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The Self-Recording Band

By: Benedikt Hain / Malcom Owen-Flood
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  • Produce exciting sounding music yourself and release songs that you're proud of! Professional producers/mixers Benedikt Hain and Malcom Owen-Flood help you make your next DIY-recording session a success!
    © 2024 The Self-Recording Band
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  • 218: Pre-Pro, The Modern Role Of The Mix Engineer, Remote Production And Referencing (On "Pro Audio Perspectives" - With Brendan Dekora)
    Jun 10 2024

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    Episode show notes:

    I had the honor of being interviewed on Brendan Dekora's podcast "Pro Audio Perspectives".

    On this show Brendan dives into the heart and soul of the music industry through candid conversations with professionals from across the pro audio field. Each episode explores the deeper emotional connections and the artistry behind the music, moving beyond the technical aspects to uncover what truly inspires great performances.

    And you know, Brendan Dekora is the real deal. He has won a Grammy Award and has worked with artists like the Foo Fighters, Trent Reznor, Steven Wilson, Nine Inch Nails, and many more.

    So, needless to say, I felt very excited and honored when he invited me to be a guest on his show.

    We talked about pre-production and about how I work with artists that hire me to mix their songs. About how I guide them through the production process, so that they are actually ready to send me their files for mixing.

    We also talked about my personal preferences in terms of music and my style, aesthetic and approach to mixing.

    And I shared my story of how I actually got to be a mixer and producer.

    I think what we discussed there is very, very relevant and helpful for you. Those are pretty much the things that I also teach in great detail inside the Self-Recording Syndicate.

    All the things that are so important to me, like

    • how the song and the performance are more important than everything else
    • how to prepare for the studio
    • how to avoid common mistakes
    • the communication that needs to be spot on between artists and producer
    • all the different hats you're wearing as a modern mixer, but also of course as a self-recording artist
    • the modern role of a mixer and engineer and producer and how it has changed over the years.

    So I just had to share it on our show, as well!

    Thanks for inviting me and for letting me share this with our people here, Brendan.

    Enjoy!

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    58 mins
  • 217: Dan Korneff & Luke DeLalio (Korneff Audio, Pierce the Veil, Paramore, Papa Roach, Breaking Benjamin, Sleeping With Sirens, My Chemical Romance)
    May 30 2024

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    Episode show notes:

    Dan Korneff is a producer, mixer & engineer.

    His credit list includes some of the biggest names in new rock. Like Pierce the Veil, Paramore, Papa Roach, Breaking Benjamin, Sleeping With Sirens, or My Chemical Romance.

    And Dan not only has the creative and music skills, but also a deep technical understanding of the electronics of the equipment.

    He started his journey towards plug-in development by repairing and modifying his own gear, rebuilding consoles and vintage compressors and equalizers, designing circuits and eventually making custom outboard equipment. This led naturally to the design of plug-ins.

    If you've seen any of my mixing tutorials, courses, or playbooks inside our coaching program, you've probably also seen Korneff plugins. Especially the Amplified Instruments Processor has been one of my absolute go-tos for years now.

    So Korneff Audio plug-ins are basically taking Dan's workflows, solutions and ideas developed on real-world projects and tuning them into software tools.

    Luke DeLalio has an extensive background in just about anything to do with creativity.

    He started in music as a guitarist, then moved into engineering and production, working on records in multiple genres through the late 80s into the mid 90s.

    Then he pivoted into theatre, directing plays and musicals, teaching acting and somehow becoming a sought-after photographer.

    Ever fleeing boredom and the same old thing, Luke took up design and fine art, and now spends his time with Dan developing all things Korneff, writing on all things cultural, consulting on marketing and web projects, and coaching creative people who are sick of it all and want to change things up.

    Luke and Dan met almost 30 years ago, when Luke was freelance engineering and took on Dan as an assistant. Now Dan is the master and Luke is the padawan. How cool is that!

    Dan, Luke and Benedikt met for the first time at NAMM 2024 in LA and they had an amazing chat which just needed to be continued on this show.

    As always, we want to feature only the products that we use and love ourselves, tell the inspiring stories of engineers and producers that we admire and the people behind the products are just as important to us as the products themselves.


    So here are Dan Korneff and Luke DeLalio - Enjoy!

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    2 hrs
  • 216: Ken Lewis & Dom Rivinius (Mixing Night Audio, Taylor Swift, Kanye, Bruno Mars, Drake, BTS, Alicia Keys, Eminem)
    Apr 5 2024

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    Episode show notes:

    Ken Lewis is a Mixer & Producer with 114 gold records under his belt. On his credits list you'll find BTS, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Drake, Bruno Mars and many more.

    Dom Rivinius is a producer, writer and mix engineer with credits on projects for artists like Eminem, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift or BTS.

    So both got quite the list there and now they also own a plugin company together. It's called Mixing Night Audio and offers really unique tools that you won't find anywhere else! So powerful and fun to use!

    KEN LEWIS CALLS HIMSELF A MIXER, PRODUCER AND "FINISHER".

    And he also says he has the weirdest resume in the music industry. So, naturally, we needed to hear more about that.

    DOM RIVINIUS MET KEN A FEW YEARS AGO AND BECAME PART OF HIS TEAM.

    First as an assistant and then he got involved more and more on big projects for artists like Eminem, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift or BTS.

    Dom started out as a drummer, and after he started working with Ken he got to play drums on a few Taylor Swift songs, for example.

    A FEW YEARS INTO WORKING TOGETHER THEY'VE STARTED THEIR PLUGIN COMPANY, MIXING NIGHT AUDIO.

    We had a chance to play with their tools and use them on a few projects. And wow! These are really powerful and so much fun to use! And... a little different in many ways. 😉

    On this episode, Ken & Dom share details about how they came up with those plugin ideas, the philosophy behind them and why they are a great addition to your mixing tool kit.

    AND FINALLY, THE TWO HAVE BUILT AN ONLINE COMMUNITY DOING FREE MONTHLY LIVE STREAMS ON YOUTUBE STRAIGHT FROM KEN'S STUDIO.

    So overall, we thought this was such a cool partnership between Ken and Dom that we wanted to know everything about how they met, how they got to where they are, what it takes to get that kind of projects and how they balance their insane work loads with other areas of life.

    And the answers were super interesting, although not surprising if you've ever met one of them in person.

    We hung out with Dom at Studioszene in Hamburg last year, then again at Namm in LA earlier this year and we immediately knew we had to introduce him and Ken to our audience.

    So here we are!

    And this episode is only the beginning:

    ON APRIL 16TH 2024 KEN AND DOM WILL DO A "VOCAL MASTERY" WORKSHOP FOR OUR COMMUNITY!

    It's going to be a free live event and if you are not on our email list or in our Facebook group, yet, please sign up or join now because you don't want to miss this!

    (Getting our emails is as simple as downloading any of our free guides and tutorials.)
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    1 hr and 52 mins

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