Category: Season 1 – June

We discuss some of our favorite drum mixing techniques.

If you don’t have a great drum mix, you don’t have a mix. This can be intimidating because there are so many moving pieces to deal with. The first thing you need to get right is your overall balance. Without that your drums will either lose energy or sound disjointed.

Once you nail an initial balance then you can start working on individual elements like how much energy is being driven by the kick, or dialing a slamming snare.

“50 to 60 percent of my snare sound doesn’t come from the actual snare.” – Joey Sturgis

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

– Joey’s favorite methods for compressing drums
– How to get a big roomy snare sound
– The importance of overall balances
– To parallel compress or to not parallel compress
– Using multi-band compression to control the low end of a kick
– Drum mixing automation tricks

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Nail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Chelsea Grin, Machine Head and State Champs. Join now for instant access!

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Luck is the meeting place of preparation and opportunity. Nobody knows that better than Josh Newell, who is regarded for his genre spanning work with artists such as Linkin Park, Avril Lavigne, Cynic, Intronaut, Celine Dion, and more.

On this episode we discuss how Josh Newell has managed to work his way to the top LA production circles, the difference between producing pop and metal, what it takes to maintain a long career, as well as many of his favorite mixing techniques.

If you want to work in big studios, on various different genres, for lots of different producers, this episode is for you:

“If someone sings better upside-down, figure out a way to fuckin’ hang them upside down!” – Joey Sturgis

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• How to build intentional relationships
• How to spot and seize great opportunities
• The power of word of mouth
• How he became Linkin Park’s go-to engineer
• Josh’s take on Andy Wallace’s mixing style
• How to find “the hook”

Links:

Josh Newell’s website
NRG Studios
CreativeLIVE audio courses

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Nail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Chelsea Grin, Machine Head and State Champs. Join now for instant access!

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John Douglass shares how he mastered drum editing and quit his day job.

What are the #1 and #2 skills and traits that will get and keep you employment as an audio engineer?

1 – You must be reliable
2 – You must be an amazing editor

John Douglass has worked his way up from being a kid with a laptop in a bedroom to working with some of the biggest artists in pop and metal. And he did it by becoming the best at crucial things that nobody else wants to do, like drum editing. If you want to up your drum editing game and turn audio into a full time career, this episode is for you.

John Douglass is an accomplished engineer/mixer/producer, having packed an impressive number and variety of credits into his five years as an audio professional.In the studio, he has worked with metal artists such as Battlecross, Cryptopsy, The Contortionist, Assassins, and Hypno5e in addition to pop artists such as Katy Perry, Nelly, TI, and Rick Ross.

In addition to being an amazing engineer he has also been an editor for Eyal Levi, Joey Sturgis, Will Putney, Andrew Wade, Jason Suecof, and Mark Lewis. He is an encyclopedia of engineering knowledge and a ninja of workflow.

In this episode you will learn about:

– Drum editing
– Finding and keeping work as an audio engineer
– Locking phase during edits
– Using Quick Keys and batch commands for an efficient workflow
– Transient alignment

Links:

John Douglass’s Website

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Nail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Chelsea Grin, Machine Head and State Champs. Join now for instant access!

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Finn Mckenty (CreativeLIVE, The Punk Rock MBA) joins us to discuss the inner workings of songwriting, creation of a unique point of view and effective marketing for bands and producers in the fast-paced, highly competitive creative world of today.

To say that today’s recording market is oversaturated would be an understatement. It’s more important than ever for producers to adopt effective and engaging ways to promote themselves. However, most think that self promotion equals salsey spamming and that couldn’t be further from the truth. Hit play to find out the right way to promote yourself.

“At the end of the day there are no secrets, just attention to detail and a lot of hard work. That’s the difference between the pros and the beginners.” – Finn McKenty

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

• Product market fit
• How to get an internship
• Developing your unique voice or sound
• The importance of high standards and how to maintain them
• Standing out in a crowded market
• The difference between part writing and songwriting
• What attention to detail really means
• What the pros share that amateurs don’t

Links:

CreativeLIVE
The Punk Rock MBA
Eyal’s CreativeLIVE songwriting class

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Nail The Mix is our online mixing school that gives you REAL multi-tracks from REAL bands, plus a mixing class from the producer who recorded it. Past guests include Periphery, Chelsea Grin, Machine Head and State Champs. Join now for instant access!

 

Leave any questions, comments, or feedback in the comment section below.

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