This week we sit down with the minds behind the Universal Audio Hitsville U.S.A plugin collection! Sr. Product Designer, Will Shanks and marketing mind, Drew Mazurek give us an in-depth look at the process behind emulating the iconic Motown Sound and recording in the sacred chambers above the Hitsville U.S.A.

Special thanks to the team - Grace, Will, Drew, & Chandra for giving our audience a glimpse of hallowed ground!

Download a Free Trial to  UAD Spark
https://spark.uaudio.com/

Hitsville Reverb Chambers
https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/re...

Hitsville EQ
https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/eq...

Visit the Hitsville Museum!
https://www.motownmuseum.org/

Today's guest is on fire. Most people know him as the industry's top vocal producer, but few know that he is a 6x GRAMMY Award Winner who's worked with everyone from Justin Bieber to Usher, Kehlani, Muni Long, and more. As Rihanna's go-to vocal producer, he recently assisted her in preparation for her performance at this year's Super Bowl and The Oscars. Please welcome to The Place, Kuk Harrell!

Our guest is an ultra-talented Producer / Engineer / Scoring Mixer. He has recorded and mixed music for such major motion pictures as "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," Marvel's "Morbius," “Bad Boys for Life,” “Paddington,” “Aquaman,” “The Harder They Fall,” “The Accountant,” “Coming to America 2”, “Godzilla: King of Monsters,” and the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary “Icarus.” Jason also mixed the music for the hit video games “God of War: Ragnarök,” “Fortnite,” “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War,” “Assasin’s Creed Valhalla,” “CyberPunk 2077,” and "Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons," among others. Please welcome to The Place, Jason LaRocca!

Dave sits down with Freddy Vinehill-Cliffe of Nugen Audio to discuss all of the bells and whistles Paragon ST has to offer. For more details and to download a free trial of Paragon ST, visit https://nugenaudio.com/paragonst.

He is a GRAMMY Award Winning Singer-Songwriter and he is currently nominated for Best American Roots Performance at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards. He is here to update us on his journey and share his latest project, "White Jesus, Black Problems". Please welcome, Fantastic Negrito!

We are excited to have the founding members of Spoon join us for this week's episode of Pensado's Place. Please welcome Jim Eno and Britt Daniel! 

To kick off the New Year we sit down with a few guys who have a passion for gear. Please welcome to the place, Geoff & George Hazelrigg, Jon Castelli, Mike Miller and Mark Parfitt!

This week we welcome our friends Will Eggleston & Paul Stewart of Genelec to discuss the GLM technology used in everyone's favorite monitors. 

Genelec’s Smart Active Monitors and GLM Technology
https://www.genelec.com/glm
https://www.genelec.com/sam-studio-mo...

Genelec GRADE Report
https://www.genelec.com/glm-grade

We are excited to be joined by Head of Product at Audiomovers, Igor Maxymenko!  We are excited to welcome Audiomovers as our newest parter!  Download a free trial to LISTENTO
https://audiomovers.com/

Please welcome to The Place, Lead Singer & Founding Memeber of NEEDTOBREATHE, Bear Reinhart!