Unstoppable Recording Machine Podcast

Alex Prieto cut his teeth under Dan Korneff, working with Metalcore’s most elite bands such as The Devil Wears Prada, Motionless In White and Pierce The Veil. He recently transitioned into full time television work on Fox’s Bob’s Burgers. ---- We’re thrilled to have Alex Prieto on the podcast today to discuss how he went from working in music under greats such as Dan Korneff and Colin Brittain, to working on the hit show, Bob’s Burgers. He walks us through the process for how the show comes together as well as the importance of finding a profession that really works for you and supports your happiness. This is a jam-packed conversation. ---- “If you’re not getting the same fulfillment that you were from doing something at 30 that you were at 25, that’s fine. There’s nothing wrong with you. Don’t be scared of it. Step back, take a look - what is this saying to me? Pull your head up out of the sand.” - Alex Prieto ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviu

Devin Townsend is a legendary musician, songwriter, and producer who has worked with Lamb Of God, Misery Signals, Gwar among others. He is rightfully considered one of the most innovative, groundbreaking and influential artists in his self created and ever evolving category of music, and we’re very stoked to have him on the podcast. ---- Devin is as thoughtful and articulate as he is talented, so this one is a fantastic episode that covers a ton of ground: how to know when it’s time to move on to a new project, what it’s like to have people pressuring you to take a stand on an issue, and why it’s oftentimes difficult but always necessary to come to terms with who you are as a creator. ---- “I think I was aware throughout my career that if I had ever gotten really successful, I just didn’t have the mental fortitude to handle it.” - Devin Townsend ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaudio/ YouTube Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Fc87nX URM Academy: https:

MIXCRITMONDAY IS THE SHOW WHERE WE CRIT YOUR MIXES! ---- On today’s episode we crit URM student submitted mixes for At The Gates’ “The Chasm” and The Haunted’s “Preacher of Death.” These mixes are picked at random from our private, student-only mix crit group on Facebook, The Rocktagon. ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaudio/ YouTube Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Fc87nX URM Academy: https://urm.academy/ Nail The Mix: https://nailthemix.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Von Reuter is a forensic media examiner who works as a court-appointed expert on both state and federal cases, often focusing on technical analysis of audio files to establish the identity of a speaker, source of a sound, and so forth. ---- We spend so much time on this podcast focusing on people who work with audio for music that we sometimes forget that there's a wide world of non-music related audio careers. Even if you don't fit the producer mold, it doesn't mean you don't have a future in audio. We’re excited to have Bryan on to discover more about forensic audio analysis and how it’s used: what tools and techniques he relies on, how he works with criminal defense attorneys, what is an isn’t acceptable in a court of law, and of course, how these techniques could cross over into music work.  ---- If you love the technical episodes then you won’t want to miss out on this one because it goes deep! ---- “There’s, to some extent, this vow of poverty that happens when you want to truly follow the path to

Blasko is the bassist for Ozzy Osbourne, former bassist for Rob Zombie, and manages prominent artists such as Andy Black and Zakk Wylde. ---- Very few people have the chance to ever experience their dreams come true, let alone sustain those dreams for an entire career. That type of success doesn't happen by accident. Only through a sustained habit of great decision making, a network of influential strategic alliances, calculated risk taking, next level intuition, an unstoppable work ethic, and a little bit of luck can anyone even hope to have the chance to play the game at it's higher levels. It's rare to get the chance to pick the brain of someone who's made it happen, to that degree. ---- That's why we’re thrilled to have Blasko back on the podcast. He's been in the upper echelon of this business for decades and it really shines through in this episode.We discuss what it takes to make the most out of every single opportunity. Whether you succeed or fail at something, with the right mindset (and skillset) an

Susan Rogers is a neuroscientist and professor at Berklee College of Music and a mixer/engineer who’s worked with legends like Prince, David Byrne, and Barenaked Ladies among many others. ---- We’re thrilled to have Susan on to talk about music from a very different angle than what you’re probably used to: a deep dive on how to understand music on a neurological level, how she got her start working with Prince, how the definition of “success” can vary wildly for every one of us, and much more. ---- Susan’s unique point of view is thought provoking, refreshing, and guaranteed to give you plenty to think about. So if you’re ready to put your brain to work, press play on this episode and enjoy the ride! ---- “Too many artists are concerned simply with themselves and with getting the product on the shelf. They should be a concerned a lot more with the consumption of it. Who’s consuming it and why?” - Susan Rogers ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaud

Eliran Kantor is a prolific artist who has worked with bands like Testament, Hatebreed, Thy Art Is Murder, Fleshgod Apocalypse,  Bloodbath, Andy Black, and many more. ---- Eliran Kantor is known for bringing a unique and truly dark look to every album cover he creates. We discuss how he got his start in art, what led him to working with Testament, and how he never gave up on his passion. He also talks about what it’s like to be a team player when his personality doesn’t always naturally play well with others. ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaudio/ YouTube Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Fc87nX URM Academy: https://urm.academy/ Nail The Mix: https://nailthemix.com/ ---- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom Lord-Alge is a legendary mixer whose credits we simply can’t do justice to in this format: He’s worked with a massive list of household names like Marilyn Manson, Sum 41, Green Day, Korn, Blink-182 and Weezer among countless others, and has maintained his position at the top of the audio food chain for well over three decades. ---- We’re thrilled to have Tom on the podcast to talk shop, including how he got his start, what role his brother Chris has played in his career, how his process has evolved over time to incorporate both digital and analog, and many, many more lessons he’s learned over the course of his incredible career. ---- Needless to say, with so many years in the game, Tom has a wealth of knowledge to share and we’re barely scratching the surface here-- we could have talked to him for literally days. That said, listening to this episode is the closest thing you’ll get to downloading Tom’s experience directly into your brain, so you definitely don’t want to miss this one! ---- “Generally speak

In this episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Patrick Stump (vocalist of Fall Out Boy) and Sean O’Keefe, who produced the debut Fall Out Boy album “Take This To Your Grave” as well as their “Lake Effect Kid” EP. ---- They have a ton of history together dating back to the early days of the band, but what makes this such a cool and fun conversation is that it’s not just a nostalgia fest. They’re able to compare the past to the present, talk about what they learned along the way, and touch on a few of the things about the old days that they’ve kept alive even as their careers leveled up. ---- Patrick and Sean dive deep on how it felt to be reunited for “Lake Effect Kid” years later, how they met, how they’ve grown as creators and some fun things that you probably didn’t know about “Take This To Your Grave.” --- It’s a rare opportunity to sit down with a band that’s gone from playing to a dozen people at a bowling alley to playing the Superbowl twice AND a producer who’s worked with them at both points in time, so d

MixCritMonday is the show where we crit YOUR mixes! On today’s episode we crit URM student submitted mixes for Fall Out Boy’s “Lake Effect Kid.” These mixes are picked at random from our private student only mix crit group on Facebook. ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaudio/ YouTube Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Fc87nX URM Academy: https://urm.academy/ Nail The Mix: https://nailthemix.com/ ---- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Producer Jacob Hansen and the members of Dyscarnate join us to discuss how to optimize a DIY production. If done properly, even a low budget production can be turned into gold in the hands of the right mixer. ----- When Jacob Hansen handled the mixing for With All Their Might, he was given a bare bones, but properly done DIY production. The band gave him everything he needed to be able to turn it into a crushing mix. In this episode we discuss what is important and what isn’t important when your recording situation isn’t ideal. It’s true that nothing beats a great band in a great room with great gear and a great producer, but that’s just not reality for most bands and it’s important to know how to make the best out of any recording situation you find yourself in ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaudio/ YouTube Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Fc87nX URM Academy: https://urm.academy/ Nail The Mix: https://nailthemix.com/ ---- Learn more about your ad c

Andrew Wade is a recording engineer and producer who has worked with A Day To Remember, Motionless In White, The Ghost Inside, Neck Deep among many others. He’s also established himself as one of the top audio educators: he’s done two CreativeLive courses and holds the honor of being the only person to appear on Nail The Mix three times! He joins the podcast today to talk about his new URM course, Ultimate Guitar Production. Years in the making, this is the most comprehensive and detailed course ever made about guitars, covering every single variable that goes into guitar tone: setup, gear selection, tracking techniques, recording tricks, editing, reamping, mixing, and of course, working with the player to get the best possible performances that he or she is capable of. To find out more and get a sneak preview of several chunks of the course, go to http://ultimateguitarproduction.com ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaudio/ YouTube Subscribe: h

MixCritMonday is the show where we crit YOUR mixes! Mixcritmonday returns with a brand new co-host, John Maciel! We’re thrilled to have him join us to break down URM student submitted mixes of “365” by Amaranthe and “Iron Strengthens Iron” by Dyscarnate. ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaudio/ YouTube Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Fc87nX URM Academy: https://urm.academy/ Nail The Mix: https://nailthemix.com/ ---- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JF Dagenais is the guitarist for Kataklysm and an award winning record producer. He dishes on getting his start in the studio, how he approaches dialing in and tracking such punishingly deadly guitars, and how he used his career in the band to feed his studio work, and vice versa. If you love learning about how producers get genre specific tones, this is the episode for you! ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaudio/ YouTube Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Fc87nX URM Academy: https://urm.academy/ Nail The Mix: https://nailthemix.com/ ---- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seth Munson is a producer with credits ranging from Drake Bell, Christina Grimmie, and a whole lot more.This episode is a testament not only to our ability to overcome tremendous odds, but at a much more mundane scale, it shows that we can transcend whatever genre we think we are trapped in. Seth Munson successfully transitioned from a roster of all local metal bands to working with some of the most recognizable acts in popular music. ---- Leave us a 5 star rating and review please! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyalleviurmaudio/ YouTube Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2Fc87nX URM Academy: https://urm.academy/ Nail The Mix: https://nailthemix.com/ ---- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re thrilled to have Benny on the podcast for a lengthy discussion on what it takes to be a partner in a studio, why client comfort is so crucial yet often overlooked, why unsigned bands are often more profitable than big name clients and many more insights from his lengthy career. “When you get older and you start looking back over your career, you realize there were opportunities that you didn’t even know were there at the time. It’s all about having the right disposition to go for it and make it happen.” - Benny Grotto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As you can imagine, he’s accumulated a priceless wealth of knowledge from his decades in the trenches and he shares a ton of it in this episode including: what it was like to work with legends like David Bowie and Sting, transitioning from fully analog to a hybrid setup, some sage advice for anyone who’s just starting out in the audio business, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donning multiple hats over the years ranging from working for Barack Obama, to labels Century Media Records, Artery Recordings, and Outerloop Records, as well as his work as a director, Shan Dan has seen what this industry has to offer. We discuss what bands should invest in early on in their careers, how he made the jump from the corporate world to the music industry, and unpredictable nature of the business. This is required listening for anyone wanting to pursue a career in a creative field. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fredrik Nordström has worked with heavy hitters like At the Gates, Bring Me The Horizon, Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Opeth, Soilwork, and the list of who’s who top tier extreme metal bands just goes on and on and on. Of course we cover the making of some of those legendary records and his world known “Fredman technique” for miking guitars, but we also delve into topics such as how to give credits, who deserves those credits, the challenges of mixing metal with an orchestra, Fredrik’s multi-amp slaving technique, and much much more. “What I’ve noticed when I do stuff is I never tell anybody that I’m trying new stuff here. I just do it. Because if you cannot try new stuff, then you cannot develop.” - Fredrik Nordström ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: 1:59 - What Fredrik thinks of the production landscape now versus a decade or two ago 6:46 - How the At the Gates album had a tight sound and how long it takes for Fredrik to work on albums 14:26 - How it’s not necessarily the tech you have that allows

Nick Rad is a mixing engineer, producer and musician who has worked with Skillet, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness and Jason Mraz among many others, in addition to playing in Hangnail and Acceptance. His career began in the 90s, which means he brings plenty of insight to the podcast where we talk about how he decided to work in production, how not to network, and a host of other lessons he’s learned from over two decades in the music industry. It might take me 10 hours to do one song, but it’s going to be epic when it’s done. That’s my thing.” - Nick Rad 2:35 - What it’s like working with artists from very different genres and how Nick ended up working in those genres 6:12 - How most producers don’t have a huge record and it’s a myth that you need one to make production work 9:35 - What drew Nick to the polished sound in his work and knowing who he is as a producer 12:36 - If Nick ever regretted sending a band to someone else 16:33 - How long Nick played music before diving into production and how his touring