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NOTE THIS PLEASE: there are very few actual "JOBS" in this business. 2005 UPDATE: This “Token Eastern Tune” is on the box set, along with a couple other songs from the Steve Fisk session. Or maybe he doesn't want to, or doesn't want the responsibility. I'm independent; I work for YOU. To be honest, I (and almost everyone else involved) had forgotten that those last two songs even existed on the reels, possibly because the unfinished “Grey Goose” has no words to remember it by (or bridge, or chorus… some great drumming though), and it seems no rough mixes were ever made except of “Shame” and “Where Did You Sleep”. My next project was the Suitcase Nukes, consisting of me along with Josh Sinder (ex-Tad, Gruntruck, Accüsed, The Insurgence) on drums and Alex Sibbald (ex-Gruntruck, Accüsed, now with Toe Tag) on bass. I don't do any work "on spec" so don't ask. Indy-rock budgets mean indy-rock hiring policies at the indy-rock studios. More, MUCH more, on this in a future rant. However, I was once in a band and learned a thing or two. Phil Ek has reminded me that he assisted at the original session (he was an unpaid intern at the time) although I most definitely turned the knobs. Nope...) I have a LARGE pile of terrible-sounding, unasked-for demos here, and I'd rather have teeth pulled than listen to most of them. (Another Inbreeding Nite in Seattle!) Imagine the tone controls on your stereo, but exaggerated into surgical instruments. How did you get started as a producer, and what kind of education did you have? (And I’ve seen ‘em onstage with a sixth one, Dave Foster.) The music biz in real life is not like that. APRIL 2013 NOTE: I just "reissued" my albums "Angle of Attack" (1990) and "Permanent Fatal Error" (2006) via Bandcamp. Management contact. An odd band called Nervous Freemasons (now Red Heffer) drafted me in as a drummer (drums were actually my first instrument), and we played enough for me to get my drum calluses back. ... Endino, Jack, 1998. Whenever I have taken a job because, say, the money was good even though the band wasn't that interesting, I have always regretted it. (BACK), Um... no. So: either this guy made all this up (can’t really see why he would want to) or better yet, someone else decided to take the gullible journalist for a ride, figuratively speaking. The Latin Grammy Award bestowed on Seattle musicians Barrett Martin and Jack Endino, for work with the Brazilian legend Nando Reis, is part of … Everyone thought it was pretty silly and it has remained in a Sub Pop vault, unbootlegged to my knowledge. This material has been out of print on vinyl/CD for many years, and this is the first digital release for the bonus content. This is why Steve Albini refuses to let people call him one, even though he's obviously more than just an engineer. Azzerad’s book says they only practiced with Dale “for a couple weeks” before recording on 1/23, and it’s definitely Dale on this live tape playing quite well, so I think it’s 1/23. Somewhere in there, they did a very late-night session at Music Source Studio with Steve Fisk that yielded “Been a Son” and “Stain”. Around Xmas 88 we began work on Bleach. I’ve since read it. As simple as it was effective - and anyone can pretty easily replicate this setup, since Kurt's distortion sound had more to do with the cheap Boss than anything else. They hire me cuz they know me. Use it to get... 3) fans. An engineer, at the very least, needs to know how to turn knobs; but anyone who can talk a good line can get away with being a "producer" (for a while... particularly in LA). Producer, Jack Endino, refers to the session as the Dale Demo. You listen to what they're trying to "say" musically, and help 'em say it clearer. Send it to 'zines, regional weeklies, websites, blogs. Since all 8 tracks were full on the master tape, we had to plug the studio cassette deck into the board like a virtual 9th track, and each time I ran through the mix, Kurt had to press “play” on the cassette deck at the right instant so that the stuff would be blended into the mix I was doing. Mixed by Jack Endino, June 1988. Curiously, on the day I recorded the first demo, 1/23/88, they had to leave by dinner time so they could make it to Tacoma (40 miles) in time to sound check for a show that night at the Community World Theater (the only place to play in Tacoma at that time). Gotta have a table to sit down at. Heck, I have records I bought in the 70's that I haven't gotten to yet (some still in shrink wrap). Jack Endino's Web Site, with discographies, FAQ and tons of info. Can you write me something about what it was like recording all those bands? Probably also used that summer at the “Love Buzz” session. (I have zero info on sessions with Craig Montgomery or Barrett Jones so don’t bother asking — sorry! Notes. Fieldman was also more instrumental in developing the sound of the album than Endino had previously been, and apparently was extremely active in helping the band wade through around four hours of material which they had recorded.. Each song may sound fine by itself, but one may be subjectively louder than the next, making the following song seem "smaller" than it should; or your ears may get fatigued and the mixes slowly get brighter and brighter as your ears lose sensitivity to the high frequencies. ), I should mention that there is a management company, World's End in LA. I'm good with all kinds of music and always ACTIVELY SEEKING OUT new experiences, hence the 11 countries I've worked in during the past decade. Of the remaining two songs, “If You Must” was never released because Kurt later decided he disliked it, and “Pen Cap Chew” because it was incomplete; the master tape ran out halfway through it and the band didn’t want to buy another reel. Still, in the punk-rock environment in which I got my start, it seemed ludicrous having a "producer" credit on records which took a week or less to make. Man, this question gets pretty old. When they recorded Bleach, Kurt’s Randall was in the shop so they borrowed my amp, which was a Sixties Fender Twin. Scott "Pig Destroyer" Hull (the one from Bethesda MD, not the one who recorded Steely Dan) has also treated me right. Then why drink this Kool-Aid in the studio? (BACK). By the way, Chris Hanzsek pulled the plug on Reciprocal Recording in '91 after five years because the studio had outgrown the rather rustic building, and he is now a successful mastering engineer. Jack Endino, who made his humble start in 1985 with a five-dollar-an-hour basement studio and a band named Skin Yard, would go on to produce records for some of rock's rawest and most influential bands.… I was allowed to do proper mixes on all of these. We never had assistants or interns, paid or free, until 1992 or so when Phil Ek, fresh out of recording school, sat in with me for a few sessions. Well, OK, but if we have to meet in person you gotta buy me lunch (see above). Rock guitarists are a dime a dozen, aren't they? Be an "objective" outsider when necessary. (And my Buick.) Partial use of a click or a metronome (a brief speed reference just for the starting count-off of a song, for instance, or in sections with no drums) is fine though; it's how it's used that matters. […] Kurt brought in a little closed-back 2×12 cabinet with two Celestion [speakers], most likely 70-watt models. (BACK). Try to contact me directly first however, because they are busy and are not always quick. There is even a type of producer who is basically a glamorized cheerleader/psychiatrist/babysitter with a genius for self-promotion. Johnny also gives a demonstration of mid-side recording. ", Here's what people don't want to hear: in my circles, everyone is either a self-employed freelancer OR a studio owner, with no "employees" anywhere to be found. Vegetarian OK but not required. I'm about to graduate from a recording school, and I want to break into the biz. When they were planning Incesticide Krist called me up and wanted to know if I remembered “Blandest” and if there was a tape of it anywhere; I told him “no, you guys told me to erase it!” Imagine how spooked I was when I later heard it on a bootleg…tenth-generation cassette tape hiss, horrible fried 3-AM rough mix and all…. These seem to have been widely bootlegged. This source is sometimes referred to as the Touch & Go demo or Kurdt's Kassette. DEMO SUBMISSIONS: Serious production inquiries only, friends! If I like your music, we'll talk. In 2009, Slippage called it a day, but Kandi Coded's 2nd album "Fell For The Gift" was released by Volcom Entertainment on Feb 2, 2010. If you can't find enough records you like, you gotta make 'em yourself. At one point, Kurt, Krist, and Mark Lanegan and Mark Pickerel from Screaming Trees were in the studio with me trying to do a collaborative single. But you better be serious about it; I don't have time to give free demo reviews so people can quote me in their press kit. My first solo record "Angle of Attack" was released by Toxic Shock in 1990. Jack Endino Producer – Engineer – Mixer – Musician – NOISEMONGER Services | Production Discography | Jack's Bands & Music | FAQ | Blog | Contact | Articles, Rants, Misc. Cruz records released a record for me called "Endino's Earthworm" in 1992, for which I played a few shows. Some people who get their names on records as producers never even set foot in the studio; and then there's those mysterious "executive producers": no one can tell you what they do, but you can bet they're getting paid for it. ON THE OTHER HAND, I do have a comfort zone and some things are outside it. ), (NEW) Here's a quirk about my production style you should know about. If you have some SPECIFIC questions, I will try to answer them if I have time. Jack's Nirvana FAQ For other questions, see my General FAQ.. With Bleach and half of Incesticide, 7 tracks on With The Lights Out (the box set), an extra one added to Sliver – The best of the box,, the whole extra live show added to the Bleach reissue, and 7 bonus tracks on the deluxe reissue of In Utero, I think I have recorded and/or mixed more released Nirvana tracks than anyone else. […] Kurt brought in a little closed-back 2×12 cabinet with two Celestion [speakers], most likely 70-watt models. When we did Bleach, the Randall was “in the shop” for repairs so we used my ’68 Fender twin, identical circuitry-wise to the pre-CBS ones, CBS hadn’t fucked them all up yet. Come to Seattle and record cheap! While Cobain claimed to have found Endino and Reciprocal Recording through price comparison shopping in The Rocket, ... Endino, Jack, 1998. The potential for abuse comes from the insidious idea of the producer as an omniscient, all seeing sage who knows more about what's good for a band's music than the band themselves. 2006 UPDATE: Well, they asked me about bonus stuff to put on the “Sliver (Best Of The Box)” CD and I reminded ‘em about that “Sappy”… so there it is, finally. For a pretty good “sessionography” list, check out http://www.livenirvana.com/sessions/. Notes. And in my entire career no one has ever poured beer (or anything else) on the board. It was re-recorded that summer after drummer Chad joined the band (“Love Buzz” session) and later appeared on Sub Pop 200. I actually recorded Nirvana with four different drummers, in fact FIVE if you count Mark Pickerel playing with Kurt and Krist on “Ain’t It A Shame” etc (Box Set). Easy. People read these. Jack Endino Producer – Engineer – Mixer – Musician – NOISEMONGER About | Services | … It's not that I'm unfriendly, just busy, and I don't owe anything to every stranger who asks for a couple hours of my time. Endino currently manages a studio in Seattle called Soundhouse Recording. I have video that matches the audio for the show that is supposedly 12/87, and it’s definitely Dale, so therefore the supposed 12/87 show is actually 1/23/88. Because of continued requests, Skin Yard guitarist Jack Endino sorted through boxes of old tapes to assemble this “live history” of the band. This week we talk with engineer Jack Endino on the wonders and pitfalls of analog tape, capturing acoustic bass and many other topics. I respond well to food. "Angle Of Attack" is completely remastered (by myself, from the original tapes) and has several bonus tracks from the same era. The people who have gotten indy (or any!) Modern hard-disk recording/editing methods have made that production methodology (i.e. Unfortunately I am still dogged by the 'grunge' stereotype even though most of my best records have nothing to do with whatever is meant by this. 1) Make a demo, any quality at all. That settles that…), During summer ’88, after Chad joined, we worked on the Love Buzz single, recording “Love Buzz”, “Big Cheese”, “Spank Thru” again and a song called “Blandest”. The engineer is crucial to the recording process, but the Producer gets all the credit no matter how much of a bozo he is. I played tons of guitar on it as well as co-writing much of it and singing lead on two songs. Endino (High on Fire, Skeletonwitch, 3 Inches of Blood).. PlugInMusic.com. For more info, see my blog. The Nukes recorded some stuff, but it took me until 2004 to finally finish and mix 5 of the tracks (read on). Instead I prepare detailed, written song-by-song instructions, maintain phone/email contact, and receive reference CDs by FEDEX (or files by FTP). The verses sound VAGUELY like Love Buzz or Dive. I mean, an assistant? The wealth of printed material is pretty shaky from what I’ve seen. I didn’t see him play anything else until maybe when we did “Sappy”… definitely by the time we did the In Utero demos he had a small Fender guitar, a Mustang or Jaguar, I wasn't looking too closely. Jack Endino (born 1964) is an American producer and musician based in Seattle, Washington. Mixing is when you think you are "finishing" the record, creating the final two-track stereo versions from the multitrack masters... "mixing together" 24 tracks (or more) of sound into just the final two left/right tracks that people will be able to listen to on their stereos. Weird version, eh? Please start by reading thru this website; you can quote from it if you credit me. Prefer north half of Seattle (Fremont, Ballard). (See RecordingStudioSearch.com for a complete list of Northwest studios. Even the most trivial suggestions (like "stop, tune that guitar") from an outsider with a good ear can make an enormous difference in the final result. Much later when Dan Peters was briefly drumming for them we cut “Sliver” using Tad’s equipment, though Kurt and Krist brought their guitars. OK, here's how I see it. The other side of the single was “Dive”, recorded earlier (w/Chad drumming) at the Butch Vig sessions for what would have been their second Sub Pop album. Jack Endino, who made his humble start in 1985 with a five-dollar-an-hour basement studio … 2005 UPDATE: This version of “Sappy” was considered but did not make the final cut for the box set, although there’s at least one other version of the song included; I believe it is the “No Alternative” Albini version, which is actually the definitive and best version of Sappy. But the solution is wonderfully simple: if you just buy me LUNCH, you can pick my brain for an hour or so, my schedule permitting! Here's some steps a typical 'rock band' should follow: This is a tough question, because the need for "mentoring" is pretty well acknowledged in this biz. ), three mics, a drumset ('67 Ludwig), a Fender Twin, a guitar and a bass. Often, I'm traveling. Knowing how to play your music is one thing, turning knobs and recording sounds is another, but MAKING A GOOD RECORD is something else entirely. Indeed he did, but even before that, he recorded their first demo, most of which ended up on the Insesticide record. What a bummer to hear ‘em now, this way. There is also a studio version with scratch vocals (a Nevermind outtake) of the “first” Verse Chorus Verse, also known as “In His Hands” from a live bootleg, a totally different song… plus a Nevermind outake called “Old Age” with scratch vocals, the same song I recorded with Hole while Kurt observed, not saying anything at the time. This was the first, er, "above-ground test" of the Nukes, and was followed soon after by another gig at Seattle's now-defunct Colourbox with Suction opening. If you are not at the very least a BAD musician, you are at an extreme disadvantage. A "recording engineer" is at minimum a knob-turner, and at maximum a Scientist of Sound. I'm self-taught, like many recording engineers I know. Several other versions exist. Distortion: the bottom-of-the-line orange Boss pedal, very basic, a DS-1 or a DS-2. 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