#10: Making Music Your Full Time Job | With Special Guest Jamie Coupe

09/29/22 • 57 min

Stokes Sound

In this episode of the Stokes Sound Podcast, Ed and Jamie talk about Making music your full time job.

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In this episode of the Stokes Sound Podcast, Ed and Jamie talk about Making music your full time job.

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#9: Creating Depth with FX | With Special Guest Josh Ager

Podcast Summary

In this episode, we bring you Josh Ager, mixer, producer, and engineer, to talk about using FX to create depth.

Josh Ager - Recent works include Sea Girls, Tom Grennan, Crawlers, Sam Fender, Holly Humberstone, Medicine Cabinet, Griff, Thomas Headon, Beabadoobee, Kid Brunswick, Phoebe Axa, Cate Canning, Reuben Gray, Charlie Oriain and US artists Chloe Moriondo and renforshort. Josh has also mixed for musicals including the entire original studio cast recording of Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World.

Today, you’ll hear about how Josh chooses his FX, sharing FX, delay versus reverb, his favorite plugins, timing reverbs, other go-to FX, and get Josh’s advice to his younger self.

Episode Timestamps

[00:30] About Josh.
[01:25] How Josh chooses FX.
[06:36] Using FX on percussion.
[09:00] Wideners.
[11:07] Sharing FX.
[15:28] Delay vs reverb.
[21:44] Delay plugins.
[23:01] Timing reverbs.
[26:10] Re-recording mistakes.
[27:22] Amps FX.
[29:01] Distortion.
[33:41] Other FX.
[43:28] Josh’s advice to his younger self.

Notable Quotes

“You’re never going to be 100% happy with something.”
“Chill the f*ck out.”
“Work hard and be patient.”

Connect with Josh

Instagram:@joshager.

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#11: Recording and Arranging Strings In a Mix | With Special Guest Harley Eblen

Podcast Summary

In this episode, we bring you Harley Eblen, Cellist and String Arranger, to talk about recording and arranging strings.

Through his musical genius, Harley Eblen brings artists’ visions to life with his cello and string arranging, with a focus on Pop, Indie, and Folk music.

Today, you’ll hear about Harley’s setup, tuning the strings, his process when working with artists and producers, his mic recording setup, some go-to’s, manual vs automatic quantizing, using live vs programmed strings, and using reverb.

Episode Timestamps

[00:30] About Harley.
[01:13] Harley’s recording setup.
[02:47] Tuning strings.
[05:08] Working with artists and producers.
[07:20] The mic setup.
[14:20] Harley’s go-to’s.
[20:23] Quantizing takes.
[22:11] Automating timing.
[23:02] Recording left and right.
[26:39] Programmed vs real strings.
[30:40] Changing the arrangement between choruses.
[34:01] Mixing the strings.
[37:33] Working with mixing engineers.
[47:06] With or without reverb?
[53:22] Harley’s three things he wishes he knew earlier.

Notable Quotes

“It’s about the vibe of the take more than the intonation.”
“It’s just about knowing what you’re doing and being professional in every stage of the development of the track.”
“I feel strongly about serving the song.”
“You can’t do it alone.”

Connect with Harley

Website:harleyeblen.com.

Spotify:Harley Eblen.

TikTok:@harleyeblen.

Instagram:@harleyeblen.

YouTube:Harley Eblen.

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