Category: Season 4 – June

Jens Bogren (Opeth, Dimmu Borgir, Katatonia) joins us ahead of his appearance on Nail The Mix to share a plethora of info about his process and how it’s developed over the years.

In addition to Watershed by Opeth, which is what he’ll be mixing this month on Nail The Mix, Jens has worked on numerous other legendary albums. This time on the show he talks about building a team, contending with extremely dense and complex mixes, and the balance between gear and the mind of the mixer.

“The most important thing when mixing: it’s not the tools, it’s not the speakers either, or the room, it’s the level of experience the brain has to hear things, and to hear what needs to be done.” – Jens Bogren

ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

11:00 Effectively delegating to team members
19:00 The challenges of dense mixes like Dimmu Borgir
27:00 Starting a mix from the chorus, mixing Devin Townsend’s “Deconstruction”
32:00 Working with Leprous over 4 records, repeat clients and building trust
37:00 Advising mix clients on tracking drums and vocals
44:00 Why It’s not about the gear, the speakers, or the room; it’s about the experience of the engineer/mixer
50:00 The guitar tone on Watershed
55:00 Jens’s approach to drum samples, favorite snare and drum heads
And much, much more

Watch The Video Edition Of The Podcast

Links:

Sign up for Nail The Mix and mix Opeth’s Heir Apparent with Jens this month
Fascination Street Recording Studios
URM Podcast EP29 with Jens
Wilkinson DeBleeder, as mentioned by Jens on the show

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Producer and URM subscriber, Anthony Potenza, joins the show to talk with us about leveling up your audio career.

Anthony has always been someone that’s stood out as having an amazing work ethic and the way he approaches his work is going to take him far. So, we wanted to sit down with him to talk about quitting his day job to do audio full time, building connections and drawing clients, the surprising answer for what gear you should actually get for your studio first, and a whole lot more.

“When I don’t have clients, I’ll make sure I’m working on bettering my skills, so I can really wow the clients when they come.” – Anthony Potenza

ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

2:49 Anthony’s transition to recording full time
7:15 Why resting on your laurels when you start getting a client base is a mistake
10:07 Why you should probably go to another producer to record your own band
12:35 How Anthony got his first clients
14:59 The value of building connections that you actually care about, instead of just looking for “in”s
19:55 The things you need to focus on before worrying about your gear list
27:09 Building acoustic panels
29:34 Anthony’s current approach to getting clients
And much, much more

Links:

Studio A Recordings on Facebook
Anthony’s band, Armageddon, on Facebook

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