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Episode 6 - Signal to Noise Ratio on Forums and FB Groups We start by talking about the not so informed discussions on gear forums and facebook groups and the echo chamber created. Kenny brings up the idea that room treatment has become a lot more important to novices than most professional. Will brings up the idea that people are getting focused on small things and completely missing some big ones. Then Kenny brings up the over-importance of Mastering Engineers and how mixing is taking a back seat. And how Mastering engineers are being required to fix bad mixes. Kenny then also brings up what a Mastering engineer is supposed to be. Matt also brings up how much more sense it makes to make a 3 or 4 song EP instead of making full records. That's all folks. Kenny Gioia https://www.facebook.com/kenny.gioia http://www.groove3.com/str/authors.php?authorid=7 Matt Hennessy http://vsopproductions.com Will Kennedy http://www.willkennedyproducer.com https://www.facebook.com/willkennedyproducer Richard Furch http://www.richardfurch.com Marc Lacuesta. http://www.marclacuesta.com/home.html Phil Dubnick http://www.phildubnick.com

Episode 5 - Mixer’s job - Create the Vision or Take Direction We start by reading a listener’s comment: “This whole obsession with you guys having to match what is on the radio to me means you have bought in to this arbitrary standard that usually sounds worse. Why not set the parameters and standards for what is actually good? Because people under 21 only listen to stuff in a crappy format that sounds like shit, why not nudge them in another direction instead of accepting what sounds bad?” Matt explains that this is a service business and that we can only do what the client wants. Our job is to make a great mix that the client is looking for. We discuss the days where taste makers decided what music should sound like. As opposed to today where it’s about creating what the listener wants. The fans create the demand. Next we talk about smashing masters again and where in the process this should take place and whether it should or not. Phil then fights with everyone over the idea that people can hear a 1 dB difference. Kenny then brings it back to content. Smashed or not. People like loud music but it’s still about the song. We then say ByE!!!! Kenny Gioia https://www.facebook.com/kenny.gioia http://www.groove3.com/str/authors.php?authorid=7 Matt Hennessy http://vsopproductions.com Will Kennedy http://www.willkennedyproducer.com https://www.facebook.com/willkennedyproducer Richard Furch http://www.richardfurch.com Marc Lacuesta. http://www.marclacuesta.com/home.html Phil Dubnick http://www.phildubnick.com

Episode 4 - Recording Schools - To go, or not? We start by mentioning we have a Facebook page and group. Please sign up. We then start talking about recording schools with Matt talking about how import mentoring and internships are. Will talks about having less studios with less upward mobility. Kenny brings up the inflated curriculums of recording schools to appeal to students or parents to entice enrollment. We then bring up Berklee and the famous Berklee “bell” that becomes a staple of this episode. Kenny discusses the importance of you vs. your gear. We then discuss our studios and whether they are personal or open to the pubic. Somewhere in the middle we begin our unpaid advertisement for Berklee School of Music. LOL. We then talk about how to get from being an assistant or a runner into becoming a recording engineer. Kenny brings up the importance of being able to get clients by putting yourself in a scene and bring artists to recording studios so you can learn how to produce by making those recordings with the studio. Creating a position in the process. Kenny Gioia https://www.facebook.com/kenny.gioia http://www.groove3.com/str/authors.php?authorid=7 Matt Hennessy http://vsopproductions.com Will Kennedy http://www.willkennedyproducer.com https://www.facebook.com/willkennedyproducer Richard Furch http://www.richardfurch.com Marc Lacuesta. http://www.marclacuesta.com/home.html Phil Dubnick http://www.phildubnick.com