Incremental progress leads to significant achievements! Join Lij Shaw as he interviews audio veteran Alex Ohana, who shares stories from a 35-year career. Alex reveals the power of embracing risk and reinvention, along with the importance of community in the audio world. He discusses his journey, from recording techniques to the evolution of technology, and offers insights into finding success in the music industry. This inspiring conversation delves into innovation, personal growth, and staying true to your creative vision.      Get access to FREE mixing mini-course:&nbsp; My guest today is Alex Oana, an engineer, producer, and innovator originally from Minneapolis and now based in Los Angeles. Over a 30-year career, Alex has produced hundreds of records and earned 11 Minnesota Music Awards. In 1994, he purchased the former home of Twin/Tone Records to launch his own studio, City Cabin, in Minneapolis. In the early 2000s, Alex relocated to Los Angeles, where he focused on mixing and worked as a front-of-house engineer for Pharrell Williams and NER*D on global tours. Alex has also held roles such as Global Sales Manager at Apogee Electronics and consultant for Vintage King Audio. As Vice President at Slate Digital, he co-created the groundbreaking Raven multitouch DAW controller. Later, he founded Audio Test Kitchen, an innovative online platform offering detailed comparisons of over 300 microphones and other audio gear. He is currently the Vice President of Marketing for Sound Vision Works. Alex first joined us on episode RSR226, where he shared his full backstory. Today, we’ll dive into the latest in studio tech and production. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!   &nbsp;Use code ROCK10 to get 10% off! &nbsp;Use code ROCK10 to get 10% off!  &nbsp;Get your MBSI plugin here! &nbsp;   Listen to this guest's discography on Spotify:    If you love the podcast, then please leave a review:&nbsp;

RSR494 - Alex Oana - Risk and Reinvention Essential for Growth in Audio

Featuring Jonathan Rogerson on guitar and samples

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Justified Fitting End is the 5th track on Tallsome Tales by The Carnivaleros.

Was you sent or did you just went 
Asked the preacher 'cross the table from me
I told him it was neither I was backed up to a wall 
Certain things are meant to be 
I had to kill my father he was beatin' on my mother 
Some old fences just will not mend
It was an unexpected, loosely-jointed, understated, overrated, 
Jaded but sophisticated, justified fitting end

My Ma was a-raisin' my sisters and me 
In a shack on the edge of town
She always did her best to keep food on the table
Even though Pa was not around
But he'd show up now and then in the heat of the moment 
Reeking of a backwoods still
He'd been in a rage every day gone by 
Since they laid him off down at the mill
He knocked us all around but my Ma got it the worst 
Only so far a body can bend
Until his unexpected, loosely-jointed, understated, overrated, 
Jaded but sophisticated, justified fitting end

There was a time things weren't so bad
When we were knee high to a man
But that must've been just a child's perception 
Don't remember when they got out of hand

Now I'm doin' time on the local state dime
I did what I had to do
My Ma would've died and the bruises on my sisters 
Were a spectacle of black and blue
I’m a peaceful man most every day 
But when the trouble just would not end
I had to do something 'cause my ma and my sisters 
Had not the strength to fend
If I had to do it over it would come out just the same 
Some old fences just will not mend
It was an unexpected, loosely-jointed, understated, overrated, 
Jaded but sophisticated, justified fitting end

Gary Mackender - accordion, organ, vocals
Karl Hoffmann - bass 
Les Merrihew - drums
Joe Fanning - electric guitar
Mitzi Cowell - slide guitar
Björgvin Benediktsson - harmony vocals
Carla Brownlee - bari sax
Mike Coyle - trumpet
Michael Oliver - trombone
Greg Mackender - horn arrangements

Tallsome Tales

Justified Fitting End

Episode 5 Justified Fitting End

Oakhurst's latest offering Barrel (their 5th), was produced and engineered by Joe Pisapia (K. D. Lang, Ben Folds & Guster) and was recorded at his own Middle Tree Studios in Nashville, TN. With Pisapia and Oakhurst front man Adam Hill's collaborative songwriting and Pisapia's guitar performances, Barrel takes a noticeable turn from the bluegrass tendencies that characterized the band’s previous efforts to a more genre-bending Americana and Bluesey reverberation. The arrangements and the harmonies are tight, pushing the songs towards a much broader audience with mainstream appeal.

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Charles H. Root, III remix of the song "American Winter" by Nashville-based, Grammy Award winning engineer, producer, and musician Lij Shaw.

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Matt Kramer "Bricks In The Atmosphere"

From the album Jennie Lowe Ghost Tracks 2020.
Featuring Tyler Ramsey (Band of Horses) andSebastian Steinberg (Fiona Apple)

RSR494 - Alex Oana - Risk and Reinvention Essential for Growth in Audio

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