#127: Let's Talk About Reaper (or at least, that was the plan... :)) - With Myk Robinson

BOOK A FREE IN-DEPTH 1-ON-1 FEEDBACK CALL WITH BENEDIKT:https://theselfrecordingband.com/callJoin the free Facebook Group ("The Self-Recording Band Community"):https://theselfrecordingband.com/communityBenedikt's voice on this episode has been recorded with the Antelope Axino Synergy Core--We're super stoked to have Myk Robinson as our guest on this week's episode! Myk is an audio engineer, producer and content creator from West Tennesse, USA, who started a YouTube channel to begin sharing his love for all things REAPER, and also to begin teaching himself to edit video. His audience on that channel, Let's Talk About REAPER, quickly grew to thousands of subscribers. Viewers tend to appreciate his laid back delivery method, with each video being short and to the point, but also packed with information and entertaining. Myk has the heart of a teacher and absolutely loves connecting with other REAPER users. To be able to do that better, he also started The Unofficial REAPER Users Group on Discord, which took off pretty quickly, too. Myk is primarily a guitarist and bassist and has played in several regional punk, rock, and metal bands for over twenty years. It's been said that you can always find a singer and a guitar player, but reliable drummers and bassists are a hard find for many. This concept lead to Myk learning to play the drums after having a drummer from one of his bands move out of state.Of course, learning to play the drums lead to wanting to learn to record drums. So Myk has spent the past few years refining the art of tracking live drums, as well as editing multi-mic drum performances with multiple takes. He takes a light handed approach to editing and has an old school "get it right at the source" attitude, but also understands that technology is here to help, and ultimately desires to blend the conveniences of modern technolgy with some of the concepts taken from traditional "old school" recording methodology. Myk is happily married, with three adult children and a rather large Brazilian Mastiff named Belle.Some of the things we're talking about on this episode:Myk's career and music journeyWhy Reaper is his DAW of choiceReaper "hacks" every user should know aboutModern music production vs old school music productionThe modern music landscape and how it has changed over the yearsPros and cons of modern production tools and techniquesPizza and burgersMaking exciting music that's authentic and also resonates with peopleEditingImposter SyndromeConstantly second guessing yourselfBeing uncomfortable in public, around other people or in front of a cameraOvercoming the fear of publishing your workCreating contentMyk's collaboration with Warren Huart and Pro Mix AcademyUsing samples, programming drums and recording real drumsFor full show notes go to: https://theselfrecordingband.com/127If you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected] us Fan MailIf you have any questions, feedback, topic ideas or want to suggest a guest, email us at: [email protected]