Successful Musicians

Episode 32: Insider Tips for Audio Engineering Success with IRKO


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Our dynamic guest for tonight is Maurizio Sera known professionally as IRKO. He is an Italian multi-platinum audio engineer currently based in Los Angeles, California. He has worked with artists such as Kanye West, Jay-Z, 88-Keys, Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Diddy, David Guetta, and many more.

He is also the man behind the SpeakEasy Workshop. Irko's goal is to give back and empower individuals to find their voice through workshops.


What You’ll Learn

In this episode, IRKO shares some nuggets of wisdom with aspiring audio engineers. He emphasized the importance of patience and success takes a lot of investing in your craft and career in order to get to the point where you can be a very successful entity in the music industry.

Watch out because IRKO also shared what is the best Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) to use.


Things We Discussed

DAW - which stands for  Digital Audio Workstation is a software application used to record, edit, and produce audio. Think of a DAW as a digital representation of a physical recording studio where you can produce audio for a wide variety of mediums including, film, gaming, podcasting, music, UX, and more.

SpeakEasy Workshop - IRKO’s workshop on the story of his adventure in the music business focusing on his beginnings. He will discuss his approach to mixing and also the analysis of routing, plug-ins, dynamics, and EQ through the study of his Pro Tools sessions. IRKO will lead an in-depth study by listening to samples before and after the mix as well as an interactive discussion with the participants.


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