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Credits include:
PAUL MCCARTNEY • NATALIE MERCHANT • REM • THE JOE JACKSON BAND • THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS • EARTH, WIND & FIRE • SUZANNE VEGA • THE BAND • XTC • AIMEE MANN • THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS • THE INDIGO GIRLS • BLIND MELON • METALLICA • NRBQ • FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS • DAVID BROMBERG BAND • COWBOY MOUTH • BLUE OYSTER CULT • THE CONTINENTAL DRIFTERS • DOKKEN • ZAP MAMA • THE BLUE RUNNERS • MEGADETH • SWEET VINE • THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND • LARRY CAMPBELL & TERESA WILLIAMS • NATURAL • ETHEL • CELL • YEMEN BLUES • 10,000 MANIACS • THE DBS • ICE HOUSE • SCORPIONS • THE CONTINENTAL DRIFTERS • TESLA • SCRITTI POLITTI • ANDERSON, BRUFORD, WAKEMAN, & HOWE • CRASH VEGAS • THE POINTER SISTERS • THE CLARKS • CINDERELLA • MARY LEE’S CORVETTE • THE DEL FUEGOS • PHIL LESH • TODD RUNDGREN •
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Interview with George Cowan
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: John Sikett
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: You will be pleased with my work.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Helping artists to achieve greatness.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That it's easy and anyone can call him or herself an engineer.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: since 1982
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have an acoustically balanced mixing room in my home. I run ProTools or Studio One utilizing three Universal Audio Apollos with an M1 Mac.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Recorded and Mixed Danny Gatton's "88 Elmira Street" for Elektra.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Mixing Natalie Merchant live.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both. Because the real world is analog and because digital is finally getting pretty good.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: How are you doing?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: You're in good hands and you're gonna like what I can do.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Knife, Lighter, Helicopter, Boat, and an SM57
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: solid
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Mozart - because he was otherworldly brilliant
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: All sorts
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Mixing
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Everything I've got - but mainly - good taste backed by a solid understanding of how this all works.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Listen, correct, listen, correct, listen and then finish when it sounds great!
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mixing
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $400 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $70 per song
- Universal Audio Apollo and plugins
- Pro Tools
- Studio One
