Inner Circle Podcast

How to Actually Get Your Music Into Film and TV on my latest podcast

Neural DSP’s Francois Barrillon talks new Mantra vocal plugin on my latest podcast

[] Hi Friend, On this week's podcast episode, I sit down with Francois Barrillon, Neural DSP’s plugins product manager and product lead for their new vocal plugin Mantra. Francois shares how he went from building guitar pedals in his spare time to ...

Bootcamp Step 2: The secret sauce behind pro-level mixes

[] Hi Friend, We’re back for Step 2 of the Radio-Ready Mixes Bootcamp — and today’s where the real transformation starts. What you’ll learn today:Why mixes are muddy and lack definition How to record cleaner and clearer vocals (complete wit ...

Bootcamp Step 1: Let’s get mixing

[] Hi Friend, The Radio-Ready Mixes Bootcamp kicks off today, and we’re diving into the foundation that every great mix is built on, and that’s mix balance. Here’s what we’re covering in Step 1:The real difference between an “okay” mix a ...

I didn’t know what I didn’t know, Friend

[] Hi Friend, Musicians and songwriters often send me mixes to critique that are missing something. They don’t know what it’s missing, but they know it’s missing something vital… I can hear the problem right away, but that’s because I’ve ...

It’s a mystery wrapped inside another mystery

[] Hi Friend, Mastering used to be something you didn’t (and couldn’t) do yourself - you sent your mix off to a mastering engineer. End of story. The results were great (or maybe not so great, depending on the engineer) but either way it always ...

The future of modern event ticketing with Ritesh Patel on my latest podcast

[] Hi Friend, On this week's podcast episode, I sit down with Ritesh Patel, the CEO and founder of Ticket Fairy, a next-generation ticketing platform helping promoters market and manage events. What makes Ticket Fairy unique is its built-in word-of- ...

One of my biggest regrets

[] Hi Friend, When I was younger I thought I could figure almost anything out on my own if given enough time. But when my mixes didn’t sound like the finished products I heard on the radio, I just tried to work longer and harder. . . . . . and it ...

One of my biggest regrets

[] Hi Friend, When I was younger I thought I could figure almost anything out on my own if given enough time. But when my mixes didn’t sound like the finished products I heard on the radio, I just tried to work longer and harder. . . . . . and it ...

I thought I knew all about this, but. . .

[] Hi Friend, When I was growing up in the music business I was initially proud of my mixes. . . . . . until I played them next to the songs that I heard on the radio (today that would be Spotify). I heard the difference, but I didn’t know what to ...