The Swansons Rock Revelry!
Posted: May 1, 2021 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Bill Watson, Brent Mason, Nashville Based Musicians, nashville trax, The Swansons Leave a commentThe Swansons out of Southern California perform at Revelry backed up by Nashville based musicians Brent Mason on guitar, Bill Watson on bass guitar, Jim Riley on drums, Jenee Fleenor on Fiddle, Steve King keyboards and Mike Douchette on steel.
Need Acoustic and/or Electric Guitar for Your Project?
Posted: September 30, 2020 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentHi Bill,
Thank you very much for your fast service and the GREAT sounding
guitars 🙂
Song: Laber
Player: Tom Wild
Provided: High and low register acoustic picking/rhythm, electric fill and electric bed tracks.
Need to add the best guitar tracks Nashville has to offer to your project? And at a reasonable price? Text 615-319-8616 NOW!
Need A Steel Guitar Track for Your Project? Or the Best?
Posted: September 23, 2020 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment“What a great performance! Thanks for the quick turnaround and for the stellar track. This is totally what I was after.” Dave F.. 9-23-20
Song: New Colors.
Pedal Steel
Player: Mike Douchette
Need to add the best Pedal Steel Guitar track Nashville has to offer to your project? And at a reasonable price? Text 615-319-8616 NOW!
Life Is So Unfair! Releases this week!
Posted: August 14, 2020 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThe Thompsons, a family band from Canada had Nashville Trax produce this track titled, Life Is So Unfair, this past winter and it’s finally being released, you can hear it on Spotify.
Lead singer Danielle.
“Life Is So Unfair” written by Danny and Danielle Thompson.
Produced by Bill Watson for Nashville Trax.
For more about this exciting band visit
And be sure to attend one of their shows listed on the site!
The Thompson’s Band Video- Music Cut At Nashville Trax- Released!
Posted: June 19, 2019 Filed under: Samples of Our Work, Uncategorized Leave a commentRecorded, Mixed and Mastered For the Canadian Women’s Trucker Association, by producer Bill Watson of Nashville Trax:
How To Make Your Self-Produced Album Sound A Lot More Professional
Posted: August 17, 2018 Filed under: Studio Services, Uncategorized | Tags: help making CD, help prodicg album Leave a comment
Four CDs released this year Nashville Trax helped make happen
Planning your next album? Interfacing with Nashville Trax can help make it more professional than any music you’ve created before.
The CDs pictured, all released in 2018, demonstrate four different ways these artists chose to work with us to achieve a better result than they could muster on their own.
The upper left CD by The Greatest Gift was an eight song album, one of many we’ve done for this Christiam three-piece vocal group. The group’s songwriter sent us his rough originals recorded with just piano and vocal.
We charted his songs and cut all new music tracks. The group then added their vocals to those tracks in a local studio near them in the New England area and mixed there.
As we’ve worked with them they’ve gone from playing on Sunday’s at their local church to appearing on T.V. shows and scoring hits on the Gospel charts.
Lower Left: The Swansons first album: We cut all the music tracks using our Nashville Trax A Team. Based in the Los Angeles area, they came to Nashville and cut their vocals here at Nashville Trax then we mixed here in Nashville using three different mix and mastering studios, including here at Nashville Trax.
Country This has garnered considerable radio airplay in the United States and birthed two charting singles. We are now about half way through producing their followup album.
Upper Right: Rootstock was an album project we added individual instrument tracks as needed, steel on several songs, fiddle on a few songs, etc. simply beefing up the musical muscle.
Lower Right: This group is based in Norway. We cut every instrument track, they added their vocals at a studio in Norway, sent them back to us where we mixed and mastered. This Christian group reports that CD sales are going extremely well with many hundreds sold the first few days, nearly recouping their investment within hours of release.
In each case the group or artist mentioned above possessed a high degree of talent but no one is an expert at everything. We were able to provide top notch equipment, world class musicians, professional engineering and guidance to make their projects superior to what they could have accomplished alone.
We can help you too! e-mail nashtrax@bellsouth.net with a description of your project, what you wish to achieve and how you believe we might help out. Or call producer Bill Watson at 615-319-8616.
The Greatest Gift’s New Video, Music Recorded at Nashville Trax!
Posted: April 3, 2018 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentThey started working with Nashville Trax a few years ago, just another local Christian act playing at their local church.
Some 70 + Nashville Trax Produced songs and performance tracks later they recently signed a development deal, have been on radio throughout the U.S. and made the Grammy ballot!
Music Credits:
Steve King: Piano & String pads
Jenee Fleenor: Violins
Jim Riley: Drums
Bill Watson: Bass Guitar
Tom Wild: Guitars
Music Engineered and Arranged by Bill Watson
This project is a great example of how we interface with artists and studios outside of Nashville.
Working with this Christian group’s rough piano/vocal, Bill Watson charted the music. Upon completion he forwarded it to a studio near the group where they recorded vocals, mixed and did the video.
Some clients do vocals then Dropbox the files back for mixing here, such as the album we did recently for a Christian group in Norway.
Christian Music Producer in Nashville
Posted: April 2, 2018 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Christian Music Producer, Christian Music Producer in Nashville Leave a comment
Bill Watson
One Christian Music Producer based in Nashville TN is Bill Watson, his primary studio, Nashville Trax. About 50% of the projects Mr. Watson produces for his clients are Christian. Two of the four albums he was involved in producing this past year are Christian.
A testimonial from one of those clients:
“The Swansons were blessed a year and a half ago when Mr. Watson returned our phone call. We were looking for a change in our music and thought very highly of #Nashville and the great music they make here. Bill Watson produces records in Nashville and has a stellar reputation. I listened to his work and asked if he would be interested in working with the #Swansons. Thankfully he said yes and we are right in the middle of a really cool dream. Thank you Bill for EVERYTHING!! You are a super natural talent!! Absolutely Brilliant!!”– Joe Finley
If you are looking to have a single, an album or even a demo produced, please feel free to browse Nashville Trax to hear samples of Mr. Watson’s work.
Or contact him now at 615-319-8616 nashtrax@bellsouth.net
Sample of Our Work: The Swansons NEW Video Released, Music Recorded at Nashville Trax!
Posted: April 1, 2018 Filed under: Client News, Samples of Our Work, Uncategorized Leave a comment
I Can’t Wait written by Joe Finley
Drums: Jim Riley
Bass Guitar: Bill Watson
Guitars: Brent Mason
Fiddle and Mandolin: Jenee Fleenor
Piano and B3 organ: Steve King
Harp: Michael Douchette
All music produced by Bill Watson at Nashville Trax
© 2018 The Swansons
“The Swansons were blessed a year and a half ago when Mr. Watson returned our phone call. We were looking for a change in our music and thought very highly of #Nashville and the great music they make here. Bill Watson produces records in Nashville and has a stellar reputation. I listened to his work and asked if he would be interested in working with the #Swansons. Thankfully he said yes and we are right in the middle of a really cool dream. Thank you Bill for EVERYTHING!! You are a super natural talent!! Absolutely Brilliant!!”– Joe Finley
Purchase the Swanson’s Country This album containing I Can’t Wait and 13 other Swansons original songs, all produced at Nashville Trax here: TheSwansonsMusic.com
Interested in doing your single or album at Nashville Trax?
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615-319-8616
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Background Vocals For Your Project
Posted: August 10, 2017 Filed under: Studio Services, Uncategorized | Tags: background vocals, Jim and Jaime Riley Leave a commentIn Nashville, we call them “bgv’s” which is short for “background vocals”. Two of the best were in Wednesday, Jim and Jaime Riley, pics below, adding bgv’s to three Swanson songs, the final touch before moving the songs on to mixing.
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While they can be somewhat costly, bgv’s can really make a song special; consider putting them in the budget of your next demo, single or album.
The songwriter this session was for, Joe Finley texted session producer/engineer, Bill Watson: “Hey Bill, heading to the airport and just listened to the rough mixes with background vocals, needless to say I’m in tears!! # Grammy”
We can add bgv’s to projects recorded wholly at Nashville Trax or even add them to songs in progress at other studios.
E-msil nashtrax@bellsouth.net or call 615-319-8616 for additional information or to book a session.
The Swansons To Perform With The Nashville Trax A Team LIVE SHOW at Rev-el-ry.
Posted: August 9, 2017 Filed under: Client News, Client News, Music Industry News, Studio News, Testimonials, Uncategorized | Tags: Brent Mason, Jenee Fleenor, Los Angeles, Nashville, nashville trax recording studio, show, The Swansons Leave a comment
ATTENTION Singer/Songwriters!! What better way to give your band a career boost than an album, video and show package featuring the same Nashville Trax A Team musicians who played on your album?
You get a stellar album recorded, mixed and mastered, footage of your rehearsal, your first single promoted on social media platforms and all footage from a two camera crew of the show that you can use for promotion for years to come!
A single release and vid starting under $2,000, yes, really! Complete 10 song album/show/video packages start as low as $15,000 and 20 song deluxe packages top out at under $45,000! Payment options are available. Get a quote TODAY: nashtrax@bellsouth.net
Note that the complete Nashville Trax A Team Players are only available to play live on release party shows playing your album of at least 10 songs and subject to the player’s schedules.
Here’s a Nashville Trax A Team rehearsal Tuesday evening, 9-19-17:
And footage from the show on 9-22-17:
The Nashville Trax A Team: The sound of guitar on country radio for the last couple decades, Brent Mason: guitar; Rascal Flatts long time drummer, Jim Riley; Steve King (Keith Urban) keys; Nashville Trax producer, Bill Watson, bass guitar and band leader; Jenee Fleenor (Blake Shelton & The Voice) fiddle and mandolin; Steel guitar legend Mike Doucheete, all backing the highly entertaining, high octane Joe and Angie Finley of The Swansons!
Joe and Angie: The Swansons
The Swansons have achieved considerable notoriety in the Los Angeles area. They have pop/rock albums out, winning awards and have built a large fan base. But after starting their latest recording project they felt the urge to “go country”. They wanted a country album and wanted to do it in the Nashville area. After careful research, they decided Bill Watson of Nashville Trax was the best choice to produce them.
The album was started about six months ago and 18 songs have been cut.
This is their first country live performance, announcing their turn toward country music and releasing their new music to the public. Some of the musicians who will back them on the show:
Nashville Session Guitar Player, Brent Mason at Nashville Trax Recording Studio
Jenee Fleenor, fiddle, mandolin, vocals
Band leader, Bill Watson, and his ’78 Fender Precision Bass Guitar
Jim Riley Playing the studio drum track to The Swansons song, Getting Ready 5-16-17
Jim Riley Cymbal swells
Footage clip from the show, 9-22-17:
Valentine © 2017 Joe Finley of The Swansons, published by Listen Again Music (BMI).
Jim Riley, drummer for Rascal Flatts and his Drum Dojo Students Stop By Nashville Trax.
Posted: June 17, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentRascal Flatts’ long time drummer, Jim Riley, (in chair left) one of Nashville’s best session drummers stopped by Nashville Trax today so the students sequestered in his Drum Dojo for the weekend could meet producer Bill Watson (in chair, right) and experience a Nashville style drum tracking session. Jim, Bill, the Bass guitarist/producer, and guitarist Brent Mason are the foundation of the Nashville Trax A Team.
Needless to say the students were full of questions but very respectful and polite…a great way to start a Nashville Trax day!
Interested in being a student of Jim’s next Drum Dojo Weekend? It’s only $850 per student which includes meals and snacks. Contact Jim through his web site.
