Five-piece alt-rock outfit, Mild West, released their highly anticipated debut album, Machine Learning. Mild West’s Lead Vocalist and Producer Liam Bell graduated with our Bachelor of Creative Technology (Audio Engineering & Sound Production) in 2016. He has used his degree as both an audio engineer and music creator and has joined the JMC team as a lecturer. Liam, when creating music, lets his experience in audio engineering guide the production of his songs, composing primarily from a digital audio workstation. He starts with a fundamental idea either on the guitar or piano and builds his songs around that idea in ProTools.
From the beginning notes of the title track and opener, 'Machine Learning', audiences are welcomed to the immersive and theatrical world of Mild West.
"To emphasise the science fiction themes, the album heavily utilises electronic and synthetic elements with lots of artificial sounds to create a cold, digital aesthetic. Machine Learning strives to create a picture of the not too distant future and highlight the potential dangers and benefits that may come from humanities innovation in the 21st century."
- Liam Bell
Liam Bell
Liam is a freelance audio engineer and musician who has over 10 years of experience in producing, recording, and mixing. Specialising in alternative rock, Liam has worked on records with numerous indie Australian bands, including Los Scallywaggs, The Ruiins, The Hints, and Left Side Filter. He is also the lead singer and guitarist of the psych-rock group Mild West and has produced 2 EPs and 1 LP with the band in a variety of studios across NSW. His band Mild West’s previous releases have been praised by triple j, Unearthed, The Review, AIR and Rawing in The Pit. Having been previously hand-chosen by triple j Unearthed to play Festival of the Sun, sharing the stage with some of Australia’s favourite acts at Byron Bay's renowned Falls Festival, as well as opening for Ruby Fields on her 2019 national tour.
Liam Bell
Liam is a freelance audio engineer and musician who has over 10 years of experience in producing, recording, and mixing. Specialising in alternative rock, Liam has worked on records with numerous indie Australian bands, including Los Scallywaggs, The Ruiins, The Hints, and Left Side Filter. He is also the lead singer and guitarist of the psych-rock group Mild West and has produced 2 EPs and 1 LP with the band in a variety of studios across NSW. His band Mild West’s previous releases have been praised by triple j, Unearthed, The Review, AIR and Rawing in The Pit. Having been previously hand-chosen by triple j Unearthed to play Festival of the Sun, sharing the stage with some of Australia’s favourite acts at Byron Bay's renowned Falls Festival, as well as opening for Ruby Fields on her 2019 national tour.
