Nick Mitchell Maiato
@nickmitchellmaiato.bsky.social
Musician, songwriter, sound engineer
Recording guitars in this absolute pigsty. Note to self: clean up. 🎸🎵
September 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Recording guitars in this absolute pigsty. Note to self: clean up. 🎸🎵
NQRA.live is now streaming 24 brand new radio shows with more to come plus a new YouTube channel coming soon. Drop in, subscribe for our newsletter and donate to help build our station! ❤️✌️
August 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
NQRA.live is now streaming 24 brand new radio shows with more to come plus a new YouTube channel coming soon. Drop in, subscribe for our newsletter and donate to help build our station! ❤️✌️
I'm now offering guitar lessons online:
• Create modal progressions
• Improvise confidently in any key
• Understand scales and how to use them
• Practice effectively with structured routines
• Jam with others and develop ensemble skills
• Write and arrange your own music
Message if interested.
• Create modal progressions
• Improvise confidently in any key
• Understand scales and how to use them
• Practice effectively with structured routines
• Jam with others and develop ensemble skills
• Write and arrange your own music
Message if interested.
April 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm now offering guitar lessons online:
• Create modal progressions
• Improvise confidently in any key
• Understand scales and how to use them
• Practice effectively with structured routines
• Jam with others and develop ensemble skills
• Write and arrange your own music
Message if interested.
• Create modal progressions
• Improvise confidently in any key
• Understand scales and how to use them
• Practice effectively with structured routines
• Jam with others and develop ensemble skills
• Write and arrange your own music
Message if interested.
About to record this opening guitar solo on a new song, written from a bunch of improvs. Only four more to go.
April 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
About to record this opening guitar solo on a new song, written from a bunch of improvs. Only four more to go.
Cory Booker's senate speech almost as long as 12/6/73 Dark Star.
April 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Cory Booker's senate speech almost as long as 12/6/73 Dark Star.
Tracking the new record
April 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Tracking the new record
Just recorded two dark, excellent new songs by my brother-in-law Alejandro Maiato Llorens. Acoustic guitar and voice. If the next batch are as good as these two, it's gonna be a great record.
March 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just recorded two dark, excellent new songs by my brother-in-law Alejandro Maiato Llorens. Acoustic guitar and voice. If the next batch are as good as these two, it's gonna be a great record.
I bought the dogs a bed for the studio so they could chill there while I'm recording. Here's how that's going.
March 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I bought the dogs a bed for the studio so they could chill there while I'm recording. Here's how that's going.
I'm writing a new series of articles (intended for a book at some point) about Spanish rock of the '60s, '70s, and '80s for Aquarium Drunkard. The first piece, on what may be the greatest of them all, went live today.
#veneno #rockandaluz
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#veneno #rockandaluz
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/03/27/v...
Veneno : Veneno : Aquarium Drunkard
As the Amadors (notably unaccompanied by the rhythm section) run through a subtle blend of stroke tremolos, arpeggios, and golpes, they remind their elders that they have the utmost respect for their ...
aquariumdrunkard.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm writing a new series of articles (intended for a book at some point) about Spanish rock of the '60s, '70s, and '80s for Aquarium Drunkard. The first piece, on what may be the greatest of them all, went live today.
#veneno #rockandaluz
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/03/27/v...
#veneno #rockandaluz
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/03/27/v...
The subtext of "coalition of the willing" is so overt, they might as well have called it the "powerless peace posse."
March 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The subtext of "coalition of the willing" is so overt, they might as well have called it the "powerless peace posse."
See if you can make out the castle on the horizon. I walked for 45 minutes and saw exactly 0 people.
March 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
See if you can make out the castle on the horizon. I walked for 45 minutes and saw exactly 0 people.
Legendary MOTU tech support means we're back up and running. While the Trident is in for repair, we're running everything through two sets of Warm Audio WA-412 mic pres and they are just fantastic. So much so that I'm thinking of finishing this record without a console.
March 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Legendary MOTU tech support means we're back up and running. While the Trident is in for repair, we're running everything through two sets of Warm Audio WA-412 mic pres and they are just fantastic. So much so that I'm thinking of finishing this record without a console.
Audio interfaces are on the fritz (or maybe it's just the cable), but it's sunny out finally, after a month of rain, so I'm commemorating the occasion with a balcony photo while I await tech support. Hi.
March 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Audio interfaces are on the fritz (or maybe it's just the cable), but it's sunny out finally, after a month of rain, so I'm commemorating the occasion with a balcony photo while I await tech support. Hi.
So sweet to hear Jesse Colin Young's voice ringing out at the end of Bernie Sanders' address in Phoenix, AZ. Bernie is America's sanest voice and his energy at 83 years of age deserves the world's unending gratitude. Love that guy.
March 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
So sweet to hear Jesse Colin Young's voice ringing out at the end of Bernie Sanders' address in Phoenix, AZ. Bernie is America's sanest voice and his energy at 83 years of age deserves the world's unending gratitude. Love that guy.
If the new Spinal Tap movie is as brutally realistic as the first, they'll just be at home on social media complaining about poptivism into the void while failing to sell anything on Bandcamp Friday, but thanking everyone anyway.
March 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If the new Spinal Tap movie is as brutally realistic as the first, they'll just be at home on social media complaining about poptivism into the void while failing to sell anything on Bandcamp Friday, but thanking everyone anyway.
The Trident is booked in for a service next week. If you want to come record here, we'll be back in action mid April. Message for details. #Valencia #recording #bands
March 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trident is booked in for a service next week. If you want to come record here, we'll be back in action mid April. Message for details. #Valencia #recording #bands
Do you want to record in the mountains of Valencia, Spain? Paperhouse studio is now taking bookings. We cash organise your accommodation and transport too, if you're coming from out of country. 90% analogue outboard gear to 24 track I/O. Beautiful mics. Lots of instruments. Hit me up for details.
March 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Do you want to record in the mountains of Valencia, Spain? Paperhouse studio is now taking bookings. We cash organise your accommodation and transport too, if you're coming from out of country. 90% analogue outboard gear to 24 track I/O. Beautiful mics. Lots of instruments. Hit me up for details.
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March 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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We're gonna need to dig a bigger trench.
March 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We're gonna need to dig a bigger trench.
We've had two weeks of virtually endless rain. The city is inaccessible due to the Fallas festival. So we're stuck here, indoors, on the mountain. Kinda cosy.
March 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We've had two weeks of virtually endless rain. The city is inaccessible due to the Fallas festival. So we're stuck here, indoors, on the mountain. Kinda cosy.
So very sorry to hear about Jesse Colin Young. The Youngbloods gifted us with so much incredible music—their own and via their perfect Raccoon label (Michael Hurley, High Country, Kenny Gill, Jeffrey Cain, et al). Here's one from their sublime Good & Dusty LP. R.I.P. Jesse.💚 youtu.be/zgQ8zS1e0GA?...
Stagger Lee
YouTube video by The Youngbloods - Topic
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March 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
So very sorry to hear about Jesse Colin Young. The Youngbloods gifted us with so much incredible music—their own and via their perfect Raccoon label (Michael Hurley, High Country, Kenny Gill, Jeffrey Cain, et al). Here's one from their sublime Good & Dusty LP. R.I.P. Jesse.💚 youtu.be/zgQ8zS1e0GA?...
Tonight's viewing
March 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Tonight's viewing
2 parts rooibos, 2 parts licorice, stem ginger, rosehip, and fenugreek seed. Makes you pee like a racehorse but it's a great, robust, all-day blend. My new hobby.
March 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
2 parts rooibos, 2 parts licorice, stem ginger, rosehip, and fenugreek seed. Makes you pee like a racehorse but it's a great, robust, all-day blend. My new hobby.
80 minutes of tranquillity after a chaotic drive into the city during Las Fallas festival.
March 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
80 minutes of tranquillity after a chaotic drive into the city during Las Fallas festival.
It's been a two-year battle with flooding from an exterior wall and broken sewage lines (!) but it's thundering down outside, I just flushed, and we're dry, cosy, and ready to record! 🎸💪🎉
March 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It's been a two-year battle with flooding from an exterior wall and broken sewage lines (!) but it's thundering down outside, I just flushed, and we're dry, cosy, and ready to record! 🎸💪🎉