Spikey Jay
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- Skill Level:
- Professional
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, electric bass, drums, clarinet
- Influences:
- Andy Sneap, Andy Wallace, Chris Lord-Alge, Tom Lord-Alge, Charles Dye, Serban Ghenea
Spikey Jay is primarily a mixer, but also a producer, engineer, songwriter, and musician. He is a classical clarinetist of 15 years, rock drummer of 14, and classical/rock guitarist of 11 years. He studied Classical Guitar Performance for a year at New York University, and then went on to study music production, engineering, and mixing at The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music under award-winning producers/engineers such as Jim Anderson and Nick Sansano. With this training, Spikey Jay has developed the skills, but most importantly the ears, to create professional sounding mixes.
Spikey Jay works primarily with pop, rock, and metal artists. His mixes are like skyscrapers - a powerful drum and bass section, that supports a tower of guitars, with a delicate vocal sitting on top. In each of his mixes, he strives to achieve a balance of power and clarity, and even in his most intense metal mix, every element is crystal clear.
His mixes have received acclaim from Grammy award-winners such as Kevin Killen and Tony Maserati. In October 2007, he was featured on MTV-U as an up and coming music producer. He also received two "Best Mix" awards and one "Best Production" award during The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music's Remmy Awards in 2006 and 2008.
In June/July of 2008, Spikey Jay's essay entitled "Can You Handle This?" (about the metal group Killswitch Engage), was published in Perfect Sound Forever online music magazine. You can read his essay here: http://www.furious.com/perfect/killswitchengage.html
In December 2008, his "Pendulum" mix (listen above), was honored live on-the-air on 92.3 K-Rock Radio/XM Radio by Opie of the Opie and Anthony Radio Show.
- Day Job:
- The Harry Fox Agency
- Website:
- www.myspace.com/spikeyjaymixes
- How I Work:
I would love to mix your music. If you're interested, drop me an email at spikeyjay@gmail.com
Mixing Rates: Anywhere from $100 - $750 per song. If you've got a vocal and a basic two-track instrumental stem that just needs tweaking (3 channels in total), I can mix your tune for $100. If you've got a song with a PLETHORA of tracks in the session (I'm talking like 40 or more channels) chances are it will be closer to $750. I'm very much open to negotiation, especially if you have multiple tracks that need mixing.
I also can edit your songs for you if you need things done quickly. $100/song to edit.
- Experience:
In addition to mixing, producing, engineering, writing, and performing on a plethora of tracks, I've also mixed dialogue, narration, and effects stems for more than 10 High-Definition extreme sports television episodes for Rush HD, channel 734 on IO.
- Equipment:
I am an in-the-box mixer, which means I only use Pro Tools and plug-ins to create professional-sounding mixes. There are a number of incredible in-the-box mixers in the world, such as Charles Dye and Serban Ghenea, and I hope to one day join their ranks. Did you know that Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" was the first number one record to be mixed completely in-the-box? Fun fact for the day.
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Hey Spikey, I just got a chance to take a listen to your latest production Pendulum. I'm at a loss for words, that's a stellar compilation to say the least, you are truly a master at your craft! Listened to it three times in a row just to hear those killer guitar riffs the superb drumming and awesome vocals. Curious what time signature(s) that track is in. Keep em' comin' man, I think you and Pendulum among many of your other works are definitely going places!
Love your work u r awesome. thanks for the add.
Feel free to check out my latest tracks that i have just uploaded.
Things are going well with me... finishing up my semester abroad in Buenos Aires right now. I'm still not 100% on my Capstone idea, but I'm going to try and work on the aspects of international music scenes/travel to create some sort of fresh idea.
In the meanwhile though, I'll continue recording at Clive, hahaha.
"Hate Me" is quite shiny.
What's that crazy sound in the beginning? I kept thinking it was something going on outside on the street, and took of my headphones twice, hahahaha.
You indeed having taken POP to the next level, nice work Jay.
I love alone sung by charley paige. I would buy that. It should be on ITunes
Hi. I have another mix on the go for the K-OS remix contest(Song - Uptown Girl).Could you take a listen and let me know what you think and give me a vote . Thanks Bro
Thank you so much for your comments and advice, believe me, its really appreciated mate.
I love "Pendulum" (apart from the death metal growling.....not really my thing) Was the growling done by Aaron? The whole song has got a bit of a Dragonforce feel in places which is wicked, really nice sound with the epic guitars and a nice subtle sound when the mute guitar comes in (2:24)
Amazing work mate.
Steve.
Spikemaster, Have a happy new year. I know you're gonna do some damage as one of the most talented people here! Let's make it a contest. If you enter that Hot 100 first you owe me a remix haha =)
Great job Spikey! Man I really hope you do at least one or two tracks in the K-OS contest. The judges are gonna pick the winers so you don't have to worry about the voting thing. C'mon man. I challenge you to a duel! What's the matter? You chicken? Bak bak bak bak!. Haha. You know it's all love man. But seriously man we all took our lumps in the Mariah comp. But I really missed your presence in The Roots contest. I hope you come back and participate some more. Happy New Year my friend. Peace.
Man!! NICE!! Intro Rocks!! Clear quality, sounds like it came right off the radio. Your work is Very Good Spikey Jay!! :)
Props for you!! :) -scorpio-
many thanks for stopping bye and listening to my song! appreciate the way you give advice and props at the same time.. will check out your new tracks when you post them.. lemme know. -scorpio-
hey jay!! love your mixing style - kinda like CLA. love your snare sound on myspace he said she said. how did u do it?
cheers
hey jay!! dunno if you are interested but I posted a karaoke version (just for fun) of amy winehouse back to black.. if you have a chance stop bye and check it out.. thanks -scorpio-
Spikey thanks for the comment bro...I dunno if you found the link to vote but either way its all gud...this is all about much more than votes at the end of the day! U entering the K-OS contest?
Man I really missed you on the boards. Wish you had been there. You gonna do any Indaba comps in the near future?
Hi Spikey, saw your comment on the boards and would really appreciate any feedback you could give on our Criminal remix. I know DnB isn't "huge" that side of the pond, so fresh perspective would be valuable.
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Benz
Hey Spikey you have critiqued my works in the past (IBLULT MC Contest) and I like the straightforward and technical approach you bring forth. If you could listen to the Criminal Remix I would appreciate the feedback. Admittedly there's a lot of things I could have added to this mix came upon this contest rather late in the game. Nevertheless, always willing to listen to a pro's opinion.
Hey Man, I really appreciate you responding with constructive feedback. I know what you mean about Full Circle...like it almost gets redundant, and I think there's some empty space I could work with. I will definitely keep you posted on more stuff I put up. Thanks again!
sorry for the delayed response spikey..i agree with you all the way...i may not be entering any more contest for a while unless its an artist that really pulls me into it....that mariah thing was brutal..lol...
Whats gud Spikey Jay. I liked ur Mariah mix & thought I'd check out ur page...You're mixes are probably the best I've heard on indaba...real crisp! Respect...
Hey Spikey thanks for the support man. You can vote as many times as you want. This contest is so much easier the the Mariah contest. And it's bigger too. There's nearly 50,000 people in it! But I've cracked the top 1000 in three weeks. You should be on wemix.com too. This would be a piece of cake for you. Are you on reverbnation.com? If not you should check them out. Take care man.
Hey Spikey! I'm lovin the clarity and balance of all your mixes. If you don't mind, checking out some of my tracks and leaving some feedback on the mixes, just trying to learn as much as possible to reach my goal. Thanks a lot.
Yo Spikey I need your help in the Ludacris contest. Can you hit me with a vote? Just click the link and it's done. Have a great weekend man. http://www.wemix.com/clip.aspx?key=CE0455A81FEF17CC
whatsup spikey!!!!!!! how you been man??..congrats on the featured artist spot.....are you going to enter the yo yo ma contest??
i checked out ALONE with Charley - wow, what a beautiful mix!
nice job, spikey one.
anne
Hey Rockmaster, listening to all your tunes now.
Alone: Good production! everything in perfect balance. The song has a nice build up from gentle and sweet to rockin. The only thing I would have done is add something percussive in the first minute and a half. A subtle combination of tambourine, clap and perhaps closed hihat nicely arranged could do the trick. Charley is great on the vocs!
Of our yesterdays: kickin right away! I must admit: don't really listen a whole lot to this style, but it has a good sound.
Cash Cash rmx: sounds good and commercial. Are the snaps and cowbell yours? it has that tween sound again!
Back in Spades: has pro written all over it.
He said, she said: hit record? def a pop radio tune. Only thing I could suggest is to add some supporting sounds in the verses other than the guitar and drums. I'm thinking pad/effect/synth sounds to fill it up a bit. Still without it, it sounds just fine. The chorus/bridge parts sound perfect.
Died in your arms: pro mix. maybe the vocal could have been a bit louder at the parts with the power chords.
Late show is a good production although it's not my style. I like the ending though. Nice heavy guitars.
Thank you is a nice tune. the mix sounds perfect. As a professional coffee-holic I can say that this is something you'd expect to hear at your local Starbucks.
My faves: IBLULT RMX, Alone and He Said, She Said.
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Dig the trax. Just passin thru to connect. Nuff respect and B L E S S I N G S!