Metal Dude Washing Dishes

By Zander Noriega

Zander Noriega gives production tips, ideas for riffs and songs, and comments on his and other people's work in games and movies, while doing his household chores.

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Metal Dude Washing Dishes episodes:

December 09, 2020 Ep. 24: Make STORIES, not chord sequences. (ADDENDUM to Ep. 23)
Zander Noriega talks about what he forgot to talk about in the previous episode!
i.e. An addendum to Ep 23 about making stories with music.
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10min
December 08, 2020 Ep. 23: Make STORIES, not chord sequences. FREE IDEA for Metal Song, No. 1
Zander Noriega talks about making stories instead of meaningless chord sequences, and improvises a story about bullied necromancer raises weak Antifa skeletons, lmao.
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18min
December 07, 2020 Ep. 22: On innovation. Meshuggah, Celine Dion, and... international trade?
Zander Noriega "sings" a Meshuggah riff, then confuses Celine Dion with Shania Twain, and finally makes an analogy with international trade to make a point about a main factor in what we perceive as innovation.
Probably the most absurd episode so far.
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10min
December 04, 2020 Ep. 21: To hell with the click. Be the pulse, for a change
Zander Noriega gives you an exercise to remind yourself how good you are at keeping rhythms, and to reveal how you feel about different sections of your songs.
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16min
December 03, 2020 Ep. 20: Different guitar playing, different mixing configuration!
Zander Noriega reminds you not to forget that the same set of plugins and mixing setup doesn't work equally for all types of guitar playing.
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8min
December 02, 2020 Ep. 19: Composer Strength Training - Exercise No. 1
Zander Noriega gives the first exercise, of many to come, for strengthening your composer muscles. Particularly for film and game soundtrack composers.
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8min
December 01, 2020 Ep. 18: Metal Moment No. 1. Blast beat and constant bass in harmony
Zander Noriega begins a list of "Metal Moments". We will refer to this list in the future as we delve into nerd stuff.
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10min
November 30, 2020 Ep. 17: Should you worry about the small things?
Zander Noriega talks about what the whole "don't worry about the small things" idea and why it's easy to misinterpret it. Practical tip giving in terms of small things in mixing and composing.
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13min
November 27, 2020 Ep. 16: Blessed Are The Self-Devouring Syllables: Automating and Compressing of Metal Vocals
Zander Noriega gets into a particular problem that is common with metal vocals recordings, and gives you one way to attack it.

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23min
November 26, 2020 Ep. 15: Infernal Seed for Repugnant Music, I
Zander Noriega gives you an idea for some dark, hideous music.
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FAQs about Metal Dude Washing Dishes:

How many episodes does Metal Dude Washing Dishes have?

The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.