Lij Shaw Interviews music producers, engineers, studio owners, and other professionals to bring you inspiring stories, tricks, and insights from the recording studio. So that you can take your recordings to the next level and become a rockstar of the recording studio yourself! - Guests: Vance Powell, Michael Beinhorn, Russell Wolff, Graham Cochrane, Joe Gilder, Björgvin Benediktsson, and many more...
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RSR361 - Anthony Gravino - Recording Live to Analog Tape & Mixing Grammy Nominated Kurt Elling and Charlie Hunter at High Cross Sound
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My guest today is Anthony Gravino an independent music maker near Chicago, IL. He has worked with a wide variety of artists across multiple genres as a producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer and musician. Anthony has been on the show before for Episode RSR156 when we talked about how he makes records in the studio capturi…
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RSR360 - Vance Powell - Mixing in Dolby Atmos on Pro Tools at Sputnik Sound
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My guest today is Vance Powell, a multi Grammy award-winning producer, engineer and mixer, and owner of Sputnik Sound in Nashville with Mitch Dane. Vance’s credits credits includes Chris Stapleton, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, and Wolfmother to name just a few. Vance is a repeat guest on the podcast and you can hear his origin story on episod…
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RSR359 - Jay Lauterwasser - Video Game Composer and Sound Designer for EverQuest
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My guest today is Jay Lauterwasser a video game sound designer and music composer for Darkpaw games in San Diego, CA. “I grew up in St Louis, Missouri, moved to San Diego in 2004 and started my career in the video game industry in Quality Assurance. In 2016 I got my opportunity to become a Sound Designer and in 2019 I added Music Composer to my job…
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RSR358 - Daniel Donato - Cosmic Country on Nashville’s Broadway Strip
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My guest today is Daniel Donato a 25 year old guitarist and songwriter who started out at a young age of 16 playing regularly at Nashville’s iconic honky tonk Robert’s Western World while gigging with the Don Kelley Band. His debut album, A Young Man’s Country, was recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium in two days and produced by guitar-ace Robben…
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RSR357 - Steve Ornest - Total Access Recording in Redondo Beach CA
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My guest today is Steve Ornest a rock multi instrumentalist, engineer, and producer in Redondo Beach CA. Steve learned his studio skills at Total Access Recording under the guidance of Wyn Davis (RSR192) starting at the young age of 15. Steve started out playing guitar for rock sessions by bands like Don Dokken, Minoru Nihara (Loudness), and many o…
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RSR356 - Matt Ross-Spang - Southern Grooves Recording Studio in Memphis
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My guest today is Matthew Ross-Spang a twice Grammy winning Memphis record producer and engineer, who started out at the Legendary Sun Studio as a teenager working his way up from intern to the Chief Engineer. He has since moved on to restore back to its original glory the also legendary Sam Phillips Recording studio across town originally built in…
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RSR355 - Chad Copelin - Tape, Synths, and Samples Oh My!
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My guest today is Chad Copelin an American producer, audio engineer, musician, and songwriter from Norman, Oklahoma. He’s best known for his production work with Broncho, Sports, Wilderado, LANY, Ben Rector, Andrew Belle, Sufjan Stevens, Third Eye Blind and engineering for pop artists Christina Perri, Kelly Clarkson, Sasha Sloan and Avril Lavigne. …
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RSR354 - Russell Cottier - Mixing in the Metaverse and Jamming Over the Internet
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My guest today is Russell Cottier a producer, and engineer, who has worked with clients such as The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Sony, and artists like Sly and Robbie, Don Carlos and Gold, The Roscoes and many more. He creates videos to teach recording and production as well on Youtube and through mixing courses. And he is even responsible for…
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RSR353 - Tyler Campbell - Alder Audio Ribbon Microphones - How To Record With The H44
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My guest today is Tyler Campbell CEO the founder of Alder Audio, an Ann Arbor, Michigan based company pushing the boundaries of ribbon mic design. Alder Audio launched in February 2021 with the H44, a workhorse ribbon mic with a patented capsule and durable herringbone ribbon. Before founding Alder, Tyler worked in product development as a chemist …
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RSR352 - Jon Blass - Grammy Winning Gospel Mixer in Nashville TN
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My guest today is Jon Blass a GRAMMY award-winning mix engineer based in Nashville. His work has also received 9 other GRAMMY nominations, 6 Dove Awards, a pair of Stellar awards, and frequently lands atop the Billboard Gospel charts (including 13 number 1 Gospel Albums). Jon’s mix credits include India.Arie, Tweet, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin, A…
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RSR351 - Bill Mims - Sunset Sound, Morrissey, Death Cab, Brandi Carlile, Nancy And Beth, Devil Doll
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My guest today is Bill Mims, a graduate of Full Sail University in the Recording Engineering program. In 2001, he spent a year in Orlando doing live sound, as well as an internship at a post production facility before moving to LA in 2002 and getting hired by Sunset Sound where he worked his way up the ranks and was an assistant engineer by the end…
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RSR350 - Eric Bazilian - Recording His Solo Record Remotely In Stockholm
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My guest today is Eric Bazilian, an original member of The Hooters, producer, and musician writing and recording with other artists liken Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osborne, The Scorpions, Ricky Martin, Jonatha Brooke, Leanne Rymes, and William Wittman to name just a few. Eric has been a guest on the podcast on episode RSR122 to talk about his start in mus…
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RSR349 - Bill Cheney - Understanding Audio Peaks at Spectra1964
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My guest today is Bill Cheney co-owner with Jim Romney of Spectra1964. Bill designs mic pre amps, eqs, and compressor limiters for studios following in the footsteps of William Dilley who founded the original Spectra Sonics company in 1964. Bill has been a guest on the podcast before to talk about the history of Spectra Sonics and Spectra 1964 on e…
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RSR348 - Moot Booxlé - Vintage Synth Guru & Funky Drummer in Ft Meyers FL
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My guest today is Matt Baxley, better known to the wider world as Moot Booxlé, a multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer, composer, synthesist, teacher, and funk connoisseur currently based in Fort Myers, Florida. Moot rose to prominence in the early days of YouTube with his videos demonstrating his abilities on the modular synthesizer and the talk…
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RSR347 - Trent Jones - Podcast & Music Production and Strength Training Coach
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My guest today is Trent Jones, a podcast producer, editor, and composer based in Chattanooga, TN. He has produced over 1,000 podcast episodes in a wide variety of formats and topics, as well as a number of audiobooks. As a composer, he has written bumpers and music beds for podcasts and midroll advertisements. Trent is also a strength and condition…
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RSR346 - David Gnozzi - Mixing and Health Wisdom for the Studio From Mix Bus TV
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My guest today is David Gnozzi a platinum mixing/mastering engineer and producer, as well as the creator and host of the popular YouTube channel MixbusTV and a Pro Mix Academy Tutor. David is a former professional musician with 2 albums published (Universal Records and Danse Macabre Records), and he has been recording and mixing for almost 20 years…
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RSR345 - Linda Taylor - Whose Line Is It Anyway? Guitarist and Improv Music Composer
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My guest today is Linda Taylor a Guitarist and composer for over 20 years on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” with Drew Carey, and Aisha Tyler. She has Toured, recorded and/or performed with Art Garfunkel, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tracy Chapman, Sheila E., Christopher Cross, Sara Niemietz, Crystal Bowersox, Edwin McCain, Don Was, Jim Keltner, Thelma Housto…
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RSR344 - Duane Lundy - Americana, RIngo Starr, & Disco at Lexington Recording Company in KY
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My guest today is Duane Lundy, a music producer, mixer, and studio owner in Lexington Kentucky. Duane has worked with hundreds of artists from Grammy-Award winners like Sturgill Simpson & Flor de Toloache, to critically acclaimed and eclectic Ben Sollee, Vandaveers, Jim James, and the Horse Feathers. Duane also works on projects that include legacy…
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RSR343 - Brian Charles - 8 Alarm Fire Destroys Zippah Studio... What You Need To Know
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My guest today is Brian Charles a producer, engineer, plugin designer for Rare Signals from Boston Massachusetts. Brian has been a fantastic guest on the podcast before on episode RSR174 to talk about working with indie rock bands. He’s worked with thousands of artists over the years and has made albums in almost every genre imaginable. Some of Bri…
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RSR342 - Ben Rubin - Mixing Workflow for Hip Hop and Jazz In Brooklyn with Soundflow
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My guest today is Ben Rubin a producer, mixer, bassist, and composer in Brooklyn NY. Whether he’s melding hip-hop and jazz with legends like Masta Ace and Donny McCaslin, playing upright bass at the Newport Jazz Festival with Dred Scott Trio, remixing Karsh Kale or WuTang’s Killah Priest, rockin’ on electric bass with Marshall Crenshaw, or producin…
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RSR341 - Collin Dupuis - Mixing Angel Olsen, Lana Del Ray, Yves Tumor
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My guest today is Collin Dupuis a Nashville and Detroit based multi Grammy nominated and two time Grammy winning mixer, producer, and engineer. Collin has been on the podcast previously to talk about working with artists and projects including, Lana Del Rey, St. Vincent, Dr. John, The Black Keys, and many others. You can hear his back story on epis…
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RSR340 - Mike Fahey - Starbird Sound and Mix Assistant for Vance Powell
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My guest today is Mike Fahey an engineer, mixer, and producer from the great state of Maine. Michael went to college for mechanical engineering at the University Of Maine before switching over to an audio engineering degree at The New England School Of Communications (NESCOM). My first instrument was the trumpet in my elementary school band and he …
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RSR339 - Alan Evans - Ironwax Studios Mixing Funky Music
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My guest today is Alan Evans a multi instrumentalist, engineer, producer, artist, studio and record label owner based in Western Massachusetts. Alan has been making music on stage and in the studio for over 30 years, most notably with his band Soulive as well as with artist like Oteil Burbridge, John Scofield, George Porter Jr., Karl Denson, Ivan N…
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RSR338 - Enrico Berto - Mushroom Studio Rocking out in Northern Italy
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My guest today is Enrico Berto an engineer, producer, and musician from Northern Italy. I am very lucky to receive a lot of wonderful emails and messages from our listeners, aka you Rockstars. Here is what I received from Enrico. “Hello Lij, Few weeks ago I discovered your podcast and ever since I've been an avid consumer of it! I love the way you …
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RSR337 - Jack Rubinacci - 12 Tools To Help You Overcome Tinnitus in The Studio
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My guest today is Jack Rubinacci an Anglo - Italian Singer, songwriter, producer and author, now based in Norway. Jack started playing in bands in his hometown Birmingham UK. Was the lead singer of Honeyman, and was widely considered one of the best Birmingham bands of the late 90’s. He went solo and recorded his debut album with producer Tchad Bla…