Regular visitors to the blog will probably have noticed how much we enjoyed the recent Greg Wells Start to Finish series in which Greg Wells took Bryce Drew through the whole process of arrangement, recording, mixing and mastering. Well in the newest of the pureMix’s Start to Finish series one of our favourite engineers, the super-talented Vance Powell brings his straight ahead approach and impeccable taste to a new series in which he makes a record with Illiterate Light called “Sweet Beast” at his Nashville studio.

As pureMix put it:

In this Start To Finish series featuring world-renowned producer and engineer, Vance Powell, and the high energy rock duo, Illiterate Light, head into the amazing Sputnik Sound in Nashville, Tennessee to record the song "Sweet Beast".

Starting with the raw demo recorded by the band, Vance and vocalist/guitarist Jeff Gorman and drummer/back-up vocalist Jake Cochran dissect the song to create a powerful arrangement full of twists and turns to that set the stage for a wild ride.

Once the song is record ready, Vance gets the band set up with his unique set of tools that create the high energy sound he has become known for. You'll see the raw tracking process, overdubs, mixing, and finally, travel across town with Vance to Infrasonic Mastering to put the final touch on the track with mastering engineer, Pete Lyman.

This is your chance to head into the studio and watch as Vance Powell works with an artist all the way from the song's structure, to the final master.

This new Start to Finish series is being released episode by episode so you’ll have to wait, no “box set binge” yet. The previous Start to Finish series Vance Powell did with pureMix was recording and mixing Aftershock by Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown. To see how good Vance is check out the free extracts below from that previous series.