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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317: Sounding Professional Doesn’t Mean Generic, Boring, Or “Overproduced” – Domi Schreiber (MyKungFu)

When musicians say they want their recordings to sound professional, what do they actually mean? Clear? Loud? Polished? Perfectly edited? Similar to the biggest records in their genre?

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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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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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303: The Music Production Process (Steps 6-10): Clean Up Your Session, Enhance The Performance, Mix And Finish Your Song!

This is the final episode of our full music production breakdown series. We’ve covered songwriting, pre-production, gear, sound checks and recording. Now we finish the record. You've hit

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280: Raw vs Polished Recordings (Stop Missing The Point – Here’s What Actually Matters)

The internet is divided: should your music sound raw, real, and a little messy - or polished, tight, and “radio ready”? You've hit a wall with your audio

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226: How To Reduce Or Remove Noise From Your Recordings (And How To Avoid It In The First Place)

Let's get technical! Today we're gonna talk about how to handle and reduce or remove noise from your recordings. And how to keep it out of your recordings

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205: Get Better Takes Faster Through Comping On The Fly

Have you ever been looking forward to having to go through 637 takes, trying to find the good parts after the recording session is done? Me neither. How

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189: Warren Huart (Produce Like A Pro, Aerosmith, Ace Frehley, The Fray, Ramones) – Special Interview Episode

A very special episode this week ladies & gentlemen, as Benedikt welcomes the one and only Warren Huart.                     

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