Matthew J Barnhart

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Recording, live sound, mastering engineer, tour manager, and amateur janitor based in Denton, Texas.

High Tension Wires

High Tension Wires, “The Clear Is Coast”:

Funky Mike Post

Man alive, I love Law and Order:

The Tielman Brothers

Via WFMU’s Beware of the Blog:

American Werewolf Academy

I’ve recorded a bunch of stuff for the band American Werewolf Academy and their predecessor, Robot Monster Weekend. I’m a big fan of both bands, and I wish more people knew about them.

Here’s a video they made that they finally uploaded to YouTube:

I used your ice…

Whew.

Put it about 70 hours at UNT in the past week, including two overnight stretches. There’s more to come this week, I’m sure, as I slept all day yesterday to recoup and am now a day behind.

Also managed to record a few songs for Ft. Worth-based doom/sludge metal band, Four Days to Burn. They’re the first real metal band I’ve recorded in a long time, very much in the Southern Lord vein, with two singers, one growling, the other screaming. So much guitar, these guys! Very simple setup on this one: guitars and bass together in the iso room. MD421’s on the guitars, an M88 and KSM141 on the bass. D112 on the kick, SM57 on the snare (!!!), double-mic’ed toms, spaced KM84’s pretty high overhead, and TC40k’s on the floor, delayed 22ms. Vocals were the SM7 and a distressor. We tracked 7 songs and mixed two of those for a 7″ on the Dada Drumming label, who are also supposed to release a Great Tyrant 7″. I suppose I’ll be recording that as well.

Received a letter from Touch and Go today with details re: the 25th anniversary thing. They’re so organized, honest, etc — just so damned admirable.

More practice this week, then a session starting on Sunday. After that, sleep, I hope!

Via Denton ex-pat, Lani: The Monks on Beat Club, 1966.

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Other stuff of note: Co-owner of The Echo Lab recording studio. Occasional svengali of Works Progress. Member of Tre Orsi and other notable social networks.

Twitter: matthewbarnhart