CME Plugged In #2 | Western Automatic "Staring at the Sun" | Alex Chadwick

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Channel: Chicago Music Exchange · 2018 · Music

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In our second #CMEPluggedIn #AlexChadwick brings his band Western Automatic (http://Westernautomatic.com) to the #CMEWarehouse to perform a Plugged In Session of "Staring at the Sun", a tune off of their new EP “The Dualist” 

Chadwick is not the only member of the Chicago Music Exchange family in Western Automatic!  Jake Longardner, Customer Service Superhero is keeping the rhythm tight on the Franken-Bass (Fender Nate Mendel P-Bass Body/Geddy Lee Jazz Bass Neck) .  He runs his pieced together machine through an Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 and Ampeq SVT 4X10

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Gear Used:
Gretsch Broadkaster
Carsten Black Flag 
 Eventide Timefactor, a Fulltone 69, and a Zvex Box of Rock
Gibson ES-345 
VOX AC-15 
Fender Nate Mendel P-Bass Body/Geddy Lee Jazz Neck
Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 
Ampeg SVT 4X10
Strymon OB-1 Compressor and a Darkglass B7k
Moog Sub 37 

Gretsch Catalina Maple Drums, Ludwig Acrolite Snare, Meinl Byzance & Zildjian K Cymbals, Promark Sticks, Remo heads, Meinl Percussion, and DW Pedals/Hardware

Recording/Mixing Gear:
Universal Audio Apollo 8
Universal Audio Apollo Twin
Shure KSM44 (room)
Shure SM57 (guitar cabs, toms, snare)
Shure SM58 (backing vocals)
Shure SM7 (lead vocal)
Shure Beta 52 (kick)
AEA R88 (drum overhead)
Earthworks SR25 (hi hats)

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