Experience Makes all the Difference
Michael Shamblin has been involved in writing and performing music since the early age of four. And his career in recording and producing music began long before he was old enough to even get a driver's license, and now totals thirty five years. A music arranging major at the University of Alabama, his experience and skills include composing, arranging, producing and performing, along with recording, mixing, editing, and mastering. Michael has had two Billboard Top 100 charting Country songs and one Dance song that made the charts and was played overseas for many years. He has also played keyboards with several popular performers, from Contemporary Christian artist Greg Crowe to Blues artist Bo McGee, and many others.
Several artists who were recorded and produced by Michael Shamblin have signed with both major and independent record labels, such as Bill McCorvey of the Pirates of the Mississippi, Greg Crowe, Blest by Four, and Bethany Barr-Phillips to name a few. Grammy and Dove Award winning Nashville gold record producer Gary Paxton chose the mastering work Michael did on one of his projects for Greg Crowe that was released nationwide as well as overseas. It was submitted on a quality bid basis (vs. price) and it went head-to-head with Final Edit Mastering in Nashville and a mastering facility in L.A., and Mr. Paxton chose Michael's work over theirs. Michael has also been selected twice over Nashville facilities to produce the music for the First United Methodist Global Conventions, again based on quality and not price.
Shamblin Sound has also produced Musical Advertising Productions (Jingles) for regional and national broadcast, and has received several ADDY Awards for Best Musical Productions. Shamblin Sound was also the sole source of jingle production for "Creative Broadcast Marketing" out of Ft. Myers, FL for several years, and produced a wide variety of jingles for CBM that were sold all over the US and are still playing on the radio to this day.
Over the years, we have been called upon numerous times to help with issues with sound systems and room acoustics for churches, restaurants, clubs, etc. Our Audio Consulting services have resulted in major improvements to existing setups, often with relatively little investment. Shamblin Sound has also engineered numerous times for live music sound reinforcement over the years and has a lot of experience in that area as well. Since we offer live on-site high-def ProTools recordings, this is important, because of course you can't provide a high-quality live recording if the sound system sounds bad. Michael Shamblin even spent one year apprenticing with Ram Sound, a nationally recognized professional sound reinforcement company. Our Live On-Site High-Def ProTools recordings exceed the quality level of most label's live recordings, and the most recent one we did was submitted to major radio stations in the area and instantly bypassed the "Local Artists" shows and went straight into rotation, and then on to become #1 (click on "Samples" below, then "Black Gospel," then "Rev. Michael Thompson & the Chosen Vessels" to hear a bit of it). Shamblin Sound also offers high-quality Cheer Music Productions for students, universities, as well as cheer companies, some of which were willing to drive an hour just to get to us even though they have a hundred other studios close to home, such as Struttin' Show-Offs. And even though we are now over 700 miles away due to our relocation to Austin TX, we are still doing business together via our online server setup, with the added convenience of major credit card acceptance through a secure site. This way no traveling is involved, and no mail delays either; we upload the finished product to our server, and minutes later it can be downloaded and burned to CD on the other end!
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