What's on today's menu?
Ten years cooking. The Oven runs on the people who believe in what we're building. Pick the path that fits.
Our main crowdfund home. Monthly supporter tiers, one-time backing, goals, and updates. Keeps the studio alive and the next record moving.
Prefer Buy Me a Coffee? Same studio, different cup. Quick tip, no account needed. Caffeine for the late-night sessions.
Private previews, early access, supporter perks, and behind-the-scenes updates.
Other ways to help? Sponsor a night, donate gear, intro us to someone who should know us. Reach out.
Every console, every venue, every late night led here.
David Click is a producer, engineer, musician, and venue operator based in Austin, Texas — founder and chief engineer of The Oven ATX. Three decades deep in recording, mixing, mastering, live sound, lighting design, and broadcast across the DeKalb, Chicago, and Austin scenes, with international touring stacked on top.
The training started with eleven years of classical violin at NIU's Suzuki Strings Program, then live sound at The House Cafe in DeKalb at seventeen. Eight years in Chicago's working venue and broadcast circuit followed — Lincoln Hall, Park West, JBTV — training under production figures including Paul Massaro and Grammy-nominated engineer Chris Gelin. JBTV sessions connected to Arctic Monkeys, The Toadies, Filter, and James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins moved through Click's board. Performed there too, with Ourglass.
Austin brought a four-year stretch as lead engineer at Cheer Up Charlie's on Red River — four consecutive SXSW festivals through that desk. Then engineering for The Wailers at Flamingo Cantina, and running an SXSW music showcase sponsored by Universal Studios. The Oven ATX is studio number four.
Now building The Oven's next chapter: broadcast, member tools, and AI-assisted production systems for working musicians.
Hang with the crew, talk shop, drop feedback on the website + plugins, file bug reports, request features, hear what's cooking before the public does. Real users, real builders, real conversations. Less marketing, more signal.
Booking an event, renting gear, starting lessons, buying a plugin, or tuning into the station. Fastest path is a text. Discord for feedback, bugs, and requests, or email direct. The line's open.