Live with Matt Rad

Matt and Jon chat about juggling multiple projects, saturation and limiters in 2022 vs the 2000s, referencing mixes in different speakers, and soloing. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on June 6, 2022. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjoncastelli  Matt Rad is a m...

Matt and Jon talk at length about the new Kendrick album, brightness and dynamics, mixing darker, leveraging success into a career, and how to move quickly in songwriting sessions.  ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjoncastelli  Matt Rad is a multi-platinum songwriter,...

Cian and Matt talk about his Grammy win and the recording and mixing process on St Vincent's "Daddy's Home." They talk about imposter syndrome, recording vocals, mix buss processing, Undertone audio gear, and more. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on March 3, 2022. ___________________________________  Cian Rioran is a Grammy-winning mix engineer, producer, and musician ba...

Matt and Jon have a long discussion about Atmos, then they talk about giving advice to their younger selves, when they grew the most as record makers, and dealing with timelines and deadlines. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on April 26, 2022. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instag...

Matt and Jon chat about his Nashville experiences, writing and producing there, the expectations of writing sessions, mix busses, career goals, and more. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on April 12, 2022. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjoncastelli  Matt Rad is...

Matt & Jon chat about their live roundtable from last week, where producers are getting their sounds and samples from the these days, presets and popular plugins, and how to think about the envelope of sounds. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on March 15, 2022. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent che...

Some of the regular guests from the weekly livestreams get together to talk about mixing, engineering, and making records generally! Streamed live on YouTube on March 22, 2022.  ___________________________________  Matt Rad is a multi-platinum songwriter, producer, and mix engineer with billions of streams across multiple genres. He loves talking about creativity and record making.  https://www.in...

Jon and Matt chat about his first twitch stream, how they both think about self promotion, studio chairs, Matt's mix buss, and our first LWMR live event test run scheduled for next week.  ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjoncastelli  Matt Rad is a multi-platinum s...

Matt and Lucas talk for the full hour about the business of music streaming, the connection between major record labels & publishers, how streaming services pay songwriters, and where they think the music industry is headed. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on March 8, 2022. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an...

Matt and Jon talk about recording and mixing orchestras in contemporary music, the low-mid cello frequency range, the challenges of switching from producer to mixer within a project, and they do some rapid fire questions at the end. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on March 1, 2022. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is als...

Matt and Beckley spend the full hour on guitars. They talk about how guitar fits into contemporary music, amp modeling and IR vs real amps, mic'ing acoustic guitars, and Beckley goes through his current pedal board. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on February 15, 2022.  ___________________________________  Matt Beckley is a Grammy-nominated producer, mixer, guitarist, and songwriter. H...

Matt and Jon chat about clippers, compression, creating an ideal studio environment for clients, and how to decide how far out of your comfort zone to travel creatively. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on February 8, 2022.  ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjonca...

Matt and Cian talk about ideal recording spaces, his studio construction, speakers, and getting paid on projects. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on February 1, 2022. ___________________________________  Cian Rioran is a Grammy-nominated mix engineer, producer, and musician based in Los Angeles, CA.  http://www.cianriordan.com/ Matt Rad is a multi-platinum songwriter, producer, and mix engi...

Matt and Jon talk about clipping plug-ins, what it takes to have a career in music at the highest levels, inspiration vs perspiration, and more. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on January 25, 2022. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjoncastelli  Matt Rad is a mult...

Matt and Jon go deep about subtractive vs additive EQ, talk about mixing your own productions, and then do a long debate about mastering and the role of mastering engineers. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on January 18, 2022. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjo...

Matt and Jon talk about the holiday break, learning to network and self promote, 1980s sound records and the new The Weeknd album, reverbs, and more. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on January 11, 2022. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjoncastelli  Matt Rad is a...

Bainz and Matt talk mix buss, clipping, marathon tracking session with Young Thug, vocal mixing, and beard products. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on January 4, 2022. ___________________________________  Bainz is a multi-platinum mixer and recording engineer. He is also the co-founder and head engineer at Crosby Recording Studios, Los Angeles.  https://www.instagram.com/bainzzz/  https://...

Matt and Teezio talk about how Teezio preps for a Chris Brown vocal tracking session, transitions into mixing for other artists, his monitoring setup, and more. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on December 28, 2021. ___________________________________  Teezio is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mixer and recording engineer. https://www.instagram.com/teezio/ https://teezio.info/ Matt Rad is...

Ruairí and Spider from Unf*ck Projects come on to talk about acoustics! We talk studio building philosophy, clouds, speaker position, and much more. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on December 14, 2021. ___________________________________ Ruairí & Spider run Unf*ck Projects, a new approach to studio design and construction used by many of the new crop of A level mix engineers and produc...

Matt and Jon talk about working and communicating on crazy deadlines, how to record and mix bright pop vocals, some thoughts on mental health, and some discussion about Jon's mixes for Gracie Abrams and Khalid. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on December 7, 2021. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent...

Matt and Jon catch up after two weeks off, talking about the grammys and taking your questions about loudness, gear, moving to LA, how to set rates for mixing and production, and listening to your first instinct. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on November 20, 2021. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent c...

Matt and Jon spend the first 40 minutes brainstorming with the chat about how to expand what they're doing, how to educate people through master classes, twitch, or live events , and how to give people access. They also get into an interesting discussion about mid range. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on November 9, 2021 ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-plat...

Matt and Jon talk about making albums feel cohesive, going to school for producing and engineering, mixing on headphones, and working on different genres of music. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on November 2, 2021 ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjoncastelli ...

Matt and Bainz talk about Bainz's work on "Punk," the #1 album from Young Thug. They get into details of the recording process, Thug going back to the rough mixes, and some details about his mix buss and creative flow. Streamed live on Instagram @matthewrad on October 26,2021. ___________________________________  Bainz is a multi-platinum mixer and recording engineer who recently mi...

Matt and Jon talk about studio snacks, mixing live bass, dealing with challenging demo vocals, and whether or not they'd recommend their careers to other people. ___________________________________ Jon Castelli is a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated mix engineer. He is also an excellent chef. https://www.instagram.com/mixedbyjoncastelli  Matt Rad is a multi-platinum songwriter, producer, and m...