Jonathan Paul Akre: Engineering, Producing, and Creating Music
Recording Engineering History
50 years as a Professional Recording Engineer.
Engineered Over 500 Records
7 years Remote Truck Recording. One Chance, One Take
Paisley Park Studios: 10 years history:
Paisley Park Staff Engineer to a tenant:
In In-House Independent Music Production Company
“ClearSong Music Group”
Producing Approach
Good Songs Have A Compelling Storyline
A Melody That Stays With You.
The Recording Studio Is A Performance Medium.
Producing Is Done In Intensive Rehearsals.
Identify What The Artist Does Naturally.
Make That The Focus.
Mixing Approach
With Well Placed and Balanced Instrumentation Actually, Mix Themselves.
Technology can only enhance good songs.
My experience is that mix number 3 or 4
Is usually better than mix 33 or 34.
Mission
About Us
I’m Jonathan Paul Akre,
with five decades of actual work, I have experienced many aspects of the Music Business.
I was engaged with Live Production of Mixing Bands and Touring with them, I also answered phones including various entry-level positions in Recording Studios, like janitor and gofer, then to 2nd engineer, just to be around and soak up the knowledge and protocol.
I’m Jonathan Paul Akre,
and with four plus decades I have experienced many aspects of the Music Business.
I was engaged with Live Production of Mixing Bands and Touring with them, I also answered phones including various entry-level positions in Recording Studios, like janitor and gofer, then to 2nd engineer, just to be around and soak up the knowledge and protocol.
‘I moved on to learning some of the technical aspects of maintaining Recording Equipment, achieving Recording Engineer status, then on to Remote Recording Truck Owner, then Producing. I got into Modern Music Production with 48 track Analogue, also various Synths, Drum machines, and syncing this to that.
I have also been a Recording Engineer Educator at several well-known Schools.
I spent 10 years at “Prince’s” Paisley Park Recording Complex, as a staff member with many job descriptions. I became the only Independent Music Production Company allowed within Paisley Park, “ClearSong Music Group.”
In my career, I achieved a combined history of working on over 500 albums, and multiple thousands of sessions with projects covering many styles of music from; Blues, R&B, Funk, Punk, Rock, Country, Pop, Classical and Jazz.
Working with such artists as:
Prince, Soul Asylum, The Replacements, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Spyro Gyra, Sheila E., Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Allman Bros., Sounds of Blackness, just to name a few.
Shortly after leaving Paisley Park to open my own 48 track studio at the Historic Sound 80 complex, I contracted a serious life-threatening medical condition, which left me unable to continue my life’s work. After a long battle, I beat the odds and have been given a clean bill of health. I still have my ears and stamina……Picking it up from here…..
As a Recording Engineer/Producer/Composer Arranger, I have been busy writing original Christian music in my Phoenix Studio, “Noahs Ark Recording Studio”
Let’s talk T O D A Y
About Your Project
(480) 414.1568
Studio Equipment
ClearSong Music Group’s “NOAH”s ARK RECORDING STUDIO” is a Private Writing, Recording, Overdub, Mixing and Mastering Studio located in Phoenix, Arizona. ….We Have Been Recording Music and Making Records For 40 + years.
We Rely On:
Westlake Audio BBSM 6 Studio Monitors (We have remained loyal to Westlake Monitors Exclusively Since 1985. BBSM 4, 6, 8, 10’s)
Our BBSM 6’s Have Complete Replacement and Restoration by Glenn Phoenix at Westlake Audio
…..and every Westlake upgrade with low P.E. Distortion. (For you “Techies”) http://www.westlakeaudio.com/NEWPHOENIXEFFECT.pd
POWER AMPS
Bryston 3B Studio Power Amp-Complete Replacement and Restoration at Bryston Factory
Avantone “B” Speakers Powered
MIC PREAMPS/ INTERFACES/ACCELERATORS
(2) Manley VOXBOX Tube Mic Pre/EQ/Compressor
(1) SSL 4 Channel Pure Drive Mic Pre
(2) Avalon VT-737 Tube Mic Pre/EQ/Compressor
(2) Universal Audio 4-710 A 4 Channel Tube Mic Pre/EQ/Compressor (8 mic pres)
(3) Universal Audio Apollo x8 (12 Unison mic pres)
(1) Universal Audio Apollo X16 (16 Line Inputs)
(1) Universal Audio Apollo X4 (4 mic pres)
(2) Universal Audio UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt 3, 8 core accelerators
64 Core Record/Mix/Mastering System
64 Audio Inputs for Full Band Tracking
All Mogami cable/GOLD Neutrik in interconnect
(100 +) Universal Audio Classic and Analoge Vintage Gear Plug-Ins
DAW’s/COMPUTERS
Universal Audio Luna Pro Recording software:
Studer 800 Analog Tape Emulation
API Vision Console Emulation
Neve Summing Bus Emulation. (TRACKING)
AVID Pro Tools Ultimate (MIXING)
Apple Logic Pro (CREATION)
MAC Studio With M2-32 gig Ram (Studio) 8TB SSD/32 TB Raid Back-Up
MacBookPro 16 TB3 (Remote Record)
3 Video Monitors
RECORD & MIX CONTROL SURFACES
Solid State Logic ( SSL ) Advanced DAW Controller System
MIC LOCKER
(1) C12 Large Diaphram Tube Condensor Custom Hand Built mic, power supply and remote pattern box. (See: Alpha & Omega)
(2) Universal Audio Sphere dlx Modeling Microphone
UA Bill Putman Mic Locker for Universal Audio Sphere mic. (8 Vintage/Tube mics)
Oceanway Mic Locker for Universal Audio Sphere mic. (11 Vintage/Tube mics)
(4) Universal Audio Sphere lx Modeling Microphones
(1) Universal Audio Bock 251 Large Diaphram Tube Mic
(1) Universal Audio Bock 187 FET Large Diaphram mic
(1) Universal Audio Bock 167 Tube Large Diaphram mic
(2) Dachman Audio 87 SE Large Diaphram FET Condensor mics
(2) Dachman Audio 87 i Large Diaphram FET Condensor mics
(1) Dachmann Audio U47 Large Diaphram FET Condensor mic
(4) Neumann KM I85 Small Diaphram Hypercardioid mics
(4) Shure SM 57 mics
(2) Crown PZM mics
(1) Shure SM 87 Hyper-Cardioid Condenser Microphone
All Mogami Cable and Gold Nuetric Interconnect
ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITARS
Martin OM-28E Modern Deluxe Orchestra Model Acoustic Guitar
Martin Grand J-16E Jumbo 12 String Acoustic-Electric Guitar
Epiphone Joe Banamassa 1955 Les Paul Standard “The Brown Thing”
Squire Telecaster Baritone
Fender Telecaster Butterscotch
Fender Stratocaster 60th Aniversary Hendrix
Sire Larry Carlton S7 Transparent Blue-Stratocaster
Sire Larry Carlton T7 Telecaster Butterscotch
Sire Larry Carlton L7-Tobacco-Sunburst Les Paul
Fender 4 String P-Bass
Squire 5 String Jazz Bass
GUITAR AMPS & CABINETS
Vox AC30 2 X 12
Marshall JVM410H 100 watt 4 Channel
Marshall 1960AX 4 X 12 with Greenbacks
Marshall 1962 “Bluesbreaker” 30-Watt 2×12″ Guitar Combo
Fender ’65 Twin Reverb
Fendar ’65 Priceton Reverb
Kemper Profiler Head
Avid 11 Rack
Universal Audio Ox Box Reactive Load Box
Universal Audio ’68 Super Lead Amp Stomp Box
Universal Audio OX Stomp Box
Universal Audio Woodrow ’55 Amp Stomp Box
Universal Audio Ruby ’63 Top Boost Stomp Box
KEYBOARDS & MODULES
Roland Fantom 8 EX 88-Key Workstation
( EX upgrade: JD 800, SCH-101, Jupiter-8, ALSO ADDED: Arturia V Collection X: Juno 60, XV-5080, Rhodes V8 Pro, D50, Prophet 5, OB 8, Mini Moog, also: UAD Waterfall B3, JD 800 )
Akai MPC 61 KEY Sampler/Sequencer
Roland Integra 7 Rack Mount
Roland D 550 Rack Mount
Roland JD 990 Rack Mount
Native Instruments-Mashine Mk3
Native Instruments S88 MK2-Keyboard Master Controller (88 weighed keys, FATAR Keyboard)
Native Instruments Komplete 14 Ultimate
Ashley 8 Channel Stereo Sub Mixer
FAVORITE TOOLS I HAVE USED FROM THE 1970’s THRU PRESENT
Manley/API/SSL/Neve/Avalon/Universal Audio (Channel Strips)
dbx “Square Meter’ 160
Universal Audio 1176, LA-2A, LA-3A
Fairchild Tube Limiter
Eventidue H9 FX Bundle
Sound Toys 5
Tube Tech CL1B MK II
Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor
Universal Audio Fatso Jr/Sr
Lexicon: 480L-224-PCM 41
API 2500 Bus Compressor
Universal Audio 175 & 176 Tube Compressors
BrainWorks bx_digital V3-MidSide
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
AMS RMX16 Expanded
Fender ’55 Tweed Deluxe
Studer A 800
Ampex ATR-102
2 Channel Neve Active Direct Box
FULL BAND TRACKING:
Alesis Strike Pro: 6 piece Studio Drum Kit with Zildjian Studio Recording Cymbal Set
(Real Wood Drum Shells, Real Mesh Drum Heads, Real Studio Quality Cymbals)
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What Others Say
I have worked with Jonathan from our early days on the road where he was my most exceptional FOH engineer. Whenever I looked out and saw him behind the board I was relaxed and confident in a great sound that pleased everyone from band members and patrons, to club owners and staff. Later, we would work together again when he was the head Engineer (and only production company allowed on premises) at Paisley Park, shortly after he finished some work on Princes “Love Sexy”. Together we created the first really heavy band recording, or “Death Metal” recording, there at Paisley Park, for the band Impaler. Jonathan has what cannot be taught- a brilliant “Ear”. I recommend him most highly.
I met Jonathan Paul Akre when my band, “The Rhythm Dr’s” were going to cut our first album. Our bass player, John Wright had worked with Jonathan previously on an album at Paisley Park. We came to Jonathan with an idea how we wanted our record to sound. Together, we decided to go “Old School” i.e.; EVERYBODY PLAYING TOGETHER, ALL AT ONCE IN THE SAME ROOM…..Jonathan took a complicated situation and made it very easy to play together. Actually we forgot we were recording!…..I’ve done a total of 3 records with Jonathan. As luck would have it, we both now live in Phoenix, Arizona, and we are doing demos and pre-production for another record. You can hardly find anyone with all his years of experience and many styles of music.
I have known Jonathan Paul Akre for over 30 years. I first worked with him while recording my band’s second album. Dare Force was a successful Midwest Band with three albums. Jonathan recorded and mixed several songs on our second album. He was great to work with as well as had excellent ears and audio engineering talent. I also worked with Jonathan on several projects at Paisley Park studios. He worked at the time as a Staff Engineer. That’s when he created ClearSong Music Group at Paisley Park. I later worked with Jonathan at Music Tech College. We were both teaching audio theory, lab, MIDI and Pro Tools classes. He was well liked and a popular instructor at the college. I can vouch for Jonathan’s talent, professionalism and great personality.
Jonathan Paul Akre
ClearSong Music Group
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Tracks
Current:
Soul Fix'n Man
Empire Builder
StepByStep
Building Bridges
Billy Club "Color Code 2021"
(Out)LAW&(Dis)ORDER An Original Extended Tribute of "Law&Order Criminal Intent" Season 1-6
Run All Night
Tribute To A Former Boss: "He's Gone"
Up South "Country Kiss"
G.I.V.E. "Falling Down""
G.I.V.E. "Sold"
G.I.V.E. "HateYourGuts""
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES "10,000 Monsters"
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES "Burn"
Claire & Gina "Over The Rainbow"
Claire "Quiet Nights"
Soul Asylum "Secret No More"
Soul Asylum "Grounded"
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Vault:
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Monkey In The Zoo"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "The World Is A Neighborhood"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Kamikaze"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Open Letter"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Keep On Rockin The Boat"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Great Balls Of Fire"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Midnight Hour"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Time Is Running Out"
Sheila E. "Sex Cymbal"
Shelia E. "Lady Marmalade" Featuring: Patti LaBelle
Sheila E. "Droppin Like Flies"
PRINCE "Dance On" Featuring Sheila E.
Jimmy Rodgers "Slick Chick"
Hubert Sumlin "Feed Me"
Ryhthm Dr's "Going Home"
Ryhthm Dr's "Texas Toast"
Ryhthm Dr's "Black Coffee"
Strange Sects "Lonley"
Toadstool "Bills Gin/As God Is My Witness"
Replacements "Achin To Be"
Pages "I Do Believe"
Pages "Chemistry"
Spyro Gyra "Shaker Song"
Call Now To Discuss Your Project: (480) 414.1568
Tracks
Current:
SOUL FIX'N MAN
EMPIRE BUILDER
STEP BY STEP
"BUILDING BRIDGES"
Billy Club "Color Code 2021"
Run All Night
(Out)LAW&(Dis)ORDER An Original Extended Tribute of "Law&Order Criminal Intent" Season1-6
Up South "Country Kiss"
G.I.V.E. "Falling Down""
G.I.V.E. "Sold"
G.I.V.E. "HateYourGuts""
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES "10,000 Monsters"
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES "Burn"
Claire & Gina "Over The Rainbow"
Claire "Quiet Nights"
Tribute To A Former Boss: "He's Gone"
Soul Asylum "Secret No More"
Soul Asylum "Grounded"
Call Now To Discuss Your Project: (480) 414.1568
Vault:
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Monkey In The Zoo"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "The World Is A Neighborhood"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Kamikaze"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Open Letter"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Keep On Rockin The Boat"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Great Balls Of Fire"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Midnight Hour"
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Time Is Running Out"
Sheila E. "Sex Cymbal"
Shelia E. "Lady Marmalade" Featuring: Patti LaBelle
Sheila E. "Droppin Like Flies"
PRINCE "Dance On" Featuring Sheila E.
Jimmy Rodgers "Slick Chick"
Hubert Sumlin "Feed Me"
Ryhthm Dr's "Going Home"
Ryhthm Dr's "Texas Toast"
Ryhthm Dr's "Black Coffee"
Strange Sects "Lonley"
Toadstool "Bills Gin/As God Is My Witness"
Replacements "Achin To Be"
Pages "I Do Believe"
Pages "Chemistry"
Spyro Gyra "Shaker Song"
Call Now To Discuss Your Project: (480) 414.1568
Discography
Remote Recording: Over 700 Remote Recording Dates: 1975-1981
Remote Recording Accounts:
Westwood One Presents
BBC Rock Hour
King Bisquit Flower Hour
Many High School/College Bands, Choirs, Jazz Ensembles, Outdoor Music Festivals
Luther College Concert Choir-Weston Noble-Directing
JUDD Sneaky Petes Mankato, MN
Allman Bros. “LIVE” from Gainesville 1st MTV simulcast 1981
Pointer Sisters HBO Special
Roy Clark HBO Special
Pat Travers BBC Rock Hour
Triumph Westwood One
U of Minnesota Jazz Ensemble
(special guests) Louis Bellson and Pearl Bailey
Lionel Hampton
Dizzy Gillispie
Buddy DeFranco
Sounds of Blackness “LIVE CD”
Jimi “Primetime” Smith … MN Blues Hall Of Fame Member “LIVE at Blues Alley”” CD Atomic Theory Records.
FOH or Monitor Mixing: Carlton Celebrity Room 1983-1986
Leon Russel, Ray Charles, Temptations, Sammy Davis Jr, America,
4 Tops, Jets, James Brown, Capt.& Tennille, Edgar Winter….
Record Engineer 1975-Present (so many more…)
George Clinton “Smell My Finger” Paisley Park Records
Sheila E. “Sex Cymbal” Warner Bros Records
Javeta Steel “Open Book” MARS/Sony Music
Fun House 4 Song Project@ Paisley Park Mick Ronson: Producer
Paradox 4 song EP-Westwood Sessions
Samoa-Direct To Digital tracking Studio C Paisley Park 1987
Soul Asylum “Horse They Rode In On” A&M Records
The Replacements “Corella DeVille” Disney Pictures
The Replacements “Don’t Tell A Soul” Sire/Warner Bros.
Trip Shakespeare “Across The Universe”
Brownmark “Through Friend…” Motown
Prince “Dance On” PaisleyPark/Warner
Jimmy Rodgers “Slick Chick”
Hubert Sumlin “Feed Me”
Spyro Gyra (basic tracks) “Shaker Song”(initial label) Mark Records
Pages (assist basic tracks) “Future Street” Epic Records
More than 500 albums recorded from 1975 – Present
This is a select Discography
Paisley Park Studio Complex
Over 1000 sessions 1987-1996
Sound 80 Recording Complex
Clearsong Music Group, portable Recording Studio: Hundreds of sessions 1996-2000
Record Engineer/Programming
Prince “Love” PaisleyPark/Warner
Sheila E. “Ford Fairlane “ (soundtrack) Twentieth Century Fox
Map of the World Morgan/Dalliance Atlantic Records
Jets “Under Any Moon” (soundtrack) Columbia Pictures
Record/MixEngineer
Brooklyn 6 Song EP at Westwood Studio
Soul Asylum Clam Dip & Other Delights TwinTone/A&M Records
Mazarati Mazarati II Motown Records
Habit Medicine Man Virgin Records
Dare Force: (Select Tracks) “Making Our Own Rules” Firepower”
Record/Mix Engineer/Co-Producer
Phil Solem and The Rembrandts/Paisley Park Studio Sessions
Soul Asylum “Artificial Heart” TwinTone/A&M Records
Herricane Alice 4 Song Project Paisley Park
Soul Asylum “Just Plain Evil” (soundtrack) Lost Angles –Orion Pictures
Toadstool Sun Highway TwinTone Records
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters Monkey In The Zoo” Atomic Thealerroy Records
Rhythm Dr’s 2 CD’s (untitled) Band Release
Michael Peace “Vigilante of Hope” Reunion Records
TDK- 4 Spong Project @ Mirror Image Studios
Crash Test Dummies 4 song Direct to 2 track digital 1985
Buzzy Lindhart– Westwood Sound Sessions
Warriors Of The Cross- 4 Song LIVE to 2 track digital 1985
Impaler Vicious Dreams Ever Rat/Enigma
Kubla Kahn Annihilation New Renaissance(US)
Engineer/Other
Robert Langhorst-Mixing @ Mirror Image Studios
All The Pretty Horses ATPH Amzon.com
BASH Holiday Starsong Records
Bob Mould WorkBook (LIVE@ Cabaret Metro) Virgin Records
Record/Mix/Produce
Strange Sects “Hair’s Looking At You” 6 song EP
Billy Club: “You Can Only Talk & Idiom Gaga”
Billy Club: “Color Code” 2019
G.I.V.E. “Untitled EP” Band Release
Soul Asylum-Clam Dip
Claire Davis “My Life Is A Song” CD Release
Dayton Hudson Corp “Through The Eye” Corp I.D./Music Animation
Chris Weber “Sweet Angel” (Miami Blues) Orion Picture Founding Member: “LA Guns”
Jack White Band “8 Days A Week” Band Release
Landfill Park: Velvet Lucy Band Release
Sheila Ray Charles: 4 Song EP Paisley Park
Keyboard Tech: Tommy Barberella, Prince. 1990-1992 “Diamonds & Pearls” World Tour & MTV Awards Show.
Jonathan Akre/Credits/AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jonathan-akre-mn0000260550
The AllMusic site is notorious for incomplete information and almost impossible to correct and update.
Discography
Remote Recording: Over 700 Remote Recording Dates: 1975-1981
Many High School/College Bands, Choirs, Jazz Ensembles, Outdoor Music Festivals
Luther College Concert Choir-Weston Noble-Directing
JUDD Sneaky Petes Mankato, MN
Allman Bros. “LIVE” from Gainesville 1st MTV simulcast 1981
Pointer Sisters HBO Special
Roy Clark HBO Special
Pat Travers BBC Rock Hour
Triumph Westwood One
U of Minnesota Jazz Ensemble
(special guests) Louis Bellson and Pearl Bailey
Lionel Hampton
Dizzy Gillispie
Buddy DeFranco
Sounds of Blackness “LIVE CD”
Jimi “Primetime” Smith … MN Blues Hall Of Fame Member “LIVE” CD Atomic Theory Records.
FOH or Monitor Mixing: Carlton Celebrity Room 1983-1986
Leon Russel, Ray Charles, Temptations, Sammy Davis Jr, America,
4 Tops, Jets, James Brown, Capt.& Tennille, Edgar Winter….
Record Engineer 1975-Present (so many more…)
George Clinton “Smell My Finger” Paisley Park Records
Sheila E. “Sex Cymbal” Warner Bros Records
Javeta Steel “Open Book” MARS/Sony Music
Fun House 4 Song Project@ Paisley Park Mick Ronson: Producer
Paradox 4 song EP-Westwood Sessions
Samoa-Direct To Digital tracking Studio C Paisley Park 1987
Soul Asylum “Horse They Rode In On” A&M Records
The Replacements “Corella DeVille” Disney Pictures
The Replacements “Don’t Tell A Soul” Sire/Warner Bros.
Trip Shakespeare “Across The Universe”
Brownmark “Through Friend…” Motown
Prince “Dance On” PaisleyPark/Warner
Jimmy Rodgers “Slick Chick"
Hubert Sumlin “Feed Me"
Spyro Gyra (basic tracks) “Shaker Song”(initial label) Mark Records
Pages (assist basic tracks) “Future Street” Epic Records
More than 500 albums recorded from 1975 – Present
This is a select Discography
Paisley Park Studio Complex
Over 1000 sessions 1987-1996
Sound 80 Recording Complex
Clearsong Music Group, portable Recording Studio: Hundreds of sessions 1996-2000
Record Engineer/Programming
Prince “Love” PaisleyPark/Warner
Sheila E. “Ford Fairlane “ (soundtrack) Twentieth Century Fox
Map of the World Morgan/Dalliance Atlantic Records
Jets “Under Any Moon” (soundtrack) Columbia Pictures
Record/MixEngineer
Brooklyn 6 Song EP at Westwood Studio
Soul Asylum Clam Dip & Other Delights TwinTone/A&M Records
Mazarati Mazarati II Motown Records
Habit Medicine Man Virgin Records
Dare Force: (Select Tracks) “Making Our Own Rules” Firepower”
Record/Mix Engineer/Co-Producer
Phil Solem and The Rembrandts/Paisley Park Studio Sessions
Soul Asylum “Artificial Heart” TwinTone/A&M Records
Herricane Alice 4 Song Project Paisley Park
Soul Asylum “Just Plain Evil” (soundtrack) Lost Angles –Orion Pictures
Toadstool Sun Highway TwinTone Records
Willie Murphy and The Angel Headed Hipsters "Monkey In The Zoo”
Atomic Thealerroy Records
Rhythm Dr’s 2 CD’s (untitled) Band Release
Michael Peace “Vigilante of Hope” Reunion Records
TDK- 4 Spong Project @ Mirror Image Studios
Crash Test Dummies 4 song Direct to 2 track digital 1985
Buzzy Lindhart– Westwood Sound Sessions
Warriors Of The Cross- 4 Song LIVE to 2 track digital 1985
Impaler Vicious Dreams Ever Rat/Enigma
Kubla Kahn Annihilation New Renaissance(US)
Engineer/Other
Robert Langhorst-Mixing @ Mirror Image Studios
All The Pretty Horses ATPH Amzon.com
BASH Holiday Starsong Records
Bob Mould WorkBook (LIVE@ Cabaret Metro) Virgin Records
Record/Mix/Produce
Strange Sects “Hair’s Looking At You” 6 song EP
Billy Club: “You Can Only Talk & Idiom Gaga”
G.I.V.E. “Untitled EP” Band Release
Soul Asylum-Clam Dip
Claire Davis “My Life Is A Song” CD Release
Dayton Hudson Corp “Through The Eye” Corp I.D./Music Animation
Chris Weber “Sweet Angel” (Miami Blues) Orion Picture Founding Member: “LA Guns”
Jack White Band “8 Days A Week” Band Release
Landfill Park: Velvet Lucy Band Release
Sheila Ray Charles: 4 Song EP Paisley Park
Keyboard Tech 1991-92
Prince & The New Power Generation “Diamonds & Pearls” World Tour & MTV Awards Show.
Jonathan Akre/Credits/AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jonathan-akre-mn0000260550
This AllMusic site is notorious for incomplete information and almost impossible to correct and update. “For What It’s Worth”
In Pro Audio lets think of the Microphone as being the Alpha (Beginning of the audio path.)
…………………………………..and the Studio Monitors to be the Omega. (End of the audio path.)
The Alpha:
Clearsong Music Group has for its 1st choice of microphone a custom Tube C12 Large Diaphram Condenser Hand Built Microphone. A 1956 NOS medical Grade GE 5 Star 6072a Square Getter tube was selected and hand wired into place. This is the exact tube that was instaled in the origainl C12 Tube mic as offered.
This hand built mic by Master Builder Steven Burns of Burns Audio Creative is born out of an original circut board design and 1950’s original schematic. AKG’s C12 is one of the best-known tube condenser microphones in music recording history. The original CK12 capsule is widely considered to be one of the finest condenser microphone capsules available. The AKG C12 Capsules were made by hand and were far more intricate than those fitted to equivalent Neumann mics in the 1950s (Neumann U47 etc), incorporating more than 120 individual parts. These are colloquially known as ‘brass’ capsules due to the brass housing, although the coating of the capsule itself is sputtered gold. The microphone requires an external power supply with a remote pattern box again built from the original schematic with hand selected and individually tested parts. Our power supply is heavy duty and very well built.
The Omega: Clearsong Music Group relies on Westlake Audio BBSM 6’s Studio Monitors . We have have remained loyal to Westlake Studio Monitors exclusivly since 1985. Over the years, Westlake founder and designer Glenn Phoenix has made many changes to the entire line of Westlake speakers, paying particular attention to enclosure resonance, crossover component orientation and internal point-to- point wiring. Collectively these tweaks have added up significantly enough to warrant the “Series2” designation. Our Westlake BBSM6’s have Complete Replacement and Restoration
…..and every Westlake
upgrade with low P.E. Distortion. (For you “Techies”) http://www.westlakeaudio.com/NEWPHOENIXEFFECT.pd Our BBSM 6s have all new woofers/mids & surrounds/tweeters and every upgrade for “Low P.E.” status. Our BBSM 6s are also equipped with “Muffs” for enhanced stereo imageing. The speaker muff is a foam, chamfered edge, baffle extension that increases the area of the front baffle. As the size of the baffle increases, it takes longer for the sound/energy to reach the cabinet edge, and it decreases the amplitude of the edge reflections. This reduction in edge reflections and related distortions allow the listener to hear more of the direct sound from the speaker. Laser sharp imaging.
Mastering
I Have Been Involved With Mastering Records Since 1975…
Mastering is the last step in the creative process, and
the first step in the manufacturing process.
That was and still is a true statement.
Software companies are offering “Chains” of plug-ins
They allow you to master your project on your own, for very little money.
There is something the software companies cannot sell you.
It’s something that you can only acquire over years of time…..
Seasoned and Developed Hearing
Occurs When You Have Had The Experience Of:
1. Using High-Quality Recording Equipment
We have the Mac Studio with M2, The fastest most powerful Mac ever offered.
We rely on (4) Universal Audio Apollo X Interfaces. (2) UAD-02 8 Core accelerators. 64 Core Mastering system.
Sample listing of tools available: Ampex ATR-102 plug-In, API 2500 Stereo Bus Compressor plug-in, bx_digital V3 mix plug-In (M/S),
Capitol Chambers Reverb plug-In, Fairchild plug-in, Manley Massive Passive EQ plug-in, Manley Variable Mu Compressor plug in,
Ocean Way Studios plug-in, Sound City Studios plug in, Oxford EQ plug-in, Precision Maximizer plug-in
2. Surrounded By Great Players, Playing Great Songs/Arrangements
3. With Inspired Performances
4. We rely on Westlake Audio BBSM 6 Studio Moniotrs with Full “LOW P.E.” mods by Glenn Phoenix.
Working In A Corrected And Controlled Acoustic Environment, Every Day
“This Has Been My Recording, Mixing and Mastering Experience.”
Sailor's Song - Original Mix From CD
Sailor's Song - ClearSong Music Group Remastered
Questions on what to do next?
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RATE CARD: Recording Engineer/Producer
- I DO NOT SELL STUDIO TIME… I MAKE RECORDS
- $500 per song. Tracking through Mastering. (Participation disscussion possible)
- “No Money Up Front” Mixing and Mastering.
- $250 per song for accepted Mixes.
(Send Me Your Files, Call for Instructions) - Mastering starting at as low as $30 per song. (Send Me Your Files)
- “O% FINANCING AVAILABLE” for viable projects… Connect with us for details.
CALL NOW to discuss Your Project:
(480) 414.1568
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / CREDITS:
for taking the time to encourage me to get back to what I love doing.
Making and Recording music.
ClearSong Music Group (Re-Boot V 3.0) 2018
Initial WebSite Concept: Thanks to Mark Kupfer & Bill Holmberg At AlphaBetas.com
Initial web design and Technical Help.
Web Master: Steve Haney: [email protected]
Creative Consultant: Kevin Dubiel: Kevin DuBiel FaceBook
LOGO Design: [email protected]
Technical Support/Studio Design/Consultation Steven Burns: www.burnsaudiocreative.com