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Bad Lions

Recording Studio / Production Company / All Star Band

Alaina Reed envisioned Bad Lions Studio in 2006 and it has become today’s one stop shop for reggae music.  Feel free to check out our full production team, including an amazing set of talented musicians, singers, and background vocalists, sound engineers, and producers.  

Bad Lions also features an all-star reggae band which can be customized from a solo artist, duo, trio, and larger bands featuring percussion, horns, and whatever sounds you would like at your event.

Founders, Alaina Reed and Aston Barrett Jr. have put Bad Lions on the map as one of the go to places for all things reggae music.

Bad Lions has also teamed up with talent in other genres including, dub, rap, R&B, blues, rock, hard rock, and metal.  They can provide professional production for all of your musical visions.

For more information, check our website at www.badlions.com.

Gear

Mic Preamps & Compressors

1.) Rupert Neve Designs 511
2.) Neve 1073
3.) TL Audio Dual Valve Mic Preamp
4.) Rupert Neve Designs 542 Tape Emulator
5.) Universal Audio 6176
6.) BAE 1073
7. Rupert Neve Designs 535 Bridge Compressor

Equalizers

1.) Rupert Neve Design 551
2.) Orban Equalizer

Vocal Mics

1.) Telefunken – Elektroakustik AR-51
2.) Neumann – TLM103
3.) Studio Projects – B1
4.) Aston Microphones – Origin

Drum Mics

1.) Tom 1 – Sennheiser E604
2.) Tom 2 – Sennheiser E604
3.) Tom 3 – Sennheiser E604
4.) Tom 4 – Sennheiser E604
5.) Snare Top – Sennheiser 421 and Shure SM57
6.) Snare Bottom – Sennheiser E604
7.) Hi-Hat – Shure SM81-LC
8.) Overhead Mics – Sennheiser E614

Monitors

1.) Stereo Tannoy System 1200 12 inch
2.) Tannoy System Subwoofer 15 inch
3.) Yamaha Stereo NS-10M Studio

Audio Interfaces

1.) Universal Audio – Apollo
2.) Apoge – AD-16X

Amplifiers

1.) Guitar Amp Fender Deluxe 4/10
2.) Bass Ampeg SVT 4PRO
3.) Bass Eden 4/10

Summing Mixer

1.) Rupert Neve Designs 5060 Centerpiece

Drums

1.) Gretsch Renown 5 Piece Drum Kit
2.) Mapex 4 Piece Drum Kit
3.) Zildjian 14 inch New Beat Hi-Hats
4.) 2 Crash 16″ and 17″
4.) Zildjian and Paiste
5.) Snare Drums – Ludwig, Tama, and Pearl

Guitars

1.) Fender Strat Mexican
2.) Fender Tele American
3.) ESP M-II

Acoustic Guitars

1.) D’Angelica- remodified
2.) Mitchell- remodified

Bass Guitars

1.) Fender 4 String Jazz Bass
2.) Moollon 4 String Jazz Bass
3.) Lakland 4 String Bass
4.) Musicman 5 String Bass
5.) Marcus Miller Fender Deluxe 4 String Jazz Bass
6.) Breedlove Acoustic Bass
7.) Sadowsky 4 String Jazz Bass

Vintage Gear

1.) Hohner D6 Clavinet
2.) Fender Rhodes 73
3.) Ludwig Supraphonic 70s
4.) Alesis – HD 24

Pedals

1.) Pigtronix Collection
2.) Cry Baby Wah
3.) Vox Wah
4.) Phase 90
5.) Mu-Tron 3X

Percussion

1.) Tambourine
2.) Djembe
3.) Shakers
4.) Cabassa
5.) Cowbell Medium
6.) Triangle
7.) Chimes

Midi Controller

1.) Arturia 61 keys

DIs

1.) Rupert Neve Designs – RNDI Active Transformer Direct Interface
2.) Ampeg SCR
3.) SansAmp

Plug-Ins

1.) Waves 9.6
2.) Slate Digital Everything Bundle

Software

1.) Logic Pro 9
2.) Logic Pro X
3.) Pro Tools 12
4.) Harrison Mixbus
5.) Studio One 4 Professional