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NEWS and EVENTS
February 5th 2010
ND donated his time to work on the "Come Together Now" project. Nashville stars come together to raise earthquake relief funds for Haiti. Michael W. Smith, Oak Ridge Boys, Wynnona Judd, Matt Maher, Nicole C. Mullin, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Michael Tait, Kevin MaxCasting Crowns, Point of Grace and tons more.
January 31st 2010
Had the honor of attending the Grammy awards, and although we didn't win this time, got to meet some of the biggest people in music on the red carpet and at the Grammy parties.
December 3rd 2009
INO Records' burgeoning rock band Decyfer Down garnered their first GRAMMY nomination for Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album of the year for their sophomore release Crash (5.5.09). The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held January 31, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA and will air on CBS at 8pm (EST).
Nathan Dantzler
aka "ND Rock"
The Hit Lab is ND's project child. As producer, mixer, writer, and mastering engineer, ND quickly realized that he needed one place to showcase his wide variety of work and talent.
ND spent the first few years of his career producing and mixing christian rock bands. Not only did he quickly gain the respect of his peers in the industry, but was also recognized with many awards and nomintaions including a Grammy award for Best Rock Gospel Album in 2003 for his work on the Audio Adrenaline "Worldwide" album.
Over the next few years ND was producing, mixing, and writing on 10-15 rock records a year. Although he was very passionate about his work, he began to devlop a strong interest in pop music. On a few occasions he'd be working on a metal record, but on the drive to get lunch he'd be blasting Britney Spears in the car; causing concern among the band he was working with. His passion for pop music soon overpowered his love for rock.
ND got into mastering by accident, after multiple albums where ND wasn't happy with the final sonics of the record, he decided to take a shot at the mastering. A short time later, other producers and mixers started getting ND to master their projects as well. ND, already wanting more time to work on his pop, welcomed the change and built a mastering room. ND still masters a handfull of records each month, spending the rest of the time writting and producing pop music.
Writing and Production
Although ND has primarily writen and produced for rock artists in the past, his main focus has shifted towards pop, borrowing the attitude and energy from his rock roots and transforming it into massive pop songs, with undeniable hooks.
"What I love about pop is that there is only 1 rule... create something that people want to hear.
Below are a few recent songs writen and produced by ND ROCK.
Please pause the site music in the upper right corner before pressing play on this player.
Mastering
Gear Highlights
"I'm a big fan of transients, I hate hearing compression, I like it loud, but not so loud that it loses the punch and clarity.
When my clients bring me mixes, they usually like their mixes, they just want mastering to take it to the next step, not to make it sound worse by overcompressing and overdriving the mixes, which has been done far too much in recent years.
Obviously great gear never hurts though..." - ND
Bowers and Wilkins Monitors
Bryston Amplifiers
Lavry Gold Converters
Swissonic Converters
Prism Sound EQs
Manley Compressors & EQs
Refined Audiometrics Digital EQ
Seqouia Workstations
Alan Smart C2 Compressor
There are tons of Mastering engineers with great gear that do terrible work. I beleive that the engineer makes the mastering great, not the gear.
If Jimi Hendrix played a $100 guitar, would it not sound better than a beginner on a $10,000 guitar? It's the same in mastering... mastering is music, it's instinct, and skill, not just expensive knobs and buttons
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