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Brendan Maier’s solo debut released this morning. I’ve been working with this young man for a few years across multiple bands, and it was a pleasure to play a role in this release. He has really come a long way from his grunge roots!<\/p>\n
I co produced this with my friend, the talented artist Nick Wlos<\/a>. I mixed and mastered the release.<\/p>\n This was a really interesting way to make a record. Brendan was in Seattle, and recorded guitar\/bass\/vocals to a click track. We then sent the tracks over to Dagan Thogerson<\/a>, drummer from the band Murder By Death<\/a>, who laid down the rhythm tracks. After that, the tracks made their way to Chicago, where Nick laid down keys and assorted other instruments, and I added additional guitars and percussion. We added some sweet additional instrumentation courtesy of Joel Barr<\/a> (saxophones), and Rhodrick Magsino<\/a> (bowed drones). All production work was done in Apple Logic X, and then moved to Pro Tools for mixing.<\/p>\n We really poured our heart and souls into this record, and I think it shows! Please enjoy!<\/p>\n It can be found on all major streaming sites, and can be purchased at Brendan’s bandcamp site:<\/p>\n https:\/\/brendanmaier.bandcamp.com\/album\/life-as-usual<\/a><\/p>\n Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n Youtube Music<\/a><\/p>\n Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n Apple Music<\/a><\/p>\n Please take some time to check out the other artists that helped to make this such a cool record (linked above). And… if you’re looking to make a record, please let me know how I can help via the contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"