William Wilen

Bio: William Wilen is a senior at Mercy College in the Music Industry and Technology department. He works as a student worker and Music Technology department tutor at the White Plains campus of Mercy College. William is the co-owner/recording engineer of Digital Nomad Productions, a small recording company that was started in 2008. William is also a musician, he has been playing guitar for 11 years, and is currently in the hard rock band "Dirty Sheets." William's future plans include the continued building up of Digital Nomads, as well as plans to break into the audio post world to be working with audio for the advertising industry and/or television. Although his heart is in music, William would like to get his feet wet in as many aspects of the audio industry as possible. William also has aspirations to one day teach in a program like the one he studies in at Mercy College.

Production: Matricide

Artist: Left In Ruins

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Program Notes: This song, as you could probably guess, is about killing one's mother. It is a passionate threat of death against a mother. This band has a similar style as Lamb of God with obvious influences by Pantera and Iron Maiden. Their sound is built up of the complex rhythms of a Pantera, with the underlying guitars and vocals of a Lamb of God, but with the lead guitar work resembling an Iron Maiden. They were a great group to work with and they came in with a great song. Their heavy metal sound was a challenge to mix, but their great performance in the studio helped me to achieve the production quality I set out for. These guys were a pleasure to work with, they never needed more than three takes to nail their parts, and they were always making sure that we all had a good time in the studio.

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