324: Capturing The Band vs. Producing The Band – And Getting Better With Every Record | fourcitycolony

Stefan Thoms of fourcitycolony joins us to talk about self-recording a band, capturing live energy, learning from recording mistakes, working with outside mixers and getting noticeably better with

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323: What It Takes To Make A Record Feel Alive – Garreth Tackney

Producer and engineer Garreth Tackney wants records to sound polished without feeling manufactured. We talk about real drums, amps, room sound, imperfections, modern production tools and the decisions

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322: This Music Producer Is Covering The Entire 400-Song Catalogue Of One Band – Samy Braysel

There are ambitious creative projects. And then there’s deciding to cover every original song ever released by one of Germany’s biggest punk bands. That’s what music producer Tobi

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320: From Second-Guessing Every Mix To Finishing & Releasing Songs – Thomas Hauenstein

A lot of musicians can write songs. A lot can record them too.  But finishing them? That’s where things often fall apart. You tweak the mix, change the

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316: What Great Drummers Do Differently – Michi Dreilich

A great drum performance is not just accurate. It is not about playing the most impressive fill, staying perfectly on the grid or hitting every note exactly as

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313: How Legendary Rock Records Are Made – Kyle Hoffmann (NRG Recording Studios)

Great Records Are Made by Great People If you’ve ever wondered what separates a good audio engineer from a great one, you might expect the answer to be

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312: “Can We Really Produce Our Own Album Start To Finish?” (Steady Drops Case Study)

What It Really Takes to Make a Professional Record Yourself Can you really produce an album from your home studio that stands alongside your favourite records? Martin Kreuzer

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306: How We Recorded Drums For A Punk Rock Record (Swallow’s Rose – Full Drum Production Walkthrough)

What does a drum recording session for a real record look like? Not a theory lesson.Not a generic tutorial. In this episode we walk you through a real

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305: These 5 Low-End Mixing “Rules” Are Killing Your Mix

Most of the low end advice online sounds clean, structured, and logical. But it also makes a lot of mixes smaller. In this episode, Benedikt and Manel break

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301: The Music Production Process (Step 4): Recording Setup & Sound Check: How To Capture Great Tones At The Source

Great recordings don’t start with plugins. They start before you ever hit record. In Step 4 of the Production Process, Benedikt Hain and Manel Espinosa break down setup and sound

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