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Swineshead Productions is a classical recording production company, formed by David v.R Bowles in 1995,
which specialises in high-resolution surround-sound recording production, engineering, editing, mastering and live recording.
David Bowles has over 50 releases as producer and/or engineer to his credit, not counting projects he has edited and/or mastered.
Clients are well known classical record labels, organisations, ensembles, composers and artists.
Productions' repertoire ranging from the 17th century to the music of today.
While Swineshead Productions is based in Berkeley, California, services are offered internationally.
"My recording philosophy is to present an accurate audio image of the performers, from the perspective of well-placed microphones.
Once I understand the acoustic and how sounds propagate in it, than I can choose specific microphones to create the 'sound image'.
I believe that, as each microphone model has unique characteristics, they should be thought of as an
artist's paintbrushes: some work better for large ensembles and others for close-up solo work. The same goes for microphone preamplifiers: some pass through fine detail, and others sound
 'warm'. Therefore I do not restrict myself to one or two favourite pairs of microphones and/or preamplifiers.
The process of sound recording is a creative one, which allows me to expand my listening perspective beyond 'front row centre' or 'the conductor's podium'. There are many challenges I face as
a producer and an engineer: different acoustics, different repertoire, changes in ambience, and, in the case of historically-informed performances, different instruments played by the same
performer. The overriding challenge, however, is to create a convincing performance which will engage the listener's emotions as well as intellect."
David v.R. Bowles
From 2004 Swineshead Productions and Magnatune.com have teamed to present
The David Bowles Signature Series
featuring the work of innovative classical artists. This gives David the creative freedom to pursue his music ideas, and to present
a body of works to an international audience.
Mr. Bowles is an active member of Audio Engineering Society (AES): and chair of the San Francisco section and organizer of technical tours for the 2007 San Francisco convention as well.
He is a voting member of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), is active in their Producers & Engineers Wing and has been nominated often for Classical Producer of the Year in the American Grammy awards.
At present he produces and engineers recordings for , and , all on their own labels. In addition his work is featured on the paid download site magnatune.com in the "David Bowles Signature Series".
Mr. Bowles received Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in violoncello from the Juilliard School and a certificate in early music performance practice from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands.
For many years he performed and recorded as cellist with both orchestras and chamber ensembles.
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