Today we’d like to introduce you to Tommy Munter.
Tommy Munter began recording, mixing, and producing records in 1996 on his dad’s eight-track reel-to-reel tape machine. He has since toured the world as a musician, and worked closely with other talented professionals in the music industry— including Rich Williams (burl audio), Rami Jaffee (foo fighters, wallflowers), Chris Shiflett (foo fighters), Daniel Mendez (producer – cord carpenter, lit, heart, dashboard confessional). In 2016, Tommy founded matador recording studios to offer a comfortable space to capture recordings the way they should be made: by combining nostalgic techniques and gear with a modern mind.
We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc. – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
It’s been a pretty smooth road recording… I love making recordings and I love being around people…
I will say all the business doings and stuff that comes with running a place is no fun to me…
I never thought I would be good at quick books.
We’d love to hear more about your work.
We are a humble recording studio that offers a comfortable space and kick-ass live instrument recordings.
As a musician, I’ve recorded in a bunch of different studios over the years and a lot of them just kinda have a museum feel to them. Not the kind of place you would recreate what you do in your home or on a stage… vibe and comfort is what it takes to get an amazing performance out of someone and people seem to feel that in our studio.
We also take serious pride in our live drum sounds. A drum set is about the most difficult instrument to record as it’s made up of a bunch of separate drums and cymbals to create what we call a drum set. Our drum room sounds really fantastic to start with and we go above and beyond to create a drum sound appropriate for the song at hand. Sometimes we use 15 mics on the drums and sometimes we only use two. In the end, a solid drum sound will make or destroy a recording and we take it serious.
What were you like growing up?
I was a lucky kid. My parents were hippies and my dad is a musician.
Band practice was at my parent’s house always. Luckily, my dad had a nice recording studio reel to reel set up in our converted garage and that’s where it started for me. I played drums and bass in bands and spent my time recording my bands and my friend’s bands late into the many nights.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.matadorsatx.com
- Phone: 2105574671
- Email: matadorsatx@gmail.com
- Facebook: @matadorsatx.com
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