Mixerman, aka Eric Sarafin, details a life spent so far as a recording studio rat, an author, and an instructional video star. The faint scent of incense lingers in the air as Mixerman sits in his basement recording studio. The walls are covered in Buddhist and Hindu tapestries, and the space has that perfect audio stillness that is the hallmark of all great mixing rooms.
Anchoring the middle of the gallery, his audio workstation sits patiently showcasing his yin-yang inspired Mixerman logo.
It requires a certain combination of personality traits I feel. Willingness to be obsessive. Willingness to not obsess. Eric Sarafin, better known around the world by his public persona, Mixerman, is an enigma. Eric is a gold and platinum award-winning producer and mixer, author, video blogger, and one of the first viral internet celebrities.
He recently relocated to Western North Carolina after 25 successful years in the Los Angeles music scene. Creativity energizes Mixerman; the visionary process that inspires music and writing are one and the same. The same with writing a book. You still need to push the listener or the viewer forward at all times. All of the techniques are the same.
They all transfer perfectly. To me, the order of the words and the syllables and how they come out is tied directly into the rhythm of melody and of music. I did want to get into rock music, but getting into rock music was a very closed door.
Perhaps it is best to drop in on Mixerman where he recorded his first snare drum: Boston. He taught me how to work everything. He spent three years tirelessly perfecting his recording techniques. Eventually he concluded that his recordings were as good as what he was hearing on CD. My job was to set up the sessions for string dates and rock gigs, whatever came in really.
There were lots of string dates. I learned about microphones. All these different guys would come in and set them up in different ways, so I learned how they set up their microphones and how you record an orchestra in the studio setting. After six months he got fired from Capitol.
I was not the kind of person that could work my way up the ranks over years from assistant, then to engineer, and then whatever. That was not for me. Mike Ross was the president of Delicious Vinyl records and he was doing an EP with a group called The Pharcyde that no one had ever heard of—a hip-hop act. I was assisting on sessions. So consequently, I would have time with Mike Ross. He was the producer. We got along really well.
One day he was complaining about how bad it was to record at Paramount Studios. I spent eight months recording them. That album was my first gold album. From that point forward I was a freelance recording and mixing engineer doing mostly hip-hop. Part of that was because my first success was a hip-hop record.
Part of that was because nobody in the studio wanted to do the hip-hop stuff. The biggest guys were in rock music. In hip-hop you still had opportunity at that time. More like a hip-hop record but with rock.
Skip to content. Quick links. Was the true identity of Bitch Slap ever revealed? Post by -MK- » Thu May 11, am I don't see any forum particularly suited to this question, but since the story involves "people skills" and lack thereof I posted it here.
If it's a real band, I thought that they would have used all of the internet buzz ahead of the record's release to promote it, kind of like what's happening with that "Snakes on a Plane" movie starring Samuel L.
Did I just miss the bombshell, or has Bitch Slap vanished into the mists of time? I'd love to hear the record if one exists. Post by John Jeffers » Thu May 11, am I figured it was all fiction, and there was no such band or session--rather it was probably like a "worst-of" collection of various experiences. Good reading, though, true or not. Post by JWL » Thu May 11, am One rumor is that it was The Ataris, but that was only because they were involved in an incident with broken glass in an LA studio around the same time that happened in the Bitch Slap saga.
Who knows, though. I think it almost has to be fiction. You'll see that among their dozens of posts to these threads, Mixerman and his pals were unable to refute a single thing I've said about the science of audio. Mostly they didn't even try, relying on "You're wrong" as their only argument, or attributing claims to me I never actually made.
At one point dwoz did try to disprove my debunking of the Stacking Myth, but several HA members pointed out his incorrect logic. As you'll also see, Mixerman realized early on that he was way out of his league, so he posted only a few straw man arguments. Indeed, half of his posts were deleted by the moderators for containing only insults. But Mixerman is their ringleader, and his "call to arms" is behind many of the public attacks against me. The above thread was originally started to discuss the beliefs of a particular mastering engineer, so at this point the moderators split it off to an existing thread about Ethan's Audio Myths AES presentation and resulting YouTube video.
Eventually Mixerman's pals realize they aren't getting anywhere, and the thread winds down. Mixerman then starts a new thread asking a silly question that almost gets him booted. As with the previous threads, several insulting posts by Mixie and his pals were deleted, but it's easy enough to follow.
What's so pathetic about the war Mixerman and his pals have waged against me is that they're wrong. They are clueless on the science, as proven conclusively in the threads linked above. Even though their home base is Mixerman's Womb forum, they have followed me all around the 'net just to make trouble. They show up only to insult me, then leave once the thread is locked or deleted.
Some of these guys may be good recording engineers or musicians - who knows, most of them hide behind screen names - but clearly, they don't understand audio and human hearing. And at least some of them are totally incompetent. One of the most insulting loudmouths is a self-proclaimed recording engineer, studio tech, and record producer.
When I asked to hear a sample of his work, he sent me one of his tunes in progress and it was horrible! The recording is riddled with hum and buzz from ground loops, and the tone of the instruments is terrible and full of crappy sounding room ambience.
Contact us. Close Menu. Click Here. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Thread starter spakuloid Start date Nov 12, Messages 5, I read these when they were on his blog around or so - his book has been out for a while. It is a great read of a time gone by and I revisit it every few years because it is hilarious. Going to get the Kindle of this whenever he releases it. Jet Age Eric Member.
Messages 7, I read Eric's diaries in real time; this is a great find! I didn't even realize he worked on the amazing York, Blvd. Messages 2, Great book. I have it on my Kindle, so it should be out there. Apparently the kindle version had type errors. He is re releasing it next month. How is your kindle version? Sent from my iPad using Forum Runner.
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