172: Creation vs Craft – What We Learned From Rick Rubin’s Book “The Creative Act” And Why You Should Read It

I just finished Rick Rubin's book "The Creative Act" *. A fascinating and very inspiring read that made me want to talk about it on the podcast, because there

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170: Case Study: Robin & Clint (Roobey Records, Snakes In The Pit) On Starting A Studio, The Importance Of Focus And Becoming Confident In Your Work

I sat down with Clint & Robin, two amazingly talented producers, engineers and musicians from Hamburg, Germany. I've been working with them for about a year now, helping

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169: This is What Separates Pro Quality Productions From Amateur Demos

Listen to this episode if you want to know what's keeping your recordings from sounding professional.Book a free feedback call with Benedikt, the host of the show!Here's what

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167: Top Down Mixing – The Easy Way To Fast And Musical Results?

As a follow-up to last week's episode on bus processing, we want to introduce and explore the idea of top-down mixing today. Top-down mixing can make your mixing workflow

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166: How Bus Processing Can Help Your Mixes Sound More Cohesive & Polished

In the episode on piano recordings and sparse arrangements we briefly talked about using bus processing to glue things together and keep things a little more organic. Today

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165: The Fun Factor: How To Find Joy In The Creative Process And Rekindle Your Passion For Music Production

I got a message from one of our coaching students and it really made me think. This is what he wrote: "I just wanted to say thank you.

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163: I Need A Better Process For Tracking!

Jack, a podcast listener, commented the following on one of our episodes:"A problem i've been having lately isn't so much with getting good sounds or mixing as it

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159: Home Recording 101 – If We Were To Start Over In 2023, This Is What We Would Do (And Buy) – Part 2

Today we're going all the way back to day one of the home recording journey and talk about how to get started recording your own music. We've been

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157: The Biggest Home Recording Mistakes We’ve Seen This Month

Sometimes knowing what not to do is more helpful than learning a new trick.So in this episode, I (Benedikt) want to break down the biggest home recording mistakes

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156: What is a Music Producer?

Do you know what music producers like Rick Rubin actually do and get paid for? Book a free feedback call with Benedikt, the host of the show!CBS News just

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