My guest today is Joe Baldridge, a producer, and multi Grammy winning and number 1 charting engineer with over 25 years experience in production, recording, mixing, artist management and brand and artist development. Joe has over 300 album credits on AllMusic.com. And he has received a nomination for 2014 “Record of the Year” for his work on Taylor Swift’s RED, and won a Dove award for production work with Toby Mac.

Joe also teaches at Belmont University right here in Nashville having joined the Audio Engineering Technology department at the Mike Curb College Of Entertainment & Music Business as an adjunct in 2010, and as Full time Lecturer in 2013.

Joe brings to teaching his creative experience from working with such artist as Kelly Clarkson, Keith Urban, Eli Young Band, Jake Owen, Dierks Bentley, Toby Mac, Taylor Swift, the Newsboys, Brooks and Dunn, and Third Day to name just a few.

Cool stuff we talked about on the show:

• Nashville’s progressions toward rock.
• How the iPhone changed pop music from guitar based to synth based.
• Amplifying the drums during tracking.
• Setting up live vocal fx, and delay spins during tracking.
• Minimize your use of plugins during tracking.
• The secret to hit mixes in one minute.
• The importance of working with great artists.
• How to get low end right from Humberto Gatica.
• How to pan your instrument and avoid using plugins.
• How to build your bit bit all the elements together.
• The importance of starting out in a musical hub whether physical location for online resource.
• The best way to mic a guitar with two mics.
• The differences between Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Studio One, Steindberg Nuendo, and Ableton Live.
• Why you should comp your time for an up and coming band.

Leave a comment below and let us know what you think, and thanks for being a Rockstar!

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RSR060 – Jordan Valeriote – Hard Core Mixing & Silverstein

My guest today is Jordan Valeriote, an independent producer, mixer, and engineer based out of Ontario, Canada, specializing in hardcore music with blazing guitars and drums. Jordan started out as an assistant engineer in 2007 at Cherry Beach Sound in Toronto, where he worked on recording sessions for Usher, Timbaland, Serena Ryder and The Jonas Brothers.

He then decided to create his own place, Sundown Studio in Guelph, ON, located in a remodeled barn in a beautiful natural farm setting. In 2010 he produced Rescue for the band Silverstein, a leading band on the post-hardcore scene. Follow up credits include Antimacy by the Dead and Divine, and Prophets for the Counterparts. Other credits include: Nick Johnston, Forevermore, Great Lakes, Mandroid Echostar, and Skynet.

Jordan is also an author, teacher, and entrepreneur. He has taken all the knowledge gained from producing, recording, and mixing to create HardCoreMusicStudio.com where Jordan teaches you how to record, edit, and mix powerful hardcore records. He has written a book called Mixing Heavy Music which you can find on Amazon. And he also offers drum sample packs made up of the very same drum samples used on many of his hardcore productions which you can find on his website HarcoreMusicStudio.com.

Get Jordan’s FREE mixing cheat sheet right here!

Cool stuff we talked about in our interview:

Leave a comment below and let us know what you think, and thanks for being a Rockstar! Cheers, Lij Shaw

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