Matt Glasbey is a highly regarded UK-based sound engineer and music producer known for his meticulous attention to detail and an ability to capture the essence of any performance. Over the years, he has worked with an impressive roster of artists including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, ALT-J, Madness, and Maisie Peters. This wide-ranging experience across genres from indie rock to pop has solidified his reputation as a versatile and skilled engineer. Matt’s exceptional technical expertise and deep under...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 226
Dave Cerminara is a Grammy-nominated producer and mixer. Originally from Pittsburgh, Dave landed in Los Angeles in 2015 and quickly amassed an impressive list of credits and collaborators. He began working alongside producer Lars Stalfors on pristine alt-rock recordings for Cold War Kids, Foster the People, and The Neighbourhood, and later became Jonathan Wilson’s go-to collaborator for the likes of Dawes and Father John Misty. His production prowess is evident on releases from Paris Texas and B...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 225
Rob Chiarappa is an award-winning producer, mixer, and songwriter based out of New Jersey. Rob works out of the world-renowned Barber Shop Studios in Hopatcong, NJ as his home base but has relationships with studios in major cities around the globe to make records happen in most places. Rob’s objective is to treat each project uniquely and work with artists to reach an end result that best represents their creative vision being as “hands on” or “hands off” as the artist is comfortable with. The ...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 224
Sean Moffitt is a 3 time Grammy winner, with over 70 billboard number 1’s over multiple genres. He has worked with Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll, Diplo, James Arthur, Lauren Daigle, Ben Rector, Lady A, Patrick Droney, Kane Brown, Kelsie Ballerina, Josh Groban, Ingrid Michelson, and many others. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Being a mixing-only engineer Building your portfolio Working from the rough mix Knowing when to leave something alone in a mix Balancing the low...
Nov 06, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 223
Nick Rad is a highly sought-after mixing engineer who has worked with major artists such as Rachel Platten, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Hilary Duff, Nick Fradiani, MAX, Anberlin, and Skillet. Nick began his musical career in the late 90s as a signed and touring musician in the punk rock band Hangnail (Tooth and Nail Records). He later switched gears to take over drums in the pop-rock band Acceptance (Columbia Records). While making records and touring for 7 years, his love of recording and...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 222
Mike Cervantes is a Grammy-nominated, Juno award-winning multi-platinum mastering engineer with over 30 Billboard #1 songs and 9 Dove Award wins. At his studio The Foxboro, he has worked with select artists such as Kane Brown, Walker Hayes, Julia Michaels, Alan Walker, Lauren Daigle, Toby Mac, Flo Rida, Josh Ross, Brandon Lake, Mitchell Tenpenny, Russell Dickerson, Tyler Hubbard, Phil Wickham, Skillet, Lecrae, Yung Gravy, Avril Lavigne, Maverick City Music, Underoath, Misterwives, Against The Cu...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 221
Tyler Smyth has dedicated his life to music. As a music producer, Tyler has landed multiple #1 singles in the rock category, both on the Billboard charts and on terrestrial rock radio. He was named as the first ever #1 Hard Rock Producer on the charts debut, holding the #1, #2, and #5 spots simultaneously with his productions from Falling in Reverse & I Prevail and has since held the #1 spot 39 times and counting. In 2019, he received two Grammy nominations (Best Rock Album & Best Metal ...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 220
Pete Min is a recording engineer, producer, and label owner based in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. His label Colorfield Records features artful collaborative explorations with musicians in unlikely configurations. Pete’s studio Lucy’s Meat Market has become one of the most in-demand spots for recording among a subset of musical artists with LA ties ranging from Ben Wendel and Larry Goldings to Andrew Bird and Feist. Min started Colorfield Records to pursue a less traditional approach to recording, on...
Oct 09, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 219
Cody McWaters is an ARIA award-winning producer, engineer, mixer, and musician based in Brisbane, Australia. Under the mentorship of ARIA award-winning producer, Doug Roberts (INXS, John Farnham, Boom Crash Opera), Cody spent his formative years gaining an insight into a range of production approaches and the importance of nurturing musical relationships that play a strong role in developing the sound of emerging artists. With a talent for understanding and developing artists’ sounds, Cody has e...
Oct 02, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 218
Gordon Raphael is best known for producing Is This It and Room On Fire by The Strokes and Regina Spektor’s ingenious Soviet Kitsch. He was born in New York, grew up in Seattle, and now lives in West Yorkshire, UK. From the age of 13, Gordon has been a keyboard player and later became obsessed with analog synthesizers, recording, and songwriting. His band Sky Cries Mary played a form of tribal space rock, with a 1960s-style multi-projector light show during the grunge scene in Seattle. This summe...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 217
Alex Venguer is an engineer who is comfortable with recording and mixing as small or large a project as can come and who has had great experience working with the top names in styles as varied as jazz, rock, folk, classical, pop, hip hop, broadway, R&B, electronic, film scores and many others. Some examples of the artists he's worked with include: Sting, John Legend, Maria Schneider, Marcus Miller, Aretha Frankiln, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, Renee Fleming, Juan Luis Guerra, Herbie Hancock, L...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 216
James 'Jimmy T' Meslin is a Grammy winning recording engineer, mixer, and live sound engineer. While his range of work supersedes any one genre, his best known work is with prog-metal giants, Dream Theater. With years of experience in recording studios and international touring, JTM's goal remains simple - make great sounding records and mix inspiring shows that are true and authentic to the artist. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Working with Dream Theatre Being a playback engineer Backing...
Sep 11, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 215
Sean Johnson got his start as a musician who toured the world multiple times with his DIY Bands, covering everything from pop to metal. Since then, he has gone on to become a vocal coach who has helped over 4,000 students unlock their true voice. His content and lessons have been part of multiple YouTube channels with a combined subscriber count of over 800,000 subscribers He has also been repeatedly featured on publications such as: Metal Injection, MetalSucks, Esquire Magazine, The Chive, Tube...
Sep 04, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 214
Doug Weier is a 3 time Grammy nominated mix engineer based in Nashville, TN. With over 15 years of experience, Doug has had 21 billboard #1 singles to date spanning over 63 weeks. Notable artists include Walker Hays, Gary Levox, Claire Rosinkranz, Josh Ross, Chris Tomlin, MercyMe, Anberlin, The Maine, and many more. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Polishing mix “turds” Relying on “hacks” in mixing Making tracks feel wide Slotting your instruments for frequency balancing Using saturation ins...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 213
Ian Shepherd is a British mastering engineer and MD at Mastering Media Ltd. Over the course of his career he has worked on thousands of CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays for all of the major record labels, TV stations and independents, including several number one singles and award-winning albums. He also runs the popular Production Advice website, and hosts The Mastering Show podcast. He is a fierce critic of the so-called Loudness Wars, and in 2010 founded Dynamic Range Day, an online event intended to r...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 212
Marcela is a talented and accomplished audio engineer with experience both in the studio and the classroom teaching university-level students the skills of becoming professional audio engineers and music producers. She has worked across music genres recording, editing, mixing, and mastering audio for independent artists. Marcela also has experience in and a passion for creating immersive audio environments using software and speaker configurations that can be utilized in both live rooms and on r...
Aug 14, 2024•45 min•Season 1Ep. 211
Piper Payne, a Mastering Engineer based in Nashville, TN, is known for her dedication to audio quality and equality. After moving her mastering studio to Nashville, she ventured into vinyl manufacturing, opening Physical Music Products, which, through Piper's innovations, has set industry-leading turn times and quality benchmarks. As a former National Trustee of the Recording Academy and Co-Chair of the P&E Wing Steering Committee, Piper actively promotes diversity and inclusion in the indus...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 210
Jermaine Hamilton is a seasoned music engineer-producer who began his career in the early 2000’s. With a rich portfolio that includes projects with iconic bands such as Green Day, U2, and artists like Drake, Ed Sheeran, and Trippie Redd, Jermaine has established himself as a versatile and skilled professional in the music industry. His expertise extends beyond music, having worked on projects for major companies like Disney, the New York Times, NPR, Audible, and the Wall Street Journal. Addition...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 209
Marc Daniel Nelson is a Grammy-winning, French Academy Award nominated mixing engineer, music producer, and creative director. He has been mixing, producing, and managing creative content for over 24 years. His music credits include Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat, Eric Burdon / Ben Harper, Need To Breathe, Robert Duvall, Ozomotli, Reik and more. As Protégé for both legendary producer/engineer Bill Schnee and Ken Caillat, Marc has carried the torch for impeccable quality...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 208
Andrew Maury is an American record producer and mixing engineer based in NYC / New Jersey. Andrew started his career in 2008 touring with Ra Ra Riot mixing front-of-house while producing artists between tours. His unique experiences and skills as both a live and studio engineer have influenced a body of work with artists such as Lewis Del Mar, Lizzo, Madi Diaz, Shawn Mendes, Post Malone, Vagabon, Victoria Canal, Jeremy Zucker, Kimbra, Colony House, Tones and I, COIN, Flor, Isaac Dunbar, and CRUI...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 207
A Long Island native who got his start playing jazz trumpet, Andrew Scheps has mixed records for artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Metallica, Jay-Z and many others. After graduating from the Recording Engineering Program at the University of Miami, he spent some time working for New England Digital as a field service technician for the Synclavier, one of the first digital synthesizers/samplers/workstations, then on the road with Stevie Wonder (as a keyboard tech) and Michael Jack...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 206
Brendan Duffey is a Grammy award-winning mixing and mastering engineer. 15 Grammy nominations, multiple certified Multi-Platinum records, and awards in film and advertising are some of the highlights of his 25+ career in music production. Brendan has worked with Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Kendrick Lamar, Sheryl Crow, Devin Townsend, Ella Mai, Mount Westmore (Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Too Short, E-40), Milton Nascimento, Daniela Mercury, Muni Long, Graham Bonnet, Muni Long, Anitta, De La Tierra, ...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 205
Zakk Cervini is a Grammy-nominated producer and mixing engineer who has worked with artists like Blink-182, All Time Low, Good Charlotte, 5 Seconds Of Summer, and many more. He is well known for being a very versatile engineer in the studio. His persistence and eagerness to constantly learn and adapt to the changing musical landscape is one of his big strengths that keeps him high in demand. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Mixing on headphones How to make templates work in multiple genres P...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 204
Nicky Howard is a mastering engineer based in 'sometimes sunny' Yorkshire, UK. He's worked alongside many Grammy-Winning & Nominated artists, producers, and mix engineers, including Rhymefest, Kipper Eldridge (producer for Sting, Gary Numan, and Mary J Blige), and Mikalai Skrobat (Mixing Engineer/Producer for Kanye West, and Pharell Williams). He is credited on Billboard Top 100 and UK Chart hits, and his work has amassed millions of plays. In 2022, he received a nomination for the MPG Maste...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 203
Ryan Schwabe is a platinum-certified mixing and mastering engineer, a former professor of recording arts & music production at Drexel University's Music Industry Program, and a former Vice President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Recording Academy, as well as Co-Chair of the Producer and Engineer's Wing. Currently, he is the Treasurer of the Philadelphia Chapter of the AES and the owner of Xcoustic Sound, a mixing and mastering post-production audio company. Ryan is also the owner and pr...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 202
Inspired by early punk and new wave, Adam Greenspan's journey through the vast soundscapes of the late 80s, to industrial and alt 90s, marked a lifelong immersion in music. With over 25 years in the industry, his career ignited with the engineering of Faith No More's "Album of the Year." Later, a serendipitous connection with fellow producer Nick Launay led to fruitful collaborations, shaping albums for luminaries such as Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Supergrass, The Cribs, and Refused. Greenspa...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 201
We hit 200 episodes! In celebration of this giant milestone, I recorded a special Q&A episode where I answered questions submitted by our audience about all things production and more. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Mike’s thoughts on the production of Metallica’s “black” album How many layers to record for heavy guitars My mic of choice for recording vocals How to find time to write a book What to do if you’re working on your music in a non-symmetrical room The simple way to gain-stag...
May 29, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 200
Tony Hoffer is most known for his colorful, gritty productions and mixes that pop out of the speakers. His work over the years spans across alternative, electronic, rock, pop and indie. Hoffer spent his early years in Miami making music on 2 cassette decks and a reel-to-reel machine. As a teenager, he moved to Los Angeles and went ‘hi-tech’ upgrading to a Tascam 4-track cassette deck falling in love with music and the art of production. Tony started off playing guitar in ‘post-punk’ bands and fe...
May 22, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 199
As an active recording and touring musician for over thirty years, Brad cut his teeth as the guitarist and vocalist in From Ashes Rise, making music in a scene fraught with challenges to sound quality. He was raised in the North Mississippi Hill Country, surrounded by a rich and historic music scene, and, after studying Recording Industry Technology at Middle Tennessee State University in the late 1990s, Brad armed himself with a healthy obsession with records, sound, and music. He's always aime...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 198
Max Morton is Ukrainian producer and musician best known for his work with Jinjer, IGNEA, Morton, and other metal bands. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Being able to relate to musicians and coach them Improving your own musicianship through recording Making musicians comfortable in the studio Recording guitars using DIs and reamping vs capturing live amps Tips for recording with DIs Should you record guitars using gates? How string and pick selection impact the sound of your guitars Record...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 197
