Recording Studio Rockstars
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...
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 114 minutes
- Episodes
- 526
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
RSR462 - Mark Martin - From Nashville Music Row Sessions to Film School and Drone Piloting
"Build Your Toolkit!" Mark talked about finding job opportunities in the audio industry, recording sessions on Music Row at Ocean Way, Masterphonics, and The Workshop, running the SAE Institute, Teac…
01:51:41 |
Fri 12 Jul 2024
RSR461 - Brad Jones - How To Produce and Finish a Great Record
What's wabi sabi? Brad talked about searching for the human story in production, why you should keep your old gear, arranging strings for quartet vs section, staying on schedule and within budget, an…
02:17:42 |
Fri 05 Jul 2024
RSR460 - Damian Taylor - The Psychology of Mixing with Great Character
"Keep the mix interesting for yourself!" Damian talked about simplifying and optimizing his home studio for fast writing, The ultimate input routing patchbay, the effect of loudness, recording drums,…
01:57:53 |
Fri 28 Jun 2024
RSR459 - Greg Norman - Recording Rock Bands in Chicago (Steve Albini, Electrical Audio)
"I don't go ham, bologna, turkey, on tuning vocals..." Greg talked about building studios, the importance of trying hard in music, adobe brick walls, double bass and drum bands, making mic pres, and …
02:20:26 |
Fri 21 Jun 2024
RSR458 - Bobby Owsinski - Tips From Musician's Ai Handbook to Enhance And Promote Your Music With Artificial Intelligence
Will Ai ever understand emotion in music? Bobby talked about writing the Musician's Ai Handbook on how to write lyrics, chords, melodies, and beats, generate vocal tracks, mixing and master, create l…
01:57:11 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
RSR457 - Glenn Rosenstein - Fame Studios, Madonna, Talking Heads, Ziggy Marley, U2
The best ad for mixing was "Leave the door open!" Glenn talked about mixing at the Power Station and Sigma Sound, recording Madonna, Springsteen, U2, Talking Heads, Ziggy Marley, the birth of remixin…
01:52:07 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
RSR456 - Bill Demain - Nashville Songwriter, Cartoonist, Tour Guide, Journalist
Was Elvis the real phantom of the Opry? Bill talked about songwriting with artists over Zoom, writing for Mojo, the Brill Building in 1961, confederate ghosts, Crowded House, Jill Sobule, Tin Pan All…
02:10:40 |
Fri 31 May 2024
RSR455 - Mike Senior - Recording Secrets For The Home Studio
Learn to mix first! Mike talked about setting up a home studio, recording remotely, how to record drums, bass, and guitars, where to stand for a vocal mic, how to sing with speakers, contact mics, an…
02:30:15 |
Fri 24 May 2024
RSR454 - Joe Hutchinson - How To Master A Record
Uboats will float your Atomic Instruments! Joe talked about his new mastering studio Garage Masters, how to get loudness right for streaming, set up your mastering session in Presonus Studio One, do …
02:26:20 |
Fri 17 May 2024
[RSR Weekly Update] iZotope RX11, Adam Audio Arctic White, and LEWITT RAY are here!
This is a quick update to let you know that iZotope RX11 is here, featuring enhanced modules such as Dialogue Isolate, Spectral Editor ARA (for Logic Pro), Loudness Optimize, Streaming Preview, Music…
00:01:34 |
Wed 15 May 2024
RSR453 - Todd Burke - How To Make Records Sound Cool
Rack-mount your own real transformers! Todd talked about recording with dynamic mics, mixing with real transformers as plugins, setting up Atmos, automating Pro Tools with Soundflow, how to 3-mic dru…
02:18:16 |
Fri 10 May 2024
RSR452 - Mark Rudin - Songwriting for Sync License Music
Lower that cheese flag dude! Mark talked about writing music for sync that is fun and relatable without being too obvious, building a hotel studio in Mexico, placing music in feature films, using the…
02:23:37 |
Fri 03 May 2024
RSR451 - Brad Wood - Recording Rock Bands & Mixing In Atmos
Send Santa's sleighbells to the chimney object of course! Brad talked about recording awesome drums, creating your own snare and kick samples, how to get a great kick drum sound, how to capture a gui…
02:41:54 |
Fri 26 Apr 2024
RSR450 - Marc Urselli - Mics, Doom Metal, Jazz, and Throat Singing
Organization is everything! Marc talked about recording Bill Frisell & John Zorn, producing The Ramones tribute with Steppendoom, how to make a great compilation album or killer remix, traveling the …
02:16:21 |
Fri 19 Apr 2024
RSR449 - Dominique Sanders - Jazz Bass Player Hip Hop Producer & Beat Maker in LA
A hit recording might only be 2.5 min in 13.8 billion years of the universe! Dom talked about playing bass for the Queen of England & Obama, the history of KC jazz, learning to make beats, the power …
02:09:46 |
Fri 12 Apr 2024
RSR448 - Vance Powell - Big Phish Stories with Mixing Q&A
Don't pull my beard... unless you're Les Paul! Vance talked about recording Phish on tour with 244 mic inputs over MADI in a remote truck, mixing low-end bass and kick, how to mic a rock drum kit, st…
02:05:37 |
Fri 05 Apr 2024
RSR447 - Steve Genewick - The Beatles & Mixing Miles Davis in Atmos
Make mine a phantom center! Steve talked about the birth of mixing in Atmos, recording strings for the last Beatles song, Now And Then, how to record immersively, building a home mixing studio, mics …
02:22:13 |
Fri 29 Mar 2024
RSR446 - Sara Carter - How To EQ Everything in Your Home Studio!
Trust your first instinct! Sara talked about setting up your monitors for accurate mixing, how to place your subwoofer, learning to balance a mix first, why 85db is too loud, the power of a high pass…
02:17:25 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
RSR445 - Ken Sluiter - Tips for Production , Mixing, and Atmos
Is your home studio the best place for your client? Ken talked about recording at home vs a big studio, playlists vs endless sessions, why pressure is good for music, riding the master fader, mixing …
02:23:37 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
RSR444 - Joe Baldridge - Mixing Tips from Ocean Way Studios Grammy Winning Engineer at Belmont University
Do frozen cats make your mixes cooler? Joe talked about the history of Ocean Way Studios, how to fix cymbals ruining your drum mix, how to make a Decca tree in your home studio, double miking vocals,…
02:16:36 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
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