Checking out Eddie Van Halen’s 5150 III with Glenn Fricker
This is going to be a lot of fun, I’m excited to have our good friend Mr. Glenn Fricker at the studio with us today. If you’ve been watching my videos you may have noticed the one amp rack in…
Why I Love Reaper with Glenn Fricker
Reaper, which stands for “Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording,” is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software created by Cockos. As it is priced at less than $100, it is a great DAW for anyone…
EVE Audio – LAB-Talk Room Acoustics 101:
Even though a lot has been said about room acoustics, it is still a topic people have a lot of questions about. In this article I want to give a brief introduction to room acoustics and how to identify and…
Are You Ready To Engineer Professionally? | FAQ Friday
As always we have a few great questions in this week's FAQ Friday Today’s featured question is “When you are first starting out how do you know you are ready to work professionally as an engineer?" I strongly believe there’s…
AES New York 2019 Gear Giveaway | #AES19
Taking any of the actions below will enter you into all the giveaways. a Rafflecopter giveaway Today’s video features the amazing experience we had at AES New York 2019! We had a wonderful time as expected but what made our…
Genelec GLM 3 Calibration Software Demo
As you know I've been a fan of Genelec monitors for a long time. In today's episode we're sharing our recent experience with Steffenee Copley from Genelec. She came to our studio to show us how to use GLM 3…
Build a Home Studio for under $5,000 | Sweetwater Wishlist Challenge
Our friends over at Sweetwater have challenged me to build the best studio possible for under $5,000. - And I have accepted the challenge! It turns out they are having a giveaway from now until November 24th where you can…
Sean Douglas: Multi-platinum Songwriter and Producer
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with our good friend Mr. Sean Douglas! It’s been a while since Sean and I have seen each other, Sean looks identical to how I remember and I have aged a bit.…
What’s an Acceptable Amount of Drum Mic Bleed | FAQ Friday
As always we have a few great questions in this week's FAQ Friday Today’s featured question is “What is an acceptable amount of bleed in drum mics and what is the best way to get the least bleed?" The rather…
How to Create a Great Instagram Feed for Your Band or Studio
Instagram is an incredibly important tool to have in your social media roster for any band or studio. It is one of the most effective for music promotion, as it has the highest engagement rates of all social media channels,…
Kali Audio IN8 3-Way Studio Monitor Review & Giveaway
a Rafflecopter giveaway Today I’m sitting here with Nathan from Kali Audio about to take a look at their latest speaker! Ever since I heard the LP-6’s which as you know we love, and use every day; we've been talking…
Want to Mix Professionally? | FAQ Friday
a Rafflecopter giveaway As always we have a few great questions in this week's FAQ Friday and a giveaway from Tactical Headsets! The lovely people over at Tactical Headsets have sent us 3 pairs of earbuds to giveaway. They aren’t…
Puigchild Studio Tour with Jack Joseph Puig
I’m very excited to be back with Jack Joseph Puig at his studio "Puigchild Studios!"- As usual, Jack is looking incredibly dapper. If you don't know Jack, he's one of the most recognized names in the industry. The Grammy-winning, multi-platinum…
Baby Audio’s “I Heart NY” Demo & Giveaway
a Rafflecopter giveaway We have a very fun episode for you today! We’re going to review a plugin that I feel I have willed into existence - haha All joking aside, have you ever wanted a plugin that has been…
Clearmountain’s Domain Plugin Demo
Today we spent the day at Bob Clearmountain’s studio “Mix This” and went over to Apogee to hang out! We’ll have a marvellous video coming out soon with us talking to Bob about all the incredible records that he’s made.…
Create Clarity with Overlapping Vocals | FAQ Friday
As always we have some great questions in this week's FAQ Friday. there is a question about backing up and storing your work, one about recording live, and a room treatment question. Let’s jump right into today’s featured question! “What…
iZotope Ozone 9 Demo & Giveaway
a Rafflecopter giveaway We have a very exciting episode for you today, iZOTOPE has released Ozone 9 and we are going to try it out! I don't use Ozone 9 so this is going to be a completely new thing…
Testing: 12345 – The TG Console and the Abbey Road Album
Fifty years. It seems like yesterday. Fifty years ago, The Beatles’ Abbey Road was released to the world. One other album would follow, but we’d all learn soon enough that this one was truly their swan song, and one that…
Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb Demo & Giveaway
a Rafflecopter giveaway In today’s video, we’re going to be doing a review of Fender products. Not just one or two products, were reviewing 4 products! The first one is the rather beautiful Fender American Professional Stratocaster from their professional…
Behind The Scenes At Thomann Gearhead University 2019 | #TGU19
You may have noticed over the last month or two we've been posting some videos of me playing Laney, Vox, and Revv amps, we've also posted a video of us recording drums in a castle! All these videos share the…
Dealing with Self Doubt in Music | FAQ Friday
As always we have some great questions in this week's FAQ Friday. There are some technical ones, but the one we’re going to start with came from our academy. We’ve touched upon this questions a few times in other discussions.…
Guitar Licks Everyone Should Know!
We recently had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with our good friend Trey Xavier from Gear Gods! You may recognize Trey from his most popular videos like “NAMM 2016 Duallist's TRIPLE Bass Drum Pedal”, “10 Ways To Improve Your Guitar…
Music Industry Horror Stories with Fluff (Riffs, Beards & Guitar)
In today’s episode, we had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with the marvellous Ryan Bruce otherwise known as Fluff. I’m sure many of you already know Fluff from his youtube channel “Riffs, Beards & Gear.” - If you're not…
What Inspires Me: J.J. Blair (Johnny Cash, The Who, Rod Stewart)
J.J. Blair's Career J.J. Blair is an accomplished musical engineer, producer, and musician who has worked with a long list of fantastic artists, including Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Rod Stewart, The Who, and many more. Most notably, he produced…
At What Point Does the Engineer Become the Producer? | FAQ Friday
As always we have a bunch of marvellous questions in today’s episode! So let’s jump right into today’s featured question! “At what point does the engineer become the producer?” This is a really big question, because I think everyone who…
Vox AC10, MV50 & AC30S1 Demo with Phil Scarffe | #TGU19
While a Thomann Gearhead University (TGU) I had a wonderful chat with Phil Scarffe an engineer from VOX. Phil and I had a lot to talk about. First is the Vox AC10 which until I saw it about three days…
Suhr PT15 IR Demo with Pete Thorn | #TGU19
While at Thomann Gearhead University (TGU), we had the amazing opportunity to sit down with my good friend and amazing guitarist Pete Thorn. A lot of people probably know Pete from his YouTube channel, but like myself, he is a…
Mixing Nashville Drums, Bass, & Guitars with F. Reid Shippen
In today’s episode, we’re getting a sneak peek into Pro Mix Academy's new course “Mixing Nashville Singer/Songwriter with F. Reid Shippen!” F. Reid Shippen is a New Jersey-born, Nashville-based, Grammy award-winning producer/engineer/mixer. Throughout his amazing career, Reid has mixed multiple…
Optimizing your workflow | FAQ Friday
As always we have a bunch of marvellous questions in today's episode! So let’s jump right into today’s featured question! "What are some tips for organizing the home studios for improving workflow? Are there any lessons from professional studios that…
Genelec’s The Ones & Look Inside Metropolis Studio A
In this episode, my wife and I traveled to Metropolis Studios to see the unveiling of new Genelec Speakers. You’ll hear all about it plus a tour of Metropolis Studio in the video below! Metropolis Studios was built and opened…
Eventide H9000 Next Generation Harmonizer | Demo
We’re going to have a lot of fun in today's episode. I’m sitting here with Joe Cozzi from Eventide! Those of you that watch our show will know that I use Eventide’s H3000 pretty much every day. We have certain…
AmplitTube Brian May Collection by IK Multimedia | Demo
We’re going to have a lot of fun in today's episode. I've received over a hundred emails and messages asking me to do a review of this product. I’m holding onto my Brian May guitar, why am I holding this?…
In phase vs out of phase | FAQ Friday
We’re back – actually back! As you know I’ve been away for 3 1/2 weeks on a very long family holiday! I want to thank you ever so much for being patient with the last few FAQ Fridays. I’ve been…
Free Multitracks: Jay Clifford’s “Paralyze”
I have something exciting for you today: free multitracks! The multitracks we are giving away today are from Jay Clifford's track "Paralyze". I had the opportunity to help record and produce the entire album that this track was on, and…
Recording Metal Guitars with David Gnozzi
David Gnozzi is a platinum mixing/mastering engineer and producer, and the creator and host of the popular YouTube channel MixbusTV. David has an extensive knowledge of mixing and audio gear as he has worked as a professional songwriter and arranger,…
Roger Joseph Manning Jr: Blink-182, Beck, Paramore, Marianas Trench
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. is an American power pop and electronic rock musician, singer, and songwriter with a prolific career in the industry. Roger’s career began as early as 1989, when he began arranging string, brass,…
PhantomFocus System: Studio Tour with Carl Tatz
Carl Tatz is an award winning studio designer and principal of Nashville-based Carl Tatz Designs. Carl draws his expertise as a studio designer and acoustician from over thirty years of experience as a GRAMMY-nominated engineer/producer, award-winning studio owner (Recording Arts),…
Mixing Basics: Vocal Compression
Today, we will be going over the basics of mixing vocals. Earlier, we balanced the mix using just panning and volume and got the mix to a place where we could start making better decisions. In this video, we are…
In the Box or Hybrid: How do I prefer to mix? | FAQ Friday
Happy Friday! Hope your week has been marvellous! As always, we have a couple wonderful questions to answer for you today. And we have an exclusive clip from our Berlin Masterclass! So, let’s get into today’s featured question! “I see…
Recording Live to Vinyl with Reid Shippen & Pete Lyman
While we were in Nashville recently, we had the pleasure of capturing Reid Shippen and Pete Lyman recording an artist live to disc. The artist literally was playing in the other room, while Reid mixed the track and it was sent…
Tony Buchen Interview & Studio Tour
I was very recently turned onto Coil Audio amplifiers and Tony Buchen was the recommended user that I talk with to hear more about their amazing products. So when we had the opportunity to visit Tony Buchen we couldn't pass…
Make your home studio sound like Abbey Road Studio 3
Imagine if you could mix your music in one of the finest sounding controls rooms in the world. Well, that is what Waves have done here with Abbey Road Studio 3. They’ve taken their NX Technology and combined it with…
Room Calibration at Echo Bar Studios (The Moving Mic Method)
Today I'm sitting with two great friends Charles Sprinkle from Kali and Erik Reichers from Echo Bar Recording Studios. We’re here to talk about room acoustics, this is an important subject that I get asked about at least 10 times…
Should Your Studio Be Climate Controlled? | FAQ Friday
In this week’s FAQ Friday we have a lot of very very wonderful questions including, “How much can climate control in your room affect your recording?” The reality is, you don’t want to be in an incredibly dry room, obviously,…
Recording Drums at Blackbird Studios
As you know we recently had a Masterclass in Nashville, TN at Blackbird Studios! While we were there we had the wonderful Nate Onstott with us and we tracked with two completely different drum setups in studio A! - The…
McDSP APB-16 Demo with Founder Colin McDowell
Today I am sitting with the wonderful Mr.Colin McDowell founder of McDSP! Colin has just driven 6 hours to show off the new APB-16 - The worlds first programable analog processor! Colin is a pioneer and the first person I…
Should You Be Hybrid Mixing? | FAQ Friday
We’re big we’re bad and we’re back for another Frequently Asked Questions Friday! Today’s featured question is "Given the choice, would you rather mix through a console, summing or in the box? Why would you choose any one of those…
REVV Generator 120 Demo | TGU
In today’s episode, I’m joined by Derek Eastveld from REVV Amplification! You all know I am a big fan of REVV gear and today we’re going to be talking about the REVV Generator 120. - This amp is their 4…
Dweezil Zappa: Grammy Winning Musician | Interview
In today’s episode, we had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Dweezil Zappa in his home! This was rather exciting for me because the record "Dweezil" is about to tour is one of the greatest almost instrumental albums…
Kim Rosen: World Class Mastering Engineer!
We had an opportunity to sit down with Kim at Summer NAMM to talk about all things mastering and her new product the P331 Tube Loading Amplifier! Kim has a wonderful new product here the Whitestone P331 Tube Loading Amplifier.…