The Modern Recordist with Jon Stinson | Inspiring insights with creative visionaries, artists, songwriters, and producers

On this edition of the 15 Minute Mixdown, Jon Stinson dives into the idea of giving yourself permission to be “bad at it” so that you can eventually become “good at it”

Many times when we are venturing into something new, such as songwriting, production, recording, or some other form of creative work (or even non-creative work), we can become self-conscious about our skill level when we’re just starting out. It’s easy to get wrapped up in all the ways that our art sucks, and fail to apply the long-term thinking that it takes time to develop a creative skill.

When we’re consistently seeing people just “appear” out of nowhere as accomplished artists, it’s easy to let ourselves get stuck in an impatient mindset of instant gratification, and overlook all the hours they put in to get where they are. We can get hung up on searching for “perfect” and not allow ourselves to just live in the process of learning and practicing for a while.

The fact is that when just starting out, you’re not going to be “good at it,” and why would you? You’re just starting out, after all!

So giving yourself permission to be bad at it is an important frame of mind to keep, so that you can allow yourself to start at the starting point, acknowledge that you are making gains, and just give yourself space to enjoy the journey.

It’s scary and it takes courage, because you have to be willing to create art that “sucks” so that you can learn how to create art that does not “suck”

But in reality, you don’t get to decide how other perceive your art, anyway. So why allow yourself to get stuck assuming something “sucks” and never release it out into the world to actually find out? Decide you’re proud of the work you are doing, give yourself permission to be bad at it so that you can ultimately become good at it, and enjoy the journey.

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The 15 Minute Mixdown is the alternate episodes to our long-form shows, with a live in-studio guest. Every other week, host Jon Stinson takes a few minutes to explore an idea around designing and living your life as an artistic visionary, in a kind of monologue-esque format. These shorter episodes are fun and a little quirky, yet impactful and motivational.

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The Modern Recordist is brought to you by Jon Stinson, JD Tiner, and Parrish

Jon Stinson is a producer/recording engineer/mixing engineer out of Nashville, TN. Check out his website and blog to see his album credits, and get simple recording tips, including a resource on simple tips for recording drums. And if you’re interested in working with Jon on your next project, make sure you get in touch!

http://jonstinson.com

JD Tiner is the main man behind Glass Onion Recording, the studio that is home to The Modern Recordist, as well as a great place to record or mix your next record. Glass Onion Recording features a great selection of vintage analog gear, modern analog gear, and digital gear – a super vibey spot in Nashville, TN. Go “Like” Glass Onion Recording on Facebook at:

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We initally recorded this episode back in February for our original podcat, which we have now re-branded and turned into this podcast, The Modern Recordist.

Since we decided to re-think our show directly afterwards, and ended up pulling this episode down, we’re now re-airing to give it the exposure it deserves.

In this episode you will hear me annouce that this is our first episode of our brand new podcast, The Glass Onion Recording Show – our original name.

That’s because this episode originally aired on that old version of our podcast. So do not be confused, friends, this podcast is indeed The Modern Recordist. And while it IS a brand new podcast – we’re currently in the launch phase – this is NOT our first episode.

In this episode we hang out with the local Nashville indie rock band, Kink Ador. We discuss the challenge and struggle of artistry, share crazy stories about being on the road, and show some respect for the movie “Back To The Future”. The band even throws in a few live performances.

Check out and purchase Kink Ador’s newest record, “Set Me Free” as well their upcoming tour dates at their website: http://www.kinkador.com/

The Modern Recordist is the brand new podcast of Jon Stinson and JD Tiner, brought to you out of Glass Onion Recording in Nashville, TN

Jon Stinson is a producer/recording engineer/mixing engineer working out of Nashville, TN. Check out his album credits and bio, his blog with tips on recording, as well as a simple resource for recording drums at his website: http://jonstinson.com/

JD Tiner is the main man behind Glass Onion Recording, the studio that we record this podcast out of, and the studio Jon Stinson calls home base. Glass Onion Recording is a vibey, creative spot in Nashville, TN, with a great selection of vintage analog gear, modern alalog gear, and digital gear that is an extention of Jon and JD’s philosophy on recording.

Check out Glass Onion Recording on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/glassonionrec

Check out JD Tiner at his website at: http://www.jdtiner.com/

Engineering responsibilities for The Modern Recordist are handled by Parrish. Check him out at http://jonathanpaulparrish.com/ and check out Villian Place, a production company, recording studio, and record label Parrish is involved in at http://villainplace.com/

This episode of The Modern Recordist is the first ever edition of “The 15 Minute Mixdown”

 

In this episode, show host Jon Stinson discusses ideas around the topic of having and collecting experiences. In episode 001 with Paul Sikes, this topic was briefly touched on, but this edition of The 15 Minute Mixdown serves as an opportunity to dive into the subject matter a bit more.

 

Inspired by a Bob Lefsetz blog post on a similar subject matter, Jon shares thoughts on the importance of collecting experiences, and suggests that we consider reframing how we think about our choices when seeking a corporate job vs working a low-skill hourly job, and what that means for us as we design and live out our lives of extraordinary artistic visionaries. It may require some counter-intuitive thought processes.

 

Have you ever thought about where songs come from? They come from visceral human experiences. Your experiences. These experiences that form the fodder for remarkable songs happen because you did something extraordinary and stretched yourself outside your comfort zone. In this moment, you saw the world a little different, and you had an epiphany. These epiphanies then form the seeds that ultimately become our creations.

 

Is devoting yourself to your path of becoming an artistic visionary worth making the sacrifices and taking risks, so that you can collect the necessary experiences?

 

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The first official episode of The Modern Recordist! On this episode we sit down with our guest Paul Sikes.

 

Paul Sikes is a songwriter, musician, and artist out of Nashville, TN. He has had cuts with groups like Emerson Drive, released two albums, including his latest “Out Of The Mud”, and played on The Today Show.

 

On this episode we talk about methods for writing songs, observing the world and having experiences that ultimately serve as fodder for song ideas, Paul’s career trajectory and what it took for him to achieve these goals, the daily life of a songwriter, first concerts, weird jokes, weird secrets, ladybugs, and general goofing off. Paul plays a few songs too. It was a fun, entertaining, and inspiring show 😉

 

Check out Paul Sikes, listen to some music, and keep up in all the latest with him at http://paulsikes.com/

 

Listen to and download his latest album “Out Of The Mud” on iTunes: http://apple.co/1SRprPJ

 

The Modern Recordist is brought to you by Jon Stinson, JD Tiner, and Parrish.

 

Jon Stinson is a producer/recording engineer/mix engineer/musician based out of Nashville, TN. He’s worked on albums, such as “Only By The Night” by Kings Of Leon, “The Fall” by Norah Jones, “The Boy Who Never” by Landon Pigg, “Golden Delicious” by Mike Doughty, and many others. He also blogs about creativity, music making, record production, recording, and mixing. To learn more about Jon Stinson, read his blog, or book him on a project, hit his website at http://jonstinson.com/

 

JD Tiner is a producer/engineer/musician, and the main man behind Glass Onion Recording, the studio that serves as the home base for a few Nashville-based producers (including Jon Stinson), as well as the studio that The Modern Recordist is produced out of. Glass Onion Recording is an inspiring and creative recording studio in Nashville, TN, with a unique selection of vintage analog recording gear, modern analog recording gear, and digital recording gear. It is a space built around modern recording philosophies, a relevant place to make music in 2015 and beyond. Check out Glass Onion Recording on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/glassonionrec Check out JD Tiner at http://www.jdtiner.com/

 

Jonathan Paul Parrish, more commonly known simply as Parrish, is a producer/musician/brand manager based out of Nashville, TN. Parrish is a part of the team at Villain Place, a production company and record label also based out of Nashville. He also finds time to play bass in the band aave. Check out Parrish and his work at http://jonathanpaulparrish.com/ and http://villainplace.com/

 

The introductory episode of the Modern Recordist – the “About Us” episode. Jon Stinson (host), JD Tiner (co-host), and Parrish (engineer) discuss the intention of this podcast, ideas to be explored, format/mechanics/schedule of the show, and finally each take some time to introduce themselves, along with some freeform discussion around the idea of music creation and artistic philosophies.

 

The Modern Recordist is a podcast devoted to the exploration and continual discussion around designing and living your life as a creative visionary. Each week, we will venture on this journey, either through a casual hang out with a guest, or through diving into a specific topic for a few minutes in more of a monologue-structured format.

 

Episodes will be published once a week – on Mondays – and will alternate between more long-form, 90 minute guest hangouts with live-in-studio performances, and short-form 15 minute episodes, which we’re calling “The 15 Minute Mixdown.”

 

The Modern Recordist is the podcast brought to you by Jon Stinson, JD Tiner, and Parrish.

 

Jon Stinson is a producer/recording engineer/mix engineer/musician based out of Nashville, TN. He’s worked on albums, such as “Only By The Night” by Kings Of Leon, “The Fall” by Norah Jones, “The Boy Who Never” by Landon Pigg, “Golden Delicious” by Mike Doughty, and many others. He also blogs about creativity, music making, record production, recording, and mixing. To learn more about Jon Stinson, read his blog, or book him on a project, hit his website at http://jonstinson.com/

 

JD Tiner is a producer/engineer/musician, and the main man behind Glass Onion Recording, the studio that serves as the home base for a few Nashville-based producers (including Jon Stinson), as well as the studio that The Modern Recordist is produced out of. Glass Onion Recording is an inspiring and creative recording studio in Nashville, TN, with a unique selection of vintage analog recording gear, modern analog recording gear, and digital recording gear. It is a space built around modern recording philosophies, a relevant place to make music in 2015 and beyond. Check out Glass Onion Recording on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/glassonionrec Check out JD Tiner at http://www.jdtiner.com/

 

Jonathan Paul Parrish, more commonly known simply as Parrish, is a producer/musician/brand manager based out of Nashville, TN. Parrish is a part of the team at Villain Place, a production company and record label also based out of Nashville. He also finds time to play bass in the band aave. Check out Parrish and his work at http://jonathanpaulparrish.com/ and http://villainplace.com/