Bottom Shelf Recording Talk

Part 1 of our talk with former frontman of "Texas Blood Money," William Purvis Ewart. With Joey MIA, James talks to William about the experience of being in one of Edmonton's "Almost Successful" bands as they build up towards opportunities before they eventually crumbled…  Stay tuned for Part 2 late in August.

Local producer, musician, and tour manager, Josh Beatty joins our ragged heroes in today's episode.  Josh talks about being in a band for 9 years and how to make it work, James whines about flaky musicians, and Joey identifies James as the root of the problem.  

Be sure to check out Josh's band, The Archaics, at their LP release party July 16, 2016 @ 9910 (live club).  

Bandcamp

https://thearchaics.bandcamp.com

FaceBook

https://www.facebook.com/TheArchaics

Welcome back, former Vancouver-ite, producer Patty Peeze.  Patty takes our heroes on an epic story telling adventure of band education interrupted (predictably) by tangents into audio mixing practices and useful audio tips… and a confusing mess that makes sense to Joey (the kangaroo).  

Find Patty on Twitter

@pattypeese

or on his Websitehttp://peezepit.wix.com/peezepitproductions

Milestones and More! In this, the 20th episode, our heroes ignore the guest for the first 20 minutes to catch up on Joey's hair and James' coffee.  But enough about them, Welcome to the show, Roland Rodas, frontman and producer of "chaotic death metal" band, Dire Omen.  Roland and Joey compare recording courses and talk about school vs real world experience working in a studio, some talk about dream studios, and how gear can cost WAY too much for mortals. There's also a tangent about "committing on the way in," but our heroes are braver than their neighbours. Listen to hear proof!

Dire Omen

https://direomen.bandcamp.com

Recording Connection (Audio School)

http://www.recordingconnection.ca

From the basement of the script factory, we bring you a formulaic episode of daring, romance, and fart jokes.  Join our heroes on an adventure through the wondrous mind of Shawn "Masterflex" Marshall, writer, director, actor for Abandon All Anecdotes Theatre Company. In a failed attempt to stay away from caffeine, Joey is pressure into large cups of coffee, Shawn talks about social media, endlessly (thanks Amy!), and James ping pong back and forth between Joey laughing at Shawn and Shawn telling stories of making actors freak out on stage! Catch their first comedy, "How Does That Make You Feel?" premiering at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, August 11th through 21st, 2016.

Abandon All Anecdotes Theatre Company

Welcome back to the podcast, Glen Allan, Mastering Engineer at Paradox Mastering.  He joins our heroes in an instant, tangent filled dialogue of mastering, room treatment, analogue vs digital gear, coffee, etc…  The conversation predictably stays on topics for as little time as possible before rambling about on to something beyond before finally being cut off by the end of the hour.  Hilarity is sure to be had as the coffee fuelled trio guarantees a coffee fuelled comedy snoozefest.  Or a laugh.  

Contact Glen Allan for mastering and recording services @ 

[email protected] or

on Twitter @glenallan

In this rant filled episode, our heroes engage the illustrious Vancouver producer Patty Peeze to talk about touring, local music scenes, music influencers, and how serious bands aren't as serious as they really think they are.  James rants about his "mild dislike" of Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, Patty rants about how invested a band really needs to be, and Joey adjusts his glasses from the pouch of a kangaroo.  Somewhere in the middle, a useful conversation takes place about recording, but there may not be proof.  

Patty Peeze

@pattypeeze

http://peezepit.wix.com/peezepitproductions

In this episode, our irreverent heroes dive into the topic of Canadian Copyright laws, beginning with the admission that they know NOTHING about Canadian Copyright Laws.  Naturally, the duo fail repeatedly to stay on topic, including talking about NOT talking about sample-rate-audio-quality-rabbit-holes and then talking about sample-rate-audio-quality-rabbit-holes.  Surprisingly, a few helpful references pop up about licensing and even a lawyer joke might be funny.

For Mechanical Licensing

www.cmrra.ca

For Performance Rights & Licensing

www.socan.ca

Shredmonton Metal Festival & Conference May 6th to 8th, 2016

http://shredmonton.com

BUY TICKETS ONLINE!!!!

http://shredmonton.com/tickets/

Buy your tickets NOW! Support local Edmonton music and discover new local talent.  

In this serious episode, James pretends to be an interviewer and tries to interview Tyson Travnik, founder of Shredmonton Metal Festival & Conference.  Joey shrugs and drinks his tea in mostly silent amusement, and the three engineers dub the new guys "Studio B!tch Mitch!"  Some fast food is eaten, some ignored.  For the most part, the guys just get down to business and fail to wander off topic.

Prairie Fire Events

http://www.prairiefireevents.ca

Mitch's Websitehttp://www.paralyzerproductions.com