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Derek Taylor: Guitarist, Mixing & Mastering EngineerOminous Guitarists from the Unknown
Contempt: Tell me about MILO STUDIO and where you are located?
MILO STUDIO is THE premiere mixing & mastering studio in Dallas, Texas.
MILO stands for: Media. Input. Lift-Off...
How it works:
Artists will generally record at another studio with an engineer/producer of their choosing. (or in some cases, self-produce in their own home studio…)
After I receive the tracks from their sessions, the MILO process begins:
First, comes Editing... (in the case that I am double-booked; these duties go to my mix assistant)
Next, progressive and creative techniques are applied to achieve the utmost in dynamic / artistic / hi-fidelity translation of the artist's work.
And finally, all mixes are extensively AB-ed against a backdrop of contemporary state of the art recordings and final EQ and limiting is applied to bring material to a modern competitive level.
For more info on services and booking, please visit www.milostudio.com
Contempt: What projects are you particularly proud of?
Although my mainstay is rock, I maintain a robust mixing schedule, working with artists spanning the genre spectrum.
Some artists of note include:
Mid America: a cool indy-neo-jazz-prog-rock trio from Oklahoma
Wonderfool: a mesmerizing retro meets the space age project from the distant future.
The Burden Brothers: legendary Dallas rockers with former members from The Toadies and Reverend Horton Heat.
Space Cadet: a wicked Denton-based melodic rock-pop-punk band.
The Feds: a locomotive of rock aimed at your skull.
Advent: another slamming hard rock band from Denton.
Fishing For Comets: smooth, moody acoustic folk-pop, like a massage to the soul.
You can check out some of the work I've done with these bands at my website.
Contempt: You are well known by guitar enthusiasts as a 'shredder' and even released several CD's on Mike Varney’s infamous Shrapnel label, Tell me about your transition to where you’re at right now as a guitarist.
As far as the world of guitar is concerned, my status could best be described as AWOL!!! For the past year and a half, I have taken a much needed break from playing, singing and songwriting.
With mixing, I have achieved a level of artistic satisfaction and professional success that has eluded me for years as a 'performing' artist.
That being said, I'm certain that in time, I will climb back onto the beast! On a side note, if any spastic twitch wrists out there are dying to know the secrets of my legato technique, I have several instructional cd-rom's/dvd's available at www.chopsfromhell.com
Contempt: Tell me about the band Stara Zagora and is the CD still available?
Ray Riendeau and I met on a Rob Halford songwriting session in Phoenix in 1999. We found that we had complimentary musical styles and penned a couple tunes outside of the sessions.
The result was cosmic. I returned to Texas and enlisted the help of good friends and talented musical visionaries: Toby Lawhon and Bryan Geddie. We continued to create a body of tunes that eventually became Stara Zagora. In August of 2000, we reached #1 on Garageband.com which attracted the attention of Geffen. We quickly put together a live ensemble and played showcases for Geffen in Dallas and L.A.
After about a year of negotiations, Geffen ultimately passed. We decided to finish the record ourselves. I bought a new studio rig and we got to work. About halfway through the process I developed some health complications that prevented the completion of the record. I used the next year and a half to really dive into mixing as an art and a science. During this time, I polished many of my skills and started to build my initial base of mixing clients. By 2004, my health had improved, and we finished the Stara Zagora record. We gigged and shopped our record to labels until September of that year, when I met with more health complications. At that point
I decided to focus on my studio work. The CD is not currently available, but we are working to get it distributed online.
Contempt: What does being a self proclaimed 'insectivore enthusiast' entail?
It is just a silly joke on my website. There is no truth to it at all.
Honestly, I could give two fucks about anteaters.
Contempt: What is your favorite Contempt design and why?
Bombs. That shirt kicks ass. It's got bombs on it. And it says CONTEMPT!!!
Needless to say, in the conservative atmosphere of Dallas, I get more than a few 'double-takes' when I wear that shirt!!!
I really dig the El Violencia line as well -but feel that I’m not tough enough to pull off some of those shirts! I'm too much of sensitive pussy-artist type!!!
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