Behind the Space Bar

Should you become an Ableton Live Certified Trainer? How can you make money with Ableton Live? In this best of episode, we discuss becoming an Ableton Live Certified Trainer and how to make money with Ableton Live.

In our first Best of Episode, we're talking Gear! Check out 4 snippets of some of your favorite episodes, where we chat all things gear.

What's your plan if something goes wrong with Ableton Live on stage? In this episode we discuss what redundancy is, how to create a redundant playback rig, and if it's right for you or not.

"What got you here, won't get you there", unless what got you here is a strong work ethic, a desire to serve, and humility...then it'll get you wherever the next "there" is. On today's show I chat with From Studio to Stage student, Eston Ekona Ravey about his journey learning how to play piano at RadioShack to traveling the world as a Playback Tech and Show Programmer. You'll hear how he continues to get and keep gigs because of the same attitude he had back when he showed up at a RadioShack with a notebook and a desire to learn how to play piano.

Imagine if you could elevate your performance, using Ableton Live to automate everything...everything but the kitchen sink. That's what Doug Lawes, a Worship Leader, and From Studio to Stage student does every week. Keep listening to hear how he's automated, lyrics, lights, video, guitar presets, streaming automation and more, and controls his entire Ableton set with one button, while on stage. That's the power of Ableton Live and Automation.

Ever wondered what goes into preparing for the Oscars? In this episode, I continue my chat with Alex Jacques, as he takes us behind the scenes and gives us a look at how he programmed and prepared for Miss Janelle Monae's Oscars 2020 opening performance.

You'll hear how Alex used Ableton Live to program and prepare stems for the Live performance. We talk programming, workflow and everything Alex did to prep for this amazing performance.

Imagine for moment you've landed your dream gig. You're on the road for a few months when suddenly you've got to pivot. Adapt or lose your gig. What do YOU do? 

This week I chat with Alex Jacques, Playback Tech for artists like Janelle Monae, Her, and many others. We discuss his unlikely path to becoming a musician, and how he handled the pivot from musician to playback tech.

In this episode I talk with Matt Salsamendi, co-founder of Mixer, a live streaming service for gamers, now owned by Microsoft. We discuss what bands and artists can learn from gamers.

How can we keep people engaged?

Should we try and monetize our streams?

How do we improve our streams? 

If you're looking to take your live streams to the next level, save yourself years of mistakes and start implementing Matt's suggestions today!

If you're a musician or playback tech that wants to take your knowledge to the next level, you need to know about Networked Audio. Dante, AVB and more-it's not just for the IT guys anymore! 

In this episode, I chat with my good friend Andy Swanson from Digital Audio Labs about Networked Audio and what we need to know as musicians, MD's and playback techs.

Wishing you could collaborate with your fellow band mates right now? Want to finish a few tracks while you're staying at home? In this episode, we discuss a few tips and tools for collaborating remotely with Ableton Live!