The Spirit Studios Podcast
As the UK's first school for music production and sound engineering, we certainly know what we're talking about. Expect conversations with our expert tutors, inspiring students and creative guests from the music industry. If you're looking to discover new artists, learn how to take your tracks to the next level or just want to get nerdy about synths, this is the podcast for you.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Talking Music Business with Steve Tilley, Live Entertainment Promoter
Al and David talk with live entertainment promoter Steve Tilley, a director at Kilimanjaro Live with clients including the likes of Ed Sheeran and Catfish and the Bottlemen.
00:42:55 |
Wed 14 Apr 2021
Talking Music Business with Stephen Kempner, Music Lawyer
Al and fellow Spirit Studios tutor David chat with music and entertainment lawyer Stephen Kempner, a partner at UK law firm Statham Gill Davies. Stephen gives a legal perspective on areas such as art…
00:20:26 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Creative Block: Lewis Jones
Al chats with producer Lewis Jones about creative guitar sampling, making music in a shipping container, and flying out to Italy to engineer for Mika.
00:32:01 |
Wed 10 Mar 2021
Creative Block: Producing a Track from Samples
Join Al as he reworks the contents of a sample pack into a brand new track as part of Spirit Studio's Creative Block campaign.
Download the sample pack here: tinyurl.com/641ly6no
Watch Al's Creative …
00:18:01 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
Creative Block: Working with Sample Packs
Feeling uninspired? Struggling to start a project? Join Al as he reuses, recycles, and repurposes sounds as part of Spirit Studios' new campaign: Creative Block.
Download the sample pack here: tinyu…
00:18:45 |
Wed 10 Feb 2021
Making Tracks: Founds Sounds
Join Al as he ditches his instruments and explores found sounds and creative effects processing to make music out of non-musical objects - including cardboard kick drums, elastic bass synths and psyc…
00:18:45 |
Wed 16 Dec 2020
Making Tracks: Funky Disco
Join Al as he makes a funky disco beat in Ableton Live, featuring groovy basslines, retro synth sounds and percussion layers inspired by 1970s classics.
00:17:49 |
Fri 04 Dec 2020
Talking Music Business with Scott Maclachlan, A&R Director at Warner Music Australasia
Al and fellow Spirit Studios tutor David chat with Scott Maclachlan, A&R Director at Warner Music New Zealand. Scott shares his insight into working at a major label, how streaming has impacted music…
01:15:17 |
Wed 11 Nov 2020
Supporting Small: Niall Roche, Do As You Please.
Al chats with Spirit Studios graduate, producer, and Do As You Please label founder Niall Roche. They talk eclectic electronic music, taking inspiration from David Byrne, and how to assemble your fir…
00:26:50 |
Wed 28 Oct 2020
In conversation with: Mihnea & Alix, Interface 2020 winners
Al chats with students Mihnea and Alix, winners of Interface 2020 - a collaborative competition between Spirit Studios in Manchester and the Catalyst Institute in Berlin. Together they created a fant…
00:29:06 |
Thu 15 Oct 2020
Talking Music Business with Ian Huffam, X-Ray Touring
Al and fellow Spirit Studios' tutor David chat to special guest Ian Huffam, partner at X-ray Touring - an independent global music agency that handles the live careers of artists such as Anderson .Pa…
00:26:14 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Talking Music Business with Maddie & Tom
Al and fellow Spirit Studios' tutor David chat to Maddie & Tom about their first year experience studying on the Music Business & Creative Industries degree course.
00:15:05 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
Synthesisers 101
Get started with synthesisers and join Al as he explores the world of oscillators, ADSR envelopes, filters, LFOs & arpeggiators.
00:18:23 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
How to make a Podcast
In this episode, Al shares his tips and tricks on how to make a professional-sounding podcast from home.
00:22:48 |
Wed 19 Aug 2020
Making Tracks: Virtual Experience
Al breaks down the beat created for the Spirit Studios Virtual Experience on 1 August 2020. Join him as he chops up some mellow piano, creates time-shifting delay effects, and re-samples his own voic…
00:18:17 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
Reverb 101
Make some space and join Al as he explores the fundamentals of reverb. In this episode he offers some mixing tips, compares concert halls with springs and plates, and does some recording in a bathroo…
00:15:55 |
Wed 29 Jul 2020
Talking Music Business with David Cameron-Pryde
Al chats with David Cameron-Pryde, head of A&R at MUK Records and Music Business & Creative Industries Tutor at Spirit Studios. They talk about record labels, branding for independent artists, and wh…
00:30:36 |
Wed 22 Jul 2020
Free Effects Plug-ins
There's some fantastic free plugins out there! Join Al as he explores some of his favourite effects plugins that won't cost you a penny .
00:19:34 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Rhythm Rundown
In this episode, Al breaks down essential drum rhythms for five different genres of music - hip hop, house, garage, techno, and drum & bass. Follow the link below to download the MIDI drum patterns.
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00:17:26 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
Making Tracks: Synthwave
Al goes back to the 80s and creates a Synthwave track from scratch. Get ready for retro arpeggiators, big gated snares, and lots and lots of synths.
00:19:33 |
Wed 01 Jul 2020
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