Today we’d like to introduce you to Britt Robisheaux.
Hi Britt, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I started recording bands I played in around the mid 90’s when I was in middle school. I started out of necessity since we didn’t have money to go into professional recording studios. Over the years, other bands asked me to record and/or produce their records. After a few records, I produced at my house got some media attention a local studio owner asked me to work out of his studio. A few years later, I got the opportunity to design, build and operate my own professional recording studio with a few friends. Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on hundreds of albums with some of my heroes such as Jandek, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Herbie Hancock, BJ Thomas, Eric Osbourne with Angel Olsen and a lot of artists that were new to me.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
A constant struggle in the music industry is money. Most bands don’t have the budget to spend all of the time they need in the studio. It’s been my job to make their albums sound as good as they can with that limited budget. It frequently becomes a lot of work crammed into a short amount of time. Equipment upkeep and building maintenance are also very expensive and time-consuming.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I record all kinds of music and I love to work on projects in as many genres as possible. I’m always learning new techniques to better suit different instruments and styles of music. I’ve recorded metal, mariachi, string sections, second-line brass bands, pop bands, anything you can imagine. It’s a less common skill, but I’m proficient in analog tape recording and signal processing. That’s all we had when I first started. Over the years, computer recording has become standard practice, but lots of bands prefer the sound and workflow of analog tape. I’m happy to work with either medium. I’m particularly efficient with drum recording. I love big roomy sounding drums so I’ve spent a great deal of time refining my drum mic’ing skills. I even built a large room in my previous recording studio (Cloudland) geared towards big drum sounds.
We’d love to hear about how you think about risk taking?
Building a studio and transitioning into full-time music production was a huge risk financially. There were plenty of times I had to sell equipment to make rent. But, now that I’ve established myself and sold my studio, I’m able to keep my overhead down and not over-work myself. I am thankful for the experience of studio ownership though.
Contact Info:
- Email: Mostefficientrecording@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j.britt_robisheaux/
Image Credits:
Nick Prendergast
