Producer, Mixing Engineer, Songwriter and Musician. It was truly an honor to chat with one of my favorite producers ever: Carson Slovak of Atrium Audio. He is known for working along Grant McFarland on numerous rock/metal records as well as other music genres. He has worked with bands like ERRA, August Burns Red, Lorna Shore, Polaris and many others. He is also known for playing in the infamous Star Wars cosplay/cover band, Galactic Empire.

00:00 Intro

0:40 How to support the podcast?

0:54 SPONSOR

1:44 Carson's Background

5:44 Carson's & Grant's roles

8:28 Galactic Empire

15:52 Editing Guitars? Yes or No?

20:02 Carson's Mixing Influences

22:12 Drumforge and Drum Replacement

25:22 The Chuggin Purpose

25:45 Advice for new mixing engineers

30:47 The reality of Mastering

33:52 Songwriting Process

39:53 Is originality a thing?

44:13 How do you choose gear?

49:29 Carson Slovak invites Lance Prenc to The Chuggin