

Recording Studio Rockstars
Lij Shaw
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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Jul 7, 2017 • 1h 48min
RSR096 - Richard Dodd - The Engineer Behind The Traveling Wilburys - George Harrison, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison
Stories about engineering & producing The Traveling Wilburys. Richard Dodd is a multi-platinum Grammy winning producer, recording engineer, and mastering engineer with 40 years of amazing credits to his discography. He began recording hits in the 1970's like "Kung Fu Fighting," and has since distinguished himself many times over while working with artists Boz Scaggs, Stephane Grappelli, George Harrison, Clannad, Roy Orbison, Wilco, Green Day, Steve Earle, Delbert McClinton, Robert Plant, Roger Daltry, the Travelling Wilburys, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Freddie Mercury, Placido Domingo, and many more. Leave a Review Get the full show notes at: http://RSRockstars.com/96 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com

Jun 30, 2017 • 1h 50min
RSR095 - Brad Wood - Producing Liz Phair, Veruca Salt & Smashing Pumpkins
We talk about defining the indi rock sound of the 90s in Chicago. My guest today is Brad Wood, a producer originally from Chicago now in Los Angeles, who is known for making some of the coolest indi and rock albums since the late 80s. Brad also owned Idful Music Corporation- a small but mighty recording studio in Wicker Park, where he recorded albums by bands like Seam, Tar, Shrimp Boat and Eleventh Dream Day. Brad's credits Include: Liz Phair, Veruca Salt, Sunny Day Real Estate, Thrill Jockey, Placebo, Smashing Pumpkins, Pete Yorn, mewithoutYou, Touché Amoré, and Ben Lee among others. Anatomy Of A Mix with Brad Wood - From The Pro Mix Academy Leave a Review Get the full show notes at: http://RSRockstars.com/95 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com

Jun 23, 2017 • 1h 30min
RSR094 - Kyle Lehning - Producing Randy Travis, Ray Price, and Ronnie Milsap
DOWNLOAD KYLE'S ACME PRODUCTION SHEET Hear Kyle Lehning unfold his production techniques when working with Randy Travis. Kyle Lehning is now closing in on 40 plus years as a professional in the art and business of making music. He has worked with artists as diverse as Little Richard and Chuck Berry to Waylon Jennings and George Jones. He also had the extraordinary opportunity, from 1992 to 1998, to head up Asylum Records under the Chairmanship of Bob Krasow. Kyle continues to produce, engineer, and mix for a wide variety of artists including Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Randy Travis, Lynda Carter, Jimmy Webb, Johnny Mathis, and Ronnie Milsap to name a few. Leave a Review Get the full show notes at: http://RSRockstars.com/94 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com
Jun 16, 2017 • 1h 41min
RSR093 - Bonnaroo 2017 Hay Bale Studio - Behind the Scenes
Hear stories behind the scenes of Bonnaroo 2017 at the Hay Bale Studio. Today's episode is a special one! We are here on-site at Bonnaroo, a music festival just an hour south of Nashville, TN. We are recording a band every hour, two to three songs, mixing it live and mastering it immediately so that the music can go directly out on radio stations all over the country. We'll be chatting with the team, getting some great stories, and answering as many questions as we can about what goes into producing, mixing, mastering, and putting out on the radio so many great songs in one four-day weekend. Leave a Review Get the full show notes at: http://RSRockstars.com/93 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com

Jun 9, 2017 • 1h 33min
RSR092 - Preparing Your Mixes For Mastering with Alan Douches - Sufjan Stevens, Brand New, Animal Collective
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE METADATA MASTERING SHEET Learn how to prepare and deliver mixes for mastering from Grammy-winning engineer, Alan Douches. Alan Douches is a Grammy-award winning music mastering engineer who has been in the professional audio engineering business for 30 years. He has worked on over 12,000 albums with various artists in almost every musical genre. He owns and operates a state-of-the-art mastering studio and 24-track analog/digital recording & mixing facility, West West Side Music. Leave a Review Get the full show notes at: http://RSRockstars.com/92 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com

Jun 2, 2017 • 1h 28min
RSR091 - 7 Studio Concepts For A Better Record - From The Book Making Sound By Cristofer Odqvist
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE SAMPLE FROM THE E-BOOK - MAKING SOUND BY CRISTOFER ODQVIST Learn tips about transient designers, lo-fi microphones, and enhancing reverbs. Cristofer Odqvist is an audio engineer, sound designer and music producer based in Stockholm, Sweden. He has been running a recording studio in Stockholm, Sweden for several years where he's written, recorded, produced, and mixed music and commercials for television, film, radio, and recording artists. Leave a Review Get the full show notes at: http://RSRockstars.com/91 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com

May 27, 2017 • 1h 44min
RSR090 - Joe Costa - Recording Ben Folds And William Shatner
Hear stories about recording William Shatner, drums, piano, and acoustic guitar in RCA Studio A. Joe Costa is a freelance engineer/mixer in Nashville, TN, originally from Dartmouth, MA. A graduate of Berklee College Of Music, Joe started out at Syncro Sound in Boston before moving to Nashville in 1993. Since then, he has worked in many great studios like: Treasure Isle, House Of David, and RCA Studio A (Now Ben's Place), and with many great artists, producers, and engineers through his career like: Tom Harding, and Joe Baldridge (episode 61), and also for more than a decade with Ben Folds. Leave a Review at: http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1039639115 Get the full show notes at http://RSRockstars.com/90 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: http://MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: http://RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: http://SkadooshMusic.com

May 19, 2017 • 1h 27min
RSR089 - John Fields - Producer for The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Pink
John Fields is an internationally recognized, multi-platinum writer/producer/mixer who has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business - from rock bands like Switchfoot, Jimmy Eat World, Lifehouse, Goo Goo Dolls and Andrew W.K., to chart-dominating pop acts like the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Pink and Backstreet Boys, to dance/electronic artists like Har Mar Superstar, The Presets and Cut Copy. Leave a Review at: http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1039639115 Get the full show notes at http://RSRockstars.com/89 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: http://MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: http://RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: http://SkadooshMusic.com

May 12, 2017 • 1h 7min
RSR088 - 4-Track Grammy Production With Van Hunt
The less is more approach to winning a Grammy. Van Hunt is a Grammy awarded musician, producer, songwriter, and recording artist originally from Dayton, OH but now living in Los Angeles. His writing and production has been featured on recordings by diverse artists, such as Dionne Farris, Rahsaan Patterson, and Cree Summer as well as the platinum-selling soundtrack, Love Jones. He has released 5 of his own records over the past 15 years, also touring alongside such diverse acts as Kanye West, The Roots, Coldplay, Mary J. Blige, and Dave Matthews Band. Leave a Review at: http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1039639115 Get the full show notes at http://RSRockstars.com/88 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com

May 5, 2017 • 1h 31min
RSR087 - Chris Selim - 9 Tips For Recording, Mixing, And Producing Clients Remotely
Chris Selim is a musician, music producer and recording/mixing engineer. He is renowned for his work in the French Christian music industry. Having produced and mixed artists globally in Canada, USA, France, Belgium and Switzerland, Chris has been working remotely with many of these artists using today's technology. Out of his recording studio near Montreal, Canada, Chris has mixed and produced more than 75 albums over the past fourteen years. Download the FREE CHEAT SHEET - 9 Tips For Recording, Mixing And Producing Clients Remotely Leave a Review Get the full show notes at http://RSRockstars.com/87 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com


