Mixing

PLP 109: John Burke on Mixing Perfect Vocals

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What’s up Heroes, and welcome to episode 109 of the Producer Life Podcast. I’ve got a couple of big announcements so please listen all the way through to the end. Today I’ve got John Burke from Perfect Vocals Academy. John has been working in the music industry for 17 years and has experience in everything from being a touring musician to running a record studio to his current project, a remote mixing and mastering service with a specialization in vocals.

PLP 095: Sean Giovanni on Storytelling in Songwriting

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Today we welcome back Sean Giovanni. Gio is an audio engineer, producer and the multitalented owner of The Record Shop in Nashville, Tennessee. During his career Gio has worked with big acts and labels to include: Alabama, John Legend, Lil Jon, Meatloaf, Sister Hazel, The Wallflowers, Sony Music, Warner Music Group, Universal, and many more.

PLP 093: Mauro Somm on Producing Techno by Avoiding Rules

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Today’s guest is Mauro Somm, an up-and-coming techno producer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He’s been signed on Christian Smith’s Tronic label and has had support from some of the most creative artists in the industry, including UMEK,  Gallya, Joyce Mercedes, and Space 92. 

PLP 086: David López on Audio Engineering, Gain Staging, and Mixing

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Today I’m joined by David López, an audio engineer, consultant, educator, producer, DJ, and Ableton Certified trainer. As Didactic, he performs in various genres from electronic pop to reggae to downtempo to house music. He has over 20 years of experience and holds a degree in audio technology from SAE where he also spent seven years teaching recording arts and sciences.

PLP 046: Zeb Lego on Record Labels and Rapping

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Today Zeb Lego returns to talk with us about his latest album hearts_[online], steps for setting up your own record label, and why he decided to try rapping for the first time. Zeb is a multi-instrumentalist and with the James Zero project sings and plays the drums, guitar, bass, and keyboard… and even mixes and masters his own tracks. Zeb last appeared on the Producer Life Podcast back in episode 30 and 31.

PLP 042: 6TH STREET Music on Punchy Kicks, Sidechains, and Magic Plugins

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In this week’s episode, Richard Wang of 6TH STREET Music helps me finish an upcoming EDM track. During the episode, we talk about ways to help your kick punch through the mix, places to watch for mud, his favorite “magic” plugins, and why he doesn’t trust his sidechains. There was so much good material he shared, I consolidated it into this podcast.

PLP 035: Mixing with Producer Dojo Sensei Trap Jesus

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Everyone needs a mentor. One of mine is Trap Jesus, also known as Luke Rain, and we recently had a terrific Zoom session where he explained his mixing process in detail. I found the session so interesting, I had to share it with you and Luke generously agreed to let me use the audio. In this episode we geek out how to mix a track and dive into the weeds on compression, limiting, and workflow.

PLP 014: SUBPAC Review

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Is a SUBPAC worth it? In December 2019 I purchased a SUBPAC S2 on Amazon while it was on sale. The SUBPAC is like a giant rumble pack on a videogame controller: you put it on the back of your chair and it vibrates to bass frequencies. At around $300 dollars, this is a pretty expensive piece of studio gear. In this episode of the Producer Life Podcast I’ll be sharing my thoughts after several months of use.

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