This was just a test recording to see how it sounds up here… Need to lower the levels. Would appreciate any other feedback in the meantime. Tambourine maybe?

Brightside (The Stella Sisters Cover - A Lennon & Maisy Original)

Tyre Fire is a prog band from Pretoria. Two of their members, Albert Smuts and Jean-Louis Brummer, were brave enough to make the trek to have a chat with us.

They opened up about the Pretoria scene, their influences and how they came up with their name. They also share some advice for other up-and-coming bands out there.

Episode 05 - Tyre Fire

Aweh Lucifer

BlackendWhispersOfficial - Track - 2 -Torn Apart By Wolves - Unmastered

Go Home  (But Leave Your Girlfriend)

Raw home recording I did for fun… not mixed or mastered. It's one of my dad's favourite songs so the plan is to give it to him for fathers day :)

Daughters (John Mayer Cover)

Welcome to #MasteringCritMonday, the show where we critique YOUR mastering.

Prolific mastering engineer, Maor Appelbaum stopped by to help us critique some listener submitted mastering work. 

IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:

- Nice and loud vs fatiguing to listen to
- What to submit to a mastering engineer
- Adding low end without destroying the track
- When to apply a heavy handed mastering approach
- Maor's favorite outboard gear
- Adding treble without harshness
- Mastering for vinyl

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EP11 | #Masteringcritmonday w/ Maor Appelbaum

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.

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

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EP13 | Standing Out From The Crowd w Finn Mckenty

Blade- Trinity Score - Drake's Parting Gift

Metal from Evander Mpumalanga, I recorded and produced this back in 2012, in my mammas garage. What a great bunch of lads, I hope they are enjoying their lives now, It would be a shame if they wasting their lives doing some other shit they hate, because they were very talented. (This Photo was taken in my mamma's garage btw, I know egg cartons dont do shit to dampen or diffuse sound. This was taken in one of their mammas garages!)

Blinding Vigilance - Wasted Life (2012)

Producer/mixer/songwriter David Bendeth is one of the all time greats; we're honored to have him on the show for a wide ranging, thorough discussion about his career, the psychology of working with musicians, and the importance of evolving with not just technology, but also emotionally.

“Music is ever evolving, and you have to keep up with whatever the technology is; that’s important. But, at the same time, if you don’t keep up with the emotional, inner side of creativity, it doesn’t matter what kind of technology you’ve got, you’re not going to do anything that means anything or that inspires anybody.” - David Bendeth

ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:
3:55 The feeling that music has chosen you, rather than the other way around
7:00 David’s perspective on the 60s as transformative years
18:40 The importance of demonstrating that you can follow instructions
25:37 The importance of figuring out your passion, and why David is drawn to producing rather than engineering
27:49 Frustration as a motivator and learning at the side of masters
30:53 Record label staff producers
33:52 Working on multiple projects at the same time
39:53 Going independent after years of working at labels
46:16 How pay worked with a label, and how David made going it on his own work
53:30 Perspective on the modern state of the industry to the way things used to be
59:07 The goal of stripping away the bullshit and how to know when you’re actually getting deep with an artist
1:03:11 The value of verbal communication over written communication
1:09:35 The psychological difficulties of the music industry, and strategies to face them.
1:30:20 Getting great drum source tone while also maintaining the performer’s vibe
1:33:26 How to evolve without losing your signature sound
1:35:18 What David wanted to bring to Underoath’s “Lost in the Sound of Separation”
1:37:54 The snare sound on Bring Me The Horizon’s “Sempiternal”
1:45:46 David’s experience working with Candiria
1:49:02 Reverb and delay strategies
1:52:31 Setting the best key and tempo for a song
1:58:39 Dealing with layered vocals
2:01:48 Logistical systems to facilitate a smoother recording process
2:05:31 Recording vocals with Breaking Benjamin
2:07:32 Getting low end in your snare
2:10:09 What a producer’s involvement in rolling out a record should be
2:13:17 David’s advice for his younger self

https://urm.academy/ep207-david-bendeth/

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Unstoppable Recording Machine Podcast Season 1

EP207 | David Bendeth

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Blinding Vigilance - Wasted Life (2012)

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