Jake Hartsfield

07/19/2023

Anyone interested in watching, I’m chatting about touring and DLive with Mike Bangs from Allen & Heath here at noon Pacific (in 25 minutes):

Join Mike Bangs, Allen & Heath USA Live Sound / Touring Manager, and the noted touring engineer Jake Hartsfield (Vulfpeck, Ben Rector) for a fun and casual l...

07/18/2023

I’ll be chatting with Mike Bangs (Allen & Heath / DLive) at noon Pacific time on Wednesday. Watch live at the link in my stories.

We’ll be chatting about touring, probably DLive, and taking questions if you have anything silly you want to ask. No serious questions.

05/10/2023

Wrapped up the Old Friends acoustic tour last weekend with these fine buckaroos!

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01/27/2023

Joined Mr. & on a field trip to DC and got to mix at the Kennedy Center this week!

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07/09/2022

First show back was wild last night at with the legendary

Special thanks to my crew partner

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01/28/2022

“With Me Another Song” by out now!

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01/28/2022

“Bipolar Love, Part 2” by out now!


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01/28/2022

“Bipolar Love, Part 2” by out now!


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01/28/2022

“Somebody to Love” by out now!

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01/28/2022

“Straight Through” by recently released.

Thanks for having me be a part of this album!

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01/28/2022

“Anything But Casual” EP - recent release by

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01/28/2022

“Sad At You” by out now!

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01/28/2022

Recent release: “Mad World Ft. Paycheck” by featuring

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12/31/2021

“Stop Calling Me” by out now!

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11/12/2021

New release by !

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Thanks for having me!! ❤️

10/15/2021

“Mad World” by

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10/15/2021

“Heartless” by

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09/01/2021

New release by !

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08/30/2021

New song from !

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08/27/2021

New version of Disney’s “Kiss The Girl” by !

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08/27/2021

New music out from !

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08/24/2021

Recent mixes for
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04/09/2021

First song out today! 🎉

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03/13/2021

Mixing video series coming soooooon

03/13/2021

Recent releases!

2- “I Care Too Much” by

3- “Costume Party” by
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4- “On My Feet Again” by

5- “Soul Eater” by
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6- “Head To My Soul” by
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Also included: cute dog pic and very important poll by - I’m with the bats.

02/17/2021

Link in bio to listen to my conversation with Chris, Kyle, and Michael on the Signal to Noise Podcast. Thanks for having me !

02/06/2021

These are some of the terms I use to describe the sound of a vocal and how I think about it in 4-5 bands across the frequency spectrum.

What different terms do you use?

Video about equalization coming soon 😉

(If it’s not obvious, the cancelling EQ bands are not something I’m saying you should actually do - it just creates a nice visual)

02/06/2021

This is such a jam - Happy release day for “Should I Leave”!

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02/05/2021

Cory and the Wongnotes album out now!

Biggest props to this band. What a fun project to record!

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01/29/2021

Happy Release Day for “Stay”!

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01/22/2021

First two songs from Wongnotes are out!

“United” feat & “Coming Back Around” feat

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01/14/2021

Cory & The Wongnotes Tonight 7p CST on YouTube…Here’s some BTS photos from

1 - Allen & Heath dLive w/ Waves V3 card for recording (2 redundant computers via Soundgrid)
2 - on big guitar
3 - the legend
4 - “who dumped cheetos on my desk”
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01/10/2021

Speaker talk: Before settling on the SCM25a speakers, I auditioned a lot of other midfield and near field options (PMC twotwo6 / Barefoot MM26, MM27, Footprint / Neumann KH310 / Adam A7x). I thought the ATCs had the best clarity in the midrange and top end & also a surprisingly wide sweet spot (when moving your head around in the listening position). The SCM25a speakers roll off fairly quickly around 50Hz and I’m a fan of hearing/feeling a lot of low end detail, so I knew I’d need subs to accurately reproduce low end down to 30Hz. I ended up choosing the Subwoofer Pros 12” Studio Subs and I have them on the same stands as the ATCs to “float” the low end rather than feel it through the floor (I’m a fan of flown subs in a live concert environment). The subs are configured in stereo (so when I pan a tom hard to the side I hear the full low end completely on that side without the phantom low end in the center you’d hear with only one sub).

If I were to purchase an alternate system, I may try the JL Fathom subs instead. Of all of the other speakers I auditioned, I was a fan of the MM27 and MM26 speakers...They get super loud while staying clean/transparent and they don’t need a sub. Low end was pretty phenomenal. Another set of speakers that have surprisingly good low end were the Neumann KH310 speakers, but I felt the midrange clarity was not on par with the ATCs.

01/08/2021

Cory & The Wongnotes first episode out next week! Man this was a blast to work on. We filmed back in August with masks and testing (and to my knowledge nobody got sick).
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01/08/2021

“Manna” by out now! 🎉

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