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RSR110 - 5 Game Changing Mix Moves for the Home Studio with Pete Woj of Mix Better Now Oct 13, 2017

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Pete Woj gives us killer advanced mix techniques to utilize in the home studio.

Pete Woj is a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, audio engineer, and home studio owner. Pete studied music at Berklee College of Music, Rollins College, and University of Vermont, and has produced and written music in many genres professionally over 15 years, with a focus on rock, pop, hip-hop, and americana.

Pete enjoys taking what he has learned both in the classroom and in the studio and teaching that knowledge with a focus on Mixing, Mastering, and Recording in Home and Project Studio environments through his blog and YouTube channel. (http://MixBetterNow.com)

I'm excited to have Pete joining us on the podcast today because he is going to lay some serious mixing wisdom with us Rockstars: Pete is going to teach us... 5 Game Changing Mix Moves for the Home Studio.

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RSR109 - Dayna Manning - What I Learned From Jim Scott, Rick Rubin, Don Was, and Dave Kalmusky Oct 06, 2017

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Dayna Manning chats about about recording with Sean Ono Lennon, capturing great vocals, using a metronome while tracking... and gives a bunch of great production tips!

Dayna Manning is a songwriter, musician, turned producer when she was just 17 years old, producing Sean Ono Lennon on her track "My Kind" for her debut record "Volume 1" (EMI). From there, her recording opportunites led her to work with the likes of Jim Scott, Rick Rubin, Don Was, Tom Lord Alge and Dave Kalmusky, where she learned as much as she could about recording and production in the studio.

Dayna has produced her own record Folkyo and her folk trio Trent Severn, as well as producing and engineering several national television commercials and branding an entire radio station, all from her home studio, in Ontario, Canada. Dayna firmly believes that production starts with a great song, so as a writer, she finds producing a natural fit.

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RSR108 - How To Self Produce And Release 4 Records In One Year with Joe Gilder Sep 29, 2017

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Joe shares with us a number of ways that you can go from dreaming of making your own record to enjoying the satisfaction of having your music everywhere for your future fans, friends, and family to listen to.

Joe Gilder of Home Studio Corner is a songwriter, producer, and home studio engineer who has been recording and teaching recording for many years. His blog Home Studio Corner is dedicated to helping you make better records from your home studio.

His partner site, Dueling Mixes, is a collaboration with Graham Cochrane of recording revolution, where you can learn how to mix from your home studio, following along with two great teachers each month in a larger community of home studio mixers. Joe was actually one of my first guests on the podcast back on Episode 3, and we've been friends ever since. I'm psyched to have him back on for this special follow up episode!

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RSR107 - Russell Cottier - Loudness And The Lost Art Of Mixing with Mixbus Sep 22, 2017

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Russell Cottier tackles audio topics such as automation, mixing, loudness, recording drums and much more.

Russell Cottier is a producer, audio blogger, and YouTube teacher from across the pond in Liverpool, UK. Russell has worked with chart-topping artists and labels such as The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sony, Sky TV, Nuclear Blast Records, Tamoki Wambesi Dove, Cavern Records, Playboy Channel and many more.

He works all across the UK and internationally, and can often be found at the Grammy-Award winning Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, the renowned Catalyst Studios, or in his own private studio where he has the luxury of a classic British analog console.

Russell is going to help us tackle the issue of Loudness And The Lost Art Of Mixing. We will start out with some introductions and then dive right into this ever vexing question of loudness.

Go here to get Russell's free training videos (plus a special deal on Mixbus v4) at: http://RSRockstars.com/MixBus

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RSR106 - Recording The Voiceless in Tanzania and Rwanda with Ian Brennan Sep 15, 2017

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Ian Brennan shares inspiring stories about music he produced and recorded in Africa, where he helped bring forth the voices of voiceless people to the world.

Ian Brennan is a Grammy-winning producer who has produced four Grammy-nominated albums and published four books while all the while teaching violence prevention around the world since 1993.

He has written a fascinating book called "How Music Dies (Or Lives)" that shares his deep understanding of music, culture, and recording music all over the world, but particulaly the continent of Africa. On episode 38, he told us all about his book and field recording music in general. However, since our last interview, Ian has released two more remarkable records and agreed to join us on Recording Studio Rockstars to tell us about the experience, play some examples, and talk about the process of recording them.

The first record is called Tanzania Albinism Collective. The second record Abatwa (The Pygmy): Why Did We Stop Growing Tall?

In true form, Ian Brennan finds voiceless peoples of the world and uses recording and technology to bring their voices loud and clear to us, grabbing the attention of national media and the Grammys along the way.

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RSR105 – Kevin Becka from Mix Magazine – How to add your music credits and get paid using the RIN-M plug-in Sep 08, 2017

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Kevin talks about the old music industry versus the new music industry, metadata, and the importance of networking.

Kevin Becka has been a recording engineer for over 25 years, working with top names in the music industry including Kenny G., Quincy Jones, Michael Bolton, George Benson, George Lynch, and more.

Also an experienced educator, Kevin is currently the co-director and an instructor at The Blackbird Academy in Nashville. He has taught advanced recording at Belmont University, surround recording and lecturer at the Danish Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was director of education and instructor at the Conservatory of Recording Arts for over 10 years.

As a journalist Kevin has worked as editors of Pro Audio Review and Audio Media USA magazines. And Since 2003, Kevin has been the technical editor of the industry-leading Mix Magazine where he writes features, product reviews and a monthly column. Kevin is also a voting member of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the Country Music Association (CMA), and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).

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RSR104 - Successful Scoring, Songwriting, and Production Advice from East Nashville with Jordan Lehning - Randy Travis, Kacey Musgraves, Kenny Rogers Sep 01, 2017

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Jordan Lehning gives advice on collaboration, songwriting, production, what makes great songs, and his experience in the music industry.

Jordan Lehning is a Nashville native who grew up in the studio. After a brief stint at Berklee College of Music, he returned to Nashville to record, play in bands, and cut his engineering teeth working for his father, Kyle Lehning, who has also been on the show on Episode 94: http://RSRockstars.com/94. We have also heard from Jordan's brother, Jason Lehning, on Episode 74: http://RSRockstars.com/74. The Lehnings are obviously a very musical family and I am honored to have all of them on the podcast!

After working with the likes of Randy Travis, Ray Price, BJ Thomas, Kenny Rogers, among others, Jordan ventured out on his own finding success in film scoring, commercial licensing, and production. He has worked with many Nashville indie artists including Jasmin Kaset, Caitlin Rose, Andrew Combs, Kree Harrison and more. He has become known for his skills in composition, and arranging with Kacey Musgraves, Shane MacAnally, Rodney Crowell, Charlie Worsham, Jacquire King, Jessie Baylin, Lucie Silvas and others.

Jordan now works out of his newly constructed full-service studio, The Duck, where we are joining you today.

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RSR103 - Finally A Way To Get Credit For Your Music With RIN-M from Soundways! - Gebre Waddell Aug 25, 2017

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Gebre Waddell talks about creating plug-ins, mastering, metadata, blockchain technology with music, and much more.

Gebre Waddell is a mastering engineer, author, and audio software designer-developer. Gebre owns Stonebridge Mastering in Memphis TN, and wrote the book "Complete Audio Mastering: Practical Techniques" published by McGraw-Hill in 2013. His mastering credits include artists like Ministry, Lil' Wayne, The Bar-Kays, George Clinton, Public Enemy, and David Porter.

Gebre is now the CEO and founder of http://Soundways.com a company dedicated to delivering the next generation of audio solutions for music and audio recording, streaming, video gaming, consumer electronics and automotive markets. SOUNDWAY'S MISSION is to: revolutionize the supply chain of sound recordings, from the studio to the services and devices used for listening.

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RSR102 - 4 Steps To 1.4 Million Spotify Plays In A Year with Kirk Teachout Aug 18, 2017

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Kirk Teachout gives excellent tips for songwriting, branding, balancing family & work, building relationships, teamwork and much more!

Kirk Teachout is a producer who was introduced to me as dude with a huge YouTube channel of nursery rhymes! I met Kirk at Summer NAMM 2017, where he explained to me that he had been creating content for a company that has the top 500+ YouTube channels in the world. Kirk started out working in Memphis, TN, alongside Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell at Royal Studios. And followed that by opening his own studio, Rise Studios, in Memphis (http://RiseRecording.com). Today he is going to share with us his outline of 4 Steps to 1.4 Million Spotify Plays in a Year. Yup, you heard that right. We are going to be sitting at the high stakes table today!

Download Two FREE eBook Guides ("The 4 Steps to 1.4 Million Spotify Plays + 4 Secrets to Saving Time in the Studio") at: http://RiseRecording.com/rsrockstars