Episode 3 - What they taught you in school about compression is WRONG! :-)

Paul and Jeff discuss Cheksy Records imprint Coconut Bay's latest release - Christian Machado (Ill Nino) "Die Alone".  They also chop it up on the effect of the quarantine on the entertainment industry, what it's like to be an A&R and what an A&R looks for when scouting talent.

Recorded May 7th, 2020

Paul J. Falcone http://www.pauljfalcone.com/goes live with Anthony Majors Jr. (George Clinton, Jacquees, Kanye West, Zaytoven) https://www.patchwerk.com/index.php/engineers/tracking/anthony-majorsand talk about relocating to Atlanta to start a career, working with high profile clients, how to get big studio results on location, and the importance of people in the music business.

[Matthew Sim](https://www.mixbymattsim.com/) is an international engineer, mixer and staff engineer at Germano Studios NYC.   [Paul J. Falcone](www.pauljfalcone.com) and Matt talk about how Matt got his start, the importance of education in music production and audio engineering and how Matt approaches sessions both working at home and remote and in a large format studio.

Recorded on Instagram Live April 15th, 2020.

“Old Town Road”
To compress or not compress while tracking
The Fetishization of Analog
What’s to be missed about the days of Analog
Being excited about today’s technology
Digital Levels, driving Analog Hard
Soft Clipping and Saturation
The pace of DAW vs Tape
Dealing with noise and using noise creatively
Are digital / itb tricks new tricks?
Was analog “slower”?
Stress level of analog vs digital
The Archive of Contemporary Music

NEW LINEUP! Paul Falcone, Greg Thompson, Tim McGrath and Dasan Broadnax discuss: Why compression is taught in audio school ALL WRONG! Live sound for Opera, Legit Classical Recording, Recording Acoustic Piano, Importance of New (or old) Guitar Strings, Using Gain, Nominal Level, Using Gates, High Pass / Low Pass Filters, When to use a limiter, Utility use of compression vs. creative use of compression, Compression do’s and dont’s, and more!

From treating your home studio acoustics, monitoring and choosing speakers, working in headphones, vocal production techniques, rehearsal and pre-production, indie artist vs. label / team relationships, how to prepare for recording, microphone choices, pro-studio vs. home studio and SO MUCH MORE!