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Krish is an extremely talented audio engineer, producer and entrepreneur. His dedication to helping creators realize their dreams is his driving passion.Krish has worked with The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger and as well has mixed many film scores, including Disney's :Ice Princess, and Herbie Fully Loaded. He was the remix engineer for the film the Jackal in 1997. In 2016 he won a Grammy for best blues Album for the Rolling Stones album "Blue & Lonesome".In 2016 he founded and was appointed CEO of BYG Music, which serves as a label and music marketing platform. He is creative, funny and kind. I hope you enjoy his episode.

Peter McCabe is a renowned music producer, sound mixer and photographer based in the greater Los Angeles area, Peter McCabe has worked in virtually every popular music genre over his 30-year career. He has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business ranging from Willie Nelson, BB King, Paul McCartney and Kiss to Puff Daddy. More recently, McCabe moved into sound mixing for cinema and television, although he’s still actively involved in music producing. “I got my start in the 80's, hanging out with some awesome musicians and bands, and I’ve been at it ever since,” he says.Today he still works with artists but also does a lot of great work for TV & Film. He is dedicated to the craft of Recording engineering and is a delight to work with. Both a pro and a really fun guy.

Rafael Moreira, is a Brazilian-American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer. He was the lead guitarists and vocalist on the CBS hit show Rock Star, and was also the lead guitarist on NBC's The Voice.He has toured with Pink, Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony and Paul Stanley and others. His band Magnetico was just nominated for best Rock Song at the recent Hollywood Independent Music Awards. The track "What's Left of US" was Produced and co-written by Rafael and Mith Niles. Whether playing with his Acid Jazz band at LA's famed Bake Potato, or performing with his Rock trio Magnetico, he is a charismatic force on both guitar and vocals.

Tony Braunagel- He's an amazing drummer, producer and composer.Tony has toured with some of the greatest artists of all time including Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Rickie Lee Jones, and Taj Mahal to name a few. He has also collaborated with Eric Clapton in the studio with the Phantom Blues Band and produced several projects with Eric Burdon.He originally hails from TX but has been a California boy for a long long time. I hope you enjoy our chat.

Gregg Field-is an amazing musician, producer and arranger. He has had such an interesting life, playing with Count Bassie at 19, and Frank Sinatra to name a few. Known for his ability as 1s class drummer, he is also an arranger. His work on the Mancini 100th anniversary album and PBS special is also award winning.Henry Mancini's 100th anniversary was celebrated with various events and releases throughout 2024. A major celebration took place at the Hollywood Bowl, with a concert featuring his daughter Monica Mancini, (Gregg's lovely wife),Michael Bublé, Cynthia Erivo, and others. Additionally, a special album, "The Henry Mancini 100th Sessions: Henry Has Company," was released, featuring collaborations with artists like Lizzo, Herbie Hancock, and Quincy Jones. Other events include a concert at the Ravinia Festival, a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and a special event at the Library of Congress. All of which Gregg spearheaded and served as producer. He is a multi Grammy and Emmy award winner, and sits on the USC Thornton Schoool of Music board. He is a champion of all music creators and continues to produce great artists .

Marc Desisto is an amazing mixer, and recording engineer. Originally hailing from Boston, where everyone knows all the great engineers come from: Joe Chicarelli, Ed Goodreau, and Marc to name a few!Marc is also a producer and studio owner.And yes he's available for hire!!I hope you enjoy our chat.

Jason LaRocca is a very talented musician, producer, engineer and film, tv and game scoring mixer.He was touring the world at an early age as the front man and guitar player for the famed punk band Briggs. While working with Briggs, he became a very accomplished recording engineer.The LA native has been nominated for several Grammy's and in 2023 earned his 1st of 2 nominations for his mixing work on the Cast Album release of the hit Broadway musical " Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street".Jason kicked off 2025 mixing the #1 Film Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.Im looking forward to hearing more of Jason's work for many years to come.

In this episode you get to meet Emmett Skyy my dear friend who is a true musical talent.You'll hear about his journey from growing up in Baton Rouge Louisiana and singing in the church choir,with his brothers and sister, to playing basketball, and then deciding music would be his life. He is a bi-coastal artist living in both NYC and Los Angeles. I hope you enjoy our conversation. Listen until the end to hear him play a great song on a beautiful Gibson acoustic guitar. You can hear his music on EmmettSkyy on Instagram.

Max Poscente-About You Band. After years of receiving stories from friends, fans and total strangers, About You (moniker for Max Poscente) has adopted these stories into songs found on their debut album. Outfitting themselves with vintage guitars, 808's and a rich study of music. About You is forging a musical path all their own to bring these stories to you. About You is a Los Angeles based 5 piece indie rock band led by Max. About You is a 2X winner of the International Songwriting Competition.They have surpassed 1.4 million+ streams across all platforms, and has sold out shows across the US. Los Angeles, NY, and Chicago, and Dallas.They have received international press(New Noise, Earmilk, Ones To Watch, Louder Than war,NBC.I hope you enjoy hearing Max's story. He is witty and charming.

Toby Scott...Man what a talented catAs a teenager admiring rock bands and the idea of music as a career, Toby wantedto be part of the action. He was able to get into several recording studiosearly on and started recording at home. Discovering that his talent wasn't in frontof the microphone, he decided the other side of the glass would work just aswell. Starting out at a small one-room studio in Hollywood, Clover, the artistsand producers on sessions found him to be an excellent engineer. Under thetutelage of mentors, Steve Copper, Tom Dowd and others, he honed his craft ofengineering and mixing.  Among theartists coming into the Clover was Bruce Springsteen, finishing the final mixon his album, Darkness On The Edge Of Town. Toby and Bruce hit it off fairlywell and 2 years later Bruce came back looking for a mixer for his next album,The River. Passing a brief audition, Toby spent months mixing to Bruce’s everyrequest.  Following that release, Bruceasked him record live concerts on that tour. In between those occasional days on the tour, he was back in the studiowith other artists, Bob Dylan and Bette Midler among them.  In 1982, Bruce was back in Clover, this timeproducing an album for Gary US Bonds and having Toby mix. Once that wasfinished, Bruce wanted to commence work on his next record with Toby so it wasoff to New York City and the Power Station recording studio where they beganwork on Born In The USA.  SubsequentlyToby moved to New York City as his homebase and another tour and liverecording.  In 1987 Bruce had him set upa studio at his house in New Jersey with enough equipment to cover everythingthey needed.  That turned into the TunnelOf Love album, which was basically Bruce playing all instruments, Tobyrecording and programming drum patterns with no other participants.  This collaboration and process continued onsuccessfully for another 20 years. During that time Toby was continuing to workwith other clients and occasionally at his home in Whitefish Montana. In 2018they parted ways and Toby worked full time at his studio, Cabin 6 Recording.There he records everything from narrations, singer/songwriters, rock andcountry bands, and occasional remotes recording the local Glacier SymphonyOrchestra. Alwayslooking for a way to pass on his experience and knowledge to those upcoming inthe industry, he speaks at colleges and other schools of audio engineering year-round.

Dusty Wakeman is a true gent. He's a fabulous bass player, producer, engineer previously studio owner Mad Dog Studios, CEO Mojave Audio!I am honored to call him my friend. I hope you enjoy the cool story of Dusty's adventures in music.

Michael Lehman Boddicker is a renowned musician, songwriter and producer.He worked with Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones and many many others creating the soundtracks to our lives.I hope you enjoy his charming and down to earth stories.

Jeff Ellis Worldwide isn’t just a music mixer—he’s one of the most accomplished and respected names in the industry.  As a Grammy-winning engineer with credits on some of the most artistically revered albums of our time, including Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange and Blonde, (He began his career as Frank Oceans engineer btw) Jeff has consistently pushed the boundaries of what’s possible in music production. Ranked among the top music mixers globally, he has worked with groundbreaking artists like Doja Cat, Kali Uchis, Joji, D4VD, Dominic Fike, Omar Apollo, Gracie Abrams, JPEGMAFIA, Snoh Aalegra, Vance Joy, Jackson Wang, Niki, 100 Gecs, Rico Nasty, The Neighbourhood.

Steven Miller-what a fascinating guy. He's a music producer, recording engineer, label exec, an innovator in the music business.He's hysterical and charming. Listen to the story about Steve Jobs...He's also a member of the exclusive wine club-Vin Audio!

Andrew Masters is a Nashville based recording engineer and musician who grew up playing music in central Illinois. Andrew moved to Los Angeles at 20 years old and worked at Eastwest Studios as an Assistant Engineer for over 5 years, working with artists such as Weezer, John Legend, Ghost BC, Dawes, and Sum 41. Working alongside producers such as Blake Mills, Bob Rock, Billy Bush, and Rick Rubin.  Andrew has a youtube channel on recording and music production called 'Studio Time' and another successful channel 'Andrew Masters' featuring some of the most epic studio setups around. Andrew runs a multi-room recording studio located just outside of Nashville in Gallatin.

Becki Barabas-Harman Professional, Head of Global RelationsWhat can I say she is beautiful, funny and inspiring. Becki is a force of nature for all things good. She works with numerous charities and is always available to help people in need. She is a master at networking and people connector of the highest order within the Pro Audio community. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed getting to know her better.

Jerimaya Grabher is a Los Angeles based entrepreneur and creative executive working in the recording industry since 1994.  He has held A&R executive positions at A&M Records and Windham Hill Records.  He created the RPM Directory, the industry’s first “IMDB” for producers and engineers.  Co-founded in 2005, he is presently the CEO of GPS Management.  GPScounts among its Producer/Engineer clientssome of the most prolific creatives in the record making side of the business, working on albums with more than 150 million units sold and having won countless Grammy, JUNO, ARIA, CMA and Brit Awards.  When not working, Jerimaya is particularly fond of 50s era Jazz, French wines and Hawaiian sunrises.  Plus he is a member of the exclusive wine club Vin Audio!

Clark Germain is a Grammy and Emmy award winning producer,mixer and engineer. He is a wine enthusiast,and a vintage mini Cooper maven.This guys has it all, brains, good looks and a renaissance man's view of the world. He also speaks Italian...swoon

Denny is an award winning documentary director/producer. Check out The Wrecking Crew, and Immediate Family documentaries on streaming.He's a fan of all things music, we love this guy!

For the last 25 years Damon has specialized in recording music for film and television. He has recorded and mixed music for hundreds of commercials,TV show, films, and documentaries. Family Guy, Looney Tunes, Animaniacs. You name it he's done it! Having grown up in studios with his musician Dad Tommy Tedecso. He is humble and funny, and a real pro. Damon is a real gem in our industry.