"Holy crap Tim, it sounds great!! Just had 2 good listen-throughs. The space in the mix is awesome." - Scott Lanaway......."People are freaking over the songs." - Zack West......"You're freakin awesome" - Charles Jurden Jr......."Best mix I’ve ever heard!" - Josh Caldwell......"Wow...it gave me chills, your results, they are amazing." - Noah Mintz......"Tim has done an amazing job!!" - Billy D'Allyn / De Allen Band......"Just got word back from our singer, she's completely flipping out at how good the mixes sounds" - Day Break Desire......"Tim knows how to get the best sound out of a given instrument" - Bob Baker - FPCC Worship Band......"Eclectica Studios is great." - Mike Gleeson-Innisfree......"Tim has a good feel for what makes a song a good song." - Meliesa McDonell......"I came away with quality sounding master recordings that ROCK!" - JM Veazey-Croonboom......"We could always count on him delivering what he promised, when he promised." -Mark Lohman Management......"Eclectica Studios operates like one of the big studios yet with simplicity and comfort." - Jennetta Harris- J-Joy Ministies......See out Testimony page for more from our clients.....

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Technical Stuff: All recordings were done at 24bit/44.1 using Apogee converters and word clock, software - Sequoia & Samplitude Professional. MP3s are all at 256k or 192k rate, instead of the usual 128k rate to preserve quality.  Music samples are still MP3s and therefore NOT CD quality.

Mixing/Mastering

(The below productions were all mixed and Mastered by Tim Dolbear)

Mixing examples  - Narrative by Tim Dolbear

Song - Thieves Among Us  by Paul Van - Pop/electronica

Song -  Never Be Alone   by Josh Caldwell - Modern Rock

Song -  Sweet Things   by Noah Mintz - Pop rock

Song -  Wondering feet   by Noah Mintz - Acoustic with cello

Song -  Somethin' in the Air     by Muggsy Flowz - Hiphop

Song-  Blame   by Pretty VIsitor - Rock

Other before and after examples:

Song - Ray Laurent, recorded/mixed at Music Lane studios in Austin,  then brought to us to rescue and re-mix and master. 

          Here  is:  Music Lane's mix     Our Mix, the version that is on the final release

 

Song - Raging Saint, from their 2"reels recorded in 1991.  -Metal/Rock

 Our Re-Mix of Time Traviler 2009  

The Original Mix from 1991   

 

Production/Mix/Master

* Albums Tim produced, Shameless and Josh Montgomery, received nominations at the 2006 Southern California Music awards!

 

Arranging examples  - Narrative by Tim Dolbear

Arranging example #2. Songwriter Jerry Schneyer, How would you Know. This song was picked up 2 weeks after we finished this production for placement.      

Songwriter's original Demo   Our final production

 

Style - Rock/Pop/Heavy - Produced, mixed and mastered by T. Dolbear


Song -  The Strike by  Tim Dolbear - Soundtrack Music - Aggressive instrumental 

Song-  Garden of Dreams  by Shawn Madden

Song - Don't Make Me Wait Too Long  by Anita Brown   R&B

Song - This High  by Jansen Hawkins - Pop/rock

Song -  Sorry  by Zach Almond   Modern Pop/rock crossover

Song -  I Want The World   by Zach West   Heavy

Song -  Silver Tongue   by Zach West   Heavy

Song -  60 & 8th   by Better Chemistry    Ska/reggae

Song -   Jealousy   by  Meliesa   Pop/Rock

Song -  Enigma   by Fates Union   Heavy

 

Style - Adult contemporary / AAA / Christian/ Acoustic - Produced, mixed and mastered by T. Dolbear
 

Song - Ships Underground   by  Micah Wagner, Lapsteel by Tim Dolbear

Song - Shine   by Laura Babineau

Song -  Holy is Your Name  by Ashley Lohman 

Song - Stupid by child of the Son

Song - Fig Tree by child of the Son 

 

Style - Rap - Produced, mixed and mastered by T. Dolbear
 

Song -  Somethin' in the Air     by Muggsy Flowz

Song -  Bacardi     by JRoss

Song -  Lyrical Assassin     by JRoss

Song -  Do it big   by Bit Time

 

Style - Latin & Mariachi - Produced, mixed and mastered by T. Dolbear
 

Song -  Endless Night by Juan Gregg, Gt by T Dolbear

Song -  Chiquilla  by Juan Gregg

Song -  El Rey   by Marcos Castro   

Song   Delila   by Fernando G

 

Style - Songs from Left field:

"The Bardo Bunch" (Our remake of The Brady Bunch theme, Everything was re-created at Eclectica studios)

Theme to the TV show "Cookin' Good" Featuring Adrian and the Sickness, Jason McMaster, Angela Dolbear Cooking Good Theme song

 

 

Other samples of interest...

Tim Dolbear - Multi-instrumentalist

The Guitar Solo Montages, all solos performed by Tim Dolbear. Various solos of various styles, from sessions over the passed few years. Run time 3 minutes, listen to the whole thing, or you'll miss it!

 Guitar Solos 2009    Guitar Solos 2007

 

* Drum samples and programming examples -

In addition to the songs listed above that state "and all instr. performed by Tim Dolbear," the following is an example of  Eclectica Studios drum samples and programming. 

 Acoustic Drum Programming   The samples used were recorded in our live room at Eclectica Studios using our studio Kit, then edited and programmed by Tim Dolbear. The samples showcase our live drum sound, room reverb chamber and drum programming.  Samples are from our private collection, only for use by our staff and clients. copyright 2009, all rights reserved, no slicing...

 

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