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Issue #63 – Catching Up

Weekly Newsletter

by L. Swift and Jeff McQ

 
Special Feature
Nick Raskulinecz and Brian Kraft at Rock Falcon Studio, NashvilleThis week, Brian continued his visit in Nashville, Tennessee, AKA “Music City,” to meet and formalize relationships between RRFC and local professionals as part of our Master’s Mentor program. Last week we told you how multi-award-winning engineer, producer and educator Bob Bullock has joined up with the Master’s Mentor program. Well, the hits just keep on coming! Following closely on the heels of Bob coming on board, we are pleased to announce that GRAMMY®-winning engineer, producer and musician Nick Raskulinecz is the latest talented professional to join our Masters Mentor program.   Nick who? Well, the name might not roll right off your tongue, but this guy has a discography that reads like a Who’s-Who of modern rock. Nick has a rich history that began as he worked as an apprentice at the legendary Sound City in Los Angeles. Shortly after leaving there in 2001, he was invited by Dave Grohl (whom he met engineering the Foo Fighters track “A320” for Godzilla: The Album) to make his debut as record producer with the Foo Fighters’ next album, One by One. The experience was successful, and Raskulinecz returned for the follow-up, In Your Honor (2005). He has also mixed the audio on the Foo Fighters live DVD releases Everywhere but Home and Foo Fighters Live at Wembley Stadium, as well as the album Skin and Bones, which was accompanied by the live DVD At Hyde Park, also mixed by Raskulinecz.   In addition to his work with Foo Fighters, he has worked with such artists as Ghost, We As Human, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Deftones, Coheed and Cambria, Stone Sour, Trivium, Duff McKagan, Mondo Generator, Danzig, The Exies, Ash, My Ruin, Velvet Revolver, Rush, Mastodon, Shadows Fall, Superdrag, Goatsnake, Fireball Ministry, Rye Coalition, Death Angel, Danko Jones and Apocalyptica, to name a few.   “When we first pulled up to Nick’s Rock Falcon Studio, just outside Nashville, I had no idea that so much amazing music that I was familiar with had come out of this studio, out in the country and in the middle of nowhere!” stated Brian Kraft. “But after hanging with Nick and hearing how he likes to work, his immense passion for getting the most out of his artists and ending up with a record that stands the test of time, it made total sense to me. Such a peaceful, creative environment with no distractions. What a great place to work.”   Stay tuned next week for more on the Nashville trip!




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