{"id":64049,"date":"2025-11-25T12:39:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/?p=64049"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:39:31","slug":"state-is-flow-studio-with-maverick-quest-an-industry-unstandard-home-at-sensible-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/state-is-flow-studio-with-maverick-quest-an-industry-unstandard-home-at-sensible-music\/","title":{"rendered":"State Is Flow Studio with Maverick Quest: An Industry Unstandard Home At Sensible Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"produ-leaderboard-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;margin-bottom: 30px!important;\" id=\"produ-878721429\"><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/tag\/js\/gpt.js\"><\/script>\n<script> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<\/script>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-3925721750571-0\">\n  <script>\n\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tgoogletag.defineSlot( '\/21927241144\/728x90-Leaderboard', [728,90], 'gpt-ad-3925721750571-0' )\n\t\t.addService(googletag.pubads());\n\t\t\t\twindow.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers || {};\n\t\tconst timers                     = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers;\n\n\t\ttimers['gpt-ad-3925721750571-0'] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\tconst id = 'gpt-ad-3925721750571-0';\n\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t}, 1000 );\n\n\t\tif ( typeof window.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotRequested', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\ttimers[id] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}, 2500 );\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotResponseReceived', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif ( ! ev.slot.getResponseInformation() ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\twindow.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener = true;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tgoogletag.enableServices();\n\t\tgoogletag.display( 'gpt-ad-3925721750571-0' );\n\t} );\n  <\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\">\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qeFWulJPkGI\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"One of London\u2019s Most Creative Spaces - How This Studio Went \u201cIndustry Unstandard\u201d and Won\" title=\"Play video &quot;One of London\u2019s Most Creative Spaces - How This Studio Went \u201cIndustry Unstandard\u201d and Won&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qeFWulJPkGI<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qeFWulJPkGI\" title=\"One of London\u2019s Most Creative Spaces - How This Studio Went \u201cIndustry Unstandard\u201d and Won\">One of London\u2019s Most Creative Spaces &#8211; How This Studio Went \u201cIndustry Unstandard\u201d and Won (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qeFWulJPkGI)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Walking back into Sensible Music in King\u2019s Cross and down the corridor to State Is Flow Studio, you immediately feel that this is not just another \u201croom with gear\u201d. It feels lived in, worked in, and very intentionally designed around one idea Maverick keeps coming back to, the flow state.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">As he puts it, State Is Flow came from a phrase they kept using in sessions,<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cOur best work is done in that capacity of being in a flow state, and having access to tools but not letting them get in the way of the process.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">That philosophy runs through everything here, from the DAW choice and routing, to the instruments hanging on the walls, to the way he brings artists and community into the space.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">Hybrid at the heart, Logic on top<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Maverick describes himself as \u201cDAW fluid\u201d, however Logic is the main workhorse.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cWe are predominantly off Logic, but I am somewhat DAW fluid, using Pro Tools to track, dabbled a bit with Luna, the workhorse is Logic.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Conversion and routing are built around an Antelope Orion. He was previously on a simple Apollo Twin plus an Audient via ADAT, then decided to step up into a proper console style workflow and higher channel count.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">He did his research and kept seeing the Orion pop up in serious rooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cI started seeing the product, which I did not know much about at the time, in more and more studios. I think the last one I saw was Sylvia Massy was using it and I was like, well if it is good enough for her then it must be a good piece of kit.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">The Orion gives him enough I\/O to keep things feeling like a console session, rather than a tiny interface that constantly runs out of channels, and the digital patching opens up different workflows between the live booth and control room.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Alongside it, there is still an Audient interface providing extra mic pres over ADAT. That combination, Antelope digital brain plus solid workhorse pres, keeps the rig flexible and expandable.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64051 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"446\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-scaled.png 1080w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-1536x765.png 1536w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-2048x1020.png 2048w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-80x40.png 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-320x159.png 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-301x150.png 301w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-770x383.png 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-40x20.png 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-160x80.png 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-20x10.png 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-640x319.png 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-603x300.png 603w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-385x192.png 385w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.25.26-AM-1540x767.png 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">The Toft console, now a tone and fader playground<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">One of the first things that hits you when you walk in is the Toft Audio Designs console. It used to be the heart of the room.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cI used to use this as the main kind of pre and a lot of the time now I really use it for I\/O within Logic. I will send my groups back out here for EQs and faders. So I throw my drums back up and then print them back in, throw my vocals up, print them back in.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">It is classic hybrid thinking. Use the console for what it does best, musical EQs, ergonomic faders, muscle memory, but let the converters and DAW handle the heavy lifting.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">There was a practical shift as well. As much as he loves the Tone of the Toft, the reliability was not always there.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cWonderful bit of gear, but then every third day it would give you a bunch of noise and there are certain jobs where that is just not going to work.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">That pushed him towards some of the newer SSL front end, particularly the SSL Pure Drive style preamp \/ interface.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64052 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"428\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-scaled.png 1080w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-150x70.png 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-768x359.png 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-1536x718.png 1536w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-2048x958.png 2048w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-80x37.png 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-320x150.png 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-770x360.png 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-40x19.png 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-160x75.png 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-20x9.png 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-640x299.png 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-385x180.png 385w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.27.51-AM-1540x720.png 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">SSL front end, bus glue and colour on tap<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Under the desk there is some very serious outboard. Top of the pile, and very close to both our hearts, is the SSL Bus+. In fact, there are two of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cIt is the Bus+. Wonderful bit of gear. I use it in all kinds of applications. I have one as a send so I can process post process, and then I have one set up as a two bus along with the Fusion.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Like many of us, he grew up on records mixed through G series bus compressors.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cObviously the G comp on many of my favourite records. So actually having that kind of technology, but then all of its hidden extras and its ability to be mono, dual mono, stereo, there is a wonderful set of features on it.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">The Bus+ and Fusion live in what Maverick calls an \u201calways on\u201d setup on the mix bus.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cThe Bus+ and the Fusion are an always on idea really, just really getting used to it and getting to learn the bit of equipment, sat it front and centre and not looked back since.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Front end wise, he has moved much of the day to day tracking from the Toft pres to an SSL Pure Drive unit.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cThe SSL, I really enjoy this, preamps again in the new SSL tradition, the kind of long press and short press menus. Then we have different types of saturation, and we can change the impedance as well for different microphones\u2026 This was the switch from the aforementioned Toft really.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">He has another one going into a mobile rack, so he can roam around the various spaces at Sensible Music and still keep the same tone and workflow, which is smart.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Add into that a pair of dbx 160A compressors, perfect for drums and other transient material, and some Harrison EQs that he is clearly in love with.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cIt is the EQs, Warren. It is the EQs. They are absolutely remarkable, even just in terms of the high end, it feels like sometimes demo record with just the smallest movements\u2026 If anything, it is about not overusing them because they can give you a good dopamine hit.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Monitoring is on Focal Trio6 as mains, with an Avantone style single cube for level and midrange reality checks.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cI find them really to be my ears\u2026 if I get sent demos, I wait until I am back in my room to listen to them, because it gives me a great impression of what things sound like.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64053 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"377\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-scaled.png 1080w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-150x64.png 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-1536x656.png 1536w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-2048x875.png 2048w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-80x34.png 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-320x137.png 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-770x329.png 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-40x17.png 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-160x68.png 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-20x9.png 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-640x273.png 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-385x164.png 385w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.29.09-AM-1540x658.png 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">Tactility, controllers and \u201cgamifying\u201d the studio<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Although there is plenty of software in here, Maverick clearly values touching things. There is a Softube controller, disguised with SSL style stickers, that gives him a physical fader and transport.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cThe transport, the looping and the fader all happens on there\u2026 my hand sits on the fader a lot of the time. For automation it is amazing, being able to draw that in rather than click.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">He will also use it like an expression fader when playing in strings and MIDI parts, \u201cpainting\u201d dynamics in as he plays.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">On top of that, he uses an iPad running Logic Remote which becomes a bit of a secret weapon for self-recording and for making players feel involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cWhen I am recording by myself, I will take it around the studio and then I can record myself remotely. Or sometimes with certain performers, especially drummers, I will give them the Logic Remote, so even though they are in another room, they can see what I am doing next door. It allows a kind of gamification of the process.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">That little detail says a lot about how he thinks, he wants artists to feel like they are inside the process, not just at the other end of a talkback mic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64054 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"490\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-scaled.png 1080w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-150x91.png 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-1536x934.png 1536w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-2048x1245.png 2048w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-80x49.png 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-320x195.png 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-280x170.png 280w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-247x150.png 247w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-770x468.png 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-40x24.png 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-160x97.png 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-20x12.png 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-640x389.png 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-996x606.png 996w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-559x340.png 559w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-16x10.png 16w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-493x300.png 493w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-15x9.png 15w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-385x234.png 385w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.30.48-AM-1540x937.png 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">Instruments everywhere, ideas everywhere<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">State Is Flow is packed with instruments that almost dare you not to pick them up.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">There is an American Strat that once belonged to a guitarist from Babyshambles, confirmed by chance in a conversation at Abbey Road. It has big frets, a humbucker in the bridge, and just rings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">There is a double bass that was rediscovered in the Sensible Music attic. Maverick is only just getting into it, however it is already inspiring new parts. There is a Kala-style bass ukulele with rubber strings and a DI, a beautiful Half Note bass strung with flats, ukuleles, mandolin, and a fretless Encore Strat that has almost no sustain but a wonderfully odd, cello like quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cIt gives you a very interesting tone that is more maybe celloistic\u2026 It is one of those things again that if you start something on it, great. If you try and add it to a track afterwards, it is just a bit of a\u2026 So you write a cool riff on it and then sample it.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Keyboards and synths are equally serious. A Nord Lead 3 handles a lot of the jazz, soul and fusion textures that are central to the studio\u2019s identity. There is a Komplete Kontrol master keyboard that \u201cpianists do not mind\u201d, which matters a great deal if you want players to feel at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Add in Maschine MK2, a Behringer X Air stage box that they are turning into an in-ear monitor rig for live work, and of course a traditional Hammond organ with its own built in amp and a Leslie.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">The Hammond also donated its spring reverb tank to the studio signal path. Maverick uses an Orange Terror Stamp head to pre-amplify the spring, then DI\u2019s the return into the Audient.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cI harvested this from a Hammond organ and just thought, well it sounds great on the Hammond, but if I take it out, I can use it on everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">One of the most distinctive instruments in the room is a Chinese harp, a guzheng or guang, essentially an ancestor of the Japanese koto. He found it second hand from a Chinese artist in South London.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cIt is in a pentatonic scale\u2026 it sounds like a yoga advert or a horror film on the uneven side.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">It has sound ports on the back, which means lots of mic\u2019ing options and radically different tones, and if needed he will sample it and play it from a keyboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Strings and brass also show up, even though he does not consider himself a strings player or horn player. There is a violin sitting there with a missing string, however the point is how he uses these instruments.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cI utilize strings and brass of which I do not play either. I do them like vocal stacks, rhythm brass or rhythm strings, literally just putting down harmonic stacks\u2026 I like to write on the intended instrument, even if I am not virtuistic in it.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Later he will bring in proper players to layer on top, however often he keeps his own parts as well, so the initial feel stays in the track.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">There is also a lovely nod to his beat making roots, a signed copy of Jay Dilla\u2019s \u201cThe Shining\u201d on the wall, signed by Dilla\u2019s brother Illa J.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cIt is an artist who really changed my approach to making music and such a big influence for me, so an incredible moment and pride of place in the studio.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64055 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"495\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-scaled.png 1080w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-150x94.png 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-768x481.png 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-1536x962.png 1536w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-2048x1283.png 2048w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-80x50.png 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-320x200.png 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-271x170.png 271w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-239x150.png 239w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-770x482.png 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-40x25.png 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-160x100.png 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-20x13.png 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-640x401.png 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-967x606.png 967w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-543x340.png 543w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-16x10.png 16w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-479x300.png 479w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-14x9.png 14w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-385x241.png 385w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.32.30-AM-1540x965.png 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">Mics and the live booth<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Off the control room is what Maverick calls a live booth, \u201cbigger than a vocal booth, smaller than a live room\u201d. He has recorded full drum kits in there many times, getting a tight focused sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">The main vocal mic is a B87 from Bee\u2019s Knees, a small Australian family company.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cThis is our U87 as it were\u2026 slightly darker tone than the U87 AI, which obviously has that very modern punch, but I think they modelled this one off a vintage, so it just has a tone that sits well with a lot of the jazz and soul and R&amp;B vocals that we do.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">There are also Austrian Audio OC18 and OC818 mics doing a lot of work. He has been using them as main vocal mics and is about to try a pair of 818s as overheads and on piano. They were the main workhorses during a recent week-long writing camp.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Ribbon wise, there is a single Coles 4038 that gets used on \u201cmany many a source\u201d, doing exactly what a Coles does so well.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Guitars in the booth include a Baby Taylor that his co-writer Toby fell in love with during a trip to Los Angeles, a Yamaha Pacifica that was Toby\u2019s first guitar at university, and a tiny Orange Micro Terror amp that gives them quick guitar tones without taking up half the room.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">Flow state and \u201cindustry unstandard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">The name State Is Flow is not just branding, it really is a mission statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cOur best work is done in that capacity of being in a flow state and having access to tools but not letting them get in the way of the process.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">He is very clear that study and theory are important, however you have to be able to let go of that when it is time to create.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cStudy is great, and learning through interaction and spreading information by just communicating is incredible. But when it comes to the moment of creation, it is really just forgettable. Approach everything with as much naivety as possible\u2026 If we have a main instrument, then start writing on something you have never played on before.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">This ties into a phrase they have actually gone so far as to trademark.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cOur new registered trademark, Industry Unstandard. We actually took the time to register that, Industry Unstandard as in we celebrate an unstandard industry.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">He dislikes it when people in the business say \u201cthis is the standard way of doing things\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cIt kind of irks us a little bit. We like things to be creative\u2026 It is a standard until someone comes along and does it in a different way.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Industry Unstandard is both a critique of that mindset and a vision of the kind of industry they want to help build, diverse, experimental and unconstrained.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64056 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"478\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM.png 1080w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-1536x974.png 1536w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-80x51.png 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-320x203.png 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-268x170.png 268w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-237x150.png 237w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-770x488.png 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-40x25.png 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-160x101.png 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-20x13.png 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-640x406.png 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-956x606.png 956w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-536x340.png 536w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-16x10.png 16w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-473x300.png 473w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-14x9.png 14w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-385x244.png 385w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.24-AM-1540x976.png 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">Community, improv and the Brick Lane Jazz connection<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Maverick\u2019s work is not limited to the studio. For around three years in London he ran an improv night for jazz and R&amp;B singers and instrumentalists.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cA lot of people played in our nights for the very first time. We loved to have a mix of experience and newbie energy and support both to come through, because I feel that is where you get just incredible results.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Those nights started in their old studio, then moved to 91 Living Room on Brick Lane, a proper home of modern London jazz. From there, they became involved with the Brick Lane Jazz Festival and eventually moved into consultation work for larger festivals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">That community energy is clearly part of the DNA of State Is Flow. The studio is not a sealed, private bunker, it is part of a bigger ecosystem of artists, events and collaborations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">From beatboxing and design to a transatlantic sound<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Maverick\u2019s route into music is very much a \u201cpatchwork of passions\u201d story.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">As a kid and young adult he was beatboxing, DJing, collecting \u201can obscene amount of vinyl\u201d and falling in love with hip hop and sampling. Artists like Pete Rock, DJ Premier and Jay Dilla were foundational.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cMy love of jazz and soul came through hip hop. The things they were sampling were jazz and soul.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">He was invited into a fifteen piece jazz band called the DBass Collective and that became his unofficial college. He would beatbox, host and freestyle rap while surrounded by conservatoire trained players and street jazz musicians.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">No one was recording the band, so he taught himself engineering in rehearsal rooms, pointing mics at players and learning through trial, error and repetition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">In parallel, he built a career in graphic design, creative direction and brand guardianship, working with clients such as major banks and media brands, dragging them gently into the 21st century. Eventually he hit a crossroads.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cIt just came to a point where I realised that if I followed that path, I was never going to really realise the music aspect of everything. So I quit, moved down to London and set up a small studio.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">At the time he was living up in the Highlands near the Cairngorms, travelling into Aberdeen for work and making music remotely. He has always loved what he calls a \u201ctransatlantic sound\u201d, the intersection of British and American traditions that he grew up on through his vinyl.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">His first big artist project came with a Texas based vocalist called Jronius. They met online, he handled the music, Jronius handled lyrics and vocals, they demoed three tracks and landed an album deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">That album and his own debut were signed to BBE Records, which is also home to the classic debut works of Pete Rock, DJ Premier and Jay Dilla. The same label and the same executive producer he had admired for years.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">That journey is represented physically in the studio by the signed Dilla \u201cShining\u201d vinyl on the wall, signed by Illa J at a gig in Camden after the label gave Maverick a copy to bring him.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">Partnership with Toby Cotton and the move to Sensible Music<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">State Is Flow is not just Maverick, it is a partnership with artist and co-writer Toby Cotton, described in the press as \u201cindie soul\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Their collaboration started with a simple but powerful request.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<blockquote class=\"w-auto\"><p><span class=\"\">\u201cWe had one session and he booked in for the next three months. He said, can we meet every Tuesday to create an EP together.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">They made Toby\u2019s debut EP, took it up to a beautiful studio just outside Milton Keynes called The Friary with a big SSL console, and had such a good experience that it naturally evolved into a production partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">They opened their previous studio in a shared building with visual artists, slowly taking over more of the space as painters and sculptors moved on to other studios or even other countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Recently they made the jump into Sensible Music\u2019s facilities at King\u2019s Cross. Toby already has two albums written, very different from one another, and the pair are looking forward to putting them down in their new home.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Alongside their own projects, Maverick and Toby now co-write and produce for other artists as a duo, bringing their intuitive way of working into other people\u2019s songs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<h3><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64057 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"571\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM.png 1080w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-150x105.png 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-1536x1070.png 1536w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-80x56.png 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-320x223.png 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-244x170.png 244w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-215x150.png 215w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-770x537.png 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-40x28.png 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-160x111.png 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-20x14.png 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-640x446.png 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-870x606.png 870w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-488x340.png 488w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-14x10.png 14w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-431x300.png 431w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-13x9.png 13w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-385x268.png 385w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-25-at-9.34.51-AM-1540x1073.png 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"\">The spirit of State Is Flow<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">What I love about State Is Flow Studio is that it embodies an idea I talk about all the time. A great studio is not just about the gear. It is about how you use it, how it makes you and your artists feel, and how it helps you stay in that creative headspace where your best ideas appear.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Maverick has built a room that does exactly that. Hybrid routing that feels like a console, tactile control so he can perform the mix, instruments and oddities everywhere that invite play, a strong philosophical backbone in flow state and \u201cindustry unstandard\u201d, and a deep connection to community and the wider London jazz and soul scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">If you are drawn to that transatlantic blend of jazz, soul, hip hop and songcraft, and you like the idea of a studio where experimentation is the norm rather than the exception, State Is Flow at Sensible Music is very much worth keeping on your radar.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">And as always, have a marvellous time recording and mixing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qeFWulJPkGIVideo can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: One of London\u2019s Most Creative Spaces &#8211; How This Studio Went \u201cIndustry Unstandard\u201d and Won (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qeFWulJPkGI) &nbsp; Walking back into Sensible Music in King\u2019s Cross and down the corridor to State Is Flow Studio, you immediately feel that this is not just another \u201croom with gear\u201d. 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