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Producer: Ben Charles

Guest: Nicholas Sardello https://nicksardello.wixsite.com/nicksardello

1:23 Today in history: Tchaikovsky finishes Symphony No. 5; An American in Paris (film) premiered; 1981 Nico Mulhy Born, 1983 Merry Christmas; Mr. Lawrence released; 1967 Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze enters the Billboard Top 100 chart

3:30 Welcome Nick Sardello!

4:21 Why should performers consider hiring a recording engineer?

9:04 What’s a common error percussionists miss in recording themselves?

12:33 What’s the difference between an engineer and a producer?

17:20 What recording skills should a performer develop?

22:35 “Those little DI boxes”

25:11 What is important for a recording engineer to study in terms of understanding music?

27:59 Gear for self recording

30:02 Microphone frequency range responses

33:04 How Nick started recording

39:10 Meeting Joe Lamond of NAMM

41:30 College programs in music business/music production

47:37 “The hustle” in creative career paths

52:04 Cameron Leach on how to pay creative people