Cory Spotts

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Cory Spotts is a record producer, audio engineer, and mixing engineer from Phoenix, Arizona. Spotts runs Absolute Recording (formerly BLUElight Audio Media), a recording studio in Phoenix. In 2005 Phoenix New Times said that he was one of the most sought after producers in Arizona. [1]

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Career

Spotts has produced, engineered, and/or mixed music for artists including Job for a Cowboy, Grey Daze, The Stiletto Formal, Greeley Estates, Lydia, Blessthefall, Still Motions, and Goodbyetomorrow. [2]

Discography

The following is a partial discography [3]

2021:
Grey Daze – "Amends....Stripped" (Record Collection/Science/Warner)

2018:
Vessels - "Bathed in Sun"

2017:
Lifelink – "Love Lost"

2012:
Various Artists – "Punk Goes Pop, Vol.5" (Fearless)

2011:
Greeley Estates – "The Death of Greeley Estates" (Tragic Hero Records)
Run With the Hunted – "Run With the Hunted"

2010:
Greeley Estates – "No Rain, No Rainbow" (Record Collection/Science/Warner)
Various Artists – "Punk Goes Classic Rock" (Fearless)

2008:
Greeley Estates – "Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East" (Science/Warner)
The Maine – "The Way We Talk" (Fearless)
Emerald Honor – S/T (Independent)
The Stiletto Formal – "¡Fiesta Fiesta Fiesta Fiesta!"

2007:
The Cover Up – "Monster Eats the Pilot"
Job for a Cowboy – "Genesis" (Metal Blade Records)
Knights of the Abyss – "Juggernaut" (Siege of Amida Records)
The Irish Front – "Artsechorchestra"
Dreamstate – "A Place to Rest My Head" (Fabtone Records)

2006:
Blessthefall – "His Last Walk" (Warner Bros. Records)
Seconds To Breathe – "The Listener"
Goodbye Tomorrow – "Goodbye Tomorrow" (Equal Vision Records)
The Cover Up – "Bending Halos/Through the Darkness/Days With You"
Blessthefall – "Bless The Fall"
The Cover Up – "Preservation Through Destruction"
The Stiletto Formal – "This is My Boomstick"
Seconds to Breathe – "Sirens"
The Necronauts – "Land Survey / Pills"

2005:
Greeley Estates – "Caveat Emptor EP" (Record Collection)
Desole – "A Story to Tell" (Abacus Recordings)
Job for a Cowboy – "Doom" (King Of The Monsters/Metal Blade)
Lydia – "This December; It's One More and I'm Free" (HourZero Records)
The January Taxi – "Keep Quiet(re-release) / The Hellos" (Vacant Cage Records)
The Stiletto Formal – "The Everlasting Gaze"
Dreamstate – "Something to Believe In"
The Stiletto Formal – "Masochism in the Place of Romance"
For The Record – "A Perfect Ending to a Perfect Evening" (HourZero Records)
The Cover Up – "Traffic Jams, Make-Up Kits, And Wars"
Greeley Estates – "Outside of This (re-release)" (Fearless Records)

2004:
Desole – "Melodies in Transit"
Goodbye Tomorrow – "Tied By Miles"
The Necronauts – "S/T" EP
The January Taxi – "Keep Quiet, They Might Hear Us" (Vacant Cage Records)
Job for a Cowboy – "Demo '04"

2003:
Desole – "More Than It Seems"

2002:
Tolerance – "Faster Crashes Harder"

Notes and references

  1. Kelly, Brendan. "Spotts On". Phoenix New Times. Phoenix New Times.
  2. "Discogs: Cory Spotts". Discogs.com.
  3. "Allmusic: Cory Spotts". Allmusic.com.

Phoenix New Times: "Spotts On" by Brendan Joel Kelley
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