We wouldn't be able to bring you excellent live records without the dedication and hard work of our mixing and mastering engineers. It's been our sincere pleasure to work with these unsung heroes of the 'Stand over the last few years. Each is highly recommended for your production project. They've done terrific work for us, and will do terrific work for you. Get in touch with them at the links below, or contact us.

Alex Arrowsmith

About: Without Alex, there would be no Banana Stand. With a post production credits list approaching 20 live records, Alex has been essential to the development of Banana Stand. Absent him,  who knows where Banana Stand would be today. Alex has been critical to the Portland scene far beyond his involvement with the 'Stand, as a solo artist and as parts of Alex Arrowsmith & His Pugs, The Shaky Hands, Spookies, Tiger House and Redcoat Turncoat. We've found him to be a skilled producer, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, lyricist, singer, and a gentleman.

'Stand Credits: Speaker Minds, The Morals, The We Shared Milk 2010, The Angry Orts, Youth, The Polyps, The Woolen Men, Towering Trees, Tiger House, Tiger House 2011, Bombs Into You, A Million Years Ago, Alex Arrowsmith, Alex Arrowsmith & His Pugs, Ether Circus, Asteroid M, Soft Paws, The Silent Numbers, and maybe a few I missed.

Website: alexarrowsmith.com

Chris Vita

About: Chris Vita is a talented mastering engineer (Vita Mastering), songwriter/performer (Broken Arm), and one of our favorite people in the Portland scene. Relocating to city following a stint on the audio faculty at Western Washington University, Chris is now Portland's best option for affordable mastering. He also fronts the band Broken Arm

'Stand Credits: Tango Alpha Tango, Forest Park, Talkative, The Titans of Industry, No Kind of Rider, Grandparents, Radiation City (as mixing and/or mastering engineer), Minden, Fanno Creek (as mastering engineer)

Website: vitamastering.com

Adam Harney

About: Adam Harney is a deft, talented sound engineer and musician, and a hi-fi/diy/local music/Amy Grant/electronics enthusiast. In addition to his work with Banana Stand, he has captured field recordings for organizations like Into The Woods and Willamette Week. He is also at work on his own, currently unnamed studio space, which promises to be excellent.

In addition to his work as an engineer and musician, Adam makes homebrew audio devices of surprising ambition, and documents this work on his Deep Search Electronics blog.

Credits: The We Shared Milk 2012 (w/ Larry Crane), Sama Dams, Tiger House, The Greater Midwest, Minden, Old Age (as mixing and/or mastering engineer), Sama Dams, Radiation City, Death Songs, The Heligoats, Sam Humans, Old Age, Minden, Broken Arm (as recording engineer)

Website: deepsearchstudios.com

Tim Shrout

About: Tim Shrout is a recordist, mixer, and musician who started working with the Banana Stand in 2012. After studying music in school and working in professional studios, he moved to Portland and helped start Badlands, a house venue and recording space in NE Portland. Before moving on from the project in late 2012, he had the chance to work with bands like The We Shared Milk, Youth, Like A Villain, Support Force, Hip Hatchet, U Sco, and Towering Trees. He now works primarily in the studio space at Banana Stand.

Credits: Fanno Creek, Sam Humans (as mixing engineer), The We Shared Milk 2012, Death Songs, The Heligoats, Sam Humans, And And And, Radiation City, Grandparents (as recording engineer)

Website: timshrout.com

Nicholas Taplin

About: Banana Stand's secret godfather. Now based in Oakland after long histories in the Santa Cruz, Portland, and Austin music scenes, Nicholas Taplin's documentary endeavors and recording ethic were some of the 'Stand's earliest inspirations. In our experience, few surpass Nicholas' engineering talent. None exceed his passion.

'Stand Credits: Curious Hands, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, And And And

Website: post-consumer.com

Pat Kearns

About: Known in the Portland scene far more for fronting Blue Skies for Black Hearts and his history as a sound engineer, Pat Kearns has also lent his talents to a pair of Banana Stand releases. We're lucky he did -- they're two of our favorites. They also afforded a chance to hang out with Pat at Permapress, his studio here in Portland. His space, experience, and ethic were all inspiring.

'Stand Credits: Blue Skies for Black Hearts, Sons of Huns,

Website: permapressrecording.com

Tyler Keene

About: Formerly of And And And, Tyler Keene struck out on his own as Log Across the Washer in mid-2011. We rapidly became fans both of his new band, and his production aesthetic -- surprisingly, the bulk of the Log Across the Washer is self-produced. We were thrilled when Tyler offered to lend those mixing talents to our releases from his band and Animal Eyes. We look forward to more from Tyler, both as an artist and as a producer.

'Stand Credits: Log Across the Washer, Animal Eyes

Website: logacrossthewasher.tumblr.com

Vic Lund

About: Salem's Vic Lund (pseudonym: Rude) boasts the most extensive history of Banana Stand mixing in addition to his long history as part of Salem's music scene, where you may be able to catch him play as half of Wright and Rude. An excellent guitarist and mixer.

'Stand Credits: Destroy Nate Allen, The We Shared Milk, Yeah Great Fine, The Big Ideas, Dr. Something, Modernstate, Slutty Hearts, The Nextdoor Neighbors, The Grokkers, Please Step Out of the Vehicle, Explode Into Colors, Tranquilazer,

Website: n/a

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