Master Your Mix Podcast
Through interviews and Q&A episodes, Mike Indovina shares recording tips and techniques to help engineers, artists, and producers improve the quality of their recordings and mixes (even from a home studio).
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Check out previous episodes below:
EP 73: Becoming a master of your DAW with Josh Newell
Josh Newell is a Los Angeles based engineer, mixer, and producer known for his work with a wide range of artists, including Linkin Park, Intronaut, Nas, Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion P.O.D, and many more. He has gained a reputation for being a master with Pro Tools and being very thorough with his work. IN […]
EP 72: How to build trust with artists with Jaimeson Durr
Jaimeson Durr is a San Francisco Bay Area recording engineer, mixer and producer that works on a variety of music genres from local legends like, Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Chickenfoot, The Circle, The Dead, Dan the Automator as well as many other new promising artists. For the past 14 years Jaimeson has been primarily working […]
EP 71: Recording & Mixing Orchestras with Scott Michael Smith
Scott Michael Smith is an American audio engineer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, California. Smith has worked with John Mayer, Fink, Colbie Caillat, Katy Perry, Carole King, and Weezer amongst many others. Smith has worked extensively in film and television music as well. Some of Smith’s score work includes The Handmaid’s Tale, […]
EP 70: Mastering From A Home Studio with Hans DeKline
Hans DeKline is a Grammy-winning, Los Angeles mastering engineer. Since 2005, he has mastered thousands of songs & albums by artists such as U2, Pixies, Touche Amore, mewithoutYou, Burna Boy, Veruca Salt, Lisa Loeb, Mark Isham, James Fearnley (the Pogues), Letters to Cleo, UMI, Candiria, Ritchie Ramone, and so many more. IN THIS EPISODE, […]
EP 69: Mixing Workflow Hacks with Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw is a four time Grammy Award winning American producer, engineer, mixer, and musician. Beginning his career at Greene Street Recording, he quickly worked his way from his start as an NYU intern, to assistant engineer, to a position as a staff engineer working with influential hip-hop artists such as Public Enemy, A Tribe […]
EP 68: Working On The Birth Of Grunge Music with Dave Hillis
After signing his first record label deal at the tender age of 17, as a guitarist and writer with legendary thrash metal band MACE, Dave Hillis set his sights on the production and engineering side of the music business, where he was engineer for legendary producer Rick Parashar, at London Bridge Studios, Seattle. It was […]
EP 67: Using Macros in the Studio with Scott Evans
Scott Evans is a recording engineer based out of Oakland, California, where he runs Antisleep Audio. He has worked with artists such as Thrice, Puig Destroyer, The Loyalists, Neurosis, and many more. He is also a member of the band, Kowloon Walled City. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: What is a macro? How macros can […]
EP 66: Tips For Getting Better Performances With Benny Grotto
Benny Grotto is an award-winning music producer, mixer, and recording engineer, and a co-owner of the famed Mad Oak Studios in Boston, MA. He is known for his works with Aerosmith, Ben Folds, The Dresden Dolls, and Weird Al Yankovic. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Tips for getting your drummer, guitarist, and singer to […]
EP 65: Serving the song with Steven Gillis
Steven Gillis is a session drummer, turned producer who runs Transient Sound in Chicago. His clients range from singer/songwriters to jazz, metal and punk bands, R&B, Gospel and Hip Hop artists and everything in between. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Steven’s approach to pre-production to ensure that the songs he’s recording sound polished before […]