Ceri Thomas From Dolby Music Talks Atmos, TikTok Royalties and MI Sales On My Latest Podcast Episode

My guest on the podcast this week is Ceri Thomas, who’s responsible for content and studio enablement for Dolby Music. He works with engineers, studios and record labels to ensure that they can create music using Dolby’s Atmos Technology. After 15 years in the film and television industry at companies like Danetracks, Todd-Soundelux and Twenty […]

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Nashville Home Studio Defender Lij Shaw, The CD Sales Mirage, And The End Of The Smart Speaker Era On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is engineer Lij Shaw, who’s the owner of the Toy Box Studio in Nashville and host of the great podcast Recording Studio Rockstars. Lij has also been battling with the Nashville Metro Council since 2015 on behalf of home studio and home business owners in the city to […]

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Sonarworks Co-Founder Martins Popelis, Why Streaming Prices Should Increase, And The World’s Fastest Cybernetic Drummer

My guest on the podcast this week is Martins Popelis, who’s one of the founders of Sonarworks. The company was one of the first to provide room and headphone calibration software that’s within the reach of the average home studio owner. During the interview we spoke about measurement mics why they’re all different, the company’s […]

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Legendary Guitarist Wayne Kramer On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is the legendary guitarist Wayne Kramer, who may be one of the most unappreciated but exceptionally influential guitarists in rock. He was a co-founder of the seminal MC5, a band that many would argue started the punk rock movement almost a decade before it became popular. In fact, […]

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Jeff Komar Of Avid Answers Your Immersive Audio Questions On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Avid Solutions Specialist Jeff Komar. Jeff grew up around music and recording so he naturally gravitated towards the tech world. He joined Digidesign in 2000 before it was bought by Avid, and he’s specialized in helping creators solve problems ever since.  Since there have been so many […]

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Mastering Engineer Michael Romanowski Talks Immersive Mastering On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Grammy-nominated mastering engineer Michael Romanowski, who’s the owner and chief mastering engineer at Coast Mastering in Berkley, CA. Michael has over 30 years of experience mastering in stereo, but he’s been a pioneer in mastering for immersive audio, complete with a new purpose-built 9.1.6 room. Michael’s immersive […]

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Trends And Predictions For 2022 On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

It’s that time of year again to take a look back at the influential music business stories from 2021, see how the predictions from last year fared, and have a look forward to the trends and predictions for 2022. Among the things I’ll discuss in Podcast 401 include: Music centers shifting to new places on […]

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Some Personal Studio Horror Stories On Episode 400 Of My Inner Circle Podcast

We’ve hit a milestone today with Episode 400 so I’m going to change things up a little. There’s new theme music (I’m not sure if I like it – if you have something better please send it), and the upcoming episodes this year will be more theme-based. First up will be a deep-dive into immersive […]

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Engineer Dennis Moody, No New Rock On The Album Charts, And The State Of Sampling

My guest on the podcast this week is my good friend for many years Dennis Moody, who also appeared on the very first episode of the Inner Circle Podcast as well as number 100, 200 and 300. This is episode #399 and I’m going to be changing things up starting on episode 400 so I wanted to […]

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Kati Eismann From Adam Hall Group, Musician Minimum Wage, And Vocal Recording Tips On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Kati Eismann, who’s the global marketing director for the Adam Hall Group. The Adam Hall Group brands include sound reinforcement company LD Systems, stage lighting company Cameo, stand company Gravity, cable protectors by Defender, and Adam Hall hardware and flight cases. It’s also the distributor to brands like Hofner, […]

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Mastering Engineer Pete Doell, The Pros And Cons Of A Record Deal, And Deepfake Music On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is mastering engineer Pete Doell, who worked as a staff engineer at the legendary Wally Heider Studios before moving to Capitol Records Studio and then to Sony Pictures, where he worked for 15 years. While at Capitol, he worked on a wide range of artists from Miles Davis to Dwight […]

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How Much Streaming Now Pays, New Uses For Spatial Audio, And Audio Educator John Krivit On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is John Krivit, who’s an audio educator and founder of the extremely popular Facebook group “Hey Audio Student.”  John is a past president of the Audio Engineering Society, and served as Chair of the 2018 AES Conference on Audio Archiving, Preservation & Restoration at the US Library of Congress and […]

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Earthworks Audio CEO Gareth Krausser, Music Industry Job Changes, And The Ultimate Song According To Science

My guest on the podcast this week is Gareth Krausser, who’s the CEO of Earthworks Audio, one of the premier microphone manufacturers that keeps a relatively low profile. Earthworks was founded by audio pioneer David Blackmer, who also founded dbx, and it was originally set up as a speaker manufacturer. David found the test gear needed in […]

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Music Life Coach Ariane Paras, Vinyl Industry In Crisis, And The New Guitar Sales Boom On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is music life coach Ariane Paras, who started in the business working for record labels and booking acts into large venues before she found that her real calling was helping people. Now through her Olympia Coaching she helps musicians, artists, and industry professionals how to be happy and thrive in […]

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L-ISA Studio With Guillaume LeNost, Facebook’s Lost Young Users, And Metallica’s Band Course On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Guillaume LeNost, who started in the R&D department at L-Acoustics in 2009 and has risen to Managing Direct in the UK. He’s also in charge of the company’s Creative Technologies division, which includes development of the L-ISA immersive audio system. Prior to that Guillaume researched industrial environmental noise and […]

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