Season 5 - March Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Unstoppable Recording Machine

Eric Valentine is a legendary producer best known for his work with Queens Of The Stone Age, Good Charlotte, Maroon 5, and Taking Back Sunday.

ON THIS EPISODE:

3:53 – Eric’s priority as a producer

6:53 – What Eric is working on in his studio

14:35 – Source tone component experimentation

22:32 – Navigating people is more complicated than navigating gear

30:10 – Invite the truth

42:20 – The aesthetic difference of going from Queens of the Stone Age to Good Charlotte

54:28 – Nobody plays rhythm guitar like James Hetfield

58:34 – Complexities of working with other people

1:06:39 – Creating a new sound without overproducing or alienating an artist’s fan base

1:13:00 – How Eric keeps a production as fluid as possible

1:19:13 – DIY tube traps

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George Lever is an insanely insightful record producer that’s worked with genre propelling bands such as Sleep Token, Loathe, and many others.

“You’re not setting goals in order to achieve them. You’re setting goals in order to reach beyond them” – George Lever

ON THIS EPISODE:

2:29 – Why the 5 am wake up call doesn’t always work for George

10:32 – Learning to unwind and creating habits

26:05 – Should you be friends with the bands you work with?

33:37 – Establishing trust with bands and getting them to listen to you

40:15 – How your upbringing shapes you

55:49 – What’s behind the audio

1:02;00 – Movie directors are like music producers

1:12:41 – How important is authenticity?

1:33:38 – If you’re going all in, make sure it’s for the right cause

1:42:44 – The industry can’t manufacture someone like Billie Eilish

1:51:29 – George’s takeaways from getting a business started during a recession period

2:04:00 – Overcoming your fear of just going out and doing things

2:17:59 – Reminiscing on the Myspace and mp3.com days and what some of the current downfalls of tech in the industry are

2:33:41 – How George got certain sounds on the records he’s worked on

2:45:10 – What audio rule does George break most often?

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