Shawn Everett on mixing Big Thief's album "Dragon New Warm Mountain"

Shawn Everett (Adele, Hozier, SZA,) is a Grammy Award Winning Recording/Mix Engineer. He's been a long-time Apogee fan and currently uses Symphony MK II as his primary interface. We got the chance to visit him at his personal studio in downtown LA and chat about how he approached mixing Big Thief's album, "Dragon New Warm Mountain."
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[@d3a1990]

One of the standout tracks on the record for me - such an intense mood. Such a treat to see how it was produced and how quirky the process was

[@jorgemartinez42069]

This is fascinating. The taping the tiny mic to the singers neck is so whacky and actually sounds super cool in the mix.

[@JackHenryLickerman]

gotta love the crushed ns10 speaker. what a G

[@kylemccombmusic]

I'd always assumed this was a very produced, very electronic track. Absolutely wild that it's A. mostly acoustic/electro-acoustic instruments and B. apparently just played live?

[@valpergalit]

I’d love a video like this for every track. Such an incredible album.

[@unknown_character_music]

9:46 I always assumed most of the drums on this were electronic, that's amazing.

[@elihookerreese7663]

james is such a good player

[@mixinginthebox]

Love it. ty.

[@MoveTrueRecords_]

Bro i love how this is filmed , Amazing

[@trent.langley]

Shawn is the best, love his work! Also, I had no clue that he did this album! One of my favorites.

[@Filipmarinchev72]

Amazing video ! He is a genius !!!

[@aspiresk8boarding]

I loved this freaky mix especially from this song

[@ts4gv]

that's so cool

[@constantsmilesmusic]

Best song on the record💜

[@squeakyproductions]

I'm off to listen to the album, thanks so much for this amazing video and great recommendation!!

[@apogeedigital]

Of course! We couldn't believe the textures he was capturing and creating. Especially how he recorded the vocals.

[@Dddlllfff]

wow! I always wondered how this song was recorded.

[@morrisman]

okay bro is dialed in, this is amazing

[@blashuvec]

THE BEST

[@ldeletedscenes]

Love this album, thanks!! Is there any more mixing videos from this album?

[@thetravisgreene]

Fascinating. Loved learning about Shawn's explorative and unique process and hunt to capture wholly unique tones. What's the music track playing at the beginning of this video?

[@homelandhomemusic]

what is the song running in the background in the first couple of minutes?

[@BrockBarr]

So great to have such Hi-Fi converters when recording such lo-fi music. 😂😂😂

[@MrDudumassa]

Using contact mic with flanger slowed down on tape machine. Making feedback loop int the mixing desk

[@johnyoung6712]

Beeyouteefull❤️

[@eliaspappas8891]

Can someone explain how he has those Master Tracks routed? How is m1 (for example) getting any input when the instruments are routed to Bus 41-42. And why/how is m1 routed back into 41-42. Is there an advantage to that?

[@donebydom3714]

When he uses headphones as mics how does he get the signal into pro tools? Are the headphones connected to tape machine which is attached to his apogee?
Fire techniques in this video

[@StephenMcLeod]

It scares me how much I look like this guy.

[@downbeatjess]

“I taped headphones around her neck, so it was actually taped onto her throat” 🤯

[@derekf1111]

12:53 May I ask about the Pultec plugin and what it's achieving on the vocal here? Thank you!

[@apogeedigital]

He is basically creating a LoFi effect by attenuating (cutting) 10k quite heavily! The vocal has this darker tone to it as a result.

[@derekf1111]

@@apogeedigital Thank you so much! This helps me a lot!

[@harrytarlton4029]

cookieeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

[@stephenh4264]

Shawn is the Joe Meek of the 21st century

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

Bet he's got a Joe Meek reverb

[@tealsweatersounds]

What kind of contact mics?

[@tmcjb]

ZEPPELIN DESIGN LABS CORTADO MKIII CONTACT MICROPHONE, just my guess from googling/pausing the screen when he holds it up!

[@onteraction8294]

Did I overlook the apogee plugins used?

[@apogeedigital]

Hi there! Shawn ended up using our Pultec plugins to shape the overall tone and master bus of this record. Check around the 12 minute mark for his explanation.

[@lukegruntz]

omg

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

He couldn't come in on Thursday because his image was in the wash.

[@blashuvec]

i don't even know like how do you even use a contact mic for the bass DI??

[@BeatsbyBlanch]

Is your name Paolo

[@mothspleen1343]

I think he is using DI here to mean not going through the tape machine maybe?

[@t3br00k35]

Interesting way to portray your personality through appearance

[@leoj43453]

im sure this guy is great and i loved the album, but wasnt the number one complaint the mixing? its kinda all over the place

[@QueefMcGeesHouse]

If you're Recording Engineer shows up looking like this you're guaranteed a mid-level hit, probably 6.8 Pitchfork score as well.

[@jonnyholmes8401]

?? This album is pretty universally loved, pitchfork even gave it a 9. Also you spelled ‘your’ wrong

[@orbinsolem]

Love the album and Shawn but this made me laugh out loud

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

The saying isn't "buckle down", it's "knuckle down".

[@esterhammerfic]

🤓☝️