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“He wanted out of there coz he was afraid he was gonna get shot”

This time on #HorrorStories, Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Jack White, Buddy Guy) shares a story of a tracking session that turned sour when a fight broke out amongst a group of musicians.
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“I thought it was a friend playing a prank on me”

In this conversation, Chuck reveals how a personal recommendation from Nashville steel player Paul Franklin helped him land the dream gig of working with Dire Straits.

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"I just have to adapt and make that work"

Jeff Braun speaks on the various ways he approaches mixing and why adapting to suit each project is a crucial step in doing justice to the sound and style of the song.

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“You start to curate relationships that are simpatico”

Five-time Grammy Award-winning mixer, engineer and producer F. Reid Shippen shares his take on the special bond between mixing and mastering engineers.

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"If you’re going to do anything, don’t half-ass it, do it right”.

Today on #TilYouMakeIt, legendary sound engineer John McBride (Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Stevie Nicks) shares why he built his beloved Blackbird Studio.

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“We have 50 drum kits and another 25 in storage."

Today on #NerdingOut the iconic Blackbird Studios’ former operations manager and resident drum tech Paul Simmons shares what gear he would use to piece together a thrash metal kit.

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“I saw Kenny Chesney and Sturgill Simpson having coffee in the kitchen."

The esteemed, five-time Grammy Award-winning mixer, engineer and producer F. Reid Shippen shares what it’s like working in Nashville’s Infrasonic Mastering.

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“We had eight tracks, the Beatles only needed four!” – Vance Powell | #NerdingOut

#NerdingOut is where we visit studios around the globe to ask producers, engineers and artists about their favorite tools of the trade. In this episode, seven-time Grammy Award-winning producer, engineer & mixer Vance Powell shares his experience working with limitations.

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“The weirdest time in my life was getting parenting advice from Tom Waits” – Pete Lyman | #PinchYourself

This time on #PinchYourself, Grammy-nominated mastering engineer and owner of Infrasonic Mastering Pete Lyman (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile) reflects on getting the gig remastering some of his favorite records with Tom Waits.

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“If you’re not getting fired, you’re not trying hard enough” – F. Reid Shippen | #TilYouMakeIt

Five-time Grammy Award-winning mixer, engineer, and producer F. Reid Shippen (Kenny Chesney, Ingrid Michaelson, Gloria Gaynor) at Nashville’s Infrasonic Studios as he shares his take on the always looming and ever-present imposter syndrome.

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“The primary goal is to let you experience music in numerous ways” – Nathan Dantzler | #NerdingOut

Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer and owner of Nashville-based mastering powerhouse The Hit Lab, Nathan Dantzler (Niall Horan,Teddy Swims, Kelsea Ballerini), shares why it was vital for him to trust his gut when designing The Hit Lab.
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“What’s the best mic to use? What’s the closest mic?” – John McBride | #MixTricks

In this episode legendary sound engineer and owner of the world-famous Blackbird Studio, John McBride (Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Stevie Nicks) shares how he would mic a drum kit in under fifteen minutes. 
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WATCH: “2000 microphones, 800 tube mics. If John wanted it, we got it.” – Vance Powell | #WhereIWork

In this episode of #WhereIWork, seven-time Grammy Award-winning producer, engineer and mixer Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Elle King, The White Stripes) talks about his role in helping build two of the most well-equipped and storied studios in the world - John McBride’s Blackbird and Vance’s own Sputnik.
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“Most mastering engineers don’t pay attention to meters or numbers. It’s all about EQ” – Pete Lyman | #MixTricks

In this episode of #MixTricks Grammy-nominated mastering engineer, and owner of Infrasonic Mastering Pete Lyman (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile) speaks about the power of EQ and why it is every mastering engineer’s best friend. 
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WATCH: ‘It’s almost like the air changes density and everyone can feel it’ – Nathan Dantzler #tilyoumakeit

Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer and owner of Nashville-based mastering powerhouse The Hit Lab, Nathan Dantzler (Niall Horan, Megan Moroney, Teddy Swims, Kelsea Ballerini), sheds light on the importance of creating emotionally impactful listening experiences for artists and fans alike.
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‘That’s one take I didn’t know what we had’ Vance Powell | Tracking Tennessee Whiskey #PinchYourself

In this episode of #PinchYourself we hear from seven-time Grammy Award-winning producer, engineer, mixer and co-owner of Sputnik Sound Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Elle King, The White Stripes) lifts the veil and gives a behind-the-scenes look at the recording session of the iconic Chris Stapleton track Tennessee Whiskey.
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