Gavin DeGraw

Used in the music video for "I Don't Want To Be".

Used in the music video for "Not Over You".

"Erick "Otto" Celeiro, FOH mixer for singer/songwriter sensation Gavin DeGraw, hears one particular question over and over again: 'Engineers constantly ask me, ‘What is that mic Gavin is using?'' he says. The reply is always the same: 'The Audio-Technica AEW-T5400. Why? Because this vocal mic sounds better than any wired vocal mic I have ever used before.' Celeiro uses the A-T AEW-T5400, part of A-T’s Artist Elite® 5000 Series wireless system, on tour with DeGraw, in support of his J Records debut album Chariot, because of its great sound and utter reliability. 'Simply crystal clear and full of energy,' is how Celeiro describes the AEW-T5400’s performance. 'The sound always starts with a brilliant microphone, and the AEW-T5400 is definitely that.'"

"[Audio-Technica:] Are there any particular pieces of gear that you feel are indispensable to your sound (i.e.: certain mic(s), particular reverb unit, comp unit, etc)?

[Erick "Otto" Celeiro, producer for DeGraw:] Usually when we do fly dates and I can’t bring my gear with me, there is something I do not leave behind. We carry a full compliment of A-T mics. One thing I miss the most is the 5000 series wireless. We don’t fly our RF rack so we use all wired mics including the AE5400 wired mic, which sounds good, but not as warm as the wireless version."

Visible throughout the music video for "Best I Ever Had", starting at 0:33.

Listed on DeGraw's Yamaha artist page.

"[DeGraw's producer, Erick 'Otto'] Celeiro has a great signal chain into which the AEW-T5400 feeds. 'I’ve been touring with a Soundcraft MH4 [console], which has nice sounding mic pre’s,' he continues. 'I insert a Summit TLA50 compressor and keep his vocal channel pretty flat.'"

"[DeGraw's producer, Erick 'Otto'] Celeiro has a great signal chain into which the AEW-T5400 feeds. 'I’ve been touring with a Soundcraft MH4 [console], which has nice sounding mic pre’s,' he continues. 'I insert a Summit TLA50 compressor and keep his vocal channel pretty flat.'"