The Studio Rats Podcast

Lij Shaw, is a chart breaking, award winning, music, and podcast producer, host of the #1 iTunes podcast Recording Studio Rockstars, and owner of Grammy awarded The Toy Box Studio, in East Nashville TN.

Lij has been making records for 30 years, and has recorded artist such as Adele, Tori Amos, The Raconteurs, Paolo Nutini to name a few.
In this podcast we talk to Lij about all things music and his recent battle with the city of Nashville over Studio rights.

In this episode, we talk about how we can help all musicians during the Coronavirus lockdown. If anyone needs any help/ advice we The studio Rats are here.
Paul has been reviewing the Boss Wazacraft Tube Amp Expander and is extreemly impressed with this fantastic unit. James has been trying out the new Myburgh M1 microphone and the AMS Neve RMS reverb. Dan's room is messy and is just trying to sell all his old gear. Join us in this jovial musician Podcast.

In this episode, we discuss the impact that The Coronavirus is having and is going to have for musicians. but it's not all doom and gloom, Paul has got a new fancy gadget, a new amp and some guitar pedals, James is sporting a new tutu and becoming a cheerleader and even Dan has bought some new gear. We talk about Synergy Amps KMA Pedals, selling music gear.

Jack Duxbury has toured with some of the biggest artists on the planet like James Bay, James Arthur, Taio Cruz, Elle King to name a few. Every time I gig with Jack, he always has amazing stories about his time touring the world. In this Episode, Jack doesn't hold back and he gives his honest experience about the realities of being a touring musician. Jack now does videos at Andertons Music as the keyboard guru as well as working with one of the biggest producers on the planet Mark Crew. 
The Studio Rats podcast is a jovial podcast for musicians and studio guys and girls who like to keep up to date with what is going on in the music gear world. 

James and Paul were at the NAMM show 2020 while Dan was at home watching all the new releases on Tinterweb. We talk through the highlights and the low points of the show.
The Studio Rats podcast is a jovial podcast for musicians and studio guys and girls who like to keep upto date with what is going on in the music gear world. 

In this episode Paul Dan and James talk about their favorite music gear of the decade. 
Paul and James are off to winter NAMM 2020 in a few days, so we also discuss where we think music equipment is going to go in the next year. 

Paul, James and Dan discuss the outing of fake guitarists on YouTube. Paul tells us about the Presonus  Studio one 4.6 event he was involved with last week where james nearly had a punch up. Plus all the other shenanigans, new gear and music tech news that we normally talk about. 

In this episode we ask is music software stifling our creativity? and look at Christmas gifts for musicians.
Universal Audio have released Ox box version 1.2 Behringer have released a new mixer called Wing and a new synth Model D, Apple have a new portable music making powerhouse the Apple 16” MacBook Pro and Presonus have a new product called Studio One Mix The Music. This enables you to download famous multitrack files for $9.99 per track, and mix them in your own DAW.
Paul discovers that his airpods must be waterproof as they survived a full on hot wash, and lastly our song SuperGlue has just reached 38,000 views. 
The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs.

In this episode the guys talk about buying and selling music equipment. Pauls been completely rewiring his studio to accommodate the fabulous CB Electronics Xpatch-32 patch bay and James for some unknown reason is writing a post for Production Expert on phantom power. 

James is back and dont we all know it... Paul has borrowed a pair of amazing Kii Three speakers to demo in his studio. He goes on and on about how good they are. Dan is exploring reasonably priced bass fx. topic of the week is how important is social media for musicians and What is the difference between pro and semi pro music gear.