Music Production Podcast

It's pretty simple. Life is distracting enough. You don't need help getting pulled out of the moment. Turn off your notifications. Get more done. Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: My Website - https://brianfunk.com 5 Minute Music Producer - https://brianfunk.com/blog/5minute Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk

Doug Hoyer is a Canadian singer/songwriter who has garnered 1 million Spotify streams and licensed music for television. Doug's work has received critical acclaim and he works by day as a hearing aid practitioner.  I had a great conversation with Doug about his work and techniques for writing and completing music. Doug shared a ton of insights and strategies he regularly uses. He showcased his homemade telephone microphone during the show, and I may have asked him a few too many questions about ear care and hearing health.  Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: Doug's Site - https://www.doughoyer.com/ Doug's Album Getting Older - https://doughoyer.bandcamp.com/album/getting-older "Meet Me in the Pale Moonlight" by Doug Hoyer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN7NLKWol9I The Magnetic Fields - http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/ Shawn Nicholas Savage - https://seannicholassavage.bandcamp.com/ Beverly Glenn-Copeland - https://beverlyglenncopeland.com/ Music Production Podcast #151: What is Your Listener Doing and 13 Musical Emotions - https://brianfunk.com/blog/2020/2/6/what-is-your-listener-doing-and-13-musical-emotions-music-production-podcast-151 MandoBass Free Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/2014/9/12/mandobass-free-ableton-live-pack-109 A Journey Inward by Brian Funk - https://brianfunk.com/blog/2020/3/11/my-new-ep-a-journey-inward-is-now-available Brian Funk Website - https://brianfunk.com Intro Music Made with 16-Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit Ableton Live Pack Archive - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ableton-live-pack-archive Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk

Laura Ferreiro is a writer, storytelling coach, and brand strategist. She has written for Rolling Stone, LA Times, Yahoo, and more, interviewing some of music's biggest names. Laura runs Story Harmony where she helps artists craft their stories to form emotional connections with their fans. Laura and I spoke about the importance of creating a clear message of identity for our audiences. She shared tips and techniques that can help musicians craft bios and make important decisions about image and branding.  Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: Story Harmony - https://www.lauraferreiro.co/ Laura's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lauraferreirostoryteller/ Laura's Free Guide to Authentic Branding - https://lauraferreiro-storyharmony.lpages.co/storyguide/ Music for Good - https://musicforgood.tv/ Laura's In Harmony Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-harmony/id1511783234 Ariane Paras on the Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ariane-paras Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert - https://amzn.to/3BxEytX AI Rapper FN Meka - https://mashable.com/article/fn-meka-record-deal-racial-stereotyping Brian Funk Links: Website - https://brianfunk.com Intro Music Made with 16-Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit Ableton Live Pack Archive - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ableton-live-pack-archive Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk

Gordon Raphael is a highly sought-after musician and producer. He produced Is This It and Room on Fire by The Strokes and Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor, amongst countless others. His new book, The World is Going to Love This, documents his work and the exciting stories from the Seattle scene of the 90s through his work with The Strokes, Regina Spektor, and The Libertines. As the producer for some of my favorite albums of this century, speaking with Gordon was a real treat. He shared studio stories and techniques used with The Strokes. Gordon emphasizes the importance of keeping an open mind to new possibilities and unconventional ways of working to create timeless and emotionally impactful sounds. Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: Gordon's Site - https://www.gordotronic.com/ The World is Going to Love This by Gordon Raphael - https://www.wordville.net/product-page/the-world-is-going-to-love-this Gordon and His Arp Oddysey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txtWU090BC8 Gordon on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/GordonRaphael/ Gordon's Linktree - https://linktr.ee/GordonRaphael Brian Funk Links: My Website - https://brianfunk.com Intro Music Made with 16-Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit Ableton Live Pack Archive - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ableton-live-pack-archive Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk

Is your music too complicated? Are you making your job harder than it needs to be? Is it fear that we are hiding behind by complicating our music? Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: My Website - https://brianfunk.com Intro Music Made with 16 Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit Ableton Live Pack Archive - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ableton-live-pack-archive Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk

Sam Wale is a musician and producer, who writes music for TV, film, and games. Sam is the VP of Production for Alibi Music, a provider of licensed music and sound FX for all types of multimedia. Sam and I spoke about his role at Alibi Music and how producing music for licensing is different than producing music as an artist. Sam shared his story and experience which is helpful for any producer looking to get into licensing their music. Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: Alibi Music - https://alibimusic.com Sam's Alibi Bio - https://alibimusic.com/blog/alibi-spotlight-sam-wale-vp-of-production Sam's SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/samwale Sam's Article on Creating Emotion - https://www.mixonline.com/recording/music-production/5-best-practices-for-composing-production-music-with-authentic-emotion Kygo Monthly/Studio Class - https://studio.com/kygo-music Social Story Songs - http://www.socialstorysongs.com Mredrollo on the Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ed-rollo Ariane Paras on the Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ariane-paras Brian Funk Links: Website - https://brianfunk.com Intro Music Made with 16-Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit Ableton Live Pack Archive - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ableton-live-pack-archive Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk

Peter Gregson is a renowned Composer, Cellist, and Deutsche Grammophon recording artist. His latest album, Patina, combines strings and analog electronic instruments in an effort to capture the humanity and life in each instrument for emotional impact. Peter composes for television, film, and games, including placements in the film Blackbird and HBO's The New Pope. Peter and I spoke about his work as a composer and producer. We focused quite a bit on capturing life in recordings. Peter shared some interesting thoughts about the way microphone placement can bring out the "grit" in the cello, and how he uses techniques like this to give his music a "lived-in" feeling, not unlike a favorite pair of jeans. Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: Peter's Official Site - https://petergregson.co.uk Patina - https://petergregson.ffm.to/patina.owe Piano Book - https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/piano-book-peter-gregson-12782 Dr. Bob Time Corrects Van Halen - https://youtu.be/p9rVKnEvAQ8 Dr. Bob on the Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/blog/bobby-huff Mom's Piano Free Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/2013/02/28/free-ableton-live-pack-73-moms-piano Brian Funk Links: Website - https://brianfunk.com Intro Music Made with 16-Bit Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/16-bit Ableton Live Pack Archive - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ableton-live-pack-archive Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk

Ed Rollo is a musician, educator, and Ableton Certified Trainer. He creates straight-talking, no nonsense videos for his YouTube channel that help musicians see past the empty promises of hacks and shortcuts. Ed runs the online education community mredrollo+. As a fan of his video content and overall philosophical approach to music making, I was very excited to talk with Ed. He did not disappoint. Ed shared wisdom about his background and career. He pointed out truths about music making and offered some helpful approaches to growing as an artist.  Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: Ed's Site - https://mredrollo.com mredrollo+ Online Training - https://plus.mredrollo.com Ed's YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/mredrollo "Appraisal" by mredrollo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSC4KpEZ6Tw Drew Mayhills on the Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/blog/2019/8/18/drew-mayhills-a-new-release-every-month-music-production-podcast-123 What Bob Ross Teaches Us About Music Production - https://brianfunk.com/blog/what-bob-ross-teaches-us-about-music-production War of Art by Steven Pressfield - https://amzn.to/3CwzYyt Essentialism by Greg McKeown - https://amzn.to/3QVqLDI Making Music by Dennis DeSantis - https://makingmusic.ableton.com Someday is Today by Matthew Dicks - https://amzn.to/3AjTmvz Brian Funk Links: Website - https://brianfunk.com Intro Music Made with One Knob Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/one-knob Ableton Live Pack Archive - https://brianfunk.com/blog/ableton-live-pack-archive Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk

Ariane Paras helps artists define their vision, build confidence, and find the strength to reach their goals. She runs Olympia Coaching and has 15 years of experience coaching artists along their journey.  Ariane and I had a great conversation where we explore the challenges and fears artists have. She shares advice about overcoming procrastination (which is mostly fear) and how having a clearly defined purpose and goal will help us deal with both internal and external criticisms. There's a wealth of valuable information that will help us all in our creative journeys. Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: Olympia Coaching - https://olympiacoaching.com Free Consultation with Ariane - https://olympiacoaching.as.me/schedule.php Thrive Program - https://olympiacoaching.com/thrive-artists Ariane's Blog - https://olympiacoaching.com/blog Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/olympiacoaching/ Tim Ferriss on Fear-Setting - https://tim.blog/2017/05/15/fear-setting/ Brian Funk Links: My Website - https://brianfunk.com Intro Music Made with One Knob FX Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/one-knob Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk

Robert Webster has been producing music and DJing since 1993, as RobJamWeb. Robert hit it big with a track called "Everybody" in 1999 and has since been releasing music and sharing his knowledge on his YouTube channel. Robert spoke about his work and the troubles he encountered with success when one of his tracks hit the charts and MTV. He discussed openly how his freedom from success has allowed him to find and pursue his musical passions. Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube Show Notes: Robert's Official Site - https://www.waxadisc.com YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/waxadiscmusic Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/waxadiscmusic/ Everybody - https://youtu.be/oP--4ELAVug U-HE Tyrell Free VST Synthesizer - https://u-he.com/products/tyrelln6/ Brian Funk Links: My Website - https://brianfunk.com Intro Music Made with One Knob FX Ableton Live Pack - https://brianfunk.com/blog/one-knob Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc Music Production Podcast - https://brianfunk.com/podcast Save 25% on Ableton Live Packs at my store with the code: PODCAST - https://brianfunk.com/store Thank you for listening.  Please review the Music Production Podcast on your favorite podcast provider! And don’t forget to visit my site https://BrianFunk.com for music production tutorials, videos, and sound packs. Brian Funk