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Alice In Chains’ “Man in the Box”: Inside the Song with Dave Jerden
Mixing Pop w/ Ariel Chobaz – Mix Contest
Ariel Chobaz: Multi-Platinum Hip Hop/Pop Engineer
Ariel Chobaz is a GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum engineer and mixer with handfuls of Billboard #1s under his belt. He mixed a record-breaking number of singles charted by a female rap album with Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday. He and Minaj also set the record for…
Recording Rock Guitars With Bradley Cook
Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun”: Inside the Song with Michael Beinhorn
Michael Beinhorn: Multi-Platinum Producer, from Herbie Hancock to Soundgarden
Like so many of the fantastic producers, engineers, and musicians we have the opportunity to talk to, Michael Beinhorn‘s career has been absolutely incredible. A lifelong artist, Michael started first as an illustrator, then a musician, before finally becoming an…
Blue Oyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”: Inside the Song with Shelly Yakus
I recently sat down with my dear friend Shelly Yakus to talk about his experience recording one of the most iconic guitar riffs of all time! Shelly has had a phenomenal career. Not only is he a renowned producer and…
Foo Fighters “Everlong”: Inside the Song
Ed Cherney: GRAMMY & TEC Award-Winning Producer/Engineer
Carl Tatz: Award-Winning Studio Designer and Producer
David Gnozzi of MixbusTV: Platinum Engineer & Audio Educator
What’s New at NAMM 2019
Adam Ayan: Mastering Paul McCartney, Katy Perry…
Adam Ayan is a GRAMMY-, 5x Latin GRAMMY-, and TEC Award-winning mastering engineer who works out of Bob Ludwig’s Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine. Adam graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell’s Sound Recording Technology program in 1997 before starting…
Bob Ludwig: The Mastering Engineer’s Mastering Engineer
Eric Boulanger: World Class Mastering Engineer
Scott Baxendale: Acoustic Conversion Process
Joe Napolitano: Songwriter, Producer, & Engineer
Bradley Cook: Recording Engineer (Foo Fighters, QOTSA)
Barefoot Recording Studio Tour with Tim O’Sullivan
Chatting with Peter Freestone: Freddie Mercury’s Friend & Assistant
I’m very excited about today’s interview. I feel very blessed to be talking with Mr. Peter Freestone, who was Freddie Mercury‘s personal assistant for about 12 years! As you know I’m a HUGE Queen fan- they’re one of the reasons why…
The next generation of audio professionals with Joey Sturgis
I recently had the opportunity to mix a song from scratch on an episode of Nail The Mix. It was a song that I had never mixed and I didn’t have a template for it either! You can watch my…
UA Apollo X w/ Two Door Cinema Club @ Air Studios
Rare & Obscure Gear (Blackbird Studio Tour)
While we were in Nashville for the Produce Like A Pro Academy Masterclass, we had a chance to take a tour of the wonderful Blackbird Studios! We’ve done tours of this studio in the past, but this year Mark Rubel…
From small town to Country Music Legend (Talking w/ Jeff Balding)
While we were in Nashville for Summer NAMM, we had the opportunity to chat with the incredibly talented Jeff Balding at Ocean Way Nashville! Jeff is a Nashville-based, eight-time Grammy-nominated producer and tracking/mixing engineer. He’s recognized for his genre-spanning work…
The Future of the Music Industry (With Reid Shippen)
While we were in Nashville, we had a chance to sit down and chat with the incredibly talented, F. Reid Shippen! Reid stopped by Blackbird Studios while we were having our Produce Like A Pro Academy Master Class to talk…
Hi! I’m Wayne G. Miller!
Hello, Produce Like A Pro viewers and readers. I’m Wayne G. Miller – a producer/mixer, songwriter and musical director in Los Angeles. As an MD I have worked with Christina Perri, Mike Posner, Demi Lovato, Snakehips, AlunaGeorge and many others.…
Touring the world with Rock Stars (Talking with Wayne Miller at Selma Studios)
I recently had a chance to sit down with the incredibly talented Wayne Miller at his home studio (Selma Studios) in Hollywood, California and talk about the music industry, touring, and songwriting! Wayne is an accomplished songwriter, producer, musical director…
Vocal Tuning in the ’70s! (Talking with Richard Dodd)
While we were in Nashville, we had a chance to talk with the incredibly talented Richard Dodd! The interview took place at Blackbird Studios in Studio D, where we were having our Produce Like A Pro Academy Master Class. Believe…
Raised in recording studios (Talking with Ryan Hewitt)
While we were in Nashville for NAMM and the Produce Like A Pro Masterclass, I had a chance to stop by the House Of Blues Studios to talk with the incredibly talented Ryan Hewitt. Ryan Hewitt is a Grammy award-winning…
The owner of the most well equipped Studio in the World
Mara Machines: A Brief Explanation by Chris Mara
Mara Machines was officially founded as a company in 2008, but the seeds were planted about 10 years prior to that. I moved to Nashville in the summer of 1998 for an internship at a recording studio, which featured a…
Interview w/ Darrell Thorp- 7x Grammy Winner (Paul McCartney, Radiohead, Beck)
Darrell Thorp is the kind of Engineer so many of us aspire to be. For me, he is THE definition of a recording engineer; someone who sees his job as capturing the best performances of the artists he works with…
Industry Interviews & Sontronics Microphone Giveaway
Summer NAMM Roundup
Summer NAMM 2018 & BAE Royaltone Giveaway
Richard Furch Interview and Studio Tour
Talking with Richard is fantastic, he is humble, a huge fan of music and has a thirst for knowledge. He is someone who is always looking to improve! In fact he’s taken many of our courses and watches our videos…
Andrew Wells Interview and East West Studio 3 Tour
At just 22 years old, Andrew Wells has already established himself as an incredibly skilled producer in the industry. We caught up with him at EastWest Studios in Hollywood where he had recently finished tracking Jason Mraz’s latest album. Andrew’s…
Matt (Linny) Linesch Interview and Studio Tour
Matt (Linny) Linesch is a producer, engineer, and the owner of Infinitespin Recorders in Los Angeles. The studio has a rich history, having been most recently owned by Toto drummer Simon Phillips. It was also once operated by Sheila E.,…
Acoustic Treatment with Bobby Owsinski (Frank Zappa, The Byrds)
Bobby Owsinski is an audio engineer and author, perhaps best known for writing over 20 books on recording, mixing, mastering, and acoustics–many of which have become a part of audio school curriculum. Early in his career, Bobby worked with artists…
Eric Valentine Interview (Queens of the Stone Age, Smash Mouth)
Produce Like a Pro recently had the pleasure of meeting with Eric Valentine at his home studio, which he aptly calls “Topangadise.” Eric joked that he’s spent the majority of his career in windowless control rooms “caves,” so the room…
Brendon Small Interview (Dethklok / Metalocalypse, Galaktikon)
Brendon Small is a musician and the co-creator of two popular animated series, Home Movies and Metalocalypse. As a guitarist/musician, Brendon melded his comedic and voiceover talent with his musical ability in Metalocalypse, creating the virtual death metal band Dethklok, for which he has…
Mike Piersante Interview (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Gregg Allman, Willie Nelson)
Mike Piersante is a talented “top-to-bottom” recording and mixing engineer, perhaps most widely recognized for his work on the Grammy Award-winning Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Mike and I caught up for a few moments at NAMM this past…
LIVE Q&A With Jerry Hammack of The Beatles Recording Reference Manuals
Norman’s Rare Guitars & Jamming with Tim Pierce
Norman’s Rare Guitars, as its name might suggest, is an absolute paradise. A longtime authority on vintage guitars and a household name in the music industry, the shop is like a theme park for guitar geeks! We had the pleasure…
LIVE Q&A with Matt McGlynn of Recording Hacks
Dave Pensado Interview and Fab Factory Studio Tour
This week we had the opportunity to tour the Fab Factory Recording Studio and speak with each of the fantastic engineers working there–including the wonderful Dave Pensado! The Fab Factory is a 4-room, 3-booth studio owned by Shaun Fabos. Right…
Introducing Barry Rudolph
Ken Scott Interview (The Beatles, David Bowie) and Sound Techniques at NAMM
What an immense pleasure it was to have run into the amazing Ken Scott at the Sound Techniques booth. Ken is a record producer and engineer who’s worked with a handful of lesser known artists like The Beatles, David Bowie,…
J.J. Blair Interview and Studio Tour (The Who, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart)
After “threatening” to do it over the course of several AES and NAMM conventions, I finally had the chance to meet with my good friend and marvellous engineer, J.J. Blair. J.J.’s worked with many incredible artists over the years, including…
Mark Endert Interview (The Fray, Fiona Apple, Train)
I recently had the tremendous pleasure of speaking with Mark Endert, a mixing engineer whose credits include The Fray, Train, Fiona Apple, Maroon 5, and Madonna, among many others. Mark and I have both a personal and professional relationship going…