Earwig Studio

08/19/2024

After working on a single last year for .ends, they brought me back to mix their debut full length album, Psychotic Spew 🤘🎸🔥 The sounds they captured with and .padget are going to melt your brain. Incredible work by everyone involved. I’m a lucky human! Check their IG page for links to new music🎧💥🔊 coming out on soon.

08/05/2024

Thank you to SouthSoundTalk.com and Jake Uitti for doing the interview with me!

The longtime Seattle-based recording engineer and owner of Earwig Studios is establishing a new home in Pierce County, bringing his keen ear, warm style and accomplished resume to the area.

07/21/2024

Guitar overdubs 4VR❤️❤️ with

07/17/2024

22 YO in this shot! Way back at my first job in audio Bear Creek Studio. Thanks to Sonam Miller for digging up the 📸😎

03/12/2024

Taiwanese Quartet 6058 at The Good Shepherd Center this weekend. “6058” is the distance from Seattle to Taiwan!

Go to Instagram to hear them play 🎶

11/07/2023

Earwig is spicy babay! [📸 ]

10/21/2023

brought me a kingly gift! ❤️🔥😱

10/18/2023

Just finished the final batch of new songs for Dirt Miner. We may or may not have recorded 2 full stacks simultaneously for guitars 🎸😱🔈💥

10/15/2023

Recording Bass VI through this rig with sounds 🔥😱💥

10/10/2023

It is happening again! back to start their next full length album 🥁🎤🎸🔥

09/19/2023

Y’all shoulda stuck with the BACK of my head 😱

09/17/2023

Finishing the new record with Sam Cobra today!

09/15/2023

Came in today and someone had cranked this UP. What were they thinking??

08/28/2023

Y’all know I am none too shy about offering to lay down some shaker! Thank you Ol' Doris for putting up with my percussion shenanigans!

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08/11/2023

We’d like to welcome a new member of the Earwig family of amps, the Fender Concert! This was designed by Paul Rivera in the early 80’s and is a hand-wired sleeper of an amp 💥❤️🔈

08/09/2023

Bands in the alt rock/punk scene keep the Earwig boat afloat! Option B slammed out 8 songs in 2 days 😳😱💥🥁. It sounds amazing

08/08/2023

At last it’s time to mix the new Loud Flowers 📣💥🌻album!
Crushing drums and noisy ass guitars 🥁🎸 just how I like it:)

08/07/2023

Despite many recent life curve balls ⚾️thrown at me, we will finish the solo album this year! 🎸🔥🔉

08/04/2023

Eva with got some killer lead tones 🔥🎸yesterday through this rig. Nothing makes me happier than dialing in guitar tones in the studio 🔈🔉🔊🎙️

08/04/2023

🎶 Better Late than Never! 🎶 Drumroll, please! 🥁 We're thrilled (and fashionably late) to announce that on March 8, we had the absolute blast of mixing .ends' mesmerizing masterpiece "My Own Dead / Song for a Sickhead" right here at Earwig Studio! 🎛️🎶

We might be a touch tardy to the party, but hey, great music is timeless, right? 😉🕺 So, grab your headphones and get ready to groove to some seriously sick tunes. Thanks to .ends for your patience and incredible vibes. 🙌 Stay tuned for more ear-tickling updates, and remember, the music gods operate on their own schedule! ⏰🎸 🎧🎚️

08/02/2023

🎶 Throwback to early 2023 at , where the magic happened with .garyking.project! 🎸🎤🎹 Such incredible music and creative vibes filled the studio during that session. 🎵 Can't wait for more amazing collaborations in the future! 🌟

03/09/2023

Putting the last touches on the next record for The A.M.s

Also, I take glockenspiel very seriously.

03/01/2023

It’s happening again…


Incidentally, I’ve had the bone and the boombox since I was in high school!

01/22/2023

Having a Stratotastic day with Fast Nasties 🎸🔥. Strat through the following amps sounds purty dang sweet:
1972 Marshall JMP
1979 Hiwatt DR504
Dr. Z “Z-Lux”

01/13/2023

Lucky to spend the day with Owl Scarey, recording 5 beautiful original songs 🔥

01/12/2023

Earwig microphone flat lay! Found this in the studio archives and thought it worthy of posting again. Enjoy!

01/09/2023

I’ve had so much fun in the studio with this band over the years. We spent 2 days in the studio before Michael moves to England. The last hurrah! Transient Songs 4VR ❤️🔥😽

01/05/2023

I was invited to teach a class on home recording drums at ALMA Tacoma. 10 spots open for all you south-enders! Jan 19 @ 6pm

In partnership with South Sound Block Party, Don Farwell, founder of Earwig Studio, will be bringing a workshop to ALMA Studios to teach attendees how to make their drums sound the best they can be. Read more about the workshop here.

12/31/2022

Last session of the year with 💥🎸🎤

12/29/2022

If you want to hear the Steinway in action, check out this track by The A.M.s

In the spring of 2020 we were admittedly disappointed that we were unable to perform together for the first time–we had been planning for months. On a much bigger scale there were people separated fro