The argument for AI music usually arrives wearing very attractive clothes. It promises access. It promises speed. It promises that anyone, regardless of training, money, background, or technical ability, can suddenly make a finished song. That sounds wonderful on the…
Mixing Rock Vocals In The Box, Darrell Thorp Style
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLUnI0GbaoVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Mixing In The Box Vocals With Darrell Thorp: GUN – "All Fired Up" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLUnI0Gbao) “Alright… what are they doing here?” We jump into the pre-chorus and straight away Darrell hears it: “Okay……
MPG Awards: Full-Circle Moments, Old Friends and Legends in the Room
The Music Producers Guild Awards at The Troxy this year felt less like an industry function and more like a proper celebration of community, craft, and long-standing friendships. My wife and I were invited as guests of the plug-in manufacturers…
Mick Jagger, a V12, and Why This Mic Might Surprise You
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EgNJAFlcD64Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Vintage MIC Sound Without The Vintage Price (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EgNJAFlcD64) There are moments in the studio where you plug something in, hit record… and just smile. That was exactly my experience with the JZ…
Mixing Kursk by Majora, Building Tension, Depth, and Cinematic Impact in a Post Rock Mix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uFh8yUKdOgVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: How Do You MIX 149 TRACKS Without Mud? – Dax Liniere Mixing Majora – "Husk" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uFh8yUKdOg) Download The Multitracks: https://producelikeapro.lpages.co/majora-kursk-form/ Post rock lives and dies on mood, movement, and dynamics. When…
JJ Blair, Mike Finnigan, and the Long Road to Finishing a Beautiful Record
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivU4cpUvwBAVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Getting REAL with JJ BLAIR: Mike Finnigan’s FINAL Album feat Bonamassa, Smokey, Stills & Gadson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivU4cpUvwBA) Hi everybody, I hope you’re doing marvellously well. Every now and then, you get to talk…
FAQ Friday: Mastering with Stefan Brown at Abbey Road Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUc3_kzsDS0Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Abbey Road Engineer DESTROYS Common MASTERING Myths – Stefan Brown FAQ FRIDAY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUc3_kzsDS0) There are few places more inspiring to talk about mastering than Abbey Road Studios. Surrounded by decades of…
Recording Through the SSL Revival 4000, Why This Modern Channel Strip Feels Like a Classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frmmgw5-TSoVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Recording Through the SSL Revival 4000 – Covering David Bowie – Let's Dance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frmmgw5-TSo) Download The Multitracks Here: https://producelikeapro.lpages.co/david-bowie-lets-dance-form/ Check Out The SSL Revival 4000 Here: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5kjxBD There is something deeply satisfying…
Recording on a 1939 Lightship in London – Lighthouse 95 Studio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwic2M_uAqgVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Recording on a 1939 Lightship in London – Lighthouse 95 Studio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwic2M_uAqg) Check Out Lightship 95 Studio: https://www.lightship95.com/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAqwS1EaR7jW8oX446A5zw8P7Ef-Yr Hi everybody, hope you’re doing marvellously well. I’m quite excited about this one. We’re…
Chris Cornell, Michael Beinhorn, and the Moment Everything Changed
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ShzuRtwSiy8Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Chris Cornell Songwriting Troubles That Led To A Classic (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ShzuRtwSiy8) There are moments in music history where everything pivots, not with a grand announcement, however with a quiet, almost uncertain exchange…
Mastering a Dense Metal Track with Stefan Brown
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dEbAIeuudEQVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: More Clarity and Impact Mastering Tip With Stefan Brown (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dEbAIeuudEQ) How mid/side moves can bring clarity, punch, and focus back into the mix Dense metal mixes are a beautiful problem to have.…
Roswell Meets Ziggy: Capturing Bowie’s Spirit with the Roswell Cab Mic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsWFrmMBo44Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust – Roswell Cab MIC The Most Hyped Cab MIC Ever Does It Actually Deliver? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsWFrmMBo44) Enter The Giveaway HERE: https://gleam.io/IdkEd/roswell-cab-mic-giveaway Download The Multitracks Here: https://producelikeapro.lpages.co/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust-form Check out the…
5 Different Ways to Mix Bass, From Sub Weight to Surgical Precision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwgPTcp2BWIVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 5 Different Ways to Mix Bass, From Sub Weight to Surgical Precision (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwgPTcp2BWI) If you’ve ever wondered why some bass parts feel enormous yet controlled, while others cut through with clarity and…
Hybrid Vocal Mixing: The Modern Analogue-Digital Approach With Cameron Webb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTtbOqJbVz0&feature=youtu.beVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Hybrid Vocal Mixing: The Modern Analogue-Digital Approach With Cameron Webb (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTtbOqJbVz0&feature=youtu.be) If you want vocals that leap out of the speakers, grab you by the collar, and refuse to let go, you…
Cameron Craig – Craft, Credits and Quiet Influence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5HQyvjl8O8&feature=youtu.beVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Cameron Craig – Craft, Credits and Quiet Influence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5HQyvjl8O8&feature=youtu.be) There are engineers who accumulate credits.And then there are engineers who quietly shape modern music from behind the glass. Cameron Craig is firmly in…
Musik Hack Sweet EQ Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pg2uHbBlkw&feature=youtu.beVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: This Plugin Might Replace 5 Others – Musik Hack Sweet EQ Review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pg2uHbBlkw&feature=youtu.be) Sweet EQ Introduction Sale Price $79: Https://www.musikhack.com/products/sweeteq/165/DI A Modern Saturation EQ That Thinks Beyond Emulations When we first…
Austrian Audio OC-S10 Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCMWtOw7UAEVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Tears For Fears – Head Over Heels Austrian Audio OC S10 Review (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCMWtOw7UAE) Download The Multitracks: https://producelikeapro.lpages.co/tears-for-fears-head-over-heels-cover-form/ Capturing Head Over Heels with Modern Precision There are certain songs you approach carefully. Head…
FAQ Friday: Grammys, Great Tones, Better Mixes, and Knowing When to Do Less
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irxRuemNnckVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Grammy Nominated or Just Involved? Clearing the Confusion, Tone, Mixing & Trust Your Ears (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irxRuemNnck) Every so often, a handful of questions come up again and again. They are the kind of…
Under the Hood: Mixing Meghan Trainor “Gifts For Me” with Jason LaRocca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27T6_2f1frsVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Under the Hood: Mixing Meghan Trainor “Gifts For Me” with Jason LaRocca (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27T6_2f1frs) Jason LaRocca opens this session the way I love, straight into the work, no fluff. He is a Grammy…
Universal Audio Volt 876 Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4BfPiQq6jo&feature=youtu.beVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Recording Fleetwood Mac “Rhiannon” with the UA Volt 876 (Giveaway + Multitracks) with @ashsoan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4BfPiQq6jo&feature=youtu.be) Commitment Over Options, A Proper Studio Front End The real test of any recording interface is…
Don’t Chase Perfection. Chase the Moment.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8qb9vWN-F3YVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Don't Chase Perfection (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8qb9vWN-F3Y) One of the biggest lessons I have learned from doing this for a long time is not to be too much of a perfectionist, especially when it…
Real Amp or Plug In? And Other Big Questions, FAQ Friday from Spitfire Studio London
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPHQZJVElKQVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Real Amp Or Plugin? FAQ Friday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPHQZJVElKQ) Hi everybody, hope you’re doing marvellously well. Welcome back to another FAQ Friday, this time from our satellite studio here in London at Spitfire Studio…
What Is Really Happening to the Music Industry With AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaOO-MDezDgVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: AI vs. Authenticity: What Is Really Happening (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaOO-MDezDg) A working professional’s view from inside the room Hi everybody. Hope you’re doing marvellously well. There is an overwhelming amount of noise right…
From DIY Paint-Roller Mics to Deluxe Desks: The Journey of Producer, Engineer and Mixer Dax Liniere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6TAZ7Q8VH8Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: From ZERO Budget to World-Class STUDIO: Dax’s Incredible Journey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6TAZ7Q8VH8) When you walk into The Puzzle Factory, Dax Liniere’s London studio, you can feel immediately that nothing here is accidental. The…
Bob Clearmountain’s Mixing Philosophy: Feel First, Details Later
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jed8fZey7asVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Bob Clearmountain's Key To Mixing (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jed8fZey7as) Bob Clearmountain has always had a beautifully human way of approaching the technical craft of mixing. In conversation, he often circles back to one deceptively…
Leslie Ann Jones: Fear, Curiosity and Keeping the Little Kid Alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gCQfBtcPdgVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: How to Build a Lifelong Career in Audio with Leslie Ann Jones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gCQfBtcPdg) When I finally sat down with Leslie Ann Jones at NAMM it felt like the end of a…
Compare Two Complete Mixes of the Same Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os9joBRufFg&feature=youtu.beVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Hybrid Mixing With Warren Huart – Free Multitracks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os9joBRufFg&feature=youtu.be) My Hybrid Console Mix Versus Ken Sluiter’s In The Box Mix One of the most valuable parts of this course is the…
Darrell Thorp Recording Robert Jon and The Wreck at Sunset Sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIOtiQsfvDcVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Producing, Recording and Mixing a Full Track with Darrell Thorp (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIOtiQsfvDc) A masterclass in tone, feel, and the art of capturing a truly great band Walking into Sunset Sound Studio 3…
The Writing and Production of “Message In A Bottle”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wql-cmCutgkVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Police Message In A Bottle Recording Breakdown (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wql-cmCutgk) “Message In A Bottle” is one of the defining songs of The Police’s early reggae rock and new wave period, a perfect…
FAQ Friday: Reverb On The Mix Bus, “Too Compressed”, First Hardware And Choosing Monitors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGjqrzW-o78Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Too Compressed Or Just Badly Compressed? FAQ Friday (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGjqrzW-o78) Hi everybody, hope you are doing marvellously well. This FAQ Friday was filmed at Sensible Music in Status Flow’s studio, which is…
The Drum Sound of “My Hero” – Inside the Foo Fighters’ Raw Power
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2AQs4GBJtvUVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Foo Fighters doubled their drums on My Hero (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2AQs4GBJtvU) One of the most striking elements of the Foo Fighters’ The Colour and the Shape (1997) is the colossal drum sound on “My Hero.”…
Inside the Puzzle Factory: The Inventive World of Dax Liniere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYT6IgbBf18Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Puzzle Factory Tour (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYT6IgbBf18) When I walked into Puzzle Factory Sound Studios for the first time I knew immediately this wasn’t just another recording space. It felt like stepping inside the brain of…
Warm Audio Fen-tone at Andertons: A Blind Shootout with a Classic Twist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDI33EY_naI&feature=youtu.beVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Blind SHOOT Out – @WarmAudioOfficial Fen-tone VS 121 Shootout At @andertons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDI33EY_naI&feature=youtu.be) Popping back into Andertons felt like visiting family. Lee Anderton and I slipped straight into that familiar British banter about…
Sean Genockey at Metropolis: Community, Craft and Capturing Feel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qc3ZQEaTe8Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Sean Genockey Guitar Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qc3ZQEaTe8) Walk into Metropolis and you feel it straight away. Energy, conversation, ideas. That is exactly why mixer, engineer and guitarist Sean Genockey moved his base of operations here…
Create Together, Grow Together: The Future of Music Production
In an era where technology connects us more than ever before, something truly powerful is happening in the world of music production. At Produce Like A Pro Academy, we’re seeing a quiet revolution—one where musicians, producers, and engineers from different…
Chris Von Sneidern’s Pocket-Sized Powerhouse: A Studio Steeped in Songs and Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iyYLd-OjrU&t=505sVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Hidden Pocket-Sized Studio: Chris Von Sneidern (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iyYLd-OjrU&t=505s) Tucked away in San Francisco’s Mission District is a small, fireproof room that holds decades of sonic history. It’s not a museum, though it could…
Michael Beinhorn: A Life in Sound, A Legacy in Creativity
Happy Birthday to Michael Beinhorn — Visionary, Mentor, and Friend Happy Birthday, Michael. Today we celebrate not just the extraordinary producer behind some of the most iconic records in music history, but also the brilliant mind, generous spirit, and…
The Future of Audio with Dolby Atmos with F. Reid Shippen
Over the past few years, Producer/Mixer F. Reid Shippen has managed to do a lot more than that! He’s engineered and produced countless legendary artists, such as Death Cab For Cutie, Cage The Elephant, Neil Young, The Jonas Brothers,…