recording engineer

as if my job title was not long enough and my resume not already over-complicated, i am now, officially, a recording engineer as well.

floater asked me to record/mix their new album.
it is the 10th album that they have released.
it is quite fitting that it is a live album.
we multi-track recorded over the course of two sold out nights at a 500 person venue in in eugene. the crowd was on fire.
this venue, the wow hall, was the birthplace of large crowds for floater many moons ago. a lot of history and sentiment is associated.

with my co-engineer/producer peter cornett by my side, we took the 5+ hours of raw material and edited/mixed/eq'd it down to a wonderfully intimate 53 minute live acoustic concert experience.

the final result is magical.
you can listen to a track on www.floater.com (possum's funeral) see player top right of page.

i have produced, recorded and mixed several albums before for my bands....brownhouse, sunset-red, treebender, but never a grammy nominated group that produces actual art with their instruments.
and.......i never got paid before either!! HA!

Floater - Live at the Wow comes out May 20.
i'm sure that we will have copies with us on the spring tour.

see you out there.

Tom Addison
Tour Manager
Front of House Engineer
Recording Engineer

here are some pics from the actual show.
courtesy isaac viel: