Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming back guests Beth McKee and Davey Jay. Beth is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, keyboardist who sprung from the New Orleans music scene a few decades ago, and also the founder and driving force of the Swamp Sistas, a non-profit force for good in Central Florida. Davey is a leading entertainment attorney who has worked with numerous artist in Central Florida and beyond. Beth talks with...
Sep 11, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Rick Morris and Chris Jay. Rick is Director of Sound at Falcon’s Creative Group and has led sound design teams for television (Law & Order among his credits) and theme parks. Chris has enjoyed a long career as a recording, mixing and mastering engineer, with gold records to prove it. Chris has also worked extensively in the video game industry producing audio content.
Jul 17, 2023•39 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Ryan Mulcahy from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Mark Mason and Darren Carter to discuss live sound production. Sean Shannon also appears via a guest clip. Mason is the founder of Metrosound Productions. Carter is the production manager at The Conduit. Shannon is head audio engineer at the Dr. Phillips Center. Ryan, who also has extensive show production experience, Mark and Darren shares stories and best practices. Sean talks abou...
Jun 30, 2023•51 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Joe Galdo and Juan Perez. Galdo is a percussionist, arranger, composer, producer and co-founder of South Beach Studios. He is credited as an early pioneer of the Linn Drum. Perez is a drummer/percussionist with numerous credits dating back to the 1970s, currently performing and recording with his wife, singer-songwriter-keyboardist Beth McKee.
May 31, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Ed Krout, Matt Kamm, Aaron Gandia from Phat Planet Studios in Orlando. Ed talks about the origins of the studio, which has been around since 1996, and all three guests share thoughts on recording techniques and some of the memorable sessions they’ve been part of over the years.
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Isra Batista from the Melrose Center in welcoming guest John Kurzweg. John is a multi-platinum record producer and multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter who first became known for his work producing and mixing albums by Creed, three of which went multi-platinum. John talks about that experience, recording in houses and more.
Mar 20, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Isra Batista from the Melrose Center in welcoming guest David Spero. David has enjoyed a long career in the music industry, working as a DJ, talent manager and executive. He served as Senior Director of Programming for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and eventually served as a member of their Board of Trustees. David talks with Bruce and Isra about his recent memoir A Life in the Wings and the many lifelong friendships he’s established wi...
Sep 26, 2022•41 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests drummer/singer/songwriter Joe Vitale and producer/engineer Michael Braunstein. Joe and Michael talk about their career paths and particular moments in music history when those paths crossed, while working with Joe Walsh, Stephen Stills and many others.
Aug 08, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests David Brown, Maggie Finley and Isra Batista. David owns and operates Easter Sky Studios and talks about his work engineering audio books, doing sound design and much more throughout his 30-year career. Maggie discusses being the DJ for her WPRK radio show Punk Rock in Your PJs for more than 20 years. Isra, who owns River Bear Studios, talks about producing entrance theme music ...
Jun 13, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Jeff Nolan and Richard Bowden. Jeff talks about his rock & roll experiences playing guitar in bands like I Love You and The Ludes, as well as his role as Music & Memorabilia Historian for Hard Rock International. Richard talks about his career playing with Linda Ronstadt and other luminaries, his famous parody duo Pinkard & Bowden and his B-Bender guitar string benders in...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jonathan Coutrier-Owens from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Beth McKee and Davey Jay. Beth talks about her latest single Cosmic Traveler and upcoming projects. Davey Jay discusses the new world of NFTs and other topics related to entertainment law.
Apr 25, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Brad Sundberg and Chris LeBrane in this Season 3 premiere episode. Brad talks with Bruce, Drigo and Chris about his career, specifically working in the studio with Michael Jackson on some of his most iconic albums.
Mar 14, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming back guests Chris Butler, Beth McKee, David Schweizer and Deborah Smith. In this season 2 finale, the conversation covers latest projects, staying creative during the pandemic, the future of physical media and the need for live music to return.
Jun 18, 2021•46 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests E-Turn and Swamburger. E-Turn shares the first single from her latest album “Young World” released on Fake Four, and the emotions she was working through while recording the song. Swamburger talks about the origin of his name, how he came up in the skateboard scene, and his career with Solillaquists of Sound. The two talk about their longtime musical collaboration and hint at w...
May 10, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Paige Coley and Marc With a C. Paige talks about her band Kinder Than Wolves, how they’ve delayed releasing an album during the pandemic, and shares one of their new songs. Marc talks about his 20-plus year career, how he got his stage name, and his most recent release “lo fidelity (or how I spent the nervous breakdown)”. Marc also performs a couple songs live.
Apr 12, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guest Rick Roberts, singer-songwriter and founding member/lead singer for the band Firefall. Rick talks about getting his start in the business, playing in The Flying Burrito Brothers, the formation of Firefall, his time working with Bruce in the 1970s and his success as an author. The guys talk about how the pandemic has impacted the industry going forward, and Bruce asks Rick how ...
Mar 08, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guests Jim Abbott and Bill Wharton. Abbott discusses his career as the long-time music critic for the Orlando Sentinel, and his string band Simple Cavemen. Wharton, known as The Sauce Boss, talks about meeting Bruce in 1989 at Pegasus Recording Studios in Tallahassee, his amazing non-profit foundation Planet Gumbo which sees him play soup kitchens and homeless shelters across the co...
Feb 08, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-hosts Jonathan Coutrier-Owens and Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guest Bob Katz to the Reel to Real podcast. A highly-acclaimed audio mastering engineer, Bob has mastered three Grammy Award-winning albums and is the author of Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science , widely considered a must-read for audio professionals. He talks to Bruce, Jon and Chase about how he got his start in audio, the Village Voice article t...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal has more than four decades of experience in the music business, working in the studio with a who's who list of legendary performers. He began his association with the Melrose Center in 2018, when he offered an amazing three-day workshop for a lucky group of Melrose Audio Studio users, recreating the session he worked on with The Eagles during the recording of Hotel California. Since then, Bruce and the Audio Team created and co-host the Reel to Real Pod...
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guest Joe Foglia to the Reel to Real podcast. Joe is an Emmy Award-winning sound mixer noted for his work on television shows Scrubs and Miami Vice, as well as the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. He talks to Bruce about their time working together at Criteria Studios in Miami, his transition from studio work to sound production for film and TV, and how he applied the skil...
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 5
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guest Chris Butler to the Reel to Real podcast. Chris is a multi-talented songwriter and musician best known for creating and leading the 1980s band The Waitresses. His most notable songs include "I Know What Boys Like", "Christmas Wrapping" and the theme song for the TV show Square Pegs. Chris talks about writing songs for fake bands, his 2014 album Easy Life , including the track "Fo...
Jul 15, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center audio team in welcoming guests David Schweizer and Howard Albert to the Reel to Real podcast. David is an Orlando songwriter, engineer and producer with a number of credits, including his kids music project Davey Rocker and the Barnyard Jam. He also owns and operates Richter Records. Howard is a producer, engineer and keyboard player. He teamed with his brother Ron to form Fat Albert Productions i...
May 25, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Reel to Real features Grammy Award-winning audio engineer Bruce Hensal providing an inside look at the music industry. Recorded in the Melrose Center Audio Studio at the Orlando Public Library, Bruce co-hosts the podcast with Melrose Audio team members and interviews two guest each show. The second episode features Debbie Smith and Beth McKee. Beth is well-known in the Central Florida and all around the southeast for her southern roots music and community activism through her Swamp Sistas moveme...
Apr 22, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Reel to Real features Grammy Award-winning audio engineer Bruce Hensal providing an inside look at the music industry. Recorded in the Melrose Center Audio Studio at the Orlando Public Library, Bruce co-hosts the podcast with Melrose Audio team members and interviews two guest each show. The first episode features drummer Joe Vitale, who has worked with The Eagles, Ted Nugent, Crosby Stills & Nash, Joe Walsh and others. The episode also features Orlando musician Buster Cousins. Melrose Audio...
Mar 09, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 1
