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Paul White takes us on a sonic journey as he explores the endless possibilities of sound design using a guitar as your sound source. Through the use of foot pedals and effects plug-ins he demonstrates the synth-like sound and textures it can bring to your electronic music.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Guitars As A Sound Source
03:55 - Sustaining Notes
06:10 - Using an EBow
07:09 - Adding Vibrato
07:48 - Emulating Multiple Oscillators
08:54 - Adding Plug-in Effects
10:16 - Using Granular Delays
11:40 - Creating Percussive And Rhythmic Effects
13:43 - The Completed Soundscape

Paul White Biog
Paul White joined the Sound On Sound team in 1991 where he became Editor In Chief, a position he held for many years before recently becoming Executive Editor. Paul has written more than 20 recording and music technology textbooks, the latest being The Producer’s Manual.

Having established his own multitrack home studio in the 1970s he’s worked with many notable names including Bert Jansch and Gordon Giltrap. He’s played in various bands over the years and currently collaborates with Malvern musician Mark Soden, under the name of Cydonia Collective. Paul still performs live claiming that as he has suffered for his music he doesn’t see why everyone else shouldn’t too!

http://www.cydoniacollective.co.uk/

In this episode, Marc explains and demonstrates three simple vocal compression techniques that you can use in your mixes today!

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In this episode, Marc explains compression basics in an easy-to-digest format and demonstrates how to configure a kick drum compression, parallel compress a snare, and compress a hi-hat.

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Tony Ni from Soundtoys sits down with Sam Inglis to discuss his mixing workflow and to explain how he uses core Soundtoys plug-ins to achieve his sound.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
02:54 - 21 Plug-ins
05:44 - Workflow Tools
07:05 - Getting The Balance Right
11:24 - EQ And Saturation
21:22 - Parallel Processing The Drums
28:38 - Using Saturation On Vocals
35:07 - Adding And Automating Echo
47:06 - Getting Started With Soundtoys

Soundtoys Biog
Based in Burlington Vermont, USA, Soundtoys (formerly Wave Mechanics) was founded in 1996 by Ken Bogdanowicz, the DSP effects designer behind the legendary H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer and the DSP4000 line of hardware signal processors from Eventide. Soundtoys develops world-class, creative signal-processing software for audio production, mixing, and sound design.

Soundtoys users include Mike Dean, David Sitek, James Blake, Ariel Borujow, Jamie Lidell, Greg Wells, Dave Pensado, Tony Maserati, Tim Kelley, and Blake Mills.

https://www.soundtoys.com/

Sam Inglis Biog
Editor In Chief Sam Inglis has been with Sound On Sound for more than 20 years. He is a recording engineer, producer, songwriter and folk musician who studies the traditional songs of England and Scotland, and the author of Neil Young's Harvest (Bloomsbury, 2003) and Teach Yourself Songwriting (Hodder, 2006).

https://www.soundonsound.com

“If it was easy everyone would be doing it.” - Kade

“The more you prepare the higher your probability of getting hired is.” - Kade

Welcome to SZN 5 of Go Produce! I’m your Show Host, Big Lou! Our mission is to be the go-to community for Indie Artists looking to kick off or level up their careers and to empower the creative entrepreneur providing them with all the resources they require to reach and exceed their goals. We seek to have all committed Indie Music Artists - and their communities -  profit off of their passion. Independent artists can always get smarter. At Go Produce we become SmArtists. Join our Discord to connect with like-minded people.

SmArtist Shoutout
Cooper Hughes - A Music Enthusiast!

Show Notes
SmArtists, Alex Kade is a Musical Artist-Entrepreneur and Electronic Music Producer, currently developing his EDM group "Alex Kade". As a producer, he has remixed and co-written with a plethora of artists. KADE also educates musical artists on how to better market their music, their brand, and themselves using organic social media methods, as well as paid advertising. He's accrued over 51K followers on TikTok and over 3K on IG for his EDM project.

Key Questions I Asked
1. What have you learned from doing so many collaborations and from playing drums from so many different groups? Did you learn any tough lessons because of your collaborations?
2. How can you legally create covers and remixes? Why should upcoming artists and music producers include covers and remixes in their arsenal?
3. How did you make $10,000 off a single release? What steps did you take to set yourself up for success?

Hot Topics
1. What all artists need to know to have a solid foundation for career success.
2. Tips on what to do with your merch.
3. Pros to being active on Discord.
4. Important questions to ask about your branding.
5. A VERY creative launch strategy.

My Favourite Quote
“There are a lot of free things that you can do before investing money.” - Kade

Please don’t rush to spend your money. There are so many people out here providing real value to you for FREE. Invest your time and find the community that works for you and dive in. Find another and do the same thing. The more time that you can put into this the faster you will grow through your own and through shared experiences. Be patient. Do the work. Are you interested or committed to doing this? Let me know here!

SmArtist Homework
If you do this then we will promote you on our socials.

1. Like us on Instagram
2. Join the free Facebook SmArtist Group
3. Join our Discord
4. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
5. Send Big Lou an email (louis@goproduce.ca) with a screenshot of you following each of the socials, a song you want to promote, a bio that is a sentence or two long, and how we can support you.

If you do all four of the steps then Big Lou will share a personalized story on the Go Produce Instagram including the information that you shared. You also gain access to more resources and more opportunities for support. It’s smart. You’re smart.

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“A good composer borrows a great composer steals.” - Tom Westin

“If you don’t try, nothing will happen.” - Tom Westin

Welcome to SZN 5 of Go Produce! I’m your Show Host, Big Lou! Our mission is to be the go-to community for Indie Artists looking to kick off or level up their careers and to empower the creative entrepreneur providing them with all the resources they require to reach and exceed their goals. We seek to have all committed Indie Music Artists - and their communities -  profit off of their passion. Independent artists can always get smarter. At Go Produce we become SmArtists. Join our Discord to connect with like-minded people.

SmArtist Shoutout
Anastasia - Music Enthusiast and Event Organizer!

Show Notes
SmArtists, Tom Westin is a co-founding partner, composer, producer, and creative director of the Grayson Music Group. It has become one of the premier music production companies in North America, growing to a staff of 40 in its studio facility in Toronto, with an office in Nashville. Grayson MG handles music and sound for over 400 brand projects a year, has composed and supervised hundreds of series and feature films, plus has countless co-writes with artists. Tom was also a finalist for best score at MASA 2019 and has been part of hundreds of award-winning advertising campaigns from Cannes, The One Show, and LIA. 

Key Questions I Asked
1. How would you summarize your early career in 90 seconds? What would have been beneficial to learn earlier in your career?
2. What is the best way to start composing original music?
3. How do you record your song ideas? How do you organize them?
4. What are common types of song structure and how do you know when to apply each?

Hot Topics
1. Qualities that successful artists have.
2. Getting out of your way as an artist.
3. Various layers to brand structure.
4. What to do before spending money as an artist.
5. Songwriting/production drills.

My Favourite Quote
“Everyone experiences that ‘flip of the switch’ differently.” - Tom Westin

Have you had this moment in your life? Maybe you had a couple of ‘switches’. For some people, it can be near-death experiences. For others, it can be meeting a person that helps them change their lives. I had a series of events that happened back to back that contributed to ‘flipping my switch.’ It’s different for everyone. What was yours like? Let me know here!

SmArtist Homework
If you do this then we will promote you on our socials.

1. Like us on Instagram
2. Join the free Facebook SmArtist Group
3. Join our Discord
4. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
5. Send Big Lou an email (louis@goproduce.ca) with a screenshot of you following each of the socials, a song you want to promote, a bio that is a sentence or two long, and how we can support you.

If you do all four of the steps then Big Lou will share a personalized story on the Go Produce Instagram including the information that you shared. You also gain access to more resources and more opportunities for support. It’s smart. You’re smart.

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Vocoders are not just for vocals. In this episode, Eddie Bazil talks about the various vocoder plug-in options and demonstrates six creative techniques.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - A Short History Of The Vocoder
02:15 - How Vocoders Work
03:28 - Example 1: Processing Drum Beats and Pads
07:31 - Example 2: Adding Texture To Drums And Bass
10:41 - Example 3: Creating Rhythmic Bass Textures
13:30 - Example 4: Creating The Borg
16:00 - Example 5: Modulating Sounds Using A Beat
21:20 - Example 6: Adding Delay To Create Motion

Eddie Bazil Biog
Eddie Bazil launched his music industry career at the age of 17 as a synth programmer for a range of Electro / New Wave bands including Art of Noise, Spandau Ballet, Pet Shop Boys, Bobin, Paul Dee, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Jets Orchestra. By his 20s he was working as a sound designer for Akai, Roland Emu/Ensoniq, eventually signing on exclusively with the latter. Later, due to a growing demand for software instruments and libraries, Eddie started to develop libraries for various software manufacturers, including Native Instruments, Kiesel, Sound Effects Library, Arturia and Propellerheads. A meeting with Phil Allen, a Capital Radio DJ, resulted in the company Samplecraze, which Eddie has spent 20 years developing as an educational resource. At this time he trained in music production and soon gained a number of prominent contracts working with some notable artistes such as Busta Rhymes, Greensleeves, 9 Bar, SFP, Sleeveless, Chris Campbell and Gam Productions. He contracted to Island Records and Chrysalis as a producer and remixer,  plus was commissioned to write the score for Macbeth that ran at 2 Way Mirror at Alexander Palace for the Cambridge Shakespeare Company. His ongoing development of Samplecraze has led to him offering educational workshops and classes, releasing four books via PC Publishing and becoming a contributor and forum moderator for Sound On Sound. Recently he has established The Audio Production Hub for online education and been invited by the Recording Academy to become a Grammy judge.
https://eddiebazil.co.uk/

https://samplecraze.com/

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In this episode, Eddie Bazil discusses using Transient Shapers in place of EQ and provides six practical examples of the ways that each of the various tracks in your mix can benefit.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:25 - What Are Transient Shapers?
01:50 - Example 1: Adding Clarity And Punch
03:19 - Example 2: Highlighting Attack Transients
05:20 - Example 3: Adding Grit And Thickness
06:58 - Example 4: Shaping Attack And Sustain
08:58 - Example 5: Sustaining Short Notes
11:46 - Example 6: Transient Shapers In Sound Design

Eddie Bazil Biog
Eddie Bazil launched his music industry career at the age of 17 as a synth programmer for a range of Electro / New Wave bands including Art of Noise, Spandau Ballet, Pet Shop Boys, Bobin, Paul Dee, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Jets Orchestra. By his 20s he was working as a sound designer for Akai, Roland Emu/Ensoniq, eventually signing on exclusively with the latter. Later, due to a growing demand for software instruments and libraries, Eddie started to develop libraries for various software manufacturers, including Native Instruments, Kiesel, Sound Effects Library, Arturia and Propellerheads. A meeting with Phil Allen, a Capital Radio DJ, resulted in the company Samplecraze, which Eddie has spent 20 years developing as an educational resource. At this time he trained in music production and soon gained a number of prominent contracts working with some notable artistes such as Busta Rhymes, Greensleeves, 9 Bar, SFP, Sleeveless, Chris Campbell and Gam Productions. He contracted to Island Records and Chrysalis as a producer and remixer,  plus was commissioned to write the score for Macbeth that ran at 2 Way Mirror at Alexander Palace for the Cambridge Shakespeare Company. His ongoing development of Samplecraze has led to him offering educational workshops and classes, releasing four books via PC Publishing and becoming a contributor and forum moderator for Sound On Sound. Recently he has established The Audio Production Hub for online education and been invited by the Recording Academy to become a Grammy judge.
https://eddiebazil.co.uk/

https://samplecraze.com/

https://theaudioproductionhub.pivotshare.com/

This is Zach Gerber! Starting in the touring world, Zach has traveled as a professional audio engineer and instrument technician in over twenty-five countries spanning four continents with bands like Walk Off The Earth, USS, Serena Ryder, and Tim Hicks.  In the studio, Zach has been working professionally for a decade and has worked on projects ranging from singer-songwriter to heavy metal, however, he specializes in recording and mixing rock, pop, and country. His depth of experience in the music industry has given him an edge on how to take songs from good to great without compromising the artist’s integrity.

Episode theme: How To Find The Perfect Sound As An Engineer No Matter Where You Are In The World? I could totally relate after hearing how Zach, who has traveled as a Professional Audio Engineer and Instrument Technician in over twenty-five countries with bands like Walk Off The Earth & Serena Ryder, said that working in live productions means that you need to have your technical problems solved 10 seconds ago because of Go Produce. Now imagine a full-scale event with 70,000 people ready to be entertained. That’s exhilarating. That’s a lifestyle. If you want to tour as an audio engineer then this episode is for you! Watch HERE.

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In this episode Eddie Bazil explores the various ways that delay effects can be used and applies these techniques to a finished composition.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - About Delay Effects
01:57 - Example 1: Using Delay As A Reverb
03:38 - Example 2: Applying Depth To Drums
04:39 - Example 3: Using Delay To Create Motion
06:42 - Example 4: Creating Rhythmic Effects
07:58 - Example 5: Creating A Shadow Effect
09:21 - Example 6: Creating Texture
21:08 - The Completed Sequence

Eddie Bazil Biog
Eddie Bazil launched his music industry career at the age of 17 as a synth programmer for a range of Electro / New Wave bands including Art of Noise, Spandau Ballet, Pet Shop Boys, Bobin, Paul Dee, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Jets Orchestra. By his 20s he was working as a sound designer for Akai, Roland Emu/Ensoniq, eventually signing on exclusively with the latter. Later, due to a growing demand for software instruments and libraries, Eddie started to develop libraries for various software manufacturers, including Native Instruments, Kiesel, Sound Effects Library, Arturia and Propellerheads. A meeting with Phil Allen, a Capital Radio DJ, resulted in the company Samplecraze, which Eddie has spent 20 years developing as an educational resource. At this time he trained in music production and soon gained a number of prominent contracts working with some notable artistes such as Busta Rhymes, Greensleeves, 9 Bar, SFP, Sleeveless, Chris Campbell and Gam Productions. He contracted to Island Records and Chrysalis as a producer and remixer,  plus was commissioned to write the score for Macbeth that ran at 2 Way Mirror at Alexander Palace for the Cambridge Shakespeare Company. His ongoing development of Samplecraze has led to him offering educational workshops and classes, releasing four books via PC Publishing and becoming a contributor and forum moderator for Sound On Sound. Recently he has established The Audio Production Hub for online education and been invited by the Recording Academy to become a Grammy judge.
https://eddiebazil.co.uk/

https://samplecraze.com/

https://theaudioproductionhub.pivotshare.com/

Independent musician Iwan Gronow, the bassist in Johnny Marr's band, has toured the world and played at festivals including Glastonbury, Coachella, and Fuji Rock, and appeared on Later with Jools Holland and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.  Iwan provides a perspective on his creative process and musical journey.

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twitter @iwangronow
instagram @iwangronow
facebook @iwangronowmusic
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Musician and Producer Doviak provides perspective on his creative process for making music, from high profile commercials and films to being Johnny Marr's co-producer. Melanie Isaac, Priya Panda, and Benjamin Schoos co-writer and producer. Mixing music for multiple up-and-coming bands to being an acclaimed independent artist.

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