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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
321: Why Creative Constraints Can Make You A Better Songwriter & Producer – Bryan Hinerdeer
Most musicians think creativity needs freedom. No rules. No limits. No one telling you what to make. But sometimes the opposite is true. Sometimes the thing that makes
319: What Mastering Actually Does To Your Music – Maor Appelbaum
What does mastering actually do? For a lot of self-recording artists, the answer is something like: Make it louder. Add some polish. Make it ready for Spotify. And
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?
314: Can Recording Studios Be Sustainable? Why Michael Buschka Is Building His Studio Differently.
Values When people think about making better records, they usually think about microphones, plugins, mixing consoles or expensive studios. Rarely do they think about sustainability. But for recording
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
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
304: Are You Learning From Audio Pros Or YouTubers? (The Mixing Advice That Actually Matters)
There’s more mixing advice online than ever. But here’s the real question: Is it coming from people who actually make records… or people who make content? You've hit a wall
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