Yellow Ring Recordings

09/22/2016

If you haven't had a chance yet to check out Raleigh's new live music TV series Oak City Sessions, you should probably get on that. It's been a pleasure getting to do the post production mixing for most of these episodes, can't wait to see what else this first season brings.

Here's the most recent episode featuring the rad dudes from Hotline:

https://youtu.be/kvixcBf-OSQ?t=20s

And here's the episode prior, with some killer live hip hop from Shirlette Ammons:

https://youtu.be/fU5N3vbnocM?t=14s

Oak City Sessions - 2016 - Hotline (full show)

07/27/2016

So excited that Erin Nenni's music video and EP got released today! Had a lot of fun writing and recording these songs with her, Rachel Hirsh and John Booker, plus getting to play some drums in the video.

Check it out on youtube, and if you like it you can grab a download of the EP from iTunes or Amazon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4qFBS09ECY

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/leavin-my-heels-at-home/id1136051929?i=1136051994&app=music&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

https://www.amazon.com/Sorry-Not-Erin-Nenni/dp/B01IR33LLQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469550078&sr=8-2&keywords=erin+nenni

03/23/2016

So honored to be a part of Noise Creators and had a great time recording my own episode for their podcast today. If you haven't checked it out yet, it should be required listening for anyone who takes their music seriously and wants to become a better recording artist.

I think my personal two favorite episodes to date are with Stuart Richardson and Aaron Marsh, but every one of these is just a goldmine of information and thoughts on music production and creativity.

https://soundcloud.com/noisecreators

Noise Creators helps musicians get to know the best producers in music today. Jesse Cannon hosts a podcast that gets inside these producer's thoughts.

03/08/2016

Blasted out a really cool punk demo a little while back, if you're into things like TURNSTILE give it a listen!

http://illeffectnc.bandcamp.com/releases

4 track album

03/08/2016

Great profile on a great band I love working with by the homies over at Noise Creators:

http://noisecreators.com/2016/03/08/new-noise-youth-league/

If you haven't yet, make sure to check out the website for an in depth look at some of the best producers around, and listen to the podcast if you want to learn more about what goes into music production and how us weirdos think.

Also, if you haven't yet, you should really listen to this Youth League EP - the second one will be out soon...

Welcome to Noise Creator’s New Noise column where we tell you about the best up and coming bands we think everyone will be talking about soon. By Ben Sailer Everything moves in cycles.This is a basic truth of the universe that extends from the passing of day to night, to the changing of seasons. For…

01/05/2016

A few days late, but here's another year end recap for you to ignore. 2015 was insanely busy but I'm incredibly thankful I got to be a part of so much music. Much appreciation to all the artists that let me work with them. In no particular order:

:: Dragmatic // "At Least We're Not Dead Yet"
https://dragmatic.bandcamp.com/
:: Avast // "Mahalo"
https://avastnc.bandcamp.com/releases
:: Youth League // "First EP"
https://youthleagueband.bandcamp.com/releases
:: Jake Rogers // "Hall Street Mural"
https://jakerogers1.bandcamp.com/releases
:: Handsome Foxes // "Everything Is Bad, Everything Is Wrong"
https://handsomefoxes.bandcamp.com/
:: Kasey Tyndall // "Prove Me Wrong"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNiGweUnRKE
:: I Was Totally Destroying It // "Yours Truly"
https://iwastotallydestroyingit.bandcamp.com/
:: My Brother, My Sister // "Nothing New"
https://mybrothermysister.bandcamp.com/
:: Night Sweats // "Demo"
https://nightsweatsnc.bandcamp.com/
:: Wisher // "Conscience"
https://wisher1.bandcamp.com/releases
:: Slinger Francisco // "light > heat"
https://slingerfrancisco.bandcamp.com/
:: Gage West // "Tradesemen"
https://soundcloud.com/gagewest/open-road
:: Dogs Eyes // "Measure The Earth"
https://dogseyes.bandcamp.com/releases
:: Nihil // "Foundation"
https://nihilma.bandcamp.com/
:: Stranger in the Valley of the Kings // "Summer 2015 Demo"
https://sitvotk.bandcamp.com/album/summer-2015-demo
:: Close Up On The Quiet Ones "Let Live"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhTqaMN82gc
:: Unifier // "Gutted"
https://unifierband.bandcamp.com/album/gutted-ep
:: HundredftFaces // "Coma Kids"
https://hundredftfaces.bandcamp.com/releases

I also mixed my first couple recordings of live sets for 120 Minutes and Season & Snare, and there's plenty of great unreleased or in-progress stuff for Erin Nenni, Kurtzweil, Static Is A City, Amongst All, CORVIDS, The Arcane Heart, The Manimals, Nagendra Jayanty, and more new tunes from Kasey Tyndall, Youth League, Wisher, Unifier and HundredftFaces coming in 2016.

Apologies if I left anyone out, feel free to shoot me a message so I can make sure I've got you on my credits list!

11/16/2015

Had a great time earlier this year laying down a bunch of tracks for Slinger Francisco's new EP that my buddy Brooks mixed out at Mockingbird Studios in Texas. It's finally out now - give it a listen and download if you enjoy it!

https://slingerfrancisco.bandcamp.com/album/light-heat

5 track album

11/06/2015

This monster of a record I spent months on end producing, engineering and playing on earlier this year is finally out! Some fantastic songwriting on this bad boy, give it a listen and pick up a copy from the Dragmatic guys.

https://dragmatic.bandcamp.com/album/at-least-were-not-dead-yet

RIYL Ryan Adams and Weezer.

11 track album

09/04/2015

Dragmatic just released a track from the first full length record I've been heavily involved in producing front to back. We put in a ton of work from doing pre-production last year, all the way through me faking my way through key parts, getting some badass pedal and lapsteel from Whit Wright, and even Steve Baker killing some horn parts.

Give a listen to one of the songs that surprised me the most and became one of my favorite tracks on the record, and keep a lookout for the album release show so you can go pick up a copy!

Can't See Right by Dragmatic, released 04 September 2015

09/01/2015

Check out the new single "Yours Truly" I got to produce, engineer and mix for I Was Totally Destroying It! Love the guitar tones we got on this, and thanks as always to Jesse Cannon for the great mastering.

If you're into it you can name your price to download it from their Bandcamp.

1 track album