Signal Path by Shure

dodie is an English singer-songwriter, author, and YouTube personality. She has toured the world extensively, and has amassed over 1.7 million subscribers to her channel. In this episode dodie talks about everything from diary entries, to embarrassing moments on stage, while offering some advice to musicians on YouTube.

Tarik Barri is a Dutch artist, composer and programmer creating immersive audiovisual installations and performances. We spoke to him about his collaboration with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke for the Hexadome – a 360-degree structure that completely surrounds an audience with sights and sounds.

Sylvia Massy is an American producer and engineer known for her work with Johnny Cash, Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tool, as well as her unorthodox recording techniques. We invited her to The Famous Gold Watch studio in Berlin to talk about her unique experiences, which include recording in an abandoned nuclear cooling tower and using vegetables or cheese to filter audio signals.

Paul Cheese is an artist, sound recordist and cyclist. In today’s episode, Paul talks about his epic cycle rides (his last album was recorded during a 6000km cycle ride), turning the sound of a moped into a violin, creating a track with 700 samples, and making a drum beat from throwing a deck chair down a flight of stairs. This episode was recorded using two MOTIV MV51 microphones.

Steve Hogarth is the lead singer of British rock band Marillion. Despite selling over 15 million albums since forming way back in the early 80’s, they will likely be best remembered for one decision the band made in 1997. Short of money and wanting to embark on a North American Tour, the band turned to their loyal fans to fund their trip, raising the £39,000 required, and unintentionally becoming...

Andrew Huang is a Canadian musician, video producer, and YouTube personality. The incredibly entertaining videos he’s created, taking viewers behind the scenes of his original music, coupled with his prolific output (over 2000 tracks to date), has led to well over 1.3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. In this episode Andrew Huang talks about everything from his early music education and...

Omar Al Marzooqi is an Emirati singer and songwriter. In 2015, after several years of performing, he quit his job (without telling any of his family), spent a year recording his debut album, and in turn signed a professional recording contract. In this interview, Omar speaks with Lucas Dirty & Myers about everything from khaleeji music & career milestones, to why he refuses to be pigeon-holed.

Steph Marziano is a record producer, mixer, writer & engineer. Since graduating from LIPA (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts) in 2013 she has worked in various capacities for the likes of The Prodigy, Sam Smith, FKA Twigs & Kasabian. In 2018 she was shortlisted in the ‘Breakthrough Engineer of The Year’ category at The Music Producers Guild Awards. In this interview Steph talks about followin...

Jerry Bryant, namesake of Chicago music TV institution JBTV, has captured thousands of performances from both emerging and established artists, since founding the show in 1984. In this interview Jerry talks about the early days, and how he has managed to keep it going all these years, while constantly adjusting to changes in technology and format.

US based pioneering rockers talk about the various stages of their 30 year-long career, their DIY ethic, & returning to analogue for the most recent album, recorded with Steve Albini.

Pixie’s debut single ‘Mama Do’ went straight to number 1 in the UK charts, and just 5 months later she had another UK number 1, before selling 1.5 million copies of her debut album. Today’s chat covers everything from working with Stevie Wonder & John Legend to her education.

Chris Jojo has a job many people would envy. As the ‘Senior Sound Designer & Principle Sound Recording Engineer’ for Codemasters Games, he typically spends his time at race tracks all over the world recording cars ranging from the super rare, to F1 & rally cars.

Johann Scheerer is a producer and the founder of Clouds Hill studio in Hamburg, Germany. He’s known for working with artists like James Johnston (Gallon Drunk, Nick Cave), Pete Doherty and Omar Rodriguez Lopez (At the Drive-In, Bosnian Rainbows), as well as his impressive collection of vintage recording gear. Marc Young visited him to talk about the allure of tape and tubes.

Spotify Studios hosts some of the top recording artists of today in their beautiful studio in New York City. Here, they record Spotify Singles. Spotify Singles capture artists recording their original tracks, as well as a cover song. Producer Bryan Grone and engineer William Garrett sit down with us to discuss the operation.

Marten Berger is on an epic road trip to find Europe’s best street musicians. The young producer has traveled in an ice cream truck converted into a mobile recording studio from Finland to Portugal seeking out talented buskers along the way. He now wants to record a double album unlike any other.

Roger Lindsay has worked as a live front-of-house engineer for a wide range of artists including Prince, George Michael, Pink Floyd, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and many more. He is also a consultant for leading pro-audio manufacturers, F1 Racing teams, and the NFL.

Matt Colton is an Award Winning Mastering Engineer. He has mastered records for the likes of Muse, Coldplay, Peter Gabriel & Gary Newman and also a plethora of electronic music artists and labels. In this episode he talks about mastering for vinyl vs. digital, half-speed mastering, best practices, the equipment he uses, and lots more.

Lianne La Havas is a UK-based singer/songwriter. She is a former winner of the “iTunes Album of the Year” and has received both Grammy and Brit Award nominations. We talk about everything from food and songwriting to what a typical day off might look like.