Reel to Real: Where the Stories Behind the Board Go on Record

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming back guests Beth McKee and Davey Jay. Beth is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, keyboardist who sprung from the New Orleans music scene a few decades ago, and also the founder and driving force of the Swamp Sistas, a non-profit force for good in Central Florida.  Davey is a leading ente...

 Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Rick Morris and Chris Jay. Rick is Director of Sound at Falcon's Creative Group and has led sound design teams for television (Law & Order among his credits) and theme parks.   Chris has enjoyed a long career as a recording, mixing and mastering engineer, with gold records to prove it.  ...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Ryan Mulcahy from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Mark Mason and Darren Carter to discuss live sound production. Sean Shannon also appears via a guest clip. Mason is the founder of Metrosound Productions. Carter is the production manager at The Conduit. Shannon is head audio engineer at the Dr. Phillips Center. Ryan, who also has exte...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Joe Galdo and Juan Perez. Galdo is a percussionist, arranger, composer, producer and co-founder of South Beach Studios. He is credited as an early pioneer of the Linn Drum. Perez is a drummer/percussionist with numerous credits dating back to the 1970s, currently performing and r...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guest s Ed Krout, Matt Kamm, Aaron Gandia from Phat Planet Studios in Orlando.   Ed talks about the origins of the studio, which has been around since 1996, and all three guests share thoughts on recording techniques and some of the memorable sessions they've been part of over the years...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Isra Batista from the Melrose Center in welcoming guest John Kurzweg. John is a multi-platinum record producer and multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter who first became known for his work producing and mixing albums by Creed, three of which went multi-platinum. John talks about that experience, recording in houses and more.

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Isra Batista from the Melrose Center in welcoming guest David Spero.  David has enjoyed a long career in the music industry, working as a DJ, talent manager and executive.  He served as Senior Director of Programming for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and eventually served as a member of their Board of Trustees.  David talks with Bruce and Isr...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests drummer/singer/songwriter Joe Vitale and producer/engineer Michael Braunstein. Joe and Michael talk about their career paths and particular moments in music history when those paths crossed, while working with Joe Walsh, Stephen Stills and many others.  

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests David Brown, Maggie Finley and Isra Batista. David owns and operates Easter Sky Studios and talks about his work engineering audio books, doing sound design and much more throughout his 30-year career. Maggie discusses being the DJ for her WPRK radio show Punk Rock in Your PJs fo...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Jeff Nolan and Richard Bowden. Jeff talks about his rock & roll experiences playing guitar in bands like I Love You and The Ludes, as well as his role as Music & Memorabilia Historian for Hard Rock International. Richard talks about his career playing with Linda Ronstadt and other lumi...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jonathan Coutrier-Owens from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Beth McKee and Davey Jay. Beth talks about her latest single Cosmic Traveler and upcoming projects. Davey Jay discusses the new world of NFTs and other topics related to entertainment law.

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Brad Sundberg and Chris LeBrane in this Season 3 premiere episode. Brad talks with Bruce, Drigo and Chris about his career, specifically working in the studio with Michael Jackson on some of his most iconic albums.

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming back guests Chris Butler, Beth McKee, David Schweizer and Deborah Smith. In this season 2 finale, the conversation covers latest projects, staying creative during the pandemic, the future of physical media and the need for live music to return.

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests E-Turn and Swamburger. E-Turn shares the first single from her latest album "Young World" released on Fake Four, and the emotions she was working through while recording the song. Swamburger talks about the origin of his name, how he came up in the skateboard scene, and his caree...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming guests Paige Coley and Marc With a C. Paige talks about her band Kinder Than Wolves, how they've delayed releasing an album during the pandemic, and shares one of their new songs. Marc talks about his 20-plus year career, how he got his stage name, and his most recent release "lo fidelity (or ho...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guest Rick Roberts, singer-songwriter and founding member/lead singer for the band Firefall. Rick talks about getting his start in the business, playing in The Flying Burrito Brothers, the formation of Firefall, his time working with Bruce in the 1970s and his success as an author. Th...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guests Jim Abbott and Bill Wharton.  Abbott discusses his career as the long-time music critic for the Orlando Sentinel, and his string band Simple Cavemen.  Wharton, known as The Sauce Boss, talks about meeting Bruce in 1989 at Pegasus Recording Studios in Tallahassee, his amazing no...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-hosts Jonathan Coutrier-Owens and Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guest Bob Katz to the Reel to Real podcast. A highly-acclaimed audio mastering engineer, Bob has mastered three Grammy Award-winning albums and is the author of Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science , widely considered a must-read for audio professional...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal has more than four decades of experience in the music business, working in the studio with a who's who list of legendary performers. He began his association with the Melrose Center in 2018, when he offered an amazing three-day workshop for a lucky group of Melrose Audio Studio users, recreating the session he worked on with The Eagles during the recordin...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Chase Steele from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guest Joe Foglia to the Reel to Real podcast. Joe is an Emmy Award-winning sound mixer noted for his work on television shows Scrubs and Miami Vice, as well as the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. He talks to Bruce about their time working together at Criteria Studios in Mia...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Jim Myers from the Melrose Center in welcoming special guest Chris Butler to the Reel to Real podcast. Chris is a multi-talented songwriter and musician best known for creating and leading the 1980s band The Waitresses. His most notable songs include "I Know What Boys Like", "Christmas Wrapping" and the theme song for the TV show Square Pegs...

Grammy Award-winning engineer Bruce Hensal joins co-host Drigo Garcia-Salas from the Melrose Center audio team in welcoming guests David Schweizer and Howard Albert to the Reel to Real podcast. David is an Orlando songwriter, engineer and producer with a number of credits, including his kids music project Davey Rocker and the Barnyard Jam. He also owns and operates Richter Records. Howard is a pro...

Reel to Real features Grammy Award-winning audio engineer Bruce Hensal providing an inside look at the music industry. Recorded in the Melrose Center Audio Studio at the Orlando Public Library, Bruce co-hosts the podcast with Melrose Audio team members and interviews two guest each show. The second episode features Debbie Smith and Beth McKee. Beth is well-known in the Central Florida and all arou...

Reel to Real features Grammy Award-winning audio engineer Bruce Hensal providing an inside look at the music industry. Recorded in the Melrose Center Audio Studio at the Orlando Public Library, Bruce co-hosts the podcast with Melrose Audio team members and interviews two guest each show. The first episode features drummer Joe Vitale, who has worked with The Eagles, Ted Nugent, Crosby Stills & Nash...