The Electric Bunker is a small recording studio located in Brighton, Massachusetts, owned and operated by Chris Johnson (Deafheaven, Doomriders, Summoner). The layout here is very simple: one small room to perform and mix in, a vocal/iso booth, and a reliable mix and monitoring setup, coupled with a growing collection of new and vintage mics and gear. This space really works best as an overdub and
mix room, so I tend to take clients to Q Division, Mad Oak, or The Record Company to record basics, based on budget and vibe of the project. We then take the session back to The Bunker to record the finishing touches (guitar solos, vocals, etc), then mix. This saves the client A TON of money. We are also capable of tracking a live band on location as well. This could include a venue, cabin in the woods, the side of a mountain, or possibly, the bottom of the ocean. You tell me...
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I am also a touring Front of House Engineer, or "sound guy," and won a Boston Music Award for "Live Sound Engineer of the Year" in 2016. I have mixed in over 200 venues in about 20 countries in North and South America and Europe for a variety of artists. I am also a professional musician and actively perform and write with my band Summoner, Doomriders, and tour pretty heavily with Deafheaven. My rate is $150 for 5 hours or $250 for 10 hours. Ask these clients if I suck to work with in the studio:
Bang Camaro
Bookkeeper
Bottlecaps
Cavelera Conspiracy (just Nate)
Coilguns (Switzerland)
Duck and Cover
Inle
Kunz (Switzerland)
Ladybones
Larcenist
Leather Lung
The Mercy Case
Moons
Nassy
The Network
Oathbreaker (Belgium - live DVD mix)
John Powhida
Reserve
Rhino King
Riff Cannon
Sand Reckoner
Sea
Spring Standards
Stone Hands
The Stray Bullets
Tenafly Vipers
Summoner
Trophy Lungs
Wormwood
Yellabird
Nick Zaino
Then ask these folks if I'm a jerk to work with live (FOH means "sound guy," TM means tour manager, MON means "monitor dude"):
Aeon (Sweden) - FOH
Cannabis Co**se - FOH
Cave In - FOH
Chelsea Wolfe - FOH
Coliseum - FOH
Corrosion of Conformity - FOH/TM
Deafheaven - FOH
Deer Tick - FOH
Doomriders - FOH
Gaza - FOH
Guster - MON
Job For a Cowboy - FOH
Mangchi (David Choe) - FOH
Metz - FOH
Mutoid Man - FOH
The New Pornographers - MON
Nuclear Assault - FOH
Ramming Speed - FOH
The Red Chord - FOH
Revocation - FOH/TM
Russian Circles - FOH
Boubacar Treore - FOH/TM
Trap Them - FOH
Worshipper - FOH
Wovenhand - FOH
