The Music Production Podcast

An exploration of music production through informal discussions about technique, philosophy, gear, creativity, and productivity. Hosted by Brian Funk.

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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

#306: Imposter Syndrome

#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

#254: MemoryBug on Jamuary

#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

#249: The Pleasure Principle

#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

#230: 80’s Stallone

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

#215: EQ or Compressor First?

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

#209: Ned Rush 2

#208: Kiana Corley - Singer-Songwriter

February 2021

#207: Jordan Rudess - Composer, Music Technologist, Dream Theater’s Keyboardist

#206: “Yes! And…”

#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

#200: The Time is Now

#199: Quantity Leads to Quality

#198: Will Darling - EDMTips

#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

#190: Vasja Veber - Viberate

#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

#183: Elina Segall

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

#174: Why Music Is Important

#173: Ned Rush

#172: Produce Music Like Jerry Seinfeld

May 2020

#171: Guided Meditation with Jörgen Kjellgren

#170: Maddy Kong - Sesamii

#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

#157: Act the Part

#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

#148: The Power of Focus

#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?!

#143: Commit to Commit

#142: John Ivers of BandLab

#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

#128: Back Up your Backups

#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

#120: Be PROlific

#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

#115: URSA - Music Extreaming

#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

#108: Problems

#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

#90: Evan Chandler aka Slynk

#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

#24: Regrets

#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

#15: It's Not a Competition

#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

#10: Chat with Ben Burnes

March 2017

#9: Share Your Secrets

#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

#3: You Will Never Be A Master

#2: Make Bad Music

#1: Lessons From My Journey