Recording Studio Rockstars

Get FREE mix training videos, eBook and multi tracks at MixMasterBundle.com My guest is Mark Rubel, the Co-Director of Education and Instructor at The Blackbird Academy, which is an intensive recording school at famed Blackbird Studios in Nashville, TN. Since 1980, Mark has made about a zillion recordings at his Pogo Studio in Champaign IL (currently reopening in Nashville), including such artists as Alison Krauss, Jay Bennett, Ludacris, Hum, Adrian Belew, Melanie, Fall Out Boy, Duke Special, and many others. Get full show notes at RecordingStudioRockstars.com/17 LEAVE A REVIEW

Get FREE mix training videos, eBook and multi tracks at MixMasterBundle.com My guest on the show today is Dave Hagen, Head Engineer at Dark Horse Recording in Franklin, TN. Dark Horse is one of the longest lived large studio complexes in the Nashville area featuring multiple studios, and complete artist accommodations amid a stunningly beautiful Tennessee countryside backdrop. Dave works with an extremely diverse client base including OneRepublic, Relient K, Matthew West, For King and Country, Tenth Avenue North, Ashley Judd, Newsboys and many others. Dave also helped develop teaching curriculum for the Dark Horse Institute, build and design several new studios, and has taught many students the skills needed to get started in the music industry. Get full show notes at RecordingStudioRockstars.com/16 LEAVE A REVIEW

Get FREE mix training videos, eBook and multi tracks at MixMasterBundle.com My guest today is Ronan Chris Murphy, a producer, mixer, and recording artist. Ronan has spent the past 25 years playing and recording music. He started out playing in punk bands in Washington DC touring and sharing stages with Dinosaur Jr, The Flaming Lips, the Henry Rollins Band, and Gwar. Learn how to record pro drums with Drum Recording Boot Camp As a producer, engineer and/or mixer, Ronan Chris Murphy has worked with the likes of King Crimson, Steve Morse, Terry Bozzio, Steve Stevens, Tony Levin, and Nels Cline to name a few, as well as various projects featuring members of Tool, Ministry, Weezer, Dishwalla, and Yes. And one of the coolest things Ronan has for you, Rockstars, is a series of international recording workshops called Home Recording Boot Camp. Get full show notes at RecordingStudioRockstars.com/15 LEAVE A REVIEW

Get FREE mix training videos, eBook and multi tracks at MixMasterBundle.com My guest on the show today is is Greg Norman. He is a freelance recording engineer, producer, and audio designer and technician from Chicago, IL. Greg records both from his home studio and at Electrical Audio, a multi-room studio belonging to Steve Albini that specializes in recording to analog tape. His discography is like a “list of who’s who in cool bands” including: Andrew Bird, The Killers, Guided By Voices, The Autumn Defense, & Kim Deal (of The Pixies) Greg created Normaphone which is his moniker for all audio electronic constructions that he does independent of Electrical Audio. One of his notable products is the beautiful MXPre L1c mic preamp that he designed for use in the Sony MXP 3000 series console. Get full show notes at RecordingStudioRockstars.com/14 LEAVE A REVIEW

Get complete show notes at RecordingStudioRockstars.com/13 My guest on the show today is a friend and studio team member, Joe Hutchinson. Joe is a professional mastering engineer right here in Nashville TN. But he masters records for artists from all over the world. Whether Canadian blues, Austrian folk music, or American Christian music Joe often helps indie artists finish their records with a major label sound. Joe is also a part of my team at the Bonnaroo Hay Bale Studio and The Pilgrimage Sessions, where we record, mix, and master up to 40 bands and a hundred songs in a single weekend! Recording amazing artists like The Avett Brothers, Ben Folds, and Cage The Elephant Joe will deliver finished masters ready for upload and airplay on the radio as fast as an hour after the performance. Get FREE mix training videos, eBook and multi tracks LEAVE A REVIEW

Get complete show notes at RecordingStudioRockstars.com/12 My guest on the show today is Mark Haffner, an Emmy Award-winning TV/film composer, with many film studio & TV network credits. Some of Mark’s clients include Disney, NBC, CBS, ABC, Orion Pictures, Atlantic Records, P. Diddy, Usher, Busta Rhymes, Notorious B.I.G., and many major-market USA TV stations. Mark is also a cohost with me at Podcast Professors where you can learn how to get started in podcasting. Get FREE mix training videos, eBook and multi tracks LEAVE A REVIEW

Get your FREE Mix Training and eBook at MixMasterBundle.com My guest today is Kern Ramsdell a music lover and creator of the recording blog Home Recording Weekly. His goal is to share everything that he learns about writing, playing, recording, mixing, and mastering music in home recording studios. In his own words Kern says “I simply must get the music that I hear in my head, out. I love it when a song begins to come to life.”Kern publishes videos, product demos, and reviews to help you out as well as hosting the Home Recording Weekly Podcast. Kern also created the “Home Studio eBundle” to help you get more realistic MIDI instruments in their productions, better sounding bass and guitars using Virtual Instruments, and better mixes as a whole. You can find out more at his site Home Recording Weekly! Get The Complete Show Notes LEAVE A REVIEW FOR THE PODCAST!

Bobby Owsinski, producer, mixer, author of The Mixing Engineer's Handbook, shares stories from his transition from player to top-tier engineer. He discusses tape vs modern workflows, limits shaping creativity, his minimal Pro Tools setup, favorite gear like the 1176, and highlights from his 101 Mixing Tricks course. Short practical tips and career lessons pop up throughout.

Get FREE Mix Training Videos at MixMasterBundle.com RecordingStudioRockstars.com/9 My guest today is the extraordinary producer, programmer, performer, songwriter, arranger, mixer, engineer, and author, Michael Beinhorn. He began his career as a keyboard player with Bill Laswell in the band Material and had a major breakthrough in the 80s as co writer of the seminal hip hop classic “Rockit” with Herbie Hancock. He went on to produce an impressive discography that includes Soundgarden Superunknown, The Red Hot Chili Peppers Uplift Mofo Party Plan & Mother’s Milk , Soul Asylum Grave Dancer’s Union, and Korn Untouchables among many others. Michael developed a reputation for producing artists’ “career records” and was ultimately Nominated for a Grammy in 1998 as Producer of the year for his work with Celebrity Skin by Hole and Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson. And finally Michael is a prolific author. He has an ongoing blog called How To Save Popular Music where he comments on the state of music today. And In 2015, Beinhorn wrote a book called "Unlocking Creativity" which outlines his personal experience with the creative process as a record producer. Order his book Unlocking Creativity here! For complete show notes go to http://recordingstudiorockstars.com/9 PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES!

Get FREE Mix Training Videos at MixMasterBundle.com Recording Studio Rockstars Ian Shepherd is a professional mastering engineer with over 20 years experience and owner of Mastering Media Ltd. Ian has mastered thousands of CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays for all of the major record labels, TV stations and independents, including several number one singles and award-winning albums. Some of the artists and clients include: Keane, Tricky, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Deep Purple, The Orb, Leslie Garret, Culture Club, Porcupine Tree, Andy Weatherall, The Las, Ozric Tentacles, Christine Tobin, New Order and King Crimson amongst many others. Ian has taken all of that experience and created the popular website, Production Advice. He is the founder of Dynamic Range Day and created the award-winning Perception Plugin with MeterPlugs. Ian runs an acclaimed online course called the Home Mastering Masterclass, helping people get better results mastering their own music. This is an awesome resource that can help you with your mastering whether you are just starting out and wanting to master from home on your laptop or looking to deepen your understanding of what mastering is really all about. For complete show notes go to http://recordingstudiorockstars.com/8 PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW IN ITUNES!