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RSR119 - Jim Scott - Multi Grammy Winning Producer, Engineer, Mixer 0

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Dec 15, 2017

Jim Scott talks about his entry into the music industry and working with iconic artists such as Wilco, Sting, and Tom Petty.

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We are going to dive into questions about many of these classic albums that Jim has produced, engineered, and mixed, and just how he got such wonderful sounds.

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Music City Declares War On Home Studios? with Lij Shaw, Björgvin Benediktsson, and Chris Graham - RSR118 1

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Dec 8, 2017

We interrupt the regular podcast schedule to bring you a breaking news story about how Music City is bringing the hammer down on working home studios!

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Would you believe Nashville brought the hammer down on my home studio just because I was recording other people to make a living? Well it's true!

My name is Lij Shaw and I have a Grammy awarded home studio in East Nashville TN called The Toy Box Studio where I have been peacefully recording local musicians for nearly 20 years. Until recently that is...

Learn more by listening to this out take from my live video broadcast with Björgvin Benediktsson and Chris Graham as I explain the situation, what happened to me, and how I decided to fight back!

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RSR117 - Ted Hutt recording Dropkick Murphys, Old Crow Medicine Show, and The Gaslight Anthem 0

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Dec 1, 2017

Ted Hutt talks about recording in studios around the world, the pre-production process, effective production tips, and gives a few awesome tricks for capturing vocals.

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Ted Hutt is a Grammy-Award Winning British music producer, musician, and songwriter living in Los Angeles, CA. Ted was originally a guitar player and founding member of The Promise, The Great Unwashed, Gods Hotel, Reacharound, and Flogging Molly.

He moved on to production from there, and is credited with many chart-breaking albums including: The Gaslight Anthem, Flogging Molly, including their RIAA certified Gold recording Drunken Lullabies and its followup Within a Mile of Home, The Bouncing Souls, Lucero, Dropkick Murphys, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Audra Mae amongst other notable artists.

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RSR116 - How To Build Your Mic Locker With Matt McGylnn of Roswell Pro Audio 0

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Nov 24, 2017

Matt McGlynn walks us through the steps to diversifying your mic locker.

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Matt McGlynn is the founder of Roswell Pro Audio, a boutique microphone company from the wine country of northern California. His goal is to make microphones that provide a distinctive sound, but also a level of performance normally associated with far more expensive devices. You have heard our sponsor ads on the podcast about the Roswell Mini K47 and Delphos mics, both of which are really cool well built mics at affordable price points.

Matt is going to share with us his strategy on How To Build A Mic Locker which will work for the pro or home studio through a system of categorizing condenser mics that should help you intelligently build diversity into your collection, and avoid buying a bunch of microphones that sound more or less the same.

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RSR115 - The Only 7 Plugins You'll Ever Need with Rob Mayzes - Musician On A Mission 0

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Nov 17, 2017

Rob Mayzes explains the recording process, gives songwriting techniques, talks about how to get sounds right at the source, and how less is more when mixing.

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Rob Mayzes is an audio professional, musician and educator. He has helped thousands of home studio owners produce better music and mixes through his website, Musician on a Mission.

He is also a contributor to The Pro Audio Files, Udemy, Tuts +, Recording Revolution, and SonicScoop. Rob likes to teach “mixing minimalism” with the goal of helping you make a great record without the clutter of plugin overkill.

He is joining us today to help us listen through the din of plug-in choices clamoring for our attention when it comes time to mix. Rob is going to narrow the choices down for us to “The Only 7 Plugins You'll Ever Need.”

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RSR114 - Karen Kosowski - Producing Ear Catching Pop and Party Driving Country Chart Topping Hits 0

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Nov 10, 2017

From Canada to Nashville, Karen Kosowski chats about producing pop & country music, using Logic Pro X, and how to take a song arrangement to the next level!

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My guest is Canadian-born producer and songwriter, Karen Kosowski. Karen has had multiple chart topping productions crossing over from total ear-catching pop to party-driving country music.

She has recently had an American top 40 hit “Somebody To Love Me” with Tyron, and in Canada, multiple hits for the artist Emma-Lee, the #4 Billboard AC hit “It Won’t Be Christmas”, and the Top 20 AC/Top 30 HotAC hit “Worst Enemy”, and for Michelle Treacy the Top 30 HotAC hit “Colours”. In country music, Karen produced the Top 20 hit “Motel Flamingo” for Madeline Merlo and co-wrote Alee’s Billboard Top 20 hit “Only The Strong Survive”.

In 2015, she wrote and produced the music for Pan Am Games medal ceremonies, and has numerous TV/film placements on networks such as HBO Canada, CBS, FX Network, Lifetime Network, NickTeen, Space, the CW, and in feature films like the award-winning thriller “The Scarehouse” and Wangofilms’ action movie “88” (starring Christopher Lloyd) - for which she was nominated in the category of Achievement in Music - Best Original Song in the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards.

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RSR113 - David Earl aka sflogicninja - How to Compose For Games In Logic Pro X Like A Ninja 0

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Nov 3, 2017

Ninja Logic Pro X tricks, composing for video games, and encouraging stories about David Earl’s journey into the music industry.

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David Earl aka sflogicninja is a music composer, producer and educator for http://DavidEarlProductions.com. He is also a member of the Producers and Engineers branch of NARAS, AES, and is a voting member of NARAS. He is an award-winning composer, who has contributed to GANG, CLIO, and EMMY winning works.

David has been composing music for hire for over 20 years. With a focus on original music for games, film, and television. His clients include Amazon, Sega, Microsoft, eBay, among others.

You can hear his music on such titles as Iron Man 2: The Video Game by SEGA, Halo Waypoint: The Return by 343, Happy Action Theater, and many more. And David also enjoys producing artists such as Lila Rose, Emily Afton, Artemis, Drea.M, and many others.

His style has been labeled ‘Cinematic Indie Pop’. He also is a contributor to Judas Priestess and Dream Theater. His latest fun project was composing original music for the Adult Swim/Double Fine production called ‘Headlander’, now available on vinyl through iam8bit.

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RSR112 - Brian Deck - Recording Modest Mouse, Iron And Wine, And Punk Rock in Chicago 0

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Oct 27, 2017

Stories about the music industry in the 80s, recording in Chicago, how mixing has changed over the years, and great advice on how to capture good music.

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Brian Deck is a music producer living and working in Chicago. In their early twenties, Brian and college friend Brad Wood built Idful Music Corp, an under-equipped recording studio in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. Together, they recorded seminal records for Liz Phair, Red Red Meat, Shrimpboat, Tar, Sea and Cake, Tortoise and other Chicago luminaries of the 1990's.

Brian's unique music aesthetic can be heard both as a player and engineer producer on The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse, Shephard's Dog by Iron and Wine, Somewhere Under Wonderland by Counting Crows, Animal by Margot and the Nuclear So & So's and All My Friends are Funeral Singers by Califone.

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RSR111 - Ken Sluiter - Recording with Jim Scott, Andrew Scheps, Joe Chiccarelli, and Keith Richards 0

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Oct 20, 2017

Ken Sluiter shares inside stories about working with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Keith Richards, Weezer, and gives epic tips on how to start a career in recording.

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Ken Sluiter is a recording engineer, producer, and mixer who started out in the Chicago jingle and ad scene, and was also an early pioneer in Pro Tools. He worked with Dave Trumfio and Mike Hagler at Kingsize Sound Labs recording bands like Wilco, Billy Bragg, Andrew Bird, Steve Earle, OKGO, My Morning Jacket, Jesus Lizard, and hundreds of other bands, while also playing in the new wave revival band, The Pulsars.

By 2003, Ken moved to Los Angeles where he assisted Andrew Scheps on Weezer’s “Red Album”, Greg Fidleman on Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “I’m With You” and Jim Scott on multiple records. In 2009, Ken engineered and mixed two records for Jerry Lee Lewis with legendary drummer Jim Keltner as producer. This included doing overdubs with a “who’s who” of rock royalty, including Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, John Fogerty, Shelby Lynne, Kris Kristofferson, Robbie Robertson, Nils Lofgren, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, Gillian Welch and Jon Brion.

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RSR110 - 5 Game Changing Mix Moves for the Home Studio with Pete Woj of Mix Better Now 0

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Oct 13, 2017

Pete Woj gives us killer advanced mix techniques to utilize in the home studio.

Pete Woj is a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, audio engineer, and home studio owner. Pete studied music at Berklee College of Music, Rollins College, and University of Vermont, and has produced and written music in many genres professionally over 15 years, with a focus on rock, pop, hip-hop, and americana.

Pete enjoys taking what he has learned both in the classroom and in the studio and teaching that knowledge with a focus on Mixing, Mastering, and Recording in Home and Project Studio environments through his blog and YouTube channel. (http://MixBetterNow.com)

I’m excited to have Pete joining us on the podcast today because he is going to lay some serious mixing wisdom with us Rockstars: Pete is going to teach us... 5 Game Changing Mix Moves for the Home Studio.

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RSR109 - Dayna Manning - What I Learned From Jim Scott, Rick Rubin, Don Was, and Dave Kalmusky 0

Oct 6, 2017

Dayna Manning chats about about recording with Sean Ono Lennon, capturing great vocals, using a metronome while tracking... and gives a bunch of great production tips!

Dayna Manning is a songwriter, musician, turned producer when she was just 17 years old, producing Sean Ono Lennon on her track "My Kind" for her debut record "Volume 1" (EMI). From there, her recording opportunites led her to work with the likes of Jim Scott, Rick Rubin, Don Was, Tom Lord Alge and Dave Kalmusky, where she learned as much as she could about recording and production in the studio.

Dayna has produced her own record Folkyo and her folk trio Trent Severn, as well as producing and engineering several national television commercials and branding an entire radio station, all from her home studio, in Ontario, Canada. Dayna firmly believes that production starts with a great song, so as a writer, she finds producing a natural fit.

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RSR108 - How To Self Produce And Release 4 Records In One Year with Joe Gilder 0

Sep 29, 2017

Joe shares with us a number of ways that you can go from dreaming of making your own record to enjoying the satisfaction of having your music everywhere for your future fans, friends, and family to listen to.

Joe Gilder of Home Studio Corner is a songwriter, producer, and home studio engineer who has been recording and teaching recording for many years. His blog Home Studio Corner is dedicated to helping you make better records from your home studio.

His partner site, Dueling Mixes, is a collaboration with Graham Cochrane of recording revolution, where you can learn how to mix from your home studio, following along with two great teachers each month in a larger community of home studio mixers. Joe was actually one of my first guests on the podcast back on Episode 3, and we’ve been friends ever since. I’m psyched to have him back on for this special follow up episode!

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