Nick Mitchell Maiato
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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
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.
April 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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
Tracking the new record
April 1, 2025 at 1:34 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.
March 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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
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
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
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
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
We're gonna need to dig a bigger trench.
March 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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
Tonight's viewing
March 17, 2025 at 8:41 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.
March 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
80 minutes of tranquillity after a chaotic drive into the city during Las Fallas festival.
March 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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
This swimming pool cement is supposed to last for 20 years, exposed to the elements. We're gonna cover it with fibre paint before filling the trench with shingle and putting a drain cover over to keep the studio dry during March monsoon season. Will it work? 😬
March 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Alright and we're back in action. Got ye olde pal Michael Troutman aka Weirding Module here for a visit. We might even make some music in this thing.
March 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The rug is almost dry, the floor is almost fully painted with membrane. Tomorrow, we'll have a French drain installed outside and new tar sealant laid under the exterior tile trim. I hope that will be the end of the problems and we can pursue actually recording music in this space once again.
March 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
After three weeks of post-"waterproof" cleaning and reorganising, my studio flooded at first rain. Yes, I'm firing the builder, but only after he puts in the French drain. For now: membrane painting.
March 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM