Just Managing » James Brown http://justmanaging.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:02:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Foo Fighters top Rolling Stone 2011 Reader’s Poll! http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/19/foo-fighters-tops-rolling-stone-2011-readers-poll/ http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/19/foo-fighters-tops-rolling-stone-2011-readers-poll/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:29:02 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2228 This one came in over the holiday break, so I wasn’t able to post earlier, but it’s still worth mentioning.  ”Wasting Light” by Foo Fighers, and engineered by our James Brown, came in in at #1 on the 2011 Rolling Stone Reader’s Poll!  Congratulations guys!

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2012/01/19/foo-fighters-tops-rolling-stone-2011-readers-poll/feed/ 0 A (nearly) complete list of artists we’ve worked with in 2011 http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/13/a-nearly-complete-list-of-artist-weve-worked-with-in-2011/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/13/a-nearly-complete-list-of-artist-weve-worked-with-in-2011/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:59:43 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2207 I’m probably missing someone, but here is a (nearly) complete list of artists we’ve worked with in 2011.  It’s been a great year!

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Aaron Neville
Autre Ne Veut
Ayktyon
Beach House
Bear Hands
Beck
Birdy
Bochan
Cass McCombs
Caveman
Chappo
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clarence Bucaro
Classixx
Converse Rubber Tracks Studio
Dirty Secrets
Disney/Rio Movie
Drew Anderotti
Elvis Perkins
Foo Fighters
Gauntlet Hair
Givers
Jane’s Addiction
Jemaine Clement
Jimmy Eat World
Jinwoon
Joe Cocker
John Ledgend
Led Er Est
Light Asylum
Matchbox Twenty
Mates of State
Nathan Larsen
North Highlands
Nothing
Palmyra Delran
Papercutz
Phillip Glass
Pitchfork.TV
Porcelain Raft
Robbers on High Street
Rubblebucket
Sam Sparrow
Santigold
Sarah Brightman
Scissor Sisters
So So Glos
Steel Phantoms
Steven Van Zandt
Tall Ships
The Black Atlantic
The Dandy Warhols
The Delta Spirit
The Gregory Brothers
The Muppets Movie
The Nowherenaughts
The Number Station
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The School of Seven Bells
The Sheepdogs
Twin Shadow
Twin Sister
WATERS
Weekend
Wes Tucker and the Skillets
Widowspeak


]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/13/a-nearly-complete-list-of-artist-weve-worked-with-in-2011/feed/ 0 Year-end list wrap-up (so far)! http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/08/2198/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/08/2198/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:23:41 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2198 The year-end lists are starting to roll in and the Just Managing crew has placed quite a few albums on them!  Congratulations to James Brown, Eric Broucek and Chris Coady for their work on albums by Foo Fighters, Smith Westerns, Eleanor Friedberger, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Arctic Monkeys, Cold Cave, Holy Ghost!, Mates of State and Gang Gang Dance.  Click the list below to enlarge (I do not feel like dealing with formatting issues this morning!)

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/08/2198/feed/ 0 Just Managing lands 4 albums in Stereogum’s “Top 50 Albums of 2011″ list http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/06/just-managing-lands-4-albums-in-stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2011-list/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/06/just-managing-lands-4-albums-in-stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2011-list/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:01:38 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2193 Congratulations to James & Chris for landing albums in Stereogum’s “Top 50 of 2011″ list.  See the full list here.

6. Gang Gang Gang Dance “Eye Contact” [4AD] • Chris Coady Engineer

25. Cold Cave “Cherish The Light Years” [Matador] • Chris Coady Producer/Mix

26. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart “Belong” [Slumberland] • James Brown Engineer & co-prod on “Too Young”

37. Smith Westerns “Dye it Blonde” [Fat Possum] • Chris Coady Producer/Mix

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/06/just-managing-lands-4-albums-in-stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2011-list/feed/ 0 James Brown engineered Foo Fighters album nominated for 7 Grammys! http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/01/james-brown-engineered-foo-fighters-album-nominated-for-7-grammys/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/01/james-brown-engineered-foo-fighters-album-nominated-for-7-grammys/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:04:36 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2181 That’s right, seven – including Album of the Year, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album.  Congratulations James, Alan, Butch, Joe, Emily and everyone else involved.  Here is a photo of James taken during the recording of “Wasting Light” with (L to R) Dave, Krist, James, Alan Moulder and Butch Vig.  Click here for a full list of nominees.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/12/01/james-brown-engineered-foo-fighters-album-nominated-for-7-grammys/feed/ 0 James Brown is engineering the new Matchbox Twenty album http://justmanaging.com/2011/11/21/james-brown-is-engineering-the-new-matchbox-twenty-album/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/11/21/james-brown-is-engineering-the-new-matchbox-twenty-album/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:37:00 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2177 For the past month or so, our James Brown has been in Los Angeles engineering the new Matchbox Twenty album with Matt Serletic producing.  Here is a photo of James (with Matt in the background) I stole from the bands twitter.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/11/21/james-brown-is-engineering-the-new-matchbox-twenty-album/feed/ 0 Arctic Monkeys “Suck it and See” named MOJO’s Best Album of 2011 http://justmanaging.com/2011/07/27/arctic-monkeys-suck-it-and-see-named-mojos-best-album-of-2011/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/07/27/arctic-monkeys-suck-it-and-see-named-mojos-best-album-of-2011/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:14:31 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2036 James Brown has been having a great year – he engineered the Flood-produced The Pains of Being Pure at Heart album, engineered the Butch Vig-produced Foo Fighters LP “Wasting Light” and engineered Arctic Monkeys “Suck it and See” LP – which was just named Best Album by MOJO Magazine.  Not sure exactly why they are doing this with half the year still left, but hey, we’ll take it.  Congratulations to James, and check out the full list of winners here.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/07/27/arctic-monkeys-suck-it-and-see-named-mojos-best-album-of-2011/feed/ 0 Arctic Monkeys debuts at #1 in the United Kingdom http://justmanaging.com/2011/06/13/arctic-monkeys-debuts-at-1-in-the-united-kingdom/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/06/13/arctic-monkeys-debuts-at-1-in-the-united-kingdom/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:40:50 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=2012 James Brown just got a fantastic birthday present!  The new Arctic Monkeys LP he engineered, “Suck it and See”, debuted at #1 on the UK albums chart, knocking off Lady Gaga!  They also broke another record in the process – click here to find out which.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/06/13/arctic-monkeys-debuts-at-1-in-the-united-kingdom/feed/ 0 James Brown engineered new Arctic Monkeys LP “Suck it and See” out today! http://justmanaging.com/2011/06/06/james-brown-engineered-new-arctic-monkeys-lp-suck-it-and-see/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/06/06/james-brown-engineered-new-arctic-monkeys-lp-suck-it-and-see/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:49:53 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=1996 Back in January, Yankees fan James Brown engineered the new Arctic Monkeys LP out in Los Angeles with James Ford producing.  I haven’t heard the full album yet, but if the reviews listed over at the “Suck it and See” wikipedia page are to be believed, it’s a pretty darn good album.  We can all find out tomorrow when it is released.  Here is the band on the cover of the current issue of Q, where they name-check James Brown.

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]]> http://justmanaging.com/2011/06/06/james-brown-engineered-new-arctic-monkeys-lp-suck-it-and-see/feed/ 0 Digital Producer Magazine talks to James Brown & Butch Vig about the new Foo Fighters album http://justmanaging.com/2011/06/02/digital-producer-magazine-talks-to-james-brown-butch-vig-about-the-new-foo-fighters-album/ http://justmanaging.com/2011/06/02/digital-producer-magazine-talks-to-james-brown-butch-vig-about-the-new-foo-fighters-album/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:16:57 +0000 dbackhaus http://justmanaging.com/?p=1966 Digital Producer Magazine recently spoke to James and Butch about making the new Foo Fighters album… which is kind of funny since there was not a single bit or byte involved in the making of the thing.  Click the screenshot below to read the story and see a fantastic photo of James, his hat, Butch and what looks like the Foo Fighters acting like a bunch of monkeys in the background.  The actual Digital Producer Magazine website only loads 1 in 10 times…

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