The Metallica Report is coming! Keep up with all things Metallica by going straight to the source for your news. This weekly report is hosted by Steffan Chirazi, long-time rock scribe and editor of the band’s online mag, So What! , and Renée Richardson, a well-known Bay Area radio personality who now oversees the band’s foundation, All Within My Hands. Steffan and Renée will keep you in the loop each week with updates, features, and interviews. They’ll also get YOUR questions answered by those i...
Jul 24, 2023•2 min
At long last, Ready to Record's 2022 NAMM coverage is finally here! Check out new products from Mojave Audio, Austrian Audio, Warm Audio, Morton Microphone Systems, and hear from EveAnna Manley about Manley Power, their new, high frequency power supply, now shipping in all new Manley products. Find Mojave Audio here Find Manley Labs here Find Austrian Audio here Find Warm Audio here Find Morton Microphone Systems here Find our sponsor, VFX Unleashed, here Find Blue Girl Productions here This sho...
Sep 21, 2022•46 min
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to drummer and producer Wally Ingram. Daniel and Wally talk about his career now, what he's doing with Wally Trax, his current effort. Wally also talks about the process of making his own loop and sample pack, and he and special guest Menno Froese of Ayaic Software talk a bit about their relationship and what they are working on together for Ayaic. Find Wally here Find our sponsor, VFX Unleashed, here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show i...
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 50
On this episode of Ready to Record. we present to you a brief excerpt of our coverage for NAMM 2022. Many of the interviews we have coming up in the NAMM episode feature brand new products, as well as many friends and guests of the show. Stay tuned! Find our sponsor, VFX Unleashed, here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 16, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 49
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to drummer and producer Wally Ingram. Daniel and Wally talk about his early history, how he got into music, as well as life as a musician in a pandemic. Wally also details his relationship with Menno Froese of Ayaic Software. Find Wally here Find our sponsor, VFX Unleashed, here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 08, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 48
On this episode of Ready to Record, Daniel brings you the final part of his conversation with Dante Rinaldi. Dante and D3 wrap up their conversation by talking about how technology has unified all creatives, and what is considered entertainment. In addition, The D3 brings us a deep dive into the weird and wonderful world of electric pianos, detailing the history and sounds of both the Wurlitzer and the Rhodes pianos, and revealing his latest purchase: a 195(6 or 7) Wurlitzer 112a. Find Dante and...
Apr 27, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 47
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to Inferno VFX and VFX Unleash's own Dante Rinaldi. Daniel and Dante continue their conversation on rooms and their importance to recording, and talk about a pretty universal phenomenon across all forms of artistry: burnout. This topic allowed Dante and Daniel to show the parallels between work in music and work in visual effects: no matter what, artistry is artistry. Likewise, any form of artist, be them musician, painter, producer, or VFX des...
Apr 23, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 46
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to Inferno VFX and VFX Unleash's own Dante Rinaldi. Daniel and Dante go into some wild topics, such as the parallels between audio production and VFX, as well as how audio production helped the VFX industry grow, and the ethics of certain projects that combine both audio and visual effects, such as hologram tours. On today's Music from Blue Girl, D3 gives everyone an update of the DangerAte, Nappy G, and Soulati track called The World, which Da...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 45
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 continues his conversation with amplifier designer and builder Adam Egert. Today, Adam gives Daniel encouragement and tips on beginning to build amplifiers for himself, as well as going through what it is to find good components, as well as some conversation on good music and the philosophy of the pandemic and what comes next. Today's Gear Talk and Music from Blue Girl center around turntables and producing music from flipping samples, with The D3 sh...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 44
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 continues his conversation with amplifier designer and builder Adam Egert. Daniel and Adam talk about some amplifier history and the spirituality of designing an amplifier to fit a player, as well as Adam giving Daniel some encouragement about building his own amp. On today's Gear Talk, D3 talks amps and their importance as studio tools. On Music from Blue Girl. a new demo of The World by The D3, Nappy G, and Soulati featuring Will Magid. Find our sp...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 43
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to amplifier designer and builder Adam Egert. Daniel and Adam talk about how he came to building amps, as well as his process for designing a circuit and tools for design and building amplifiers. Find our sponsor, VFX Unleashed, here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 42
In this episode of Ready to Record, D3 talks to founder of the Noble House crew and big brother Gennessee Lewis (known mononymously as Gennessee). Daniel and Gennessee talk production techniques, how to start making a beat, useful tools for in the box production, as well as some sneak peaks of Los Gemelos and the project's upcoming sequel album. On today's Gear Talk, D3 talks about his love for the Rhodes piano and using electro-mechanical keyboards in studio and on stage. On today's Music from ...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 41
In this episode of Ready to Record, D3 talks to founder of the Noble House crew and big brother Gennessee Lewis (known mononymously as Gennessee). Daniel and Gennessee talk everything from the start of his career, to production tips and tricks in this first part of their conversation. Find Gennessee here Find our sponsor, VFX Unleashed, here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 40
On this episode of Ready to Record, The D3 continues his conversation with Joe Bagale, aka Otis McDonald, who has been rocking in the Bay Area music scene since first moving here in 2003, and has been making great music ever since. In this episode, Daniel and Joe talk about everything production, specifically how to be a musician and self producer in 2022 using streaming as a primary income stream. On today's Gear Talk and Music from Blue Girl, The D3 talks about his upgrade from a 2009 Mac Pro ...
Jan 27, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 39
On this episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to something of a Bay Area legend: Otis McDonald. Joe Bagale, aka Otis, has been rocking in the Bay Area music scene since first moving here in 2003, and has been making great music ever since. Daniel and Joe talk about everything from his early career, how he got started in music, and how he came upon the idea to make music under the name Otis McDonald, as well as how he came upon the sound he makes the Otis material in. Find Otis McDonald here F...
Jan 14, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 39
On today's episode of Ready to Record, sponsored by VFX Unleashed, powered by Semkhor Productions, The D3 finishes his conversation with radio and TV veteran and fellow Pantheon host Jerry Bryant. This episode is a wild ride, since while Daniel interviewed Jerry for Ready to Record, Jerry also interviewed Daniel for JBTV simultaneously. Come along for the ride as Jerry and Daniel ask each other questions, and learn how their stories cross paths. On today's Gear Talk, The D3 talks computers and A...
Jan 06, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 37
On today's episode of Ready to Record, sponsored by VFX Unleashed, powered by Semkhor Productions, The D3 continues his conversation with radio and TV veteran and fellow Pantheon host Jerry Bryant. This episode is a wild ride, since while Daniel interviewed Jerry for Ready to Record, Jerry also interviewed Daniel for JBTV simultaneously. Come along for the ride as Jerry and Daniel ask each other questions, and learn how their stories cross paths. Find JBTV here Find our sponsor, VFX Unleashed, h...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 36
On today's episode of Ready to Record, sponsored by VFX Unleashed, powered by Semkhor Productions, The D3 talks to radio and TV veteran and fellow Pantheon host Jerry Bryant. This episode is a wild ride, since while Daniel interviewed Jerry for Ready to Record, Jerry also interviewed Daniel for JBTV simultaneously. Come along for the ride as Jerry and Daniel ask each other questions, and learn how their stories cross paths. Find JBTV here Find our sponsor, VFX Unleashed, here Find Blue Girl Prod...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 35
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 continues his conversation with Produce, Mix, Fix, and Conquer host Rich Steve Beck. Daniel and Rich talk everything from mastering, to interviewing techniques, and stories about chatting with the legends of the recording industry. On today's combination Gear Talk and Music from Blue Girl, D3 shares a collaboration with Marcos Molinar and 2morrows June, and shares his and Marcos's use and love of the microphones from Mojave Audio. Find Rich and PMFC ...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 34
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to Produce, Mix, Fix, and Conquer host Rich Steve Beck. Daniel and Rich talk everything from mastering, to interviewing techniques, and stories about chatting with the legends of the recording industry. On today's Gear Talk, D3 teases an upcoming collaboration for Music from Blue Girl, and shares some of the equipment being used for it. Find Rich and PMFC here Find Mojave Audio here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon ...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 33
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to mastering engineer Warren Sokol, whose credits include Paul McCartney and Lana Del Rey. Warren and Daniel go through everything about mastering in today's world, from gear to monitoring to how workflow changes (or doesn't change) between seemingly very different genres. On today's Gear Talk, Daniel talks about how much pickups change the sound of a guitar, and how much speakers change the tone of an amp. On today's Music from Blue Girl, Dani...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 32
On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel continues his conversation with recording veteran Tony Shepperd about his career, spanning from his earliest memories of learning about recording, as well as the changes in the record industry over the years. On today's Gear Talk, D3 talks wireless headphones and earbuds, namely apple's AirPods line. On today's Music from Blue Girl, something new in the realm of production for The D3. Find Tony here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part o...
Aug 10, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 31
On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel continues his conversation with recording veteran Tony Shepperd about his career, spanning from his earliest memories of learning about recording, as well as the changes in the record industry over the years. Find Tony here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 29, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 30
On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel talks to recording veteran Tony Shepperd about his career, spanning from his earliest memories of learning about recording, as well as the changes in the record industry over the years. In today's Gear Talk and Music from Blue Girl, D3 gives an update on the long awaited Bandmaster amplifier demo and shows a rough version of the song used to demonstrate the amplifier. Find Tony here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcas...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 29
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 has on Felonious member, producer Keith Pinto AKA Ken Primo. Daniel and KP talk about everything from his early childhood and his development in music and theatre, all the way to what his workflow is today. On today's Gear Talk, D3 talks about hardware controllers for software applications and plugins, and if they are useful. On today's Music from Blue Girl, Daniel shows off a piece of music from Emcee Infinite off his album, Critical Minded. Find Ke...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 28
On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel "The D3" Cohen continues the conversation with recording and mastering engineer Pete Doell. Today, Pete and Daniel talk about Pete's current work, as well as some fun and funny stories about his time in recording and mastering. On today's Gear Talk, Daniel has a chat about studio building and upgrades while keeping on a budget. On today's Music from Blue Girl, a new rough demo from a writing session with 2morrows June and DangerAte. Find Pete here Fi...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 27
On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel "The D3" Cohen talks to recording and mastering engineer Pete Doell about everything from his earliest time in the music industry some of his current work as a mastering engineer. On today's Gear Talk, Daniel has a chat about sampling and sample applications in music, as well as talks about the samples he did with his newly acquired Rogers drum set. Find Pete here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more abou...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 26
On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel speaks with longtime Billy Idol collaborator and producer Steve Stevens, where they talk about everything from Steve's childhood in Far Rockaway, NY, all the way to what he's been up to during the coronavirus pandemic. On today's Gear Talk, D3 chats about vintage Fender amplifiers and his newest acquisition: a 1968 silver face Fender Band Master. Featured on today's Music from Blue girl, a new rough demo for an upcoming DangerAte song, written on Ham...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 25
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks with Manley Laboratories' own EveAnna Manley. Daniel and EveAnna talk about everything from her early life as the step daughter of Al Duray, former owner of Ampeg, all the way to today and running a pro audio equipment company in a pandemic. On today's Gear Talk, Daniel talks about a regrettable gear purchase. On today's Music from Blue Girl, a long awaited update of the DangerAte song Moonlight has come. Find Manley Labs here Find Blue Girl Pr...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 24
On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to Dusty Wakeman of Mojave Audio and Mad Dog Studios. They get into everything from Dusty's early life as a bass player in Houston, to his studio, Mad Dog, and much more. On today's gear talk, D3 and Dusty talk new gear from Mojave. On today's Music from Blue Girl, a follow up demo for last episode's gear talk. Find Dusty here Find Blue Girl Productions here Find Nordstrand here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad c...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 23
