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RSR202 – Nick Lobel – From Mix Assistant To Pro Mixer

Nick talked about how to setup home studio monitors, Using Ableton Live with Pro Tools, how to be a mix assistant, the complete mixing template breakdown, and a variety of plugins and mix tricks that you need to know about!

My guest today is Nick Lobel a Nashville producer, engineer, and song writer who started out touring and recording with MI-based rock band, Monsters and Mannequins before moving to Nashville to pursue a career in music production. Following his studies at Belmont University, and internships at The Toy Box, Station West, and Ocean Way Nashville, Lobel cut his teeth as an assistant to mix engineer Sean Moffitt. 

In 2016 Lobel began working with songwriter/producer Tyler Johnson. Under Tyler’s wing, Lobel has worked on artist projects including Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor, Harry Styles, Cam, and The Head And The Heart. Over the past year Lobel has been further honing his chops, producing and developing the artist Alec Bailey whose debut EP has already amassed over 4M streams. 

When Nick was at Belmont he also interned with me here at The Toy Box Studio and was one of the best interns I have ever had. He has assisted and engineered for me on many projects and has also been part of my team at the Bonnaroo Hay Bale Studio.

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JZMic.com - High quality microphones from Riga Latvia. The Vintage series V67 and V11 microphones, offer class A discrete amplifier circuitry, extremely low self noise, and advanced built in shock mount technology to bring a rich warm sound to your studio with crisp clarity and detail that will make you wish you had discovered these great mics sooner! Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below and use the limited time coupon ROCKSTAR right now to get 50% off their vintage series microphones.

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

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Website Link
Alec Bailey - EP
Producer, Engineer, Mixer
https://www.youtube.com/user/AlecBailey123/featured

Sam Smith - “Palace” (Apple Sync)
Engineer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkL2QxHLYRg

Meghan Trainor - “After You”
Engineer, Drum Programming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBVf5n3C7Bw

Cam - “Road To Happiness”
Engineer, Mixer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7HgWfKbUVM

RSR201 – Steve O’Brien – Writing Nashville Country Songs

Steve talked about Nashville in the 1970s, Owen Bradley, Chet Atkins, Ray Stevens, and Shel Silverstein, writing a hit song with Brooks & Dunn, and the importance of a morning routine for creativity.

My guest today is Steve O’Brien a songwriter who originally moved from Connecticut to Nashville to pursue songwriting after graduating from Fairfield University in 1973. He spent several years working at the offices and studios of Owen Bradley, Chet Atkins, and Ray Stevens. And had a couple of songs enter the Billboard Top 100 Country Chart in the mid-1970s. He then built his own recording studio and formed Steve O’Brien Music BMI in 1976 to be the exclusive worldwide publisher of his compositions, which have sold over 10 million copies. 

Steve’s songs have been featured on numerous recent recordings, including two songs on Danni Nicholls’ “Mockingbird Lane” album, which was nominated for UK Americana Association 2017 Album Of The Year. Steve cowrote all 10 songs on JJ Lawhorn’s 2018 album, “The Huntsman” produced by Jeremy Stover which recently topped one million streams. Recent releases include  Southern Halo, and Bailey James, produced and engineered at his studio and now climbing the Music Row Country independent chart. If that wasn’t enough, Steve also published a novel called The Ferrari Club in 2013.

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JZMic.com - High quality microphones from Riga Latvia. The Vintage series V67 and V11 microphones, offer class A discrete amplifier circuitry, extremely low self noise, and advanced built in shock mount technology to bring a rich warm sound to your studio with crisp clarity and detail that will make you wish you had discovered these great mics sooner! 

Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below and get up to 50% off of any mic at JZ Microphones right now during their two week summer sale! July1-14 2019

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

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Website Link

Contact Email: info@steveobrinmusic.com

Website: www.steveobrienmusic.com

Amazon link to Steve’s novel “The Ferrari Club”:
https://www.amazon.com/Ferrari-Club-Steve-O-Brien/dp/1463507143/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1471212311&sr=1-1&keywords=ferrari+club+o%27brien

RSR200 – Bill Demain – Songwriting & Interviews with Burt Bacharach, Neil Finn, Ken Scott & David Bowie

Bill talked about writing songs in Nashville, being huge in Japan with Swan Dive and Brad Jones, and interviewing legends David Bowie, Burt Bacharach, Neil Finn, and Ken Scott. Plus many other great lessons about writing!

My guest today is Bill Demain a Nashville songwriter, producer, author, and even self started walking tour guide of downtown Nashville. As one half of Swan Dive, Bill DeMain has released ten acclaimed albums over the past 15 years with his singing partner Molly Felder, and were huge in Japan, Thailand and Korea.  

He’s also written songs for and with many other artists, including Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones, Marshall Crenshaw, David Mead, Bleu, Kim Richey, Jill Sobule and Boo Hewerdine. His songs have appeared on TV shows like Sons of Anarchy, Private Practice andThe L Word, and in commercials for Laniege Cosmetics, Unicef and Sky Mobile.

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JZMic.com - High quality microphones from Riga Latvia. The Vintage series V67 and V11 microphones, offer class A discrete amplifier circuitry, extremely low self noise, and advanced built in shock mount technology to bring a rich warm sound to your studio with crisp clarity and detail that will make you wish you had discovered these great mics sooner! 

Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below and get up to 50% off of any mic at JZ Microphones right now during their two week summer sale! July1-14 2019

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

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Website Link

https://www.walkinnashville.com/ 

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RSR199 – Jon Fintel – Recording Awesome Indie Rock and Jazz In Columbus OH

Jon talked about building a 3700 sg ft studio Recording in Columbus OH, integrating a Trident 80B with Pro Tools for mixing, tips for parallel drum and vocal compression, and how to record piano and electric guitars with room mics. Plus lots more!

My guest today is Jon Fintel a producer in Columbus, Ohio where he worked at a variety of studios in the 90s before finally opening his own studio, Relay Recording, in 2002.

His mission for the past 17 years at Relay Recording has been to create an environment where artists can experience the joy of musical discovery, and Relay has developed a reputation for stellar sound quality and a top-shelf artist experience.

Way Yes, The Worn Flints, and Mark Lomax are just a few of the artists that have worked with Jon at Relay, where combines a dedication to sonic and musical details with a relaxed attitude that makes artists comfortable and lets them enjoy the process.

I am super impressed with Jon’s awesome sounding discography and have included a Youtube playlist and Spotify player of his work in the blog post which you can find in the show notes.

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BozDigitalLabs.com offering you the coolest plugins for your mixes like the Hoser XT and +10db signature series. You can transform your drums with Sasquatch Kick Machine, or Transgressor. Get massive bass with Big Clipper or add width and depth using Mongoose and Imperial Delay. All Boz Digital Labs plugins are available as fully functioning no time limit free trials so you can check them out on your mixes right now. Just go to BozDigitalLabs.com

JZMic.com - The Black Hole Series BH1S and BH2 microphones with the hole in the middle for the one of a kind shock mount combine innovative industrial design with careful craftsmanship to bring a world class sound to your studio resulting in a level of quality and detail in your recordings that you won’t find in other mics. Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below, and use the limited time coupon ROCKSTAR right now to get an incredible 50% off.

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

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Website Link

Discography

http://relayrecording.com/artists 

https://jonfintel.com/discography

Social media links

https://www.instagram.com/relayrecording/

https://www.facebook.com/RelayRecording/

https://www.facebook.com/jon.fintel

Jon Fintel Engineering/Producing Spotify Playlist

RSR198 – Lee Turner – Producing Artists with Top Country Musicians in a Home Studio Setting

Lee talked about setup for tracking sessions in a home studio, the importance of headphone mixes and how to create a perfect talk back and video feed, how to mic piano and B3, and tips for producing pro vocals.

My guest today is Lee Turner, a Wisconsin born musician now living in Nashville and owner of 2 Twenty 2 studio, dedicated to helping artists easily navigate the recording process with a focus on bringing pro Nashville players and sound to anyone making a record whether local or over the internet.

While Lee can play everything in the studio his primary instrument is the keyboard playing piano, organ, and even accordion. He splits his time between the studio and playing live touring the world with Darius Rucker.

He has also had the honor of performing with a long list of top tier artists to include Blake Shelton, Hank Williams Jr., Kenny Rodgers, Big and Rich, Lee Ann Rimes, Trace Adkins, Wynonna, Randy Owen, Cowboy Troy, Bo Bice and many more.

He has also performed on Jimmy Kimmel, The Tonight Show, Ellen, The View, The Talk, The Today Show and Good Morning America. And has been a member of the house band for the hit show Nashville Star on both NBC and USA for the past five years.

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BozDigitalLabs.com offering you the coolest plugins for your mixes like the Hoser XT and +10db signature series. You can transform your drums with Sasquatch Kick Machine, or Transgressor. Get massive bass with Big Clipper or add width and depth using Mongoose and Imperial Delay. All Boz Digital Labs plugins are available as fully functioning no time limit free trials so you can check them out on your mixes right now. Just go to BozDigitalLabs.com

JZMic.com - The Black Hole Series BH1S and BH2 microphones with the hole in the middle for the one of a kind shock mount combine innovative industrial design with careful craftsmanship to bring a world class sound to your studio resulting in a level of quality and detail in your recordings that you won’t find in other mics. Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below, and use the limited time coupon ROCKSTAR right now to get an incredible 50% off.

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

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RSR197 – Austin Hull – How To Make Pop Music

Austin talked about creating the thriving Facebook group Make Pop Music, how to build a pop track from scratch, mixing tips for Cubase, tuning vocals like a pro, and even tips on how to stream video and build your own YouTube channel.

My guest today is Austin Hull a producer, writer, and mixing engineer living in Orlando, Florida. Austin is also the founder of Make Pop Music featuring a thriving Facebook group dedicated to producers, writers, engineers, and artists interested in making a living in pop music, or who just like to chat about underground pop.

Austin also hosts a YouTube channel publishing videos twice a week on production tips, business advice, and featured guests and on the Make Pop Music website you can find blog posts, sample packs, various presets downloads, and music production courses.

Ausin’s client list includes hundreds of independent artists including Kodamilo, SRY, EMIA, Troy Ogletree, Liam Ferrari, Stella Jones, and Forget Tomorrow to name just a few.

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BozDigitalLabs.com offering you the coolest plugins for your mixes like the Hoser XT and +10db signature series. You can transform your drums with Sasquatch Kick Machine, or Transgressor. Get massive bass with Big Clipper or add width and depth using Mongoose and Imperial Delay. All Boz Digital Labs plugins are available as fully functioning no time limit free trials so you can check them out on your mixes right now. Just go to BozDigitalLabs.com

JZMic.com - The Black Hole Series BH1S and BH2 microphones with the hole in the middle for the one of a kind shock mount combine innovative industrial design with careful craftsmanship to bring a world class sound to your studio resulting in a level of quality and detail in your recordings that you won’t find in other mics. Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below, and use the limited time coupon ROCKSTAR right now to get an incredible 50% off.

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

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RSR196 – Steven Durr – Designing The Perfect Recording Studio

Steve talked about designing studios for Mark Ronson, Kid Rock, and Garth Brooks, the 1st near-field monitors ever created, Fame Studios, designing the sound system for the Indi 500, and lessons learned from Tony Robbins among many other cool things!

My guest today is Steven Durr, a studio designer and acoustical architect with an amazing list of over 2000 clients including Garth Brooks, Neil Young, Dan Auerbach, Mark Ronson, Arcade Fire, Fame Studios, RCA Studio B, Zac Brown, Jim Eno of Spoon, and Eric Johnson to name just a few.

He has also designed music venues, film studios, health care facilities, and sports venues for clients like Disney, Willie Nelson, NASCAR Motor Speedways, Library of Congress, Hilton Hotels, DreamWorks Studios, Nissan Manufacturing, Vanderbilt University, Austin City Limits, and the Cleveland Browns.

I am psyched to be talking with Steve today about what it means to design the perfect recording studio, and how you can improve your own studio space and monitoring whether a home studio or pro studio.

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BozDigitalLabs.com offering you the coolest plugins for your mixes like the Hoser XT and +10db signature series. You can transform your drums with Sasquatch Kick Machine, or Transgressor. Get massive bass with Big Clipper or add width and depth using Mongoose and Imperial Delay. All Boz Digital Labs plugins are available as fully functioning no time limit free trials so you can check them out on your mixes right now. Just go to BozDigitalLabs.com

JZMic.com - The Black Hole Series BH1S and BH2 microphones with the hole in the middle for the one of a kind shock mount combine innovative industrial design with careful craftsmanship to bring a world class sound to your studio resulting in a level of quality and detail in your recordings that you won’t find in other mics. Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below, and use the limited time coupon ROCKSTAR right now to get an incredible 50% off.

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

Watch More On Youtube:


Website Link​​

www.stevendurr.com

RSR195 – Boz Millar – Boz Digital Labs Building Creative Plugins To Solve Your Mixing Problems

Boz talked about creating unique plugins at Boz Digital Labs to solve your mixing problems. He explained how to get powerful drums and bass with Manic Compressor, Trangressor, and Big Clipper, how to create create amazing delay, reverb, and widening effects with Imperial Delay, Mongoose, and Panther Stereo Manipulation, and how to get awesome tone and eq with his signature series plus 10db and Hoser XT. Plus lots more!

My guest today is Boz Millar, a great (though he might not admit it) multi instrumentalist musician and creator of Boz Digital Labs plugins. Boz creates professional audio plugins with one goal in mind: make solutions to problems. 

I discovered Boz Digital Labs years ago when I bought plugins like T-Bone, Imperial Delay, and one of my favorites Sasquatch Kick Machine and began using them on all my mixes. Then more recently I got to meet Boz at Winter Namm and learn more about the complete line of super cool plugins he was creating. 

Today I am psyched to have Boz joining us on the show to talk all about designing and creating the tools that we can use to make our records, and to dig into how we can use each of his existing plugins to create really awesome sounds and mixes.

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BozDigitalLabs.com offering you the coolest plugins for your mixes like the Hoser XT and +10db signature series. You can transform your drums with Sasquatch Kick Machine, or Transgressor. Get massive bass with Big Clipper or add width and depth using Mongoose and Imperial Delay. All Boz Digital Labs plugins are available as fully functioning no time limit free trials so you can check them out on your mixes right now. Just go to BozDigitalLabs.com

JZMic.com - The Black Hole Series BH1S and BH2 microphones with the hole in the middle for the one of a kind shock mount combine innovative industrial design with careful craftsmanship to bring a world class sound to your studio resulting in a level of quality and detail in your recordings that you won’t find in other mics. Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below, and use the limited time coupon ROCKSTAR right now to get an incredible 50% off.

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

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RSR194 – Ken Sluiter – Tips for Mixing in the Box with Pro Tools in 2019

Ken talked about mixing in the box with Pro Tools, the power of a home studio, Tannoy vs NS10, when to mix quiet vs loud vs mono, how to properly gain stage, and how to setup your mix template for awesome bass and drums!

My guest today is Ken Sluiter, a grammy-nominated recording engineer/producer/mixer whose credits include artists such as Heart, Jerry Lee Lewis, James Blunt, Andra Day and Weezer.  His work can also be heard on many records from indie-icons including Mekons, The Jesus Lizard and Ok Go.

Working closely with producer Joe Chiccarelli, Ken has recently mixed several projects for artists such as Morrissey, Flogging Molly, Augustines, Night Riots and Divine Fits. Ken has also recorded and mixed several film and TV scores with composer, Brian Reitzell which include “Hannibal” (NBC) and “American Gods (STARZ). As a producer, Ken has worked on soundtrack songs with Debbie Harry and Shirley Manson, Siouxsie Sioux, Marc Almond and the B-52's.

To catch Kens first appearance on the podcast go to RSR111 where we talked about his journey from Chicago to LA and becoming an early adopter of Pro Tools. Today we will be focusing on mixing and the projects he has been working on recently.

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BozDigitalLabs.com offering you the coolest plugins for your mixes like the Hoser XT and +10db signature series. You can transform your drums with Sasquatch Kick Machine, or Transgressor. Get massive bass with Big Clipper or add width and depth using Mongoose and Imperial Delay. All Boz Digital Labs plugins are available as fully functioning no time limit free trials so you can check them out on your mixes right now. Just go to BozDigitalLabs.com

JZMic.com - The Black Hole Series BH1S and BH2 microphones with the hole in the middle for the one of a kind shock mount combine innovative industrial design with careful craftsmanship to bring a world class sound to your studio resulting in a level of quality and detail in your recordings that you won’t find in other mics. Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below, and use the limited time coupon ROCKSTAR right now to get an incredible 50% off.

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

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Website Link

Email Ken Sluiter directly:

kensluiter@mac.com

RSR193 – Mike Indovina – Mastering Your Mixing Mindset

Mike talked about the 6 important steps for mixing, moving from hardware to plugins, reverb vs delay, the problem with looking for problems, how to eq vocals, getting low end right in your mix, and the importance of guitar strums, plus lots more!

My guest today is Mike Indovina, a recording, mixing and mastering engineer based out of Toronto, Canada. He also runs the website masteryourmix.com where he shares many of the lessons he's learned throughout his audio career to help thousands of musicians and engineers create better mixes that they're proud of. In addition, he hosts the MasterYourmix Podcast where he has interviewed many top-level audio engineers including Sylvia Massey, Nick Raskulinecz, David Bottrill, and more.

With an interest in pop-punk and rock music, Mike got his start as a drummer, having spent the first decade of his career playing and touring with bands. 

Most recently, Mike released a brand new book called "The Mixing Mindset - The Step-By-Step Formula For Creating Professional Rock Mixes From Your Home Studio". This book quickly became a #1 best seller on Amazon. This book aims to provide people with a complete understanding of the tools, workflow, and mindset needed to create polished mixes with confidence, speed, and ease.

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OWC Other World Computing - OWC.com Your trusted source for memory, and speed upgrades, DIY installs, and used Macs for your studio. Let OWC focus on keeping your studio Mac in killer condition. So that you can focus on making great music. Why ditch your existing Mac when you can take your studio into the future with OWC? Go to OWC.com now and learn how you can super charge your studio Mac. The speed to create, The capacity to dream. Find out how awesome your studio can be at OWC.

BozDigitalLabs.com offering you the coolest plugins for your mixes like the Hoser XT and +10db signature series. You can transform your drums with Sasquatch Kick Machine, or Transgressor. Get massive bass with Big Clipper or add width and depth using Mongoose and Imperial Delay. All Boz Digital Labs plugins are available as fully functioning no time limit free trials so you can check them out on your mixes right now. Just go to BozDigitalLabs.com

JZMic.com - The Black Hole Series BH1S and BH2 microphones with the hole in the middle for the one of a kind shock mount combine innovative industrial design with careful craftsmanship to bring a world class sound to your studio resulting in a level of quality and detail in your recordings that you won’t find in other mics. Go to JZMic.com or click the link in the show notes below, and use the limited time coupon ROCKSTAR right now to get an incredible 50% off.

MixMasterBundle.com Learn how to mix using stock and free plugins in Pro Tools. Get a look at how I recorded my song "American Winter" with downloadable multitracks to mix in your own studio and even include in your mixing portfolio. Are you ready to make your best record ever? Then go to MixMasterBundle.com to get started for free now!

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Website Link

Mike Indovina’s Website: www.mikeindovina.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikeindovinasound

MasterYourMix: www.masteryourmix.com

Get your free copy of “The Ultimate Mixing Blueprint” (a guide to using EQ and compression in your mixes): http://masteryourmix.com/blueprint

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