Production Expert Podcast

In this edition Ashea is joined by Arnd Kaiser, product designe & strategist at Fender Musical Instruments and Tony Carridi, global revenue and go-to-market executive at Fender/PreSonus where they discuss the new Fender studio re-brand. 

In this episode Ashea is joined by Arnd Kaiser and Tony Cariddi of Presonus/Fender for a tense guitar and synth quiz designed to really test your abilities. If you fail it's worth thinking long and hard about your career choice because you're likely an impostor ;) Enjoy!

In this episode Ashea is joined by Emmy award winning composer Stephen Gallagher and Co-Founder, Creative Director and Head Composer at Sonuscore Tilman Sillescu. Where they discuss composing for film, what it was like being music editor for the Beatles Get Back documentary and of course, Sonuscore's luxurious products for composers. The all in one scoring tool, to rule them all!

In this episode Ashea is joined by Emmy award winning composer Stephen Gallagher and Co-Founder, Creative Director and Head Composer at Sonuscore Tilman Sillescu. Where they discuss composing for film, what it was like being music editor for the Beatles Get Back documentary and of course, Sonuscore's luxurious products for composers. The all in one scoring tool, to rule them all!

In this episode Ashea sits down for a virtual lunch with Richard Hilton (Nile Rodgers & Chic) & Steve DeMott (Tribe Collective) where they discuss the fickle lives of creatives, telling stories, working with emotions and the importance of good milk!

About Our Guests:

Steve DeMott: Producer, engineer, songwriter, and musician who has worked with the Grammy nominated Tribe collective 

Richard Hilton: Musician and producer well known for his work with Nile Rodgers and Chic

Today on the Production Expert Podcast, Ashea puts Richard Hilton and Steve De -Mott's compression trivia knowledge to the test.

So how did you do you? Let us know.

About Our Guests:

Steve DeMott: Producer, engineer, songwriter, and musician who has worked with the Grammy nominated Tribe collective 

Richard Hilton: Musician and producer well known for his work with Nile Rodgers and Chic

In this episode Ashea chats with mixing royalty Andrew Scheps ,where they delve into all things Immersive and Spatial, with practical, real world tips and tricks on the art of the mix, future technology, how not to be a 'dick' and other secrets to success, and a very pertinent question, where is the industry currently heading? 

About Our Guest: Andrew Scheps is an American mix engineer, recording engineer, record producer, and record label owner based in Los Angeles and the United Kingdom. He has received Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album for his work o...

In this episode Ashea chats with Andrew Scheps about mixing in both stereo & Atmos, workflow, life in the UK, 'Impostor Syndrome' despite being a 3x Grammy award winner, dealing with not so fun clients, what the future holds for mixers and producers and of course lots of great tips and tricks, Andrew also answers some of your questions which will be revealed in Part 2.

About Our Guest:Andrew Scheps is an American mix engineer, recording engineer, record producer, and record label owner based in Los Angeles and the United Kingdom. He has received Grammy...

In this week’s episode, Ashea is joined by Hyunkook Lee (Professor of Psychoacoustics and APL founder), Emre Ramazanoglu and Mark Gittins, for part two of The Science Of Listening, where they discuss Psychoacoustics, HRTF, multidimensional audio, virtual reality, the future of immersive in the music and audio industry and what’s in store for VIRTUOSO. 

About Our Guests:

Hyunkook Lee: Professor of audio and psychoacoustic engineering, Founder/director of the APL, & recording/mixing engineer

Emre Ramazanoglu: Immersive audio engineer, mixer/producer/drummer

Mark Gittins: Immersive engineer/mixer/produ...

To start off the new year in style Ashea is joined by Hyunkook Lee (Professor of Psychoacoustics and APL founder), Emre Ramazanoglu and Mark Gittins, where they discuss Psychoacoustics, mixing in Dolby Atmos and the future of immersive formats both audio and visual.

About Our Guests:

Hyunkook Lee: Professor of audio and psychoacoustic engineering, Founder/director of the APL, & recording/mixing engineer

Emre Ramazanoglu: Immersive audio engineer, mixer/producer/drummer

Mark Gittins: Immersive engineer/mixer/producer/outside broadcast engineer.

In this edition Ashea is joined by Tony Perrey Director of Audio and co owner of Windmill Lane Recording Studios. Where they discuss the allure of Windmill Lane Studios and why so many legendary artists continue to pass through its teal doors.

About Our Guest:

Tony Perrey, Director of Audio and co owner of Windmill Lane Recording Studios.

Tony has been in the studio business since 1992, setting up a small midi pre production studio. The studios and clients grew bigger until he and his partners Naomi Moore and Aidan Alcock acquired...

In this edition Ashea is joined by Mat Pataki and Andreas Pohl from remote collaboration platform Sync DNA. Where they discuss how, Sync DNA is helping  audio professionals and artists get in the zone without being in the room together aka the 'Now' moment.

About Our Guests:

https://www.syncdna.com/ 

Mat: Chief Architect
 Mat Pataki is Chief Architect at SyncDNA™. He's built cloud platforms that serve millions of users at companies like Uken Games and Jam City. But he's also spent years in Toronto 

m...

In this podcast episode Russ Hughes talks film scoring with Stephen Gallagher & Mark Willsher (Lord Of The Rings).

Learn More About Stephen Gallagher Here:

https://bio.site/StephenGallagher

Learn More About Mark Willsher Here:

https://bio.site/pin3hot

Finds Of The Week:

Mark:

Apple & Blackberry Bakewell Tart 

Stephen:

 A Sunny Place For Shady People by Mariana Enriquez

Russ:

 The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis

In this episode Ashea is joined by Shane Lavin, founder of Sonic Summit, where they discuss the power that paradise can have on our creative abilities.

Learn more about Sonic Summits here:

https://linktr.ee/sonic_summit

In this 2 part interview, Ashea chats with Producer, Musician & Immersive Mix Engineer Justin Grey about his new fully immersive album Immersed.

Experience the album and learn more about Justin here:

https://justingraysound.com/immersed/

In this two part interview, Ashea chats with Producer, Musician & Immersive Mix Engineer Justin Gray about his new fully immersive album Immersed.

Experience the album and learn more about Justin here:

https://justingraysound.com/immersed/

Talking Points:

In this edition Ashea & Julian are joined by Oxford based producer/engineer & former SSL James Richmond and Production Exoert’s Luke Goddard, where they discuss  the things they’re loving in the world of audio right now.

About Our Guests:

James is a producer/engineer based in Oxfordshire, UK.

Luke Goddard is one of Production Experts very own. You can see his videos and read his articles on the blog.

Finds Of The Week:

Ashea:New Studio Chair (Inexpensive and comfy) 

Luke...

In this podcast short, Ashea narrates an article by Luke Goddard about the importance of getting a second opinion, even when ‘solo mastering’.

Read The Article Here:

https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/self-mastering-doesnt-have-to-mean-solo-mastering

In this edition Ashea and Julian are joined by James Richmond (former SSL) & Production Experts Luke Goddard where they walk through Julians checklist from his blog article: Is Your Studio Resilient ?

About Our Guests:

James Richmons is a producer/engineer based in Oxfordshire, UK.

Production Expert’s very own Luke Goddard. Yes that one!

In this podcast short, Ashea narrates an article by Russ Hughes about the dangers of saying yes to everything. 

Read Along With The Article:

https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/drowning-in-ideas-how-audio-pros-can-learn-to-say-no

In this edition, Julian & Ashea are joined by Will Shanks and James Santiago of Universal Audio, where they discuss UA’s impact on bringing hardware magic to the digital age.

About Our Guests:

Will Shanks: Senior Product Designer / Professional Plugins

James Santiago: Senior Product Designer / Guitar Products

Talking Points:

In this edition Julian and Ashea are joined by Christian Luther of Playfair Audio, where they discuss tips, tricks and gear to assist mix engineers and producers with their creativity.

About Our Guest: Christian Luther:
Christian is the founder of Playfair Audio and a seasoned audio software developer from Hannover, Germany. With a background in electrical engineering and years of experience at companies like Kemper Amps and Sennheiser, he’s spent his career building tools that make audio production more intuitive. Through Playfair Audio, he focuses on solving the technical challenges so...

In this edition Ashea chats to Alex West (music manager, radio presenter for BBC, KM FM and Reprezents Radio in London) about the pros and cons of being Neurodivergent (ADHD and Autistic) while working in the music industry. 

In this episode Ashea and Julian are joined by Auribus CEO Juan Elias and CFO Neal Gustafson where they discuss how AI software is changing the industry, possibly like we've never encountered before. Is it time to embrace change in an ethical way?

Talking Points:

Finds of the week:
Ju...

In this podcast short we bring you an informal yet very informative casual chat between Nathaniel Reichman and Mark Donahue of sound mirror on the mysteries of Direct Stream Digital.

In this edition Julian and Ashea are joined by Thomas Lund from Genelec and Stephen Wheatley from HearAngel where they discuss the importance of safe listening levels and how to protect our most valuable asset that we have as audio and music professionals... Our Ears.

About our guests:

Thomas is convenor of the EU working group to prevent hearing loss in music listening and gaming; and researcher at Finnish monitoring company, Genelec. Out of a medical background, Thomas has worked in Danish healthcare, and contributed to international standardisation on sound.

Stephen: Stephen’s co...

In this podcast episode, Ashea has a candid chat with  Artist, Producer, Singer/Rapper, youth mentor and Big Brother UK 2024 runner up Marcello Spooks, about tough beginnings inspiring creativity, being under immense public scrutiny and whether, being 'delulu' the 'solulu' to making your best  work. 

Listen To Marcellos New Music Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y7BLmHCX9A

Keep Up With Marcello's Delusion:
https://www.instagram.com/marcellospooks?igsh=MTducHRocGY2Z2QwcQ==

In this edition Ashea and Julian are joined by Source Elements technical co-founder and CEO Rebekah Wilson and principal inventor and co-founder, Robert Marshall, where they deep dive into the beginnings, the middle and the future of Source Elements, and why it's at the forefront of seamless, stress free remote recording.

About Our Guests:

Robert Marshall: Principal inventor and co-founder, overseas product development concepts and sales & support teams. He is the recording /mixing engineer for SUM1 in Chicago and works daily with our remote tools around the world in that capacity. He...

In this edition, Julian and Ashea are joined by Grammy winning producer/engineer and extremely tired touring musician William Wittman and  engineer/producer & indie label owner Steve DeMott, where they discuss the latest things they love and perhaps don't love so much in audio right now.

In this podcast short Ashea narrates an article by Russ Hughes discussing the genius creative work behind the Netflix show Adolescence.

Click here to follow along with the article:

In this podcast short Ashea narrates an article by Russ Hughes, discussing the disastrous predictions about the audio and music tech industry that have yet to come true. 

Read The Article Here:
https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/three-music-technology-predictions-that-never-came-true

In this edition Julian and Ashea are joined by Korey Pereira, Mike Thorne and Reid Caulfield, where the guests unpack what they believe helped them develop such successful careers so far, along with sharing some no-nonsense advice about what they would do differently if they were to build an audio business from scratch in 2025. 

About Our Guests:

Korey Pereira is a Dialogue Editor and Sound Supervisor for film and television< >

Mike Thorne is a studio owner in Kent- Rimshot productions: https://www.rimshotstudio.co.uk/

Reid Caulfield is an L...

In this podcast short, Julian explains why, unlike some audio pros (who use different DAWs for different tasks such as writing vs mixing) he only uses Pro Tools. 

Link to the Article:
https://www.production-expert.com/production-expert-1/why-i-only-use-pro-tools-as-my-daw-of-choice

In this edition, Julian & Ashea are joined by sound designer, re-recording and score mixer Roger Guerin and Production Expert founder Russ Hughes, where they delve into the past and present of sampling for TV & Film, and discuss industry tips for professional and aspiring sound designers & producers.

Talking Points:

Finds of the week:
Julian: UAD Polymax For Free For Pro Tools Customers Via Inner Circle
Ashea: Warp- Baby Audio X...

In this podcast short, Ashea narrates an article by Russ Hughes, where he delves into his experience with depression and anxiety. Creative people are more likely to experience mental health issues, partly due to the immense pressure we are often put under, so it´s important to take time for ourselves to reflect and be attentive to our mental and physical health. The holidays can be a good time to do this.

If you are affected or know someone who is struggling with the issues mentioned in this podcast short, please know that you a...

In this podcast short, Ashea narrates an article by Russ Hughes, where he delves into his experience with depression and anxiety. Creative people are more likely to experience mental health issues, partly due to the immense pressure we are often put under, so it´s important to take time for ourselves to reflect and be attentive to our mental and physical health. The holidays can be a good time to do this.

If you are affected or know someone who is struggling with the issues mentioned in this podcast short, please know that you are not alone a...

In this podcast short, Ashea narrates an article by Russ Hughes, on the perils the instant success trend plaguing the audio industry right now, and what we as professionals can do to address it. 

Welcome to the Production Expert podcast. In this edition Julian and Ashea are joined by President of the AES Leslie Gaston Bird & audio engineer Ephie De Angelis, where they discuss their journeys into the world of audio and music production. 

Talking Points:

Learn more about AES here:
https://aes2.org

In this Podcast Short Julian explains his reasons for nominating 5 skills which he thinks every engineer would benefit from learning, and 3 which, while very worthwhile, don't make the list.

The original article can be found here and the article by Damien Kearns referenced in the podcast can be found here.

Welcome to the Production Expert podcast. In this edition Julian and Ashea are joined by Andy Bensley & Marcel Schechter of Genelec. Where they discuss why a great listening environment is the best time saver, and how to get the best setup for our individual needs.

About Our Guests:
Andy Bensley: joined Genelec as Regional Business Development Manager in 2019. Based in the UK, Andy has huge experience in analysing and tuning the in-room performance of loudspeaker systems in a wide range of studios — from the smallest bedroom to the largest post-production studio.

Marcel Schechter: joined Ge...