The Pro-Fools Podcast

Paul J. Falcone ( http://www.pauljfalcone.com/ ) and audio mixer Mark Mandelbaum discuss Mark's transition from instrumentalist to audio technician at SUNY Fredonia, how the music industry has changed, the importance of creative experimentation, and Mark's career in television. The Pro-Fools Podcast is available on all platforms! http://www.thepro-foolspodcast.com/ Follow Us On Instagram & Facebook @theprofoolspodcast Be sure to Subscribe for more tips, tricks, and informative discussions! Recorded May 30th, 2020

Paul and Jeff discuss Cheksy Records imprint Coconut Bay's latest release - Christian Machado (Ill Nino) "Die Alone".  They also chop it up on the effect of the quarantine on the entertainment industry, what it's like to be an A&R and what an A&R looks for when scouting talent. Recorded May 7th, 2020

Paul J. Falcone http://www.pauljfalcone.com/goes live with Anthony Majors Jr. (George Clinton, Jacquees, Kanye West, Zaytoven) https://www.patchwerk.com/index.php/engineers/tracking/anthony-majorsand talk about relocating to Atlanta to start a career, working with high profile clients, how to get big studio results on location, and the importance of people in the music business.

[Matthew Sim](https://www.mixbymattsim.com/) is an international engineer, mixer and staff engineer at Germano Studios NYC.   [Paul J. Falcone](www.pauljfalcone.com) and Matt talk about how Matt got his start, the importance of education in music production and audio engineering and how Matt approaches sessions both working at home and remote and in a large format studio. Recorded on Instagram Live April 15th, 2020.

“Old Town Road” To compress or not compress while tracking The Fetishization of Analog What’s to be missed about the days of Analog Being excited about today’s technology Digital Levels, driving Analog Hard Soft Clipping and Saturation The pace of DAW vs Tape Dealing with noise and using noise creatively Are digital / itb tricks new tricks? Was analog “slower”? Stress level of analog vs digital The Archive of Contemporary Music

NEW LINEUP! Paul Falcone, Greg Thompson, Tim McGrath and Dasan Broadnax discuss: Why compression is taught in audio school ALL WRONG! Live sound for Opera, Legit Classical Recording, Recording Acoustic Piano, Importance of New (or old) Guitar Strings, Using Gain, Nominal Level, Using Gates, High Pass / Low Pass Filters, When to use a limiter, Utility use of compression vs. creative use of compression, Compression do’s and dont’s, and more!

Paul J. Falcone, Greg Thompson, Dasan Broadnax, Rick Slater and Tim McGrath discuss "go-to" plugins and much more.

From treating your home studio acoustics, monitoring and choosing speakers, working in headphones, vocal production techniques, rehearsal and pre-production, indie artist vs. label / team relationships, how to prepare for recording, microphone choices, pro-studio vs. home studio and SO MUCH MORE!