I will take your mix and get radio ready masters with head turning results! My name is Cale and I have been contributing to the Colorado music scene and beyond for 20 years. I have a strong work ethic and strive to be a better person everyday. Together we can fine tune your next hit that's affordable and timeless!
Hello my name is Cale Farnham and I am a producer/engineer thats been a contributor in the Colorado music scene for over 18 years. I own and operate The Lyrik Lab which is a professional recording & mastering suite in downtown Loveland, Colorado. I work on a hybrid setup giving me the sonic pallet of analog processing with the flexibility of the digital domain. I use a wide variety of industry standard outboard processing, vintage inspired microphones as well as state of the art conversion from Universal Audio along with three way monitoring from PSI (precision sound image). Specializing in vocals and mastering I'd love to take on your next project with You. I look forward to your response. My website is Thelyriklab.com for more detailed information.
Thanks for your time,
Cale
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Interview with The Lyrik Lab
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The live recording and dvd of Dave Beegles record "Beyond The Dessert: Live at The Rialto"
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: A new single from Inside The Mind "Fire in the sky ft. Stylie"
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Analog for tracking and processing. Digital for editing and mixdown.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will treat your art as if it is my own.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Seeing a client's smile after we ok the final master.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: What's headroom? The amount of space we have dynamically in our mix.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: I think mastering engineers get overlooked but more experienced artists will agree that it's a very crucial step to a finishing a song.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What is important to you crystal clear or warm and fuzzy?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Don't be afraid to give the lesser known engineer a shot. They'll often do a better job as they are trying to build a name for themselves and will be more affordable.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: My monitors, 250 tube mic, BAE 1073, 2A3
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I graduated from Full Sail University in 2004 and continued my internship with Dave Beegle after I graduated. I was an audio tech director at a church for 5 years and performed with a group Diverge and Ethix until we branched out in 2016. I started The Lyrik Lab in 2019 and I've been upgrading my mastering room ever since.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: I love all styles but funk/soul would best describe my style.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I've always wanted to sit in on a session with Questlove of The Roots. As a drummer and engineer I would learn so much!
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: I can never stress the importance of gain staging. This can really make or break a quality master.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Hip-Hop and Reggae
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Listening to the details
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I feel my best quality is my communication and commitment to the project vision.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I start by chatting through the project details and vision. I feel the end result really shines through when a strong foundation is set at the beginning. Once I have a basic understanding I can then start laying out the session file labeling tracks, setting up busses and efx sends. I'll then import two or three reference tracks chosen by the client and tweak my mix and master bus accordingly.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My master bus is comprised of the timeless UA2192 master converter and use the Retro Instruments 2A3, Tk-Audio Tklizer hardware processors along with the DMG Equlibrium plugin for my equalizing. For dynamics processing I rely on my Foote Control Systems P4S mastering compressor including the DMG Limitless plugin. I monitor through a full range system using PSI A17M (100% Analog no dsp) nearfields with an ADAM Audio T10S subwoofer covering a frequency response from 28Hz to 23kHz.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I'm really getting into Freddie Jocham and the new James Raymond produced David Crosby record is incredible!
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Recently I have been tracking vocals and mastering for two of the bigger reggae groups in Colorado "Inside The Mind" and "The Waking Souls".
