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
RSR423 - Andris Zemmers - JZ Microphones What You Need To Know
Get the most amazing deal ever - 50% Off JZ Microphones at JZMicrophones.com/rockstars. Andris talked about choosing the right microphone for your studio, what makes JZ Mic Golden Drop Capsules so un…
02:07:28 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
RSR422 - F Reid Shippen - Mixing Tips, using AI and Atmos!
Fully concentrating while mixing is a bad idea! Reid talked about the future of mixing with AI, why the role of music producer will survive the tech, how much cooler Atmos is over stereo mixes, and h…
02:19:00 |
Fri 06 Oct 2023
RSR421 - Mark Prentice - From The Meat Puppets to the Fairfield Four as Nashville Session Bass Player
"You're the cat on the date!" Mark talked about session mindset with Hall Blaine, vocal arranging for the Fairfield Four, a Meat Puppets session in Pheonix, how to play the right bass note, why your …
02:08:10 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
RSR420 - Todd Lombardo - Playing Guitar with Kacey Musgraves and Lera Lynn
You're not serious until Taylor Swift fires you! Todd talked about playing the guitars on Kacey Musgraves records, songwriting with Lera Lynn, keeping the magic in the music during tracking sessions,…
02:14:56 |
Fri 22 Sep 2023
RSR419 - Hugh Macdonald aka Fairhazel - Killer Tips for Home Studio Songwriting Production and Video Creation
My fingers are in tons of pies! Hugh talked about songwriting from dusty notes, Monty Python animations, shooting music videos, piezo mics for guitars, creating sounds from voice memos, pushing throu…
02:23:08 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
RSR418 - Chuck Ainlay - The Future of Immersive Audio, Dire Straits, Peter Frampton, METalliance & Country Music
Give it all you've got because that might be all they get! Chuck talked about Nashville history, mixing "Money For Nothing", how to record acoustic and vocals, and why your favorite microphones could…
02:46:37 |
Fri 08 Sep 2023
RSR417 - Joakeem Gaston - Home Studio Production with iZotope
Nothing is bigger than you! Joakeem (our youngest guest yet) talked about producing Hip-Hop-J-Dilla-Haitian-Komba music, midi studio signal flow, AI studio assistants, why you need Twitch & Discord, …
02:25:41 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
RSR416 - Tom Lord-Alge aka TLA - Answers All Your Mixing Questions!
Does your mix need a spanking? Tom talked about mixing on SSL consoles and the UF8 & UC-1, why Pro Tools works great for mixing, how to get a bigger chorus, set up your monitors, how to create a kill…
02:17:34 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
RSR415 - Jacob Light - Modern Tone Studios & Music School
So comfy luck can't find you? Jacob talked about beating imposter syndrome, building a commercial studio with a staff of session musicians and teachers, how to get great vocal, guitar, and drum recor…
02:19:04 |
Fri 18 Aug 2023
RSR414 - Wilson Harwood - Soundproof Your Home Studio
Which panels sound-proof your studio? Wrong question! Wilson explained the difference between sound-treatment and sound-proofing, how to deal with floors, walls, and windows, how to build your studio…
02:19:02 |
Fri 11 Aug 2023
RSR413 - Kevin Paul - Home Studio Mixing Advice (Depeche Mode, Kinks, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Goldfrapp)
Six ingredients can make a masterpiece or a bowl of dog food! Kevin talked about mixing in mono, stereo or Atmos, how to set up a home studio and get a pro sound using headphones and a bucket for mon…
02:14:37 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
RSR412 - Colin Scharf - How to Grant Fund Your Record and Home Studio!
Find the universal in the specific! Colin talked about writing grant proposals for records, organizing local show live albums, drum edits, and mixing templates in Logic Pro X, and how to create cool …
02:01:16 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
RSR411 - Nick Bullock - How to Get a Great Vocal Production
Vocal production starts with a hand-shake! Nick talked about the secret to a great vocal performance, mixing with the SSL UF8 and Neve Satellite, building a barn studio, running a studio business suc…
02:10:22 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
RSR410 - Dan Pfeifer - Audio Professor of Engineering and Production at MTSU
Would you say no to a session with Bono and Edge? Dan talked about working at Memphis Sound Productions, recording B.B. King & Paul Schaffer, writing manuals for API, mixing with SSL, and teaching at…
02:30:42 |
Fri 14 Jul 2023
RSR409 - Shawn Everett - How To Produce Music Like A Painter
What does The Scream sound like? Shawn talked about listening to paintings to guide your productions, acoustic guitars as synths, how to record Adele and not f#$% up, room mics on vocals, and how to …
02:01:16 |
Fri 07 Jul 2023
RSR408 - Bryan Cook - Mixing Advice for Pro Tools in the Box
Don't touch that kick drum! Bryan talked about riding the drums during fills, adding drum distortion, setting up your Pro Tools mix template, how to mix with reverbs and delays, keeping the vocal rea…
02:05:00 |
Fri 30 Jun 2023
RSR407 - Justin Perkins - Mastering Plugins and Samply.app Tour
Replace the Replacements? Justin talked about delivering mixes and masters with Samply, remastering Can’t Hardly Wait by the Replacements, the best plugins you can use for mastering, fixed-level moni…
02:18:05 |
Fri 23 Jun 2023
RSR406 - Damian Taylor - Mixing, Production, Synths, and Speakers
Where is the attack of a bass anyway? Damian talked about wireframing production, mixing on small speakers, Pro Tools editing by hand, recording modular synths, pen and paper producing, how to get wi…
02:20:10 |
Fri 16 Jun 2023
RSR405 - Larry Crane - Audio Restoration & Mixing Advice for the Home Studio
I love the smell of analog tape in the morning! Larry shared tips for mid-side two-track remixing, improving your recording craft, four-track cassettes, mixing She & Him, Pavement, mixing in Pro Tool…
02:20:01 |
Fri 09 Jun 2023
RSR404 - Collin Dupuis - Philosophy and Techniques for Mixing in Pro Tools
"Damn it Jim I'm a mixer, not a bricklayer!" Collin reminds you to make sure that the arrangement is right before the mixing session, why old houses sound great, how to mix drums with phase and polar…
02:31:06 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
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