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This is part two of our interview with Zak Jablow, also known as Professor Fox, a Grammy-nominated music educator, commercial song writer and record producer for major label clients and independent projects. You’ve heard his music in television commercials, motion pictures and television programming. Clients include Mac Miller, Curren$y, Wu-Tang Clan, Ab Soul, Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, GLC, Carbon Tigers and Sidewalk Chalk.
During his diverse career he has consulted for The Ellen DeGeneres show, the USO, FrontRoProductions, HGTV, Miller Coors, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Moet, Hennesy, and RedBull. He’s toured globally with the LT. Dan Band, and he’s even given a TED Talk.
Currently, Zak is the creative strategist at Brain Candy Management where he is shaping new opportunities for artists within the Nashville music community and globally.
Make sure you listen to part one of the interview first where Zak offered some great advice on things you should do before quitting your day job as well as discussing Greater Than’s unique approach to sync licensing.
You’ll Learn
- How to help your vocalists give their best recording
- His hardware processing chain for rap vocals
- His favorite mics and soft plugins
- How timeblocking has dramatically improved his productivity
- Why his TED Talk was one of his favorite memories
- How he made the news in 2020… and not in a good way
Resources
- LinkedIn – Zak Jablow
- Website – Professor Fox
- Timeblocking on Wikipedia
- Book recommendation: The 12 Week Year, buy on Amazon or get a free copy with my Audible affiliate link and support the podcast too!
- Studio Gear mentioned in the episode:
- Vanguard v13 and v4 microphones
- Shure SM57
- Neve 1073 mic preamp
- Hairball Audio Lola mic preamp
- Inward Connections Brute compressor (discontinued)
- Universal Audio 1176 compressor
- Software plugins:
- Acustica Audio El Rey compressor
- Waves LoAir subharmonic generator
- Cymatics Diablo drum enhancer plugin he uses as a soft clipper. Lite version (free) available too.
- Korneff Audio Pawn Shop compressor with tube preamp and two band equalizer
- Korneff Audio Amplified Instrument Processor
- Brain Candy Management
- Zachary (at) braincandymgmt.com
