Emusician

Web Clip 3a: An excerpt from the original mix of Rube Waddell’s “Spongiform Encephalopathy” (i.e. Mad Cow disease.) Engineer Wink Paine had come to me for help with mixing his project, and needed advice on the low end of his productions in particular. With an arrangement that included tuba, a marching band bass drum, tabla drums, a robust slide guitar and singer Mahatma Boom Boom’s commanding voice, this mix was certainly in need of some low end clarity and space. I also felt that the timbre overall relied too much on a “smile curve”, with lots of low and high end but not much midrange tone on the acoustic instruments.