The Spirit Studios Podcast

By Spirit Studios

As the UK's first school for music production and sound engineering, we certainly know what we're talking about. Expect conversations with our expert tutors, inspiring students and creative guests fro... more

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The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.

The Spirit Studios Podcast episodes:

April 14, 2021 Talking Music Business with Steve Tilley, Live Entertainment Promoter
Al and David talk with live entertainment promoter Steve Tilley, a director at Kilimanjaro Live with clients including the likes of Ed Sheeran and Catfish and the Bottlemen.
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43min
March 31, 2021 Talking Music Business with Stephen Kempner, Music Lawyer
Al and fellow Spirit Studios tutor David chat with music and entertainment lawyer Stephen Kempner, a partner at UK law firm Statham Gill Davies. Stephen gives a legal perspective on areas such as artist contracts, 360 deals, and music sampling.
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21min
March 10, 2021 Creative Block: Lewis Jones
Al chats with producer Lewis Jones about creative guitar sampling, making music in a shipping container, and flying out to Italy to engineer for Mika.
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33min
February 24, 2021 Creative Block: Producing a Track from Samples
Join Al as he reworks the contents of a sample pack into a brand new track as part of Spirit Studio's Creative Block campaign.
Download the sample pack here: tinyurl.com/641ly6no
Watch Al's Creative Block video on Youtube here: https://tinyurl.com/jhkwt9fk
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19min
February 10, 2021 Creative Block: Working with Sample Packs
Feeling uninspired? Struggling to start a project? Join Al as he reuses, recycles, and repurposes sounds as part of Spirit Studios' new campaign: Creative Block.

Download the sample pack here: tinyurl.com/641ly6no
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19min
December 16, 2020 Making Tracks: Founds Sounds
Join Al as he ditches his instruments and explores found sounds and creative effects processing to make music out of non-musical objects - including cardboard kick drums, elastic bass synths and psychedelic cork risers.
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19min
December 04, 2020 Making Tracks: Funky Disco
Join Al as he makes a funky disco beat in Ableton Live, featuring groovy basslines, retro synth sounds and percussion layers inspired by 1970s classics.
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18min
November 11, 2020 Talking Music Business with Scott Maclachlan, A&R Director at Warner Music Australasia
Al and fellow Spirit Studios tutor David chat with Scott Maclachlan, A&R Director at Warner Music New Zealand. Scott shares his insight into working at a major label, how streaming has impacted music production, and what it was like signing and managing Lorde.
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1h 16min
October 28, 2020 Supporting Small: Niall Roche, Do As You Please.
Al chats with Spirit Studios graduate, producer, and Do As You Please label founder Niall Roche. They talk eclectic electronic music, taking inspiration from David Byrne, and how to assemble your first EP.
Do As You Please: https://doasyouplease.bandcamp.com/
Listen to Niall's playlist here: https://spoti.fi/31Ihvvu
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27min
October 15, 2020 In conversation with: Mihnea & Alix, Interface 2020 winners
Al chats with students Mihnea and Alix, winners of Interface 2020 - a collaborative competition between Spirit Studios in Manchester and the Catalyst Institute in Berlin. Together they created a fantastically dark cinematic soundscape titled Metamorphosis which you can view via the link below.
https://bit.ly/340aKa4
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30min

FAQs about The Spirit Studios Podcast:

How many episodes does The Spirit Studios Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 51 episodes available.