brief bios:
Jeremy Ferguson
Jeremy Ferguson has been recording since 1996, starting with his friends' band, Player X, in Evansville, Indiana, where he grew up. He attended Purdue University for two years before transferring to Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee where he received a degree in Music Production and Technology in December 2001. Jeremy interned at Alex the Great Recording from September 2001 through December 2001 and has worked out of the studio engineering and assisting sessions since that time when he is not working on his own sessions. Jeremy has a strong protools background, having taken classes at MTSU for the program and then working on the system extensively at Alex the Great and on his own system every day since August 2001.
Jeremy bought a house in East Nashville's Inglewood district in March 2003 where he opened his home studio, called Battle Tapes Recording, which he runs with his partner Tony Read. He feels that the studio will be a constant "work in progress" as more and more gear is accumulated, making for a studio that will have the majority of the equipment you'd like available to you to make something as small as a demo or something as large as a full length record for commercial release, not to mention the comfort of the home environment where the studio is nestled.
Jeremy owns an extensive cd and vinyl record collection which he calls from for his influences in the recording environment and pays no allegiance to any one recording style (liking productions varying from super gloss pop records to 70s anechoic recordings to dirty as they can be indie-rock recordings) and is only interested in making recordings that suit the music they are showcasing and are what those involved wish a specific recording to sound like.
Jeremy also plays guitar in the middle Tennessee based instrumental rock band Mercator.
Jeremy Ferguson discography:
commercially released:1997
Subotai Minus Seven Wonders of the World (-7, 1997) (producer/engineer/mixing)2000
Subotai The Reasons for Expansion (Sonic Lifestyles, 2000) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)Mock Orange Split 7" (2000) (engineer/ mixing)
2001
Mercator/Lotushalo Split 12" (Champ Records, 2001)
(producer/ engineer/ mixing)
The Dustin Change Soundtrack to a Chessmatch (Higher Step Records, 2001)
(producer/ engineer/ mixing)
The Dustin Change Various compilation tracks (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Mock Orange bonus track on japanese release of 'nines and sixes' (2001) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
2002
27 B Stroke 6 S/T (self-released, 2002) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
When I Was A Teenager Music Life Sounds Like (Onewing Records, 2002) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Josh Hood Patience/Pestilence (self-released, 2002) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Josh Rouse Kinks tribute album track, "A Well Respected Man" (Ryko, 2002) (engineer)
2003
Uva Mala S/T (self-released, 2003) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)Emery Reel For and Acted Upon Through Diversions (First Flight, 2003) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Kevin Montgomery 2:30a.m. (Syren Records, 2003) (engineer)
Apollo Up Light The End and Burn It Through (theory 8 records, 2003) (engineer/ mixing)
Josh Rouse, The Lone Official, The Legendary Shack Shakers, The Alcohol Stuntband, and others live from the Slow Bar (2003)(engineer)
2004
The Whole Fantastic World Chime! (theory 8 records, 2004) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)On Command S/T (Set International Records, 2004) (engineer/ mixing)
My Last Winter S/T (self-released, 2004) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Out of Ruin TBA (self-released, 2004) (engineer)
Tom Mathias Both Keys At Once (self released, 2004) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
2005
Maia Sharp Fine Upstanding Citizen (Koch, 2005) (assistant engineer)Josh Rouse Nashville (Ryko, 2005) (assistant engineer)
Ocelots If Lightning Strikes Us Both (self released, 2005) (engineer/ mixing)
Tommy Keenum Sentimental Jamboree (self released, 2005) (engineer/ mixing)
Andra Moran Listening (Insta-Rock records, 2005) (engineer)
Dan Tyler True Blue (self released, 2005) (engineer)
Ole Mossy Face Split 12" (self released, 2005) (engineer/ mixing)
The Carter Administation Air Guitar Force One (theory 8, 2006) (engineer/ mixing)
2006
Mary Karlzen The Wanderlust Diaries (Y&T Music, 2006) (assistant engineer)Falcon TBA (tba, 2006?) (engineer/ mixing)
Clist Peligro (self released, 2006) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Apollo Up! Chariots of Fire (theory 8, 2006) (engineer/ mixing)
Forget Cassettes The Catch (single) (theory 8, 2006, one little indian, 2007(uk)) (engineer/ co-producer/ mixing)
Forget Cassettes Salt (theory 8, 2006, one little indian, 2007(uk)) (engineer/ co-producer/ mixing)
Jeff Castle Storm (Infinity Cat, 2006) (mixing)
Mock Orange Split EP (Asian Gothic, 2006) (engineer/ co-producer/ mixing)
Be your own PET S/T (XL Recordings (UK), Ecstatic Peace (US), 2006) (engineer/ mixing)
Hands Down Eugene Madison (XOXO Records, 2006) (producer /engineer/ mixing)
D. Striker Oh Mindy (self released, 2006) (engineer/ mixing)
Touchy Subjects S/T (self released, 2006) (engineer/ mixing)
Deluxin Black and White (sebastian speaks, 2006) (engineer/ mixing)
Cerys Matthews Never Said Goodbye (Rough Trade, 2006) (engineer/producer/mixing)
2007
Mock Orange Captain Love (Asian Gothic (Japan), 2007, TBA uk/germany, TBA us) (engineer/ co-producer/ mixing)De Novo Dahl Shout (ep) (Roadrunner, 2007) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
The Carter Administration God and Country (self released, 2007) (engineer/ mixing)
Turbo Fruits Turbo Fruits (Ecstatic Peace (US)2007, Ark Recordings (UK)2007) (engineer/ producer/ mixing)
Thornton TBA (TBA) (engineer/ co-producer/ mixing)
2008
Hands Down Eugene White Stone (Grand Palace, 2008) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)Hands Down Eugene Black Witch (Grand Palace, 2008) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Umbrella Tree The Church and the Hospital (self-released, 2008) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Apollo Up! Walking Papers (Grand Palace, 2008) (engineer/ mixing)
Save Macaulay TBA (Theory 8, 2008) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Be Your Own Pet Get Awkward (Ecstatic Peace/Universal(US),XL Recordings(UK) 2008) (engineer)
Hotpipes TBA (TBA, 2008) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Lylas TBA (TBA, 2008) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Cake Bake Betty To the Dark Tower (Infinity Cat, 2008) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Festival TBA (Language of Stone, 2008) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
Timbre TBA (self released?, 2008) (producer/ engineer/ mixing)
English Bitters TBA (self released, 2008) (engineer/ mixing)
Secretariat TBA (TBA, 2008) (engineer/ mixing)
Turncoats TBA (Grand Palace, 2008) (mixing)
De Novo Dahl TBA (Roadrunner, 2008) (producer/ engineer)
Skyblazer TBA (Infinity Cat, 2008) (producer/ engineer/)
The Nobility split 7" (?, 2008) (engineer/ mixing)
demos:
mock orange (producer, engineer)Subotai (producer, engineer)
The Dustin Change (producer, engineer)
Mercator (producer, engineer)
killswitch (engineer)
Mass and Proximity (producer, engineer)
Player X (producer, engineer)
The Cardinal Number (engineer)
Mellow Nova (producer, engineer)
We Eat Vultures (producer, engineer)
Ketaset (producer, engineer)
John Okain Music (engineer)
Mac and Oceana Gayden (engineer)
Michael Acree (engineer)
Paul Burch and the WPA Ballclub (assistant engineer)
Tony Read
I started recording in school at Middle Tennessee State University where I met my partner, Jeremy Ferguson. Upon graduation I moved to Stavanger, Norway where I participated in a program at a music school there as a teacher's assistant in an advanced music production class. For six months I did nothing but record jazz and classical music in a variety of spaces from seven centuries old cathedrals to modern concert halls. While in Stavanger, I kept in contact with Jeremy and we talked about starting up a studio together. We figured it would be a great idea to combine our efforts since we seemed to think alike as far as recording goes.
My background in music stems from playing in many bands in Nashville such as Process is Dead (my old hardcore band), The Sincerity Guild (my old instrumental band that is still alive and well), The Contract (my first attempt at playing drums), and now Hostages (my collaborative effort with members of expired local math rock favorites, Serotonin). Learning is an everyday thing and playing in many bands, recording with these many bands, and listening to as many bands as I do on a daily basis is how I never stop learning how things sound and how to make that sound happen.
With the way things are going at our location in East Nashville, Jeremy and I continue to improve on the space we have as well as our equipment and use of said equipment. We are also always thinking of new ways to make our place sound better and work more efficiently.
Tony Read discography:
recordings:On Command S/T (Set International, 2004) (engineer)
Cease Upon the Capitol TBA EP (TBD, 2004) (engineer)
Apollo Up Light The End and Burn It Through (theory 8 records, 2003) (engineer)
Nora Deniro TBA EP (2004) (engineer)
Forget Cassettes Engineed their first recording for a project.
Fair Verona Catalog and Final Demo EP (engineer)
The Sincerity Guild Demos and I believe there's one on their upcoming LP on Theory 8 Records
Ibrahim Great Knoxville band I did some songs for that are on their website
Josh Rouse, The Lone Official, The Legendary Shack Shakers, The Alcohol Stuntband, and others Live from the Slow Bar (engineer)
Olivers Army
Falcon TBA (TBA, 2005?) (engineer)