10 Years!
Joe Bonamassa came by the studio today to play on a track for the new Mindi Abair album. I’ve known and had the pleasure of working with Joe and Kevin for over 10 years! The first album I engineered with Joe was Sloe Gin back in 2007. After assisting Kevin on a single mix, the first project we worked on together was Metallica “The Videos.”
Paul Gilbert Album
The new PAUL GILBERT album I Can Destroy is out today! This was a great project to record with Caveman! producing, and I had a blast with all involved. You can download it at iTunes and Amazon.com, and go toAllMusic to stream the album in it’s entirety.
Plugin Alliance
I did a review for the Plugin Alliance Acme Audio Manufacturing Co. Opticom XLA-3 plugin and it’s amazing! It’s an optical compressor with three different response curves, and allows the use of tube saturation without compression.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year Everyone!
2015 was filled with awesome projects. Highlights included engineering #1 Billboard Blues artist Joe Bonamassa and PAUL GILBERT with Caveman! Kevin Shirley, producing Icelus and Josh LaCount, and mixing for Cretus and Supagroup. Looking forward to 2016!
Cretus – Price Of Immortality
Check out this video from Cretus for the single “Price Of Immortality.” This is from their debut EP Dux Mea Lux mixed by Jared Kvitka.
Warning: this video is NSFW.
Christmas Date Blues
Check out this Christmas song I worked on from Joe Bonamassa with the Caveman producing. You can download this for free and every time it gets downloaded Joe will donate to music programs in public schools. How cool is that? Happy Holidays!
FXpansion Artist
I’ve been using FXpansion software, including BFD, for a while and am happy to now be one of their artists. Click on the link below to check out my Artist Profile and interview. If you haven’t checked out their stuff I highly recommend it.
http://www.fxpansion.com/index.php?page=12&tab=58
Fire Garden
I mixed the new Fire Garden album Sound of Majestic Colors, which is being released on June 10. Go to the Fire Garden Website for more info.
Here you can take a listen to the first single.
Beth & Joe Live In Amsterdam
The new Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa: Live In Amsterdam comes out in a few days. This is a very cool concert film/ album and if you pick up the DVD or Blu-Ray there is some awesome behind the scenes footage. It’s always an honor to work on these kinds of projects and am very excited to get my copy. Check out the Discography page and watch the official EPK.
Christmas Date Blues
Yes…, I did indeed engineer a christmas record. Check it out and if you go to the Joe Bonamassa site you can download this track for free.
I Know Where I Belong
Take a look at this video from the upcoming Joe Bonamassa DVD set Tour de Force. This is from the Borderline gig with Anton Fig on Drums and Michael Rhodes on Bass.
New Beth Hart Video
Rolling Stone has premiered the new Beth Hart video “Better Man’ from the album Bang Bang Boom Boom. The video includes in studio footage shot by Marcus Sweeney- Bird (CG Film) at Revolver Recording. I had a great time engineering this project with Kevin Shirley producing. Everyone was set up in the live room recording together and Beth was at the Piano in a booth having eye contact with the band. This is definitely my favorite way to record.
Band included: Anton Fig – Drums, Michael Rhodes – Bass, Randy Flowers – Guitar, Blondie Chaplin – Guitar
Joe Bonamassa – Tour de Force

Coming soon is the new box set from Joe Bonamassa “Tour De Force.” Four nights and four shows of material. I worked along side Kevin “Caveman” Shirley on this amazing project and am very proud to have been a part of such a historic undertaking. It was a lot of working assembling and editing the shows and I also got to sit in on some of the video editing which was a great experience. Check out jbonamassa.com to order your copy.
New Albums
Check out some of the new releases I engineered!
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – Seesaw
Black Start Riders – All Hell Breaks Loose
Iron Man 3 – It’s Official!
It’s official. Iron Man 3 is the 2nd Biggest Debut of all time in the US! I guess the trailer sounded so good that everyone wanted to go see it! I mixed this project for one of my long time buddies Michael Zarin at Sencit Music.
Tracer – El Pistolero
The new Tracer video for El Pistolero is here!
This was a fun album to make. I engineered and co-mixed it alongside Kevin “Caveman” Shirley. Everything was tracked live in the studio and mixed on an SSL Duality at The Cave.
Hope you enjoy!
Last Empire

Last Empire is here! This is a project I did with my buddy Mike Zarin from Sencit Music. Written by Mike, Matt Mufalli, and Matt Emburgia. Recorded and Mixed by yours truly!
Check them our here: Last Empire
Black Star Riders (Formerly Thin Lizzy)
Here’s a picture after we wrapped up recording the new album by Black Star Riders . Can’t wait for this to be finished.
Pictured: Ace Trump, Ricky Warwick, Marco Mendoza, Damon Johnson, Scott Gorham, Jimmy DeGrasso, Me
Joe Bonamassa Live In Vienna
Check out the trailer for the new Joe Bonamassa live in Vienna concert. I worked as engineer on this with Kevin Shirley at The Cave as well as some Pro Tools work at my place.
Emin
Just finished recording 5 songs with Azerbaijani artist Emin with and an amazing session band.
Pictured: Jared Kvitka (Engineer), Alran Schierbaum (Piano, B3, Keys), Michael Rhodes (Bass), Emin (Artist/ Vocals), Lenny Castro (Percussion), Herman Matthews (Drums), Kevin Shirley (Producer), Randy Flowers (Guitar)
Black Star Riders… 12 Tracks and 12 Days
Wrapped up recording with the guys from Thin Lizzy reborn as Black Star Riders. Did 12 songs in 12 days with everyone tracking together in the room. Check back for more pics and info.
Here’s a funny picture of Kevin Shirley and the guys doing gang vocals. (Marco Mendoza – Bass, Damon Johnson – Guitar, Rick Warwick – Vocals, Scott Gorham – Guitar)
Tracer
Had an awesome time recording Tracer. They were recently awarded Best New Band by Classic Rock magazine. They sound like Queens of the Stone Age and Soundgarden had a badass kid together! Check out some behind the scenes footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev6V1oTT_kQ&feature=youtu.be

Iron Man 3
A track I mixed has been chosen for the new Iron Man 3 trailer. Project was for Sencit Music, mixed by yours truly, produced by Mike Zarin, and composed by Joesph Trapanese. Click on the link under Recent Work to see it.
Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee
Saw this contest on Indaba Music and took a shot at the mix. Listened to some New Orleans stuff for a while, and then dug in and I really had fun doing it. It did make me miss New Orleans though.
Click the link and give it a listen…, vote for it even!
Jared Kvitka Mix of Wicked Knee
Robert Cray Band – New Single
Here is the new single from the upcoming album Nothin But Love from the Robert Cray Band. I engineered the album with Kevin Shirley producing at Revolver Recording and had a great time working on this album. Everyone recorded in the room at the same time!

Jared K Recording on Facebook!
Check out my new professional page on Facebook. Click like and share.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jared-Kvitka-EngineerMixerProducer/320546554626554
New Black Country Communion Recording
What an amazing week in the studio with Black Country Communion and producer Kevin Shirley. We started on a Monday and had 10 songs recorded by Saturday. A Rock Album indeed!

Robert Cray!
Here’s some cool studio footage and interviews about the upcoming album from the Robert Cray Band.
Engineered by Jared Kvitka and Produced by Kevin Shirley at Revolver Recordings.
New Beth Hart Album
Just finished up engineering the new Beth Hart album @ Revolver. This is a really cool album with amazing players. New Joe Bonamassa album getting greats reviews and charting well in the states and in the U.K. Congrats to the Caveman for more great productions.
Pictured here are: me, Beth Hart, Kevin Shirley, Michael Rhodes, Anton Fig, Arlen Oscar, and Randy Flowers (Picture taken by Marcus Sweeney-Bird).
Joe Bonamassa – Live at The Beacon
The new Joe Bonamassa Live DVD comes out on March 12, from the Beacon Theatre in New York. Awesome video with audio mixed in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound by Kevin Shirley. Guests included are Beth Hart, John Hiatt, and Paul Rodgers.
Iron Maiden – En Vivo
It took a while, but Iron Maiden live from Santiago is coming out in March. This is a great DVD filmed in Chile with a massive crowd, only Iron Maiden could draw. New tracks from the Final Frontier performed for the first time on this tour.
Up The Irons!
War Horse
Congratulations to Sencit Music on placing a cue I mixed in the War Horse trailer campaign. We recorded the strings and choir in Seattle last year, with music Produced by Mike Zarin and Composed by Joe Trapanese.
Diffusion
Looking into building some BBC style QRD diffusers for my room. If you read Tape Op, and you should, they did a really helpful article on these, called DIY Diffusors (which is what got me going on this). If you’ve made them before and have any tips, feel free to email me.
This is a picture of BlackBird Studios in Nashville with similar style diffusors (Massenburg doesn’t do anything half-assed!):

And if you’re interested in trying it out:
What’s New!
Just uploaded a song I mixed for The Matches a while back. You can check it out by clicking on the album cover, or go here:
http://thematches.bandcamp.com/track/nothings-going-on
In recent news, I’m working on a really cool live DVD with Kevin Shirley that should please the rock fans out there. Also, keep checking in for updated pictures, and some new musical warfare from Sencit Music.
Some pictures from the Seattle session:
Updates!
Finished production on the new Majority Lost album, which you can check out at: http://majoritylost.bandcamp.com/
Also uploaded some new stuff to the discography section, so check out songs from Sencit Music’s newest release, and a sampling from the upcoming Black Country Communion album.
Here are some pictures from the Majority Lost mastering session at Infrasonic Studios with Pete Lyman.
Iron Maiden Wins Grammy!
Iron Maiden wins Grammy for Best Metal Performance for the song El Dorado. Engineered by Jared Kvitka!
Session Pics!
Check out the pictures section for Black Country Communion, Gogol Bordello and other sessions.
Pirates!
Working on Black Country Communion with Kevin Shirley, and Mixing the upcoming Majority Lost release. Check out the new Pirates of the Caribbean trailer Composed and Produced by Mike Zarin at Sencit Music.
Click the poster to see it.
Hello!
Welcome to Jared K Recording! My name is Jared Kvitka, and I am a professional audio engineer. I have worked on all kinds of albums, from traditional Jazz to Heavy Metal, and have been fortunate enough to work with some of the best in the industry. Feel free to contact me about project availability.