Jay Maas spends a majority of his life around hardcore bands. When he isn't recording and mixing various albums at Getaway Recording Studio in Massachusetts, he spends the rest of his time touring the nation and playing guitar in the band Defeater.
But like a lot of musicians, Maas is not a big proponent of genre tags. Defeater, with its heavy guitars, heavy bass, heavy drums, and howling vocals sure sound like a hardcore band. The band's latest album, Lost Ground EP, was released by the decidedly hardcore heavyweight label Bridge Nine Records.
Yet, all it takes is one listen of either Defeater's latest EP or their debut breakthrough album, Travels to notice that the Boston quartet is more than just a hardcore band. That is not a slight to the genre itself, either; Defeater's musical themes are simply more than hardcore can handle. The scope of what Maas has envisioned for his band? Well, it is almost more than music itself can handle as well.
Having known Jay as both a client and a peer musician, I can emphatically say he "gets it" in the truest sense. His dual experience in the performing and recording worlds gives him a fantastic ear as well as an artist-friendly approach. Jay brings the perfect combination of a laid-back, ultra-communicative, "band dude" attitude with the technical prowess and attention to detail of a seasoned veteran. Ultimately, though, the proof is in the results, and at Getaway those speak for themselves. I have never heard a Jay Maas recording that doesn't bring the artist's strongest qualities powerfully to the forefront.
Recording at Getaway is like tracking in your living room- super relaxed and comfortable. Easy to be at your best.
"Jay at the getaway group is not afraid to step out of the box when it comes to getting sounds. He will not record a note before the Natural sound is perfect, and it leads to HUGE tones and sonically orgasmic sounding records. The dude is no joke, and matches up amongst the best in the game."
