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Lincoln Brewster Gets Back In The Studio With Shure Microphones

Tracks for the recently released Today is the Day were committed to Pro Tools while microphones used throughout the sessions were entirely Shure products from start to finish

Lincoln Brewster has built a reputation on the Christian music scene as a singer/songwriter and guitarist, with the 37-year-old musician having played with artists ranging from Journey’s Steve Perry to Michael W. Smith, as well as sharing writing credits with Paul Baloche and posting his own share of radio hits.

Released late last year, Today is the Day (Integrity Music) follows 2002’s Amazed as his latest studio album, and is a 10-track sonic tribute to technical and tuneful skills developed over the course of a career that began at age 12.

It’s not uncommon to see Brewster onstage singing into a Shure KSM9 and sporting PSM 700 in-ear personal monitors, while back in the studio, tracks for Today is the Day were committed to Pro Tools while microphones used throughout the sessions were entirely Shure products from start to finish, with the large diaphragm KSM44 condenser chosen for all vocals.

“I have a couple of KSM44s that seemed like they were doing everything on this record at times,” Brewster explains. “I used a lot of guitar modeling on these tracks too, and that was done with SM57s on my cabinets. SM98s and KSM27s were used on toms, and depending on the situation, KSM141s, KSM27s, KSM32s, KSM44s, or SM81s were used for drum overheads.”

Today is the Day was recorded in Brewster’s own home studio, with the artist serving as producer, engineer, and performer multiple roles he has been comfortable holding since his earliest days as a teenage musician making demos in his bedroom.

“The home studio offers many advantages,” he believes, “especially if you really know your room. Being able to mix and perform just about every other major aspect of the production process in one location gives you freedom from constraints of time and place you can’t find anywhere else.”

Brewster has made it a standing policy throughout his career to never endorse products unless he actually uses them, and has been before the time of formalizing a professional relationship with a company. “If I fall in love with a piece of gear, I usually just call the company and tell them their stuff is amazing,” he says, describing his style and approach when it comes to such matters. “If there’s a good fit for me to represent that product in some way, fine. If not, that’s OK, too.”

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