the all:ambient podcast

Marshall, Kirk, Ben, and Mike talk about the Pixar Problem of never "finishing" art but still choosing to "release" it. There's pros and cons in each direction, and it's time to find out which direct…

Max & Lina from Center Of Attention (and Silent Sonic Records) stop by the all:ambient podcast for a look inside their journey as creators, label heads, balancing music with the rest of life, and muc…

On this week's edition of all:ambient music news, we talk about Apple's latest iOS update that includes Ambient Music buttons to add to your home screen. Is this a good thing? Is this an AI overtake?…

Ben Tatlow takes off his artist-hat and puts on his label head-hat for a great round-2-interview with Mike about the ins & outs of running his label family of Echoes Blue Music, slow echo, and more.

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The studio-side and live-performance-side of music have always been (and will continue to be) intertwined... but a lot has changed in recent years on both sides of the fence, and the changes are not …

Marshall Usinger joins us for a round-2-interview on the differences between producing music and post-production (more commonly known as mixing & mastering), how to balance them while creating, why e…

In today's (video!) podcast episode, we talk about Spotify's Release Radar rules that has undergone a few changes recently, and how those changes might be worth considering in your next music release…

Kirk Smith (We Dream Of Eden) digs into what it looks like to dream about an artist/creative project from a 50,000-foot-view, what the future looks like, and how that influences what we do today. Kir…

In a world of more music being published each day than one could possibly keep up with... how does your music stand out from the rest?

Today's roundtable – Kirk Smith (We Dream Of Eden), Andy Robinso…

Ross Bartlett (Retland) joins the all:ambient podcast today and shares his perspective on the intersection of music & psychology – how our minds interact with art, how that influences how Ross create…

Major music labels are becoming more & more interested in indie artists & platforms... and while that might seem like good attention on the surface, one wonders if the resources available to major la…

Some exciting all:ambient news updates for you –

• The all:ambient 4-way collab project – featured over the last several episodes – has a new name and release date!

The collab between Ben Tatlow (Antar…

Our final collab-song-breakdown is here! Mike examines his song-starter where it began and all the ways it got added to, edited, and flipped upside down to turn it into a finished beautiful work of a…

In our third solo episode, Marshall Usinger (Be Still The Earth) breaks down his song-starter for the all:ambient 4-way collab project, detailing how it came together. From the start of the song to i…

In our second-of-four solo episodes, Ben Tatlow (Antarctic Wastelands) breaks down his song-starter for the all:ambient 4-way collab project, detailing how it came together. Simple nuanced beginnings…

In our first of four (!!) solo episodes, Kirk Smith (We Dream Of Eden) breaks down the song-starter he brought to the all:ambient 4-way collab session we embarked on recently (listen to last week's e…

This one got wild! Just before recording this week's installment of the all:ambient roundtable, Mike (Dear Gravity), Kirk (We Dream Of Eden), Ben (Antarctic Wastelands), and Marshall (Be Still The Ea…

Chris Bartels (sonant, Elskavon, Blurstem, Bora York) shares his mindset and approach to continually creating outside of the box mentally. Prepare to be encouraged and also challenged by his perspect…

In recent news, someone within the music industry has been caught creating countless monikers, generating thousands of AI songs, and having botfarms generate hundreds of thousands of streams per day …

TJ Dumser of Six Missing joins the all:ambient podcast today! TJ's prolific work continues to inspire with each release, and his latest work (Gentle Breath) is no exception. Hear TJ's beginnings as a…