“James is every striving band’s dream. He was so determined to give us the best shot that we could have ever wanted, and he never fell short of getting us the best sound he could possibly get. He brought fresh ears, new ideas, experience and talent to the table and working with James has been an unforgettable experience for all of us. His exceptional mixing skills have inspired us to return with fresh ideas, and we all look forward to working with James once again.”

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“You took us from ‘cool’ to ‘my love for music is restored’. And everything about the experience. Your advice, your suggestions, the ease of communication… You’ve blown any sound production experience I’ve ever had out of the water.” -Aaron Mader, “The Logician”, Toronto CA.

“…to make their music what it needs to be in order to find success in this industry right now… demos aren’t cutting it anymore, you need to have a great sounding radio ready record.”

Food for thought.

TCOL – “I Believe In Us” (Radio Mix) by ABraveMix

Nathan Ironside
Producer/Songwriter/Artist
IronsideCreations.com
http://nathanironside.wordpress.com/

Artist Highlights:
Adventure Land released two singles in 2010, ‘The Eastern Sky’ and ‘Hold My Hand’ which are played nationally across Australia on hundreds of stations. Both singles have reached the top 10 on Australia’s Hot 25 Countdown, which alone is featured on over 500 stations in Australia and the USA (List of Hot 25 Stations – http://www.hot25.com.au/hot25countdown/?pid=8506 Vision Network has over 470 relay stations).

• In the first week of its release, ‘The Eastern Sky’ was the 22nd most played song on Australian Christian Radio according to The Rock Across Australia.
• The music video for ‘Hold My Hand’ featured on national TV through the music video show RAGE, and has seen over 17,300 views on YouTube since September 2010.
• ‘Hold My Hand’ was also picked up by RADAR Radio, an online and digital radio station created by Austereo. As a result, the single has been played nationally on the Austereo Network as part of the RADAR New Hits Show and the RADAR Radio New Rock show (all capital city Triple M stations, 2Day FM in Sydney, B105 in Brisbane, etc.)
• Additionally, ‘Hold My Hand’ has been featured on the NOVA website nationally as a feature artist as part of the lead up to their ‘I Am With The Band’ competition.

“The Calling of Levi recently had two tracks mixed with James Hurley of A Brave Mix.  After hearing the final products of some of James’ other work, we were confident that he would be able to work with us and to bring our songs to life with a solid and professional mix. James definitely did not disappoint.

Our tracks were recorded at a studio in Perth, Western Australia and having James mix them meant sending them to the USA. As artists we had a specific vision for each track and in sections of the songs were chasing a particular sound. James’ understanding of sound and his ability to capture our vision was imperative and we were very impressed with the outcome of the final mix.

His communication between artist and engineer is brilliant. He has the ability to mix and to provide a quality and professional sound; that of which we’re very happy with.”

Callum Burne
The Calling of Levi

Career Highlights:

- Switchfoot support in Singapore 2011
- Supporting Relient K
- Sharing the stage with artists such as Superchick, KJ-52 and Rapture Ruckus.
- Parachute Music Festival 2011
- Easterfest 2011

First> Jesiah, a long time friend and front man of “Intertransit” approached me to mix a radio release of a song called “The Air” for a radio contest and although they came in second there was heaps of great response to the song. Props to my good friend Phil Blackbourn for mastering it over night for us.

Next> The 2nd Foursqure Puyallup “United Generation” live album “All Things” (I tracked and edited, mixed by Jim Monk and Andrew Crawford at 11th Hour Studios in Sydney AU) release at their annual UG Conference and on iTunes. It charted up to #13 at last check on the Contemporary Christian/Gospel charts on iTunes. Not too bad if I do say so myself! Well done boys and girls!

Third> I had the privileged of being asked to mix two new tracks for The Calling of Levi, a pop rock band from Peth AU. The songs were fresh and the guys were a pleasure to work with. I was very happy with the results and had the honour to hand deliver them to Sterling Sound to be mastered by legendary mastering engineer George Marino (Arcade Fire, Bon Jovi, AC/DC, The Strokes, Michael Buble, and on and on). I look forward to hopefully getting to mix more for them in the future. In the future I will put up some copies for listen only with links to purchase on iTunes when they are officially released.

Forth> I am scheduled to mix a new, full, studio version of a track off the United Generation “All Things” album for a separate compilation this week! I am really pumped!!

Lastly> I will be posting some new promotions for April so watch this space… and twitter!