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December 2024
#388: The Threat to New Music with David Rowell
#387: Live Performance and Collaboration with C4RP00L
November 2024
#386: Tyson Boorman - Getting Industry Standard Mixes for Your Music
#385: STOP Optimizing! Do THIS First!!
#384: Ben Levin - Staying True to Yourself as an Artist
October 2024
#383: David Mash - Musician, Educator, Futurist
#382: The Craft of Songwriting with Andrea Stolpe
September 2024
#381: Creating an EP from Scratch with KIN TALA
#380: Ian Temple CEO Soundfly on Overcoming Creative Obstacles
August 2024
#379: Corey Baker - aka Kill Paris, Musician, Producer, Ableton Certified Trainer
#378: Thomas Glendinning - ELPHNT, Sound Designer, Music Maker, Educator
July 2024
#377: Michelle Moog - Executive Director of Bob Moog Foundation
#376: Carter Vail - Musician, Songwriter on his new album 100 Cowboys
#375: David Alexander - Audio Engineer, Producer, Musician
June 2024
#374: Evan Frankfort: Songwriter, Sound Designer, Film and TV Composer
#373: Francis Preve: The Man in the Synth
#372: The Magic of Musical Collaboration with Boredomfighters
#371: Recording an Entire Album Yourself with Dex Green
May 2024
#370: How to Survive the AI Music Takeover
#369: Consistency and Authenticity with Mikas of We Make Dance Music
#368: Write Better Music Through Storytelling with Jeff Leisawitz
#367: Designing Ableton's Performance Pack and Hunting Creativity with Iftah
#366: Helping Creators Create with Output CEO Gregg Lehrman
April 2024
#365: Sound Design for Timbaland and Ableton with Sound Oracle
March 2024
#364: Plug-in Design, Creativity, and Balance with The Him
#363: Finish Every Song You Start w/ Johan Ransby
#362: Finding Support in Community with Michaela Shiloh and Andre Mullen
#361: Touring and Performing with Music’s Largest Acts - Carlos Sosa
February 2024
#360: Pick Yourself with Philip Röder
#359: Music Theory, Harmonic Series, Beach Boys with Tim Smolens
#358: Sequencers, Humanization, Groove and Feel with Alexkid
#357: Promoting Your Music in 2024 with Alex Akimov
January 2024
#356: Troubadeck Songwriting Cards with Charlie McCarron
#355: Selling an Album for $100 with Thad Cockrell
#354: Finding the Present Moment Through Music with TJ Dumser - Six Missing
December 2023
#353: 4 Ways to be More Creative
#352: Collaborating and Producing with Raul Sotomayor
#351: Make Your Own Rules with Andrew Huang
#350: Stavroz on Creating, Producing, and Performing Their New EP Kick Up the Dust
November 2023
#349: Mixing Pop Music with Brent Hendrich
#348: Getting Inspired By… with Will Hatton
#347: Battling Through Creative Challenges with Composer Amanda Cawley
#346: Yeuda Ben-Atar aka Side Brain
#345: Exploration Through Songwriting with Chloe Echo
October 2023
#344: Lanier Sammons - Engineer, Composer, Educator
#343: Developing Your Craft with Consistency w/ Filip from Flow Prod
#342: Writing Music for Bat-Man's Batwheels Series with Alex Geringas
#341: Snakes of Russia, Sound Design, and Process with Joseph Holiday
September 2023
#340: Collaboration and Connecting Through Music with Peter Bell
#339: Jörgen Kjellgren on Writing and Recording His New Album Bluebird
#338: Make Better Music Faster using AI with Bobby Owsinski
August 2023
#337: Collaboration and Live Performance with Lynden Williams
#336: Why You’re Unhappy with Your Music and What To Do About It
#335: Emmy Award Winning Songwriting Duo JP and Kat of Earworm Music
#334: Curiosity and How Can I Make This Fun? with Sarah Belle Reid
#333: Sound Design for Electronic Music with James Patrick
July 2023
#332: The Deep Dive on Every Artist's Entire Discography with Discograffiti's Dave Gebroe
#331: Dolby Atmos on Top of the World with Ross Lara
#330: 12 Hour Sound Machines with Brandon Reed
#329: Morse Code and the Magic of Music with EmmoLei Sankofa
June 2023
#328: Why Do We Get Stuck? BIG Music Production Mistake!
#327: Learning How to Do Difficult Things with Ameya
#326: From Studio to Stage with Will Doggett
#325: Going Over the Top with Cobra Kai Composers Zach Robinson and Leo Birenberg
May 2023
#324: End Procrastination - 3 Ways to WIN the FIGHT!!
#323: Navigating the Evolving Music Industry with Zack Zarrillo
#322: What You Need To Do To Finish More Music
#321: Boom Bap Hip Hop Production and Collaboration with Amadeus360
#320: Finding Flow and Work-Life Balance with Paul Laski
April 2023
#319: It Doesn’t Happen to You, It Happens For You with Ariane Paras
#318: Songwriting Secrets Revealed with Keppie and Bennie
#317: Throwing Yourself into the Deep-End with Matthew Patrei
#316: Composing Video Game Soundtracks with Rob Kovacs - 88-Bit
March 2023
#315: Be an Artist All the Time with Ben Burnes
#314: Storytelling and Creative Productivity with Matthew Dicks
#313: Create Something Awesome with Venus Theory
#312: Collaborating with Humans and Computers with John Matthias and Jay Auborn
February 2023
#311: Finding Your Way in a Changing Music Industry with Kevin Breuner
#310: Becoming an Artistpreneur with Evan Price
#309: It’s All Art with Ebonie Smith
#308: Make Music Every Day with Alex Walker, Human Synthetics
#307: Eat Lunch Alone and Other Wisdom from Tommy Zee
January 2023
#305: Composing Darby and the Dead, King of the Hill with Roger Neill
#304: Some Good Evil Vinyl Release Party
#303: Chiptune Music with Brendan Becker aka Inverse Phase
#302: Jason Donnelly aka DJ Puzzle; Co-Founder of Soundtrack Loops
December 2022
#301: Don't Lose Twice; 3 Books; Jamuary 2023
#300: I Wrote a Book! 5-Minute Music Producer
#299: Composing for Film with Troll Composer Johannes Ringen
#298: Songwriting and Production Retreat with Matt Jones
#297: Tune Shed Podcast Hosts Blake Murray and Marty Gray
November 2022
#296: Embracing Vintage Workflows with Julian Fulco Perron
#295: Learning Music with Melodics CEO Sam Gribben
#294: Sound Designing Weird Al with Mike Gallagher and Anthony Vanchure
#293: Simplicity Inspires Creativity with Greg Meadows
#292: 7 Continent Collaboration with Single Sonic Seven
October 2022
#291: Should You Update to Mac OS Ventura?
#290: Collaborating and Live Performance with Bottler
#289: Building Apps and Learning Synths with Nick Culbertson
#288: Trusting Intuition with Cobaine Ivory
#287: The Thing Preventing You From Making Music
September 2022
#286: Songwriting, Creative Process, and Ear Health with Doug Hoyer
#285: Telling Your Artist Story with Laura Ferreiro
#284: Producing The Strokes and Crafting a Sound with Gordon Raphael
#283: Is Your Music Too Complicated?
#282: Writing Music for TV, Film, and Games with Sam Wale
August 2022
#281: Capturing Life in Recordings with Peter Gregson
#280: Keep Creating with Ed Rollo
#279: Building Confidence and Conquering Imposter Syndrome with Ariane Paras
#278: What Do You Really Want with Robert Webster
July 2022
#277: This is Sound Design For Film with Nathan Ruyle
#276: The Right Gear, Using Your Ears, and Hitting Deadlines with Jack Miele
#275: Creating Worlds and Atmospheres with Robot Koch
#274: Writing Songs with Strangers and Ed Sheeran - Kal Lavelle
#273: Programming Synths and Chewing Gum with Francis Preve
#272: Instant Mastering Chain with Martin Stimming
June 2022
#271: Algorithmic and Generative Music with Canton Becker
#270: Collaboration vs. Isolation with Jesse Mac Cormack
#269: Immersive Audio with Matt Wallace and Bill Kennedy
#268: Finding Your Creative Path with Kevin Khordmaster Allen
May 2022
#267: Play It Like You Mean It with Emile Pandolfi
#266: Realizing Your Creative Dreams with Jeff Leisawitz
#265: GPU Audio - Next Level Audio Processing
#264: Music’s Emotional Power; Sync Music with Jim Hustwit
#263: AudioKit Pro, VHS Synth with Developer Jeff Cooper
April 2022
#262: Songwriting with Keppie Coutts
#261: Are NFTs the Future? Thomas “Pip” Pipolo
#260: All About Microphones with Jeremy Bongiorno
#259: Overcoming Stage Fright with Elisa Di Napoli
March 2022
#258: I Am Snow Angel - Live Performance and Sound Design
#257: Roy Perez - drumnote Productions
#256: Gabriel Fortuna - Ableton Certified Trainer
#255: Sean Giovanni - The Record Shop
February 2022
#253: Tine Schenck on Building Music Communities
#252: Jamuary Lessons - See Your Ideas Through
#251: LNA Does Audio Stuff - Liina Turtonen
January 2022 :(
December 2021
#250: Attendance is 100 Percent
#248: Keppie Coutts - How to Write Songs
#247: Francisco Dean - Honoring History with Music
#246: Bill Small on Getting Out of Our Own Way
November 2021
#245: Tyler Campbell - Founder of Alder Audio
#244: 3 Ways to Write Music “Bird by Bird”
#243: Hyperbits - Navigating the Dark Night of the Soul
#242: Valery Vermeulen on Making Music with Black Holes
#241: The Dunning-Kruger Effect and Your Confidence
October 2021
#240: Pride in Our Musical Love Handles with Kris of They Owe Us
#239: Pushing Music Tech Forward with Adam McHeffey of Artiphon
#238: Whether You Think You Can or Can’t, You’re Right
September 2021
#237: The Slang on Writing and Producing Their New Album
#236: Alarke - Your Unique Artist Voice
#235: Frank Demilt - Author of The Blueprint
#234: Calvin West - Music Lyric Videos
#233: Carter Lee - Producer, Composer, Educator
August 2021
#232: Matt Ramsey - Vocal Teacher
#231: Bitapart - Synthwave Music
July 2021
#229: Ben Burnes on Creativity and Discipline
#228: Stimming - Creativity and Perfect Imperfection
#227: Django - Hybrid DJing and Producing for Radio
#226: Vianney of BLEASS Plug-ins
#225: Heymun - Musician, Producer, Teenage Engineering Mentor
June 2021
#224: Alberto Chapa - Music Tech and Improv Comedy
#223: Sterling Styles - Mobile Recording
#222: Bobby Huff - Music Surgery with Dr. Bob
#221: How You Do One Thing is How You Do Everything
#220: Rob Parton - Plugged; Make Music Day
May 2021
#219: Connor Frost - Live Your Most Musical Life
#218: Your Attention is Being Held Hostage
#217: Jake Lizzio - Signals Music Studio
#216: You Don’t Have Writer’s Block
April 2021
#214: You Are Always Training Your Dog
#213: Caspar Bock - Founder of Baby Audio
#212: Adam Rokhsar - Musician, Programmer, Animator
March 2021
#211: John Bartmann - Host of How I Make Music Podcast
#210: Henny Tha Bizness and Kennard Garrett
#208: Kiana Corley - Singer-Songwriter
February 2021
#207: Jordan Rudess - Composer, Music Technologist, Dream Theater’s Keyboardist
#205: Inspiration is Drinking Water from Your Hands
#204: Turn Your Ideas into Finished Tracks #FinishFebruary
January 2021
#203: My Most Profound Jamuary Insight
#202: Derek VanScoten - Cloudchord
#201: Ableton Live 11 with Dan Giffin
#199: Quantity Leads to Quality
#197: Start the Year Right with #Jamuary2021
December 2020
#196: Tobias Karlehag on His New Release Process
#195: Federico Chiesa - OORA - Finding Freedom in Limitations
#194: Todd Reynolds: Violinist, Educator, Music Technologist
#193: Writing Effective Emails - Tips from an English Teacher
November 2020
#192: Karen Emanuel - CEO of Key Production
#191: Miguel Rios - Limitations and Embracing Obstacles
October 2020
#189: Rick Seibold - Six Figure Music
#188: Tommy Zee - Making Music for Brands
#187: Tobi Hunke - Ableton Drummer
#186: Niraj Naik - The Renegade Pharmacist
September 2020
#185: Rivita - Composer Cave Challenge
#184: Colin O’Donohoe - World Maestro
August 2020
#182: Matthew Boerum - Founder of Audible Reality
#181: Rob and Jack of the Tunelighting Podcast
#180: Paint Yourself into a Corner
#179: Stephen - Staying Creative and True to Yourself
July 2020
#178: Anton Zytnik - Orphan Train Project
#177: What Bob Ross Teaches Us About Music Production
#176: Sean Giovanni - Staying Inspired and Vision
#175: Joseph Holiday - Snakes of Russia
June 2020
#172: Produce Music Like Jerry Seinfeld
May 2020
#171: Guided Meditation with Jörgen Kjellgren
#169: Tine Schenck - Music Weeklies Challenge
#168: Stephanie Merchak - No Fear of Failing
April 2020
#167: Hainbach - Exploring and Discovering Sounds
#166: Laura Escudé: Helping Artists Reach Their Potential
#165: Darren Cowley - Isotonik Studios
#164: Amimus Invidious - PerforModule, Making Sound Packs, Staying Organized
#163: Matt Sharp - The Rentals New Album “Q36”
March 2020
#162: Dan Policar - Songwriting, Touring, Gaming
#161: Rob Barbato - Crafting Emotion and Energy
#160: Lido - Finding Your Artistic Vision
#159: Making the Most of Your Time at Home
#158: Tom from ELPHNT - Finishing Music and Crafting a Career
#156: The Story is the Key to Finishing Music
February 2020
#155: Graham Cochrane - The Recording Revolution
#154 Organization and The Most Impactful Book of 2019
#153: Mixing Tips Every Producer Should Know - Music Production Podcast
#152: How Do You Know When a Song is Finished
#151: What is Your Listener Doing and 13 Musical Emotions
#150: Finish February - Release Music This Month
January 2020
#149: Derek Sivers: Musician, Writer, Founder of CDBaby
#147: Do It Even When You Don’t Want To
#146: Roger Linn - More Expressive Electronic Music
#145: How Will You Be Remembered?
December 2019
#144: Are You Up To The Jamuary Challenge?!
#141: Will Artificial Intelligence in the Music Industry Make Humans Obsolete
November 2019
#140: How Gratitude Can Help Us Make Better Music and Live Happier Lives
#139: Izotope's CTO Jonathan Bailey
#138: Kristoffer Lislegaard on Sgrow's New Album and Live Performance
#137: Paul Zgordon - Mubert and Artificially Generated Music
#136: Hazel Savage - CEO and Co-Founder of Musiio
October 2019
#135: Phil Celeste and David Marston - Collaboration and Working with and without a Record Label
#134 Julie Covello - Rise of Controllerism, Community, and Warper Party
#133: William Kage - Composing Within the Limitations of 16-Bit Video Games
#132: Don't Update Your Mac OS to Catalina
#131: Ben Burnes - Wisdom on 200 2-Hour Track Challenges
#130: Drew Vespers - Warp Academy and Hacking Productivity
September 2019
#129: Jörgen Kjellgren: On Releasing 9 EPs in the Last Year
#127: Emre Yilmaz: The Mind and Meditation
#126: Remute - Producing Music on Sega MegaDrive and Fighting Maximalism
#125: Dani DiCiaccio - KYOSi - Collaboration, Performance, and Expanding Artistic Horizons
August 2019
#124: David Abravanel - Musician, Journalist, Marketer
#123: Drew Mayhills - A New Release Every Month
#122: Tommy Zee - Making Music For Brands
July 2019
#121: Sound Design With Field Recordings
#119: Abid Hussain on Copyright and Sampling
#118: They Owe US - Synths, Live Performance, and Perfect Imperfections
June 2019
#117: 10 Time-Saving Music Production Hacks
#116: Beatchain Founder: Ben Mendoza
#114: Identity Crisis and The End of AfroDJMac
May 2019
#113: Matty Harris - Mixing and Mastering Engineer
#112: The Artist as Observer vs Creator
#111: 10 Things To Do When You Are Uninspired
#110: David Frangioni - Technologist, Engineer, Producer, Drummer, and Author of Crash!
April 2019
#109: Mark Cawley - Songwriter, Author of Song Journey
#107: Gardn Sound- Synthesizers, Pets, Ethics, and Making Music
#106: Stay Productive with Lists
March 2019
#105: Jason Timothy Ward - The Mental Game of Music Production
#104: Produce Like a Chef: "Mise-En-Place"
#103: Eshan Khadaroo aka Push4Life 2
February 2019
#102: Nate Beaudry aka Chef Elf
#101: Tom Frampton 2 - Revealing the Truth in Your Mixes
#100: Go Now; Correct Course Later
#99: Mark Mosher - Synthesist, Live Performance, Track Deconstruction
January 2019
#98: Francis Preve 2: Sound Design, Synthesis, VanLife
#97: Fighting Off the NAMM Gear Lust
#96: Zaak Kerstetter - Ableton Certified Trainer, Zenotope
#95 : Sahil Lavingia - Gumroad CEO; Less is More
#94: Cuckoo - Live Performance, Synths, Overcoming Challenges
December 2018
#93: Margaret Harmer - Producer, Percussionist; Voices From Eris
#92: Huston Singletary - Ableton Content Creator; Singularities
#91: Claire Marie Lim: Electronic Digital Instruments and the Future of Music Education
#89: Dan Giffin - Live Producers Online
#88: Vince Cimo, Creator of DataLooper, with Vir McCoy
November 2018
#87: Neil "Nail" Alexander - Improvisation, Live Performance
#86: Lessons From Ableton Loop
#85: Finding Your Sound - A Short Talk at Loop
#84: Budget Your Time Like Money - Reflect and Apply
October 2018
#83: Jakob Haq - iOS Musician, YouTuber, Creator of haQ attaQ
#82: Let's Get Physical - Reflect and Apply
#81: Diego Stocco - Explorer of Sound
#80: Johan Sundhage - Developer at Klevgrand
September 2018
#79: Jesper Nordin - Composer and Creator of Gestrument iOS App
#78: Lynden Williams aka Divorce Court - Live Performance, Arrangement, and When Music Hits You
#77: Outliers and the Practicing Mind
#76: Anthony Clint Jr. - Clint Productions and Music Licensing
August 2018
#75: Mikas - Creator of We Make Dance Music
#74: Tough Lessons from a Live Performance
#73: Ari Herstand - Author of How to Make It in the New Music Business
#72: Madeleine Bloom - Creator of Sonic Bloom for All Things Ableton Live
July 2018
#71: Peter Nyboer - Sensel Morph and Music Technology
#70: Cristofer Odqvist - Author of Making Sound: Creative Music Production Tips and Philosophies
#69: Alessio Santini - Found of K-Devices, Max for Live and iOS Music Tools
#68: Tim Webb - Creator of Discchord.com for iOS Music Apps
#67: Christopher Postill - Sounds Like an Earful
June 2018
#66: Matthew Fecher - AudioKit Pro, Synth One, and Open-Source Software
#65: Some Thoughts On Finishing Songs...
#64: You Already Have Everything You Need
#63: Vincent Musolino - Physicist and Author of How Audio Works
May 2018
#62: Dan Carr - Reverb Machine
#61: Isaac Cotec - Subaqueous, Ableton Certified Trainer
#60: Underbelly - And You Suck At Producing
April 2018
#59: On the Origin of Inspiration
#58: Inspiration - Hunt! Don't Wait to be Struck by Lightning
#57: Emilio Guarino - Author of Make It: A Guide for Recent Music Graduates
#56: Ethan Hein- Music Professor, NYU Doctoral Fellow, Blogger
March 2018
#55: John Holt - The Audio Journey
#54: Tom Frampton - Mastering the Mix
#53: Where Will You Be in One Year?
February 2018
#52: Rozalind MacPhail - Flutist, Electronic Musician, and Educator
#51: Push4life - Eshan Khadaroo - Producer, Session Drummer
#50: 2 Ways to Develop Your Tracks
#49: Laura Escudé: Producer, Performer, Live Show Designer
#48: Let's Start #FinishFebruary2018
January 2018
#47: Merlyn Silva - Producer, Educator, Ableton Certified Trainer
#46: Ten Days into #Jamuary2018
December 2017
#45: Get Ready for #Jamuary2018
#44: Dustin Ragland - Young Weather, Educator, Engineer
#43: Josh Spoon - Ableton Certified Trainer, Producer
#42: Sam Gribben - Melodics Founder and CEO
November 2017
#41: Kristoffer Lislegaard - Electronic Musician and Producer
#40: The Most Important Lesson...
#39: Ableton Live 10 - My Thoughts After a Few Months
#38: Francis Preve - Sound Designer, Journalist, Educator
October 2017
#37: Roisner - Ancient Instruments
#36: Chris Rucks - Don't Make Beats Like Me
September 2017
#35: Cooper Anderson - Mixing Engineer, Producer
#34: Mark Towers: Ableton Certified Trainer, Arcade Series Creator
August 2017
#33: DiViNCi - Producer, Composer, Musical Sensei
#32: Breaking Down My New EP, "Country Punkin"
#31: Craig Swann of LoopLabs.com
#30: The Power of Collaboration - Homework!
July 2017
#29: Homework- Make Music with Unusual Sound Sources
#28: Erin Barra - Performer and Educator
#27: Thomas Piper - The People's Republic of Sound
June 2017
#26: Thomas Glendinning - Ableton Certified Trainer, ELPHNT
#25: Andrew Whiteman - Broken Social Scene
#23: Bedroom Producers Blog - Tomislav Zlatic, Editor in Chief
May 2017
#22: Michael Harren - Composer and Performer
#21: Cars and Trains -Tom Filepp
#20: Why I Have a Money Back Guarantee (and You Should Too!)
#19: Jesse Brede Founder of Gravitas Recordings
April 2017
#18: Eban Crawford aka Senator Jaiz
#17: Nuno Santos Imaginando Founder, Co-Creator of DRC Virtual Analog Synth
#16: pATCHES - Dan and Pierce - Ableton Live Tutorials with Style
#14: Jason Timothy of MusicSoftwareTraining.com
#13: Animus Invidious of PerforModule
#12: Uri Nachmias creator of Sonic Logic
#11: Charlie McCarron, Host of Composer Quest
March 2017
#8: Focus on What You Can Control
#7: Ditch the Template; Break the Routine
#6: Maximizing Your Music Production Time
#5: Let's Get Time on Your Side
#4: To Go Pro or Not To Go Pro