AbletonCast

Eric Downs is a professional drummer/producer/musical director based in Los Angeles, CA known for his tight, producer-like drumming, extensive technical knowledge, and deep commitment to the emotional impact of the music he works on. Whether playing drums, building and directing live shows, or producing tracks for film and TV, Eric is able to draw from […]

Today it’s a complete honour to have Adam Marcello on the show who has played with Katy Perry for more than 10 years. He’s the musical director and knows Ableton inside and out! Today it’s also a pleasure to welcome a wicked sponsor to the show “Recording Studio Rockstars” www.recordingstudiorockstars.com .

Today I speak to Jason Timothy (Ward) from Denver Colorado. He’s addicted to Ableton and knows it inside and out. Today we get some tips on finishing tracks, gain staging and more.

As always it’s been awhile since I last did an episode. Just wanted to chat a bit about Black Friday deals, Christmas, and of course chat Ableton with some of my best friends and band mates.

It has been awhile, but we’re back!!! and very grateful to have Martin Vinje who has played keys and run Ableton from the start for the artist “Sigrid”. Any questions or comments please email me at mrkevinswartwood@gmail.com

It’s been way too long, and I do apologise, but we’re back with an absolute LEGEND David Andrew from Sydney Australia. After seeing David’s youtube video “Berlin Live Looping Session” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlZo0OrXJW0 , I knew I had to have him on the show.

Such a pleasure to interview Joe Clegg who plays with Ellie Goulding, Clean Bandit, Mumford and Sons and many more. Joe’s a great drummer and even greater guy. Check out Joe on Instagram @cleggdrums to hear about his cool bicycle ride for charity this coming November. To get a bit of a visual idea of […]

It’s a real treat to have Lij Shaw on the show to talk about his experience with Ableton. Lij is a Musician, Producer, Engineer and runs the Toy Box Studio in Nashville.  He also records at the Bonnaroo Festival every year at the “Hay Bale Studio”, and has recorded artists such as Adele, Wilco, Andrew […]

Another update from me, because I just can’t stay away. A little tip and tutorial on running tracks from Ableton. I talk to Power user Nathan Mckay, and also give you guys a little treat at the end of the podcast with an introduction to Dennis Michaelis aka “Diesel”

Just a quick update to let you know that I’m still here, and haven’t given up. Life has been a bit crazy, but we do have more episodes coming up. I do a quick update and a quick interview with myself to let you know how I got started and how I use Ableton.

This week we talk to Nashville TN based Tim Buell about using Ableton to run backing tracks. Tim is a freaking rockstar when it comes to this, so it’s well worth a listen. Tim also does online training for drums and Ableton, and he’s very graciously set up a page for our Ableton Cast listeners […]

It’s a real honour to have Ableton Certified Trainer, owner of Loop Community and Looptimus Matt McCoy. Matt and his company make both software and hardware which is a real treat. We discuss how Matt got started, and how he runs things now. Two newer sections for the podcast, Nato “Power user” Mckay gives us […]

I originally recorded this before Ableton 10 had come out, but now it’s out, and it seems as good of time as any to let you guys hear it. Will discusses the quick highlights of Ableton 10. If you’re on the edge like Lady Gaga, this should push you over into the land of creativity […]

Si Francis, Ableton Guru, amazing bassist for Ellie Goulding and many others. I talk to Si Francis about his unique live setup with Ellie Goulding and more. He’s a great musican and even greater human!

Ableton Certified Trainer from Austin Texas. We speak to Will about how he got started with Ableton, and some tips and tricks to make life easier for those of us who live in the Ableton Bubble. Will knows Ableton inside out, and really utilises it’s stock plugins and key features.