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the Devil's Workshop Sound Studio - Chad
Weis
 Chad
Weis began his audio career tracking crude demos to cassette
tape for a basement rock band where he played bass and occasionally
drums with other kids from his neighborhood and schoolmates.
The recordings quickly grew from a single microphone built
into a boom box to a stereo pair hung from the rafters wherever
there was room and where the band was best represented on
tape. Chad would then take these crude recordings home and
EQ them and make copies for his bandmates and friends. He
thought it was pretty awesome at the time.
It was more often than not that Chad would find himself in
charge of recording demos as he moved through musical projects
and line up changes. The methods continued to change, the
recordings improved and eventually with the purchase of a
Tascam 414 4-track Chad found himself making demos for more
people than his own bands. As his interest in recording grew
Chad found himself reading books and magazines on the subject
in an attempt to absorb any information that he could find.
His growing interest in recording eventually lead to his decision
to take one-on-one classes at The Electronic Musician’s
Workshop run by the late Jack “Blackjack” Robinson,
a founding member of the Institute of Production and Recording
(IPR). Chad spent many hours working in the Electronic Musician’s
Workshop’s tiny project studio as a student and assisting
with recordings.
After taking classes at The Electronic Musician’s Workshop
Chad landed a gig as an intern at a recording studio in the
NW suburbs of Minneapolis. Shortly after arriving at the studio
Chad moved from his position as an intern to being in charge
of all recording sessions that came into the facility. After
a year at the studio working on projects for commercials,
industrial films, sporting events, and bands of many genres,
Chad decided to move on to start his own recording studio.
Around this time Chad also took a gig doing live sound at
the 5 Corners Saloon in Minneapolis. This lead to a steady
gig at 400 Bar and shifts at various other Minneapolis clubs
and freelance work for various bands around Minneapolis.
Having the project studio was fine, but Chad found himself
eager to move on to bigger things. He contacted his old friend,
Erik Siljander whom he had met through playing music and who
once recorded a project for a band that Chad played drums
with and Erik was eager to move on also. The two then decided
to open what is known today as The Devil’s Workshop.
For more information about Chad visit http://www.myspace.com/weischad
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