Mike Watts (record producer)

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Mike Watts
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Background information
Origin New York, United States
Genres Alternative rock, post hardcore, progressive rock, progressive metal, indie rock
Occupation(s) Mixing engineer, Record producer, Audio engineering
Years active2002–present
Website mikewattsproducer.com

Mike Watts is an American audio engineer, mixer, and record producer, who has worked with a variety of artists including The Dillinger Escape Plan, Glassjaw, As Cities Burn, Hopesfall, As Tall As Lions, The Dear Hunter, and Gates. Watts has owned and operates VuDu Studios in Long Island, New York. [1] for past 23 years. He graduated from the Aaron Copeland School of Music, majoring in percussion and music business. Watts opened VuDu Studios in 1997 which started as a small one room facility. As his success continued, VuDu moved into a 9,000 square foot multi-room recording compound in Port Jefferson, NY.

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Production credits

YearArtistAlbumCredits
2002 As Tall As Lions Blood and Aphorisms [2] Engineer, mixing, producer
2004 Hopesfall A Types Engineer, mixing
2005 As Cities Burn Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest Mixing
2005The AlmostDemosEngineer, mixing, Production
2005 The Chariot Unsung (EP) Engineer, mixing
2005 Yesterdays Rising Lightworker Mixing
2006 The Fold This Too Shall Pass Mixing
2006 As Tall As Lions As Tall As Lions [2] Engineer, mixing, producer
2006Glory of ThisThe Lover, The Lier, The RuseEngineer, mixing, Production
2007 Odd Project Lovers, Fighters, Sinners, Saints Mixing
2007BloodjinnThis Machine Runs on EmptyEngineer, producer
2007 Project 86 Rival Factions Mixing
2007 The Junior Varsity Cinematographic Engineer, mixing, producer
2007The Down To Earth ApproachCome Back To YouMixing, producer
2007 Hopesfall Magnetic North [3] Engineer, mixing, producer
2007As Tall As LionsInto The FloodEngineer, mixing, Production
2008The ScenicFind Yourself HereMixing, producer
2008 Means To Keep Me From SinkingMastering, Mixing, Producer
2008 1997 On The RunEngineer, mixing
2009 The Dear Hunter Act III: Life and Death Mixing
2009Story Of The YearDream is OverMixing
2010The ScenicBipolaroidEngineering, Mixing, Producer
2011 The Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum Engineering, Mixing, Producer
2011RuthPayolaMixing
2013 Gates You Are All You Have Left To FearMastering, Mixing
2013K SeraCollisions and Near MissesMixing
2013 The Dear Hunter Migrant [4] Engineer, mixing, producer
2014 Scare Don't Fear From The Ground UpMixing, producer
2014ThreadsAll I've Ever KnownEngineer, mixing, Production
2014 Tides of Man Young and CourageousMixing
2014 Gates Bloom and Breathe [5] Engineer, mixing, producer
2015 Attalus Into the Sea Mixing
2015 The Dear Hunter Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise Mixing
2015OwelEvery Good BoyEngineer, mixing, Production
2016 O'Brother Endless LightEngineer, mixing, producer
2016 Gates Parallel LivesEngineer, mixing, producer
2016All Get OutNobody Likes a QuitterMixing
2016 Hail The Sun Culture ScarsEngineer, mixing, Production
2016 The Dear Hunter Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional Mixing
2016SparrowsLet The Silence Stay Where It WasMixing
2016StolasSelf TitlesEngineer, mixing, Production
2016 Giraffe Tongue Orchestra Broken LinesMixing
2016 The Dillinger Escape Plan Dissociation Engineer
2017 Crash The Calm How've You Been?Engineer
2017Tides Of ManEverything NothingEngineer, mixing, Production
2017The Dear HunterAll Is As All Should BeMixing
2017GlassjawMaterial ControlEngineer, mixing
2018LumeWrung OutEngineer, mixing, Production
2018Nathan HusseyHitchensMixing
2018HopefallArbiterEngineer, mixing, Production
2018Royal CodaSelf TitledEngineer, mixing, Production
2018GatherersWe Are Alive Beyond RepairEngineer, mixing, Production
2018EisleyI'm Only Dreaming...Of Days Long PastMixing
2018Free ThrowWhat's Past is PrologueMixing
2018All Get OutNo BouquetEngineer, mixing, Production
2018 Covet effloresce [6] Producer
2019The End of the OceanAireMixing
2019Natalie and the Damn ShandysOverlook Trail: Part 1Engineer, mixing, Production
2019CovetAcousticsEngineer, mixing, Production
2019Kurt TravisThere's A Place I Want to Take YouEngineer, mixing, Production
2019Royal CodaCompassionEngineer, mixing, Production
2019Yvette YoungSolo Piano EPEngineer, mixing, Production
2019Nova CharismaExposition 2Engineer, mixing, Production
2020CovetTechnicolorMixing, producer
2020HopefallHall of the SkyMixing,Production
2020Kevin DevineNothing's Real, So Nothing's WrongEngineer
2020Shy LowForthcoming EPEngineer, mixing, Production
2020The Dear HunterForthcoming EPEngineer (Drums)
2020 Donovan Melero That CityEngineer, mixing, Production
2020SkylerHeyoEngineer, mixing, Production
2020AndresLive PerformanceMixing
2020Kurt TravisLive PerformanceMixing
2020Hail The SunLive PerformanceMixing
2020The Dear HunterHonorary Astronaut EP.001Mixing
2022 Thoughcrimes Altered PastsProduction, Mixing
2022Donovan MeleroChelsea Park After DarkEngineer, mixing, Production

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