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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yet another killer song by Asheville NC pop punk band Drowning Leo! As usual, the band tracked live at the studio, and then we overdubbed guitars and vocals. Sonically, it’s bouncy and upbeat. Lyrically? Well, let's just say I was adamant about joining in on the gang vocals for this one.

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In early 2026, UK artist @neverthebridle.bsky.social had me lay down drums and mix a song. And then another. And then another! A few months later, we wound up with an album full of songs that are very fun to listen to, despite the often heavy subject matter.

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The logical conclusion to taking excess garden veggies and giving them out at @thewelcoming.bsky.social shows Pickles by @heather-nicole-l.bsky.social

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Been working with @neverthebridle.bsky.social on an album and an EP for months and realized I hadn’t posted any work in progress videos until now! Anyway please enjoy this potato cam footage. It’s wobbly as usual, I like to think that’s just my phone dancing along

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Got to see Bit Brigade perform Mega Man X tonight (hell yeah)

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Still a good deal, but the seller telling me "what do you mean, they work" rather than "oh shit sorry I had no idea" left a bad taste in my mouth

guy who sold me a counterfeit mic replying "but it works"

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Had they done a little more research, they’d learn that Remo makes drum heads, not drums lol

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Thanks Elizabeth McCorvey for the kind words! Listen to the track we worked on together: elizabethmccorvey.bandcamp.com/track/aint-g...

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Now that it's the new year already — wait what month is it?! Anyway shout out to everyone who chose to work with me last year. I think the only active accounts on here are @cloudblood.music and @sparralimb.bsky.social, they're worth a follow!

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Buying more mic stands: 🙅‍♂️ Buying a clamp that turns one mic stand into two mic stands: 👍

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Lefty Carmean is a talented Asheville NC singer/songwriter who assembled a talented group of engineers and guest musicians to bring his debut EP to life. In my role as mastering engineer, I had the relatively easy job of making already good sounding mixes sound great.

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I wish I had seen this earlier today, @heather-nicole-l.bsky.social and I just went there as a once in a decade thing, it’s worse than I remember. Like low tier fast food level. Also we were sat down next to two tables full of cops and I was wearing this shirt lmao

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Another banger by Asheville NC alt rock band Drowning Leo! The band tracked live at the studio, and then we overdubbed guitars and vocals. The band brought me on as a producer for this song, and we worked together to trim the fat and give the choruses maximum impact.

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Took a few weeks but I finished this puzzle that @heather-nicole-l.bsky.social got me because she wants me to suffer

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Shoutout to @neverthebridle.bsky.social for giving me a good excuse to mic up the vintage kit for the first time

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Found out why one of my condenser mics stopped working 🙈

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Ran sound for a band last night and I wouldn’t describe the location of the beer line in relation to the stage as optimal 😅

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

ああ、なるほど。私のうちに毎日は猫の日ですよね。

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Every once in a while you gotta wade into the youtube comment section and set someone straight

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Elizabeth McCorvey is a talented artist and multi-instrumentalist with a message, and Ain’t Gonna Lay Down is about fighting the good fight. As she arrived at the session she informed me that her drummer was sick and couldn’t make it, so the obviously I had to fill in on drums!

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Experimenting with Mid/Side for the first time in a long while. This positioning does a nice job of capturing both the indirect sound of the room and the direct sound of the drums.

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Homie could have easily googled this but I guess this is the type of customer service I provide on reverb dot com

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Shoutout to Drowning Leo for hooking up the studio with a coffee station ☕️

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

@jbrockmusic.bsky.social as the one other person I know learning japanese, do you know what these little diagrams with circles and triangles represent lmao

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Back in town and immediately had two long tracking days in a row. They were both very productive so I didn’t take any photos, but here’s a clip of to commemorate the first upright bass in the studio

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

My 500 piece puzzle turned out to be a 499 piece puzzle 😕

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Testing out my new old Rogers snare on a client session and it appears I now have two favorite snare drums

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Third extended power outage in less than 24 hours, starting to wonder if duke energy is going for some sort of record. Good thing it isn’t extremely cold and windy outside

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

been feeling sad lately about having sold off most of my old game collection and this pops up on marketplace 👀

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James Ferrell (Mountainsize Audio + The Welcoming) @mountainsize.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Everyone I talk to who isn't a potential client tells me I should charge more, so I'm gonna do that next year. Last chance to work with me on the cheap!

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