The Dutch Oven is a recording studio located in Alameda, California (in the bay between San Francisco and Oakland). I specialize in recording punk and metal bands but I am open to and capable of recording anything you can throw at me. I can also transfer cassettes and DATs to CD.

There are a few ways we can record here: you and yours can record live (I can provide moderate isolation). Or your drummer can record his/her tracks and then everyone else can take their sweet time and layer their instruments later. Or you can just bring in your favorite band's CD and I can run it through the kareoke-izinator. However you wanna do it...

Demo or 7in sessions are typically done in one-to-two days. I had a band do 33 songs in one day while another band did 6 songs in 9 months, so I suppose anything's possible.

• 16-track live recording
• unlimited add-on tracks
• Cubase SX w/ Motu 2408 and 1224 cards through a Mackie 32x8x2
  or the trusty Fostex XR-7 4-track
• Mostly SM57's and 58's but I got some nice AKGs like the D112, C3000, and some C1000's, as well as aome Octava condensor mics, a batch of CAD drums mics, and a sweet SM-81.
• Output to CD-R or DAT or cassette or I can call your answering machine and leave it on there.
• RNC compressors, Lexicom effects processor, Fostex RM900 reference monitors, BBE Sonic Maximizer, Sonic Decimator, computer mouse with a little red light under it, mousepad with little M&M charaters on it...
• blah blah blah

All this techie crap doesn't mean anything if you don't like the way your recording sounds. Listen to what I've done and what people have to say and go from there---->

Rock / Indie

• Pink Black - English Trains
• Love Songs - To All The Girls I've
  Ever Thought About Loving Before
• Abi Yoyos - Xenophobia

Metal

• Meris - Hetfield
• What Happens Next? -
  When The Dead Die Twice

Punk / Hardcore / Grind

• Colbom - Risking Life and Limb
• Our Turn - On Point
• Green Angel - Hat Nerd
• Rosenbombs - Judge Me

Lo-Fi / 4-track

• Tragetelo - Corazon
• 151 Cameo Drive - Money and Power

Um, "other"

• Giant Haystacks - Noose
• Love Songs - High Speed Internet Samba
• Abe from HIT ME BACK's first ever vocal track, circa 2001

Ska

• RSD - Hella

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Some testimonials.

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$20/hour. Why?

If you're from out of town and are respectful to me, my house, my NEIGHBORS and my ROOMMATES you can probably sleep here.

Bring your own CD-R's. Good ones.

Warning: There is a cat here so if you're allergic bring your inhaler or Claritin or whatever you need.

It's cold here and there's no heater so dress warm.

Bring some snacks because I guarantee you'll need some after a couple hours.

(five-one-oh) 522-4259

craigums at yourmother period com

Here's the availability schedule.