Mix Notes From Hell

Kenny Gioia•www.podomatic.com

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Kenny Gioia is joined by pro engineers, Richard Furch, Will Kennedy, Matt Hennessy, Marc Lacuesta and Phil Dubnick.

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Episodes

Episode 17 - Will Sandalls

Special guest Will Sandalls shares his experience working on American Idol and Will Kennedy (Producer, Mixer, Engineer) talks about his recent experience working on a similar weekly singing competition TV show based out of Kenya called Maisha Superstar. We discuss the challenge of tracking vocalists of varying degrees of experience under severe time constraints and the challenge of having to mix super-fast. This leads to a more general discussion about the mixing process with some terrific insig...

Jun 16, 2015•1 hr 45 min

Episode 16 - Marc and Phil talk Nashville

Episode 16 - Marc and Phil talk Nashville In this Podcast, Marc & Phil go it alone to talk about a whole bunch of stuff that I (Kenny) haven't listen to yet. :) Thanks for listening!!!! Kenny Gioia http://www.kennymania.com Phil Dubnick http://www.phildubnick.com Matt Hennessy http://vsopproductions.com Will Kennedy http://www.willkennedyproducer.com https://www.facebook.com/willkennedyproducer Richard Furch http://www.richardfurch.com Marc Lacuesta. http://www.marclacuesta.com/home.html...

Mar 12, 2015•1 hr 21 min

Episode 15 - Kenny & Phil

Episode 15 - Kenny & Phil In this Podcast, Kenny & Phil go it alone to talk about creating Mixing tutorials, Kenny's new website and Mixing and ReMixing educational ideas along with Music and the Music Business in general. Thanks for listening!!!! Kenny Gioia http://www.kennymania.com Phil Dubnick http://www.phildubnick.com Matt Hennessy http://vsopproductions.com Will Kennedy http://www.willkennedyproducer.com https://www.facebook.com/willkennedyproducer Richard Furch http://www.richard...

Dec 05, 2014•1 hr 26 min

Berklee Remix

Nov 14, 2014•2 min

Episode 14 - The Great Matt Wallace - Part III

Episode 14 - The Great Matt Wallace - Part III We continue with Matt Wallace as he discusses his work with Maroon 5 and his more recent work with Live at the Redux and other exciting projects. Thanks for listening!!!! Kenny Gioia https://www.facebook.com/kenny.gioia http://www.groove3.com/str/authors.php?authorid=7 Matt Hennessy http://vsopproductions.com Will Kennedy http://www.willkennedyproducer.com https://www.facebook.com/willkennedyproducer Richard Furch http://www.richardfurch.com Marc La...

Nov 02, 2014•59 min

Episode 13 - The Great Matt Wallace - Part II

Episode 13 - The Great Matt Wallace - Part II We continue with Matt Wallace as he discusses his work with The Replacements, Train and Maroon 5. Thanks for listening!!!! Kenny Gioia https://www.facebook.com/kenny.gioia http://www.groove3.com/str/authors.php?authorid=7 Matt Hennessy http://vsopproductions.com Will Kennedy http://www.willkennedyproducer.com https://www.facebook.com/willkennedyproducer Richard Furch http://www.richardfurch.com Marc Lacuesta. http://www.marclacuesta.com/home.html Phi...

Oct 03, 2014•57 min

Episode 12 - The Great Matt Wallace - Part I

Episode 12 - The Great Matt Wallace - Part I Matt Wallace joins the podcast and we discuss his early start, meeting and working with Faith No More leading up to his work with the Replacements. Thanks for listening!!!! Kenny Gioia https://www.facebook.com/kenny.gioia http://www.groove3.com/str/authors.php?authorid=7 Matt Hennessy http://vsopproductions.com Will Kennedy http://www.willkennedyproducer.com https://www.facebook.com/willkennedyproducer Richard Furch http://www.richardfurch.com Marc La...

Sep 25, 2014•1 hr 2 min

Episode 11 - Piracy and Digital Consumption of Music

Episode 11 - Piracy and Digital Consumption of Music We start off talking about the movie "Downloaded" which is the story of Napster and Kenny describes what he thinks piracy did to the business and how it cut out mid-level bands. Will adds on to the same theme where budgets were dropped and how the audience doesn't see any value in music and especially downloaded music and the rationalizations that go with it. Phil also brings up the same idea that bands need to reach out to the fans and let th...

Sep 07, 2014•1 hr 18 min

Episode #10 - Major Market vs Big Fish - Little Pond

Episode #10 - Major Market vs Big Fish - Little Pond Thanks for listening!!!! Kenny Gioia https://www.facebook.com/kenny.gioia http://www.groove3.com/str/authors.php?authorid=7 Matt Hennessy http://vsopproductions.com Will Kennedy http://www.willkennedyproducer.com https://www.facebook.com/willkennedyproducer Richard Furch http://www.richardfurch.com Marc Lacuesta. http://www.marclacuesta.com/home.html Phil Dubnick http://www.phildubnick.com

Sep 03, 2014•1 hr 1 min

Episode 9 - Producing vs. Songwriting - Turning in Masters

Episode 9 - Producing vs. Songwriting - Turning in Masters We start by taking a reader's question regarding producing a record and going over to the side of songwriting and how to deal with the discussion of taking that credit and figuring out splits. Kenny talks about splitting everything equally when doing songwriting sessions. Will brings up the Wrecking Crew movie http://www.wreckingcrewfilm.com and how session players can sometimes write parts that could be considered songwriting. Richard b...

Aug 14, 2014•51 min

Episode 8 - Spec Mixes - Working for Free

Episode 8 - Spec Mixes - Working for Free We start by bringing up the idea of doing spec mixes or spec anything and what that means. Marc talks about not doing alot of these because he was taught early on to always be paid for doing gigs. Matt goes on to talk about working at a studio where he couldn't do spec work. Later on when he got his own studio, he was able to start getting spec work where he takes a piece of the artist. Kenny goes on to describe shootouts by major labels and the issues w...

Aug 06, 2014•53 min

Episode 7 - Risk Management - Great Music vs. Getting Paid

Episode 7 - Risk Management - Great Music vs. Getting Paid We start by reading a question involving the balance of dealing with choosing the music we work with based on budget vs. how good the music is and what are the repercussions of each. Kenny brings up how hard it is to build a career recording music that just isn’t very good. Even if the money is there. We then talk about how much to charge and the positives and negatives that go with being expensive vs. being the “budget guy”. Matt brings...

Jul 21, 2014•58 min

Episode 6 - Signal to Noise Ratio on Forums and FB Groups

Episode 6 - Signal to Noise Ratio on Forums and FB Groups We start by talking about the not so informed discussions on gear forums and facebook groups and the echo chamber created. Kenny brings up the idea that room treatment has become a lot more important to novices than most professional. Will brings up the idea that people are getting focused on small things and completely missing some big ones. Then Kenny brings up the over-importance of Mastering Engineers and how mixing is taking a back s...

Jul 16, 2014•57 min

Episode 5 - Mixer’s job - Create the Vision or Take Direction

Episode 5 - Mixer’s job - Create the Vision or Take Direction We start by reading a listener’s comment: “This whole obsession with you guys having to match what is on the radio to me means you have bought in to this arbitrary standard that usually sounds worse. Why not set the parameters and standards for what is actually good? Because people under 21 only listen to stuff in a crappy format that sounds like shit, why not nudge them in another direction instead of accepting what sounds bad?” Matt...

Jun 24, 2014•46 min

Episode 4 - Recording Schools - To go, or not?

Episode 4 - Recording Schools - To go, or not? We start by mentioning we have a Facebook page and group. Please sign up. We then start talking about recording schools with Matt talking about how import mentoring and internships are. Will talks about having less studios with less upward mobility. Kenny brings up the inflated curriculums of recording schools to appeal to students or parents to entice enrollment. We then bring up Berklee and the famous Berklee “bell” that becomes a staple of this e...

Jun 24, 2014•1 hr 3 min

Episode 3 - Expensive Thrifty-ness - Cutting Corners - Studio Musicians

Episode 3 - Expensive Thrifty-ness - Cutting Corners - Studio Musicians We start off discussing expensive thrift-ness or cutting corners to save money and having it hurt you in the end. Will tells us a story of why you need a producer. Kenny tells stories of working with great (studio) musicians and how important that is and how easy it is to record and produce records using them. Plus all the time it saves. We then talk about how novices might not know how a great record sounds without being th...

Jun 03, 2014•57 min

Episode 2 - Self Producing as the Artist

Episode 2 - Self Producing as the Artist We start off this episode by introducing ourselves again adding Grammy Winning/Multi-Platinum Mixer Richard Furch to the mix or group. We then discuss more and more music being self produced by the artist and the positives and negatives of this situation. And the possibility of being able to record yourself becoming a part of the skill set in the future for artists. The discussion changes again towards discussing changing the tracks of the artists we mix ...

Jun 03, 2014•34 min

Episode 1 - Notes for the Mixer

Episode 1 - Notes for the Mixer We start off this episode by introducing ourselves and noting that Kenny doesn’t have a website and giving him a hard time for it. We move on to discussing “Mix Notes” and what’s the best way for engineers to communicate with their mixing engineer and vice versa to get the most out of this relationship. The discussion moves towards “Mastering” and how important that is with a great mix and how much to squash it and how much to leave it til that stage. Phil brings ...

May 23, 2014•1 hr 33 min

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