-made balanced microphone splitters, got a bit of an upgrade. I printed new circuit boards to include a very low gain, fixed gain pre-amp (think like a Cloudlifter) on the transformer isolated output. The idea is that it offsets the inherent 3db of signal loss when splitting, and means I don’t have to push my pre-amps when recorded live, quiet sources.
The Beastie Boys audiobook was nominated for a Grammy for best spoken word album. It didn’t win, but I’ll be getting a certificate for recording parts of it with my mobile rig. That will also be going on my wall.
Looking forward to 2020 and seeing what the upcoming year has for me.
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