Wanna level up your recording skills? You came to the right place! Join acclaimed producers Joey Sturgis (Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men), Eyal Levi (Chelsea Grin, Monuments) and Joel Wanasek (Machine Head, Vinyl Theater) as they sit down each week with the best producers in the business to talk shop. You’ll get information, inspiration and most of all actionable insights from every episode. And when you’re ready to hit the books, head over to http://urm.academy to get your learn on!

SEASON 1 - With Joey Sturgis, Joel Wanasek, and Eyal Levi

In this episode we change it up a bit - Eyal Levi and I touch on a wide variety of topics including his upcoming Creative Live course, Nail The Mix and the mistakes bands make in preparing for the studio. 

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018 Eyal Levi (Producer, Nail the Mix)

Ever wonder what it takes to produce and mix at the highest levels? 

If you answered yes, then this episode is for you. Master producer/gear builder, Dan Korneff (Paramore, The Devil Wears Prada, Papa Roach) joins us for a rapid fire Tips & Tricks session that will blow your mind. 

In 35 hard hitting minutes we cover:

- Dan's secret guitar widening trick
- Carving frequencies to make space in a mix
- High and low passing guitars
- Surgical EQ on guitars to eliminate harshness while retaining clarity
- His most hated guitar frequencies
- Harmonic EQ
- Processing individual tracks VS busses
- When to use sidechain compression
- What's on his master bus chain
- Optimizing hybrid mixing setups
- Why he prefers Cubase
- Maintaining a quick turnaround 

TT1 | A-List Production Tips & Tricks w/ Dan Korneff

This week we're joined by acclaimed producer Andrew Wade (A Day To Remember, Neck Deep) to discuss strategies for getting the most out of your sessions.

Everyone who records for a living will agree, no matter how hard you try, a session will almost never go as planned. Entropy will always creep in.

Producers who've been able to sustain long careers have learned to navigate through chaos in the most effective ways possible. 

In this episode you'll learn

- Why everything should be so organized
- How to communicate your vision
- What should be sent out when you are hiring a mixer
- A breakthrough template method for super efficient mixes 
- What a good rough mix should consist of
- How to keep things compatible across multiple DAWs
- A no brainer way to name tracks. You'll never hunt for lost audio again.
- What should be sent out when a track is going to be mastered
- Disaster avoidance AKA how to properly archive your files

EP4 | Wading Through Chaos w/ Andrew Wade

Welcome to the first ever #MixCritMonday, the show where we critique YOUR mixes. Anyone who subscribes to the podcast is welcome to submit. 

First on the chopping block is our longtime subscriber, Jenson Manning (we love you dude). We took him to school on:

- Bass VIs like Texas Grind
Multiband compression
- Getting the low end of the kick balanced right
- The dangers of mixing in headphones (and how to make the most of it)
- Different mastering chains including plugins like Izotope Ozone and Slate Digital FG-X
Getting the right snare sound
- Blending vocals
- The difference between real monitors and computer speakers


EP3 | #MixCritMonday w/ Jenson Manning

What's a producer's real job?

Engineer? Coach? Fearless leader? Psychiatrist? Band member? Chaperone? Friend? Arranger? Songwriter? Session musician?

Actually, it's all the above. A great producer understands:

- What a client really wants and needs
- How to properly pace a session for maximum results and creativity
- How to read a client's personality and mood
- Who the best musicians are in the band
- Who he's actually working for
- Dealing with real world nightmare scenarios like a singer blowing out their voice
- The importance of remaining in "the zone"
- The psychology of peak performance
- How to get takes the artists didn't realize they had in them

Think you've got what it takes to be a great producer?

EP2 | Musical Translator

What does it take to be successful in audio production? Ask anyone whose made it and there IS a formula. Here it is:

1. Ambition
2. Vision
3. Execution
4. Determination
5. Luck
6. Timing

This episode covers how all six of those factors come into play over the course of a career in audio production, and what you can do to harness them. 

EP1 |  Food For Success

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

Thanks for listening! Leave us a comment!


TT4 | Drum Mixing Tips and Tricks

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