Village Art Recording

Studio

Welcome to my personal studio, Village Art Recording! It’s a 25’x15’ cabin in a quiet country neighborhood outside of Corpus Christi, TX. Here I spend a lot of time collaborating with other artists (remotely and in-person) as well as writing and recording my own music.

My primary instrument is the drums. I have a deep fascination with drum tones and shaping them to give each song a truly unique tonal palette. I especially love the sonic character of vintage drums and the warm complexities they bring. I try to capture that organic character with a nice selection of ribbon mics, condensers, and dynamics.

I’m a musician first, and an engineer second. So every track I send out of my studio will be clean, expressive and serving of the song to the highest level of my ability. Most of the time, that means simple and decisive with a subtle unique flavor... Sometimes, it means intricate and virtuosic. I’m happy to serve your music in whatever way I can! I’ve spent years as a band leader, sideman, and songwriter, so I bring perspective from all different corners of music making - at the end of the day, I just want to see a great song come out of our work together!

Production

My style as a producer is in the organic folk singer-songwriter vein. Real instruments with expressive performances, delicate textures, carefully crafted harmonic voicings, lush ambience… If this sounds like the sonic goals you have with your music, let’s talk!

We can work on this production remotely or in person. You’re welcome to record your vocals and instrument tracks at home, send them to me and I’ll add everything else. My production rates include all instruments I need to play plus any editing and vocal tuning the song needs. At the end, you’ll have a beautiful clean song ready to send off to the mix engineer of your choice.

I can cover most of the sounds you probably need on your project, but if you need mixing, mastering, string arrangements, upright bass, artful electric guitar solos, pedal steel - I have lots of talented friends I can call.

Rates

Drum Track – $150 per song – I record drums on your song remotely or in person.

Hammered Dulcimer Track - $150 per song.

Production - $700 - Full Band arrangement. $450 - Sparse acoustic arrangement - This rate includes any instruments I need to record and all editing, vocal tuning etc. Other instruments I can play/record in production include: Acoustic Guitar, Grand Piano, Bass, Organ, Lap Steel, Mandolin, Electric Guitar, Baritone Electric, Banjo, Harmonium, Synth and Ambient pads from various sources.

Record by the Hour – $50 hr – Come capture your music at Village Art Recording with me engineering.

Editing – $50 hr – Vocal tuning, timing edits, audio track clean-up, etc…