EDM Producer Podcast

Super talented House producer Mike Vale from Slovenia joins us today on The Producer Podcast and talks about selling his possessions to build a studio, going out of your comfort zone, and much more! DAW of choice: Logic Pro 9 and X Workflow: Always starts with a kick and drum hits. Then he works on the bass line. Once he has a groove going he builds the track around the groove. Production tips: Take a lead and duplicate it. Then squash the duplicate with parallel compression. Mix the original and squashed version together to make the sound big and full. Training resources: Read up on your DAW and plug-ins. YouTube tutorials. Successful career actions: Charting top 10 on Beatport. Marketing: Invest everything into your track and knowledge. Best advice for aspiring producers: Read books, watch tutorials, and write music everyday. Upcoming: New track with Umek, got a track signed to Hot Fingers called Can’t Fight the Feeling, and a remix coming out on Armanda with Umek. Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mikevale Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikevalemusic Site: http://www.mikevale.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/djmikevale YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/djmikevale Show notes by Sean Hanagan aka Time Aperture https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture https://www.facebook.com/time.aperture

Jean Bacarreza, a Brazilian EDM and nu-disco producer, joins The Producer Podcast to discuss the future of electronic music and his love for funky tracks. DAW of choice: Ableton Live Workflow: Listens to music and goes to the beach to get inspired and starts with either a vocal, beat, or melody. Production tips: Ask for advice on tracks. Ask others if your tracks are good. Practice a lot. Training resources: YouTube tutorials Favorite Effects: Ableton stock plug-ins Best Gig: In 2010 at a festival in Bolivia Best advice for aspiring producers: Never give up. Push past the tough moments in life. Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeanbacarreza Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeanBacarreza Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bpierre17 Show notes by Sean Hanagan Aka Sean Hanagan https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

Dave Silcox, London based electro/progressive house producer, joins The Producer Podcast to discuss production tips, networking and producing multiple genres. DAW of choice: Cubase Workflow: Starts with a vocal or sound and builds the track around it. Production tips: Mess around with distortion. EDM training resources: Watch a lot a producer tutorials, like future music, and reading forums. Influences: Mark Knight, Dave Spoon, and Fedde Le Grand Favorite Softsynth: Sylenth, Massive, Nexus, Spire, and Razor Successful career actions: Having tracks on a Tiesto album and making bootleg remixes. Best Gig: Playing at Burning Man last year Best advice for aspiring producers: Network as much as you make music Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/davesilcox Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davesilcoxofficial Website: http://www.davesilcox.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveSilcox YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DaveSilcoxMusic Show notes by Sean Hanagan aka Time Aperture Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

Hungarian producer Kovary joins us on the Producer Podcast this week! Tell us a little about yourself and the type of music you produce. I’m a musician for more than 20 years. I was born in a small town in Hungary. When I was a kid I formed a rock band with my brother, we played blues rooted retro rock in the late 90’s. Originally I’m a guitar player. In 2003. I joined NEO, a successful Hungarian electro pop band. We made an original soundtrack for a famous Hungarian movie called ‘Kontrol’, directed by Hollywood based director Nimrod Antal. It was his first movie, and it was a huge success in Europe. The ost. won tons of awards, we toured all over Europe in the mid 2000’s. We supported bands like Duran Duran, Kasabian, Massive Attack etc.. Besides I started my own dj career around 2006. I was always into funk and disco. I play the mixture of house, funk, disco and electro, with a little French touch and techno. As a producer I produce nu disco/indie dance and house. How did you get started in electronic music production? In the 90’s I played live rock music. When electronic acts like The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers were topping the charts in the mid 90’s I was amazed by them, and started build my own home studio. I started to produce music on the computer around 2000. What is your DAW of choice? Cubase. I started on Cubase and Nuendo. Now I use Cubase 7 with Propellerhead Reason Rewire. Tell us about your workflow? How do you write a song? It’s very different in every occasion. In the past I always write songs on the guitar, now on keyboards. Sometimes I have a good melody in my mind, and I build the song around it. Sometimes I make a groovy bass line first. It depends on my mood. Can you tell us your favorite production tips? I don’t have. I love to try new things over and over again. I don’t like routines. Favorite softsynth? I’m an analogue hardware synth fan. I have 9 synths at my home studio (Moog Little Phatty, Sequential Circuits Prophet 600, Roland Juno 106, Korg Polysix etc) Besides I love Arturia softsynths, I have their analogue factory stuff. Favorite effect plug-in? I use UAD plugins. The best on the market. I love them. Favorite piece of hardware? Roland Juno 106. Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo. SC Prophet 600. Anything else in your studio that you love? My Mackie 1402-VLZ3 mixer. Where do you go to personally learn and improve your production skills? I listen to a lot of music. Mostly funk and disco from the 70’s. All my favourite producers are from that era. I always try to figure out how did they do their job. Sometimes I read magazines like Sound On Sound and Future Music. What is the highlight of your music career thus far? I shared the decks with almost all of my favourite producers. Lot of them supports my music. I had a dozen Beatport Top 100 tracks. I played in front of thousands of people. What really helped your career along? Faith in music. What is the most effective way you have found to market your music? Soundcloud/Facebook/Beatport What is the best gig you ever played? This year in Budapest Akvarium Club, with 2many Djs (Soulwax), in front of 2000 people. What’s the best piece of advice you could give to an aspiring producer right now? Follow your intuitions. I always did that. Where can people find you and your music? https://soundcloud.com/kovary https://www.facebook.com/Kovarymusic https://www.youtube.com/user/kovaryvideos

DJ eM, an Australian Hard Dance/Hardstyle producer, joins The Producer Podcast to talk about his full time career in the music industry and production techniques. DAW of choice: Ableton Live Production tips: Balance all sounds in your mix to make sure everything fits well. Learn to use plug-ins and effects properly. Training resources: Work with someone better than you. Favorite Softsynth: Massive, Sylenth, Razor, and FM8 Best advice for aspiring producers: Have an idea of what you want to make, and make it a bit different from what’s popular. Don’t rush it. Take your time and make sure your tracks sound good. Best Gig: Playing at Defqon 1 and the Metro Theatre Production most proud of: Statik and Return to the Classics Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djem-bassempire Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djembassempire Bass Empire - Professional Mastering Studios: www.bassempire.com Show notes by Sean Hanagan aka Time Aperture Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

From the Netherlands, DJ Digital Punk joins the Producer Podcast to discuss production, his show Unleashed, and how music quality is still king! DAW of choice: Cubase Production tips: Take out lower frequencies twice, once before rendering to audio, and once after. Favorite Softsynth: Sylenth 1, Spire, and Zeta 2 Favorite Effects: UAD and Legacy Compressors Successful career actions: Having 6000 attendees at a Digital Punk Unleashed show and making hit music. Best advice for aspiring producers: If you think you have a hit don’t put it up on the internet. Send it to a label. Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djdigitalpunk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djdigitalpunk Website: http://www.digitalpunk.nl YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/djdigitalpunk Show notes by Time Aperture https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

Joining us today is Guilherme and Neto from the Drum & Bass duo Jam Thieves from Brazil! 1.Tell us a little about yourself and the type of music you produce.  R: We are from northern São Paulo-Brazil, we are producing drum n bass since 2007 and have a style of production facing the minimal.  2.What is your DAW of choice?  R: Reason  3.Tell us about your workflow? How do you write a song?  R: We sat in the studio almost every day and before starting working we like to hear some musicians that inspire us: Marvin Gaye, Barry White, James Brown and others. This helps us create and inspires us a lot.  4.Can you tell us your favorite production tips?  R: Play enough music, taking notes during the day and not in a hurry to finish the tracks.  5.Who were your influences? Who is your favorite right now? R: My influences are: Calibre, Skeptikal, Ed Rush & Optical, Bad Company, the man of the hour, for us is the DLR.  6.Favorite softsynth?  R: Subtracktor and NNXT  7.Favorite effect plug-in?  R: Thor and NN19  8.Favorite piece of hardware?  R: Akai MPK25  9.Anything else in your studio that you love? R: My little White macBook haha 10.What was the best moment of your career thus far? R: We received support from big names: Hype, Hazard, Fabio & Grooverider, Marky Ray Keith and others... We did a tour of Chile (Santiago & Valparaiso) and managed to keep us in the top 5 in the dnbarena and Junno download for 3 weeks with our last EP (SMOKE WEED on Serial Killaz Recordings)  11.What has helped you out most in your music career? R: we are in the process evolving and we want to reach new styles within the drum n bass  12.How do you get better at producing? R: Much concentration good music & weed hahaha 13.What is the most effective way you have found to market your music? R: Social networks and the Internet have greatly facilitated the release! Soundclound tools like facebook and email make your music get where you want. 14.What’s the best piece of advice you could give to an aspiring producer right now? R: Work seriously, have faith and believe in what you're doing 15.Which of your productions are you most proud of? R: Smoke Weed  16.Where can people find you and your music?  R: Soundclound: https://soundcloud.com/jam-thieves And the best shops: dnbarena: http://download.breakbeat.co.uk/artists/jamthieves.aspx) Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/artist/jam-thieves/216638  17.Final message?  R: We would like to thank you for the opportunity to show our work, and stay tuned because we have large projects in progress as our new Ep on Serial Killaz Recordings, singles with Broken Audio and Animated among many other works. For all question are connected I leave a comment FOLLOW OUR PAGE>>https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jam-Thieves/583208808375760?fref=ts peace.

In this episode Peter O’Leary joins us from the Industrial, Trip-hop group The Wednesday Experiment to discuss collabs and his “no rules” approach to music. CHECK OUT THE BRAND NEW ALBUM FROM THE WEDNESDAY EXPERIMENT HERE: https://thewednesdayexperiment.bandcamp.com/ DAW of choice: Ableton Production tips: When recording, don’t sacrifice the vibe and feeling of the recording. Open up your projects and bounce them every now and then because they won’t open the same way in a year or two. Have multiple session saves, so you can make big changes and still be able to go back to what you had before. Influences: Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, and Squarepusher Favorite Softsynth: Massive, Absynth, and Turnado Successful career actions: Playing at Bojangles festival. Best advice for aspiring producers: Get interactive on soundcloud and make whatever you want. There are no rules. Production most proud of: New album coming out on September 13th on their site. Website: http://www.thewednesdayexperiment.com Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thewednesdayexperiments Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewednesdayexperiment Twitter: https://twitter.com/wedexp Show notes by Time Aperture Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

Italian EDM producers Jody Corbo and Kevin Moncado join The Producer Podcast and discuss Italian EDM culture, DAW of choice: Logic Pro Workflow: They try melodies to see what works and what doesn’t. Production tips: Don’t use to many effects. EDM training resources: Listen to other people’s stuff and just practice. Influences: Swedish House Mafia, Hardwell, Steve Aoki, and Calvin Harris, and Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike Favorite Softsynth: Massive, Tremor, and Sylenth Hardware: Akai MPK 25 Marketing Advice: Use the internet to network and post your mixes/musi Best Gig: Insomnia 2013 Best advice for aspiring producers: Never give up and follow your dream. Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kevin-moncado Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jody-Kevin/1428531964057996 Show notes by Time Aperture https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

Corporate, a Seattle based Bass/Electronic/Glitch Hop/Dubstep producer joins the Producer Podcast to discuss his sound and music career. DAW of choice: Ableton Live Workflow: He records his ideas by beat boxing into his phone and builds off that idea. Production tips: Make sure your mix is completely clean before you put anything on the master chain. EDM training resources: He used to use YouTube for tutorials Favorite Softsynth: Operator Favorite Effects: Fab Filter Pro L Hardware: M Audio Axiom Successful career actions: Getting his track Ice released on Dirty Duck Audio Best advice for aspiring producers: Keep your options open. Don’t limit yourself to a genre. Production most proud of: His track Ice Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/corporatemusic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/corporatemusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/talktocorporate Website: http://corporate.fm Show notes by Sean Hanagan aka Time Aperture https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

From Fort Collins, Blendrix joins the Producer Podcast to discuss the orchestral/industrial/glitch sound to his music. Check out Blendrix's latest EP, just released! https://blendrix.bandcamp.com/album/the-blood-spangled-banner DAW of choice: He uses Abelton to build his track and Logic X for mixing and mastering. Workflow: He works based off of ideas that inspire him. Production tips: Layering synths to make them fuller and richer. EDM training resources: Warp Academy Influences: The Prodigy, Crystal Method and Phutureprimitive Favorite Softsynth: Razor Favorite Effects: Ableton stock plug-ins Successful career actions: Going from just DJing and being able to do a live setup. Best advice for aspiring producers: Don’t waste too much time on collecting plug-ins and samples. Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/blendrix Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Blendrix Website: http://www.blendrix.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Blendrix Tumblr: http://blendrix.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/blendrix Show notes by Sean Hanagan aka Time Aperture https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

From Boston, MrMilkCarton joins the Producer Podcast and talks about school and producing. DAW of choice: Logic Pro 9 and Ableton for performing Workflow: Sometimes starts with drums. Production tips: Flex time- it takes an audio clip and stretches it. EDM training resources: He learns a lot from other producers. Favorite Softsynth: Sylenth, Massive, and Absynth Favorite Effects: Sound Toys Crystalizer delay and distortion, and Logic stock effects Successful career actions: Playing live shows, Best advice for aspiring producers: Always be writing music and get feedback. Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mrmilkcarton Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mrmilkcartonmusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mrmilkcarton YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Mrmilkcarton Show notes by Sean Hanagan aka Time Aperture https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture--

From Denver, Colorado, Laura Brehm joins The Producer Podcast and talks about her acoustic and featured work. Future Plans: Keep working with producers and combine acoustic and electronic elements in her projects. Workflow: She sometimes writes the chords and vocals and sometimes just writes the vocals. Hardware: Quartet by Apogee and AKG 214 condenser microphone DAW of choice: Logic X Who she wants to work with: Zero7, Porter Robinson, Deadmau5, Bassnectar, Zedd, and Above and Beyond Albums: Day to Day and Dreams Best moment: Opening for Heart and singing at Global Dance Music Festival Best way to market your music: Use social media to spread your music. Big labels help spread your work because they already have a following. Links: laurabrehmmusic@gmail.com Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/laurabrehm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurabrehmmusic Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurakbrehm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/laurabrehm Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/artist/laura-brehm/259384 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/laura-brehm/id259612038 Show notes by Sean Hanagan aka Time Aperture https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

Bobby Burns, hugely successful producer from Amsterdam, joins The Producer Podcast and talks about his music and career. DAW of choice: Logic X, Ableton and FL Studio Production tips: Use the best samples you can find. The quality of the samples is really important. Favorite Softsynth: Spire, Sylenth, and Nexus Favorite Effects: Universal Audio, LFO tool, DJM filter, Fab Filter, C6 Multiband compressor, API EQ, and Waves Successful career actions: His love for music helped him succeed in the music industry. Best advice for aspiring producers: Make music that is different. Make your own style. Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djbobbyburns Website: http://bobbyburns.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/djbobbyburns YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/djbobbyburns Show notes by Sean Hanagan aka Time Aperture https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture

Grammy nominated Stockholm based producer, Stonebridge, joins The Producer Podcast! DAW of choice: Logic Workflow: Stars with a sound or sample and builds the song around it. Production tips: Smash bus- a bus with the shadowhill compressor, so you don’t have to limit the master bus. Favorite Softsynth: Sylenth Favorite Effects: UAD Trident, Shadowhill compressor, Hardware: Manly tube mic Successful career actions: Making an album. Best advice for aspiring producers: Don’t listen to everyone else. Be completely original. Links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/stonebridge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealStoneBridge Website: http://www.realstonebridge.com Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/artist/detail/501/stonebridge Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealStoneBridge Show notes by Sean Hanagan aka Time Aperture https://soundcloud.com/timeaperture