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album. According to a 2006 interview, being a musician has helped shape Weston's work recording, mixing and mastering: "It’s obvious to me that the best recording engineers have played in bands. You understand the dynamic better and can almost become an unofficial band member during the session. And
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it’s pretty easy to tell on what sort of session your musical opinion is wanted or not." However, Weston's recording and mixing work is not limited to music: he occasionally freelances for
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from Garfield, New Jersey. The corps won the Drum Corps International World Championships in both those years. Weston still plays trumpet, as on the albums
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era, producing and engineering dates for a seemingly endless number of bands." As a performer, Weston is best known as the bass guitarist in the groups
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in 1991. Under Albini, Weston honed his studio production skills and has gone on to record and mix material for bands including
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This article is about the American musician and sound engineer. For the Fleetwood Mac member, see
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A detailed gear diagram of Bob Weston's Shellac bass rig is well-documented.
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Musician, producer, recording engineer, record mastering engineer
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A Gun to the Head: A Selection from the Ace of Hearts Era
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Weston remains one of the most in-demand bass players
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for the band. He appears on and recorded the albums
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Index

Bob Weston (guitarist)
R. P. Weston
Bob Weston live with Shellac (ATP festival 2007)
Waltham, Massachusetts
Indie rock
post-punk
post-hardcore
recording engineer
underground rock
post-punk
Volcano Suns
Shellac
Waltham, Massachusetts
Garfield Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps
The Sea and the Bells
Rachel's
Things We Lost in the Fire
Low
electrical engineering
University of Lowell
Lowell
Massachusetts
Boston
Pixies
Blake Babies
Volcano Suns
Peter Prescott
Mission of Burma
Steve Albini
Todd Trainer

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