Justin Colletti talks with Paul "Willie Green" Womack about wearing the many different hats a modern producer/engineer must don in the studio.

How do you keep it all together, shifting between the roles of technician, coach, arranger, craftsman, collaborator, and when should you farm some of the tasks to assistants and others?

This podcast is sponsored by Novation, Gear Club and Soundtoys.

Find Paul at http://www.williegreenmusic.com

Follow Paul on Twitter at https://twitter.com/williegreen1

Read his articles on SonicScoop at: https://sonicscoop.com/author/willie-green/

Taxes? Yes, taxes. SonicScoop's Justin Colletti can make even this topic fun, interesting and useful! 

If you're in business for yourself as a producer, engineer or musician, taxes are a big and unavoidable part of your business. And if you're not doing them right, it could be needlessly costing you thousands of dollars per year.

In this primer, learn all the things you never learned in school, and get a great framework and tons of useful tips, tactics and strategies for making sure you can keep more of your heard-earned money each year, and continue to grow your creative business.

Thanks to Focusrite, Soundtoys and Eventide for sponsoring this podcast.

For more detail on this topic, try:

https://sonicscoop.com/2018/03/22/independent-musicians-guide-not-overpaying-thousands-taxes/

Sampling rates. 44.1k. 48k. 88.2k 96k. 192k??

How do they impact your sound, and how can you make the best choice for your projects?

Justin Colletti dives into the science behind sampling rates in a fun and informative talk that demystifies what they're really all about, and puts to bed much of the confusion surrounding this topic.

Thanks to Soundtoys, Sonarworks and Eventide for sponsoring this podcast.

Get more from Justin at masteringdemystified.com or mixingbreakthroughs.com

For the articles mentioned in this post try:

https://sonicscoop.com/2016/02/19/the-science-of-sample-rates-when-higher-is-better-and-when-it-isnt/

https://sonicscoop.com/2013/04/17/beyond-the-basics-harmonic-motion-and-the-root-of-all-music/

Throw out your textbooks! Ariel Borujow stops by the SonicScoop Podcast to talk all about how the music business really works in the internet age, and offers some tested tips for improving your career whether you're a producer, artist or engineer.

Thanks to Soundtoys Sonarworks and Gear Club for sponsoring this podcast.

Find out more about Ariel at https://arielborujow.com

Ben H. Allen joins Justin Colletti to talk about ways of breaking the mold when producing music, and coming up with memorable, trailblazing sounds.

Ben has worked recently with critically-acclaimed artists including Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Belle and Sebastian, Washed Out, and Gnarls Barkley, after an early career engineering for major hip hop all stars like Puff Daddy, Mase and and Notorious B.I.G.

He shares strategies for avoiding the the cookie cutter approach, and getting the most out of artists—and yourself—in every production.

Thanks to Soundtoys, Eventide and Sonarworks for sponsoring this podcast.

Learn more about Ben at http://www.makerecordsnotbombs.com