James Kananen is an Audio Engineer and Record Producer from Bad Racket Recording Studio in Cleveland Ohio. With a background in audio and sound I'm ready for your high quality professional recording, mixing, or mastering for music or video for the north east Ohio area.
The Speedbumps – Rosaline | Live from Bad Racket Recording Studios Make sure you check them out at the NEOH Cycle Fest at Edgewater Park September 12! THE SHOW IS FREE! Ride Your Bike or drive your car. The beach is right there. The bands are going be sick! Beer trucks and food trucks.…
Artist: Wolf Teeth | Album: A House // A Home A House//A Home by Wolf Teeth About: Wolf Teeth are vestigial teeth in horses; Wolf Teeth is a band from Elyria, OH A House//A Home is Wolf Teeth’s debut release released May 26, 2015 Drums-Mikey Thompson Guitars-Nick Davies Bass-Ricky Whittle Vocals-Eddy Marflak Recorded and mixed at…
Sam Hooper Group and Mike Null release Messin with the Hook ft John Lee Hooker. The latest in our Live from Bad Racket series. Sam Hooper Group (feat. Mike Null) – Messin’ With The Hook (Live From Bad Racket) from Bad Racket on Vimeo. Sakait Baksar on Keys, Derrick James on bass, and Reggie Holmes…
The Trash (Dayton Ohio, Band) at Bad Racket Recording Studio 2011 In late 2011 maybe December or something like that, my friend Spencer Byrnes hit me up with a phone call from Dayton saying he knew this band that wanted to come up to Cleveland to record a record. We cut the songs in a…
Meridian – Glow | Live from Bad Racket Recording Studio In case you missed it, Meridian – Glow (One of the more recent videos in our Live from Bad Racket Series). If you wanted to record a live session with us shoot us an email at play@badracket.com, or call us at 216-905-5714 Our Site: https://badracket.com/…
Gatherers – What If I Can’t (Live from Bad Racket Recording Studio) Gatherers a band hailing from New Jersey (ten minutes outside New York City but whose counting) stopped by Bad Racket Studio in Cleveland, Ohio and recorded a song from their album Caught Between a Rock and a Sad Place. The song they performed…
Gatherers – Ocean Floor Live from Bad Racket Recording Studio Check out the latest in our video series from Gatherers from New Jersey. Ocean Floor! Gatherers a band hailing from New Jersey (ten minutes outside New York City) stopped by Bad Racket Studio in Cleveland, Ohio and recorded a song from their album Caught Between…
Drum Replacement & Enhancement Drum replacement, or “using samples”, is a modern technique that is being implemented in most mainstream music nowadays. Some view it as cheating, and others view it as necessary to achieve a desired sound. Essentially, there are two main ways to use samples with drums: Blending & Layering, or complete replacement.…
Recording and Mixing Rap Vocals and Beat at Bad Racket Recording Studio When mixing rap vocals the most important thing is clear, strong main vocal on top of the mix. The number 1 complaint about a rap mix? Can’t hear the vocals. So mix it loud and proud! Of course we are the…
Using Equalization in Mixing I find a lot of times equalization in combination with dynamics control and saturation can be used to sweeten a mix, and mixing is many times simply a matter of make things fit together nicely with Equalization. Subtractive Eq Equalization or EQ is often thought of in a subtractive sense in…