Ready to Record

On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel "The D3" Cohen continues the conversation with recording and mastering engineer Pete Doell. Today, Pete and Daniel talk about Pete's current work, as well as some fun and funny stories about his time in recording and mastering. On today's Gear Talk, Daniel has a chat about studio building and upgrades while keeping on a budget. On today's Music from Bl...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel "The D3" Cohen talks to recording and mastering engineer Pete Doell about everything from his earliest time in the music industry some of his current work as a mastering engineer. On today's Gear Talk, Daniel has a chat about sampling and sample applications in music, as well as talks about the samples he did with his newly acquired Rogers drum set. Fi...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel speaks with longtime Billy Idol collaborator and producer Steve Stevens, where they talk about everything from Steve's childhood in Far Rockaway, NY, all the way to what he's been up to during the coronavirus pandemic. On today's Gear Talk, D3 chats about vintage Fender amplifiers and his newest acquisition: a 1968 silver face Fender Band Master. Featu...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks with Manley Laboratories' own EveAnna Manley. Daniel and EveAnna talk about everything from her early life as the step daughter of Al Duray, former owner of Ampeg, all the way to today and running a pro audio equipment company in a pandemic. On today's Gear Talk, Daniel talks about a regrettable gear purchase. On today's Music from Blue Girl, a l...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to Dusty Wakeman of Mojave Audio and Mad Dog Studios. They get into everything from Dusty's early life as a bass player in Houston, to his studio, Mad Dog, and much more. On today's gear talk, D3 and Dusty talk new gear from Mojave. On today's Music from Blue Girl, a follow up demo for last episode's gear talk. Find Dusty here Find Blue Girl Prod...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, The D3 talks to Dusty Wakeman of Mojave Audio and Mad Dog Studios. They get into everything from Dusty's early life as a bass player in Houston, to his studio, Mad Dog, and much more. On today's gear talk, D3 talks bass pickups and his love for the pickup choices in the telecaster bass market. Find Dusty here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part...

In today's episode of Ready to Record, we have the first part of The D3's conversation with Adam Theis. They cover everything from Adam's early introduction into playing an instrument, all the way to his headspace as a producer, arranger, and writer. Find Adam here Find AKG here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

In today's episode of Ready to Record, we have the first part of The D3's conversation with Adam Theis. They cover everything from Adam's early introduction into playing an instrument, all the way to his headspace as a producer, arranger, and writer. Find Adam here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have part 2 with Hartman Electronics founder Theo Hartman. We talk about his entrance into the equipment design, as well as some old product ideas from the last years of Hartman electronics. Find Theo here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have Hartman Electronics founder Theo Hartman. We talk about his entrance into the music world, his time as an architect, and much more. Find Theo here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have Scott Wildman and Peter Munters of Atlas Oceanic. We talk about their intro into music and the recording industry, and their concept for an animated show, The Ballad of Uncle Stone Crab. On today's Gear Talk, The D3 gives further information on the AKG Podcaster Essentials Pack, and shares a new track from The D3 and Friends, written to test the AKG L...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have multi-talented engineer and producer Craig Dreyer. Craig and The D3 talk about everything from growing up playing in clubs in the 80's, all the way what he's doing in the studio now. On today's Gear Talk, The D3 talks about a super cool piece of gear from AKG. On today's Music from Blue Girl, The D3 shows off a recording done at Mighty Toad Studio all...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, Daniel had the pleasure of interviewing Toby Scott, Bruce Springsteen's longtime audio engineer. They talk about Toby's entrance into the studio business, meeting Springsteen, and his new project, a studio in Montana. On today's Gear Talk, The D3 gets into partscasters. On today's Music from Blue Girl, The D3 shares a new electronic track. Find Toby here Find...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have legendary engineer Shelly Yakus. Shelly and The D3 talk about everything from Shelly's time growing up in Ace Recording Studios in Boston, all the way to his current project, AfterMaster. On today's Gear Talk, The D3 opens up a conversation about go-to equipment both as a musician and an engineer. On today's Music from Blue Girl, The D3 shows off a de...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have legendary engineer Christina Paakari on the show. We talk about everything from the earliest parts of her career, as well as some really interesting stories about being a staff engineer at Capitol Studios. On today's Gear Talk, The D3 talks about his (and your) most important piece of audio equipment: ears. On today's Music from Blue Girl, The D3 show...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have producer and engineer Doug Grean. We talk about his life, how he got into recording, and the parallels of recording music and capturing video for film and television production. On today's gear talk, The D3 gets into the five basic things you need to start a studio. On today's Music from Blue Girl, there is a demo of a song by the D3, intended for a f...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have producer and engineer Sam York of Studio C in Stockton, one of, if not the biggest, studio in the California Central Valley. We talk about his life becoming a producer and engineer, the importance of ear training, and some funny stories from in the studio and on the stage. On today's Gear Talk, we chat about studio monitors from KRK and Adam Audio. On...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have legendary bassist and producer Tony Saunders. We talk about his life growing up as the son of Merl Saunders, becoming a bass player, his role as a producer and engineer, and his thoughts on his latest album, Sexy Somethin. On today's Gear Talk, we chat about the importance of what it means to have good gear, and how good doesn't mean expensive. On tod...

In today's episode of Ready to Record, we have the fantastic photographer Steve Eichner on the program. We talk everything from his entrance into the world of professional photography, his style, and his book, In the Limelight, which is out now. On today's Gear Talk, we feature Steve and pick his brain about camera equipment, and on today's Music from Blue Girl, we have an electronic track from Th...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have engineer and producer Lenise Bent on the program. Continuing from our conversation last week, Lenise talks about everything from go-to signal chains to stories of working with Blondie, Supertramp, and Steely Dan. On today's Gear Talk, we talk about what it means to have quality equipment, and on today's Music from Blue Girl, we feature a song from Dav...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have engineer and producer Lenise Bent on the program. We take a deep dive into everything from her recording process, all the way to her work on Supertramp's Breakfast in America. In addition, we set up for some further conversation on Part 2 of the episode, coming to you next week. Find Lenise here Find Blue Girl Productions here This show is part of Pan...

On today's episode of Ready to Record, we have producer and engineer Jono Manson. We talk everything from his time growing up in New York all the way to running his Santa Fe studio, Kitchen Sink, in the middle of a global pandemic. On today's Gear Talk, we speak about the ongoing debate between cheap and expensive gear. On today's Music from Blue Girl, we have a Branford Marsalis song covered by D...

On this episode of Ready to Record, we have producer, engineer, and technician Philbillie Milner. We talk about everything from his entrance into audio engineering, his time in the Navy as an electronics technician and applying those skills to the music industry, and starting his studio, Okey Doke, in the Bay Area. On today's Gear Talk, we talk about the EQP-KT from Klark Teknik, and on today's Mu...

Today we have Emmy nominated and four time BMI award-winning producer and composer Tree Adams on the show. We get into what keeps Tree driven to compose for film and TV, We also spoke about his work flow and how he has his studios set up. On today's Gear Talk, we talk about the hardware vs software debate in post production and composition. On today's Music from Blue Girl, we have a piece from The...

Today we speak to Grammy award-winning producer, engineer, and synth nerd Billy Jay Stein. We talk about everything from his work on broadway, all the way to his crazy studio, Strange Cranium, where Billy has a collection of over 100 synths and vintage keyboards. On today's Gear Talk, we talk about synths from Roland, Yamaha, and Sequential, and the collaboration between Tom Oberheim and Dave Smit...