All Episodes

Mixing, Mastering, and Staying Creative with Mike Nikou

Better Than Ezra's Kevin Griffin on Songwriting and Ethical AI

Developing an Authentic Sound with David Paul Newell

Creative Enthusiasm and Staying Inspired with Amani Roberts

My 5 Biggest Music Production Problems and Their Solutions

Matt Tinkler - The Path to Creative Independence

Blankfor.ms and Aqeel Aadam - Collaborating, Production, Plug-in Making

Brad Barr on Songwriting, Human Imperfections, and Minimalism

7 Tips for a Successful #Jamuary2026

How to Keep Creating When Life Gets Busy with Joshua Blum

Snakes of Russia - Emotion Over Perfection

Tommy Zee - Stop Drinking from the Infinite Well

Tom Cosm - Telepathic Instruments Co-Founder and Ableton Certified Trainer

Plug-in Development and Live Performance with Soap Audio's Tom Carpenter

#410: Your Best Music is Dying: 10 Habits of Prolific Music Producers

Ableton Certified Trainer Side Brain

Sarah Belle Reid - Learning Sound and Synthesis

Mixerman and the Ultimate Guide to Producing Records, Music, and Songs

The ONLY Secret to Making Music...

The Art of Mastering with Oscar Zambrano

Aqeel Aadam - Making Plug-ins for the Curious and Open-Minded

Toru - Host of the ProducerHead Podcast

Six Missing – Flow States, Ego Drops, and the Art of Letting Go

Jxmie Blake on Rule-Breaking, Risk-Taking, and Decision-Making

Creative Confidence and Music Production with LNA

Rich Shivener - Living Digital Media

#398: At Home Songwriting with Chad Shank

William Garrett - From Sweeping Floors to 10 Billion Streams

Songwriting, Creative Flow, and The Natural World with Jean-Paul Vest

Øy - Composing Live Music Using Dance

Low Heat Beats on Flow, Creativity, and Sharing Your Music

I Made Music Every Day for 15 Years - 15 Lessons

Serato's Nick Maclaren on Music Tech and Development

Building Worlds with Music - Landman Composer Andrew Lockington

Echoes of a New Beginning - Jamuary 1 Prompt

Be 31x More Creative with Jamuary2025!

The Threat to New Music - David Rowell

Live Performance and Collaboration with C4RP00L

Tyson Boorman - Getting Industry Standard Mixes for Your Music

STOP Optimizing! Do THIS First!!

Ben Levin - Staying True to Yourself as an Artist

David Mash - Musician, Educator, Futurist

The Craft of Songwriting with Andrea Stolpe

KIN TALA - Building an EP from Scratch

Ian Temple - Soundfly CEO on Overcoming Creative Obstacles

Corey Baker - aka Kill Paris, Musician, Producer, Ableton Certified Trainer

Thomas Glendinning - ELPHNT, Sound Designer, Music Maker, Educator

Michelle Moog - Bob Moog Foundation, History of Moog Synthesizer

Carter Vail - Musician, Songwriter on his new album 100 Cowboys

David Alexander - Audio Engineer, Producer, Musician

Evan Frankfort - Songwriter, Sound Designer, Film and TV Composer

Francis Preve: The Man in the Synth

#372: The Magic of Musical Collaboration with Boredomfighters

#371: Recording an Entire Album Yourself with Dex Green

#370: How to Survive the AI Music Takeover

#369: Consistency and Authenticity with Mikas of We Make Dance Music

#368: Write Better Music Through Storytelling w/ Jeff Leisawitz

#367: Designing Ableton's Performance Pack and Hunting Creativity with Iftah

#366: Helping Creators Create with Output CEO Gregg Lehrman

#365: Sound Design for Timbaland and Ableton with Sound Oracle

#364: Plug-in Design, Creativity, and Balance with The Him

#363: Finish Every Song You Start with Johan Ransby

#362: Finding Support in Community with Michaela Shiloh and Andre Mullen

#361: Touring and Performing with Music's Largest Acts - Carlos Sosa

#360: Pick Yourself with Philip Roder

#359: Music Theory, Harmonic Series, Beach Boys with Tim Smolens

#358: Sequencers, Humanization, Groove and Feel with Alexkid

#357: Promoting Your Music in 2024 with Alex Akimov

#356: Troubadeck Songwriting Cards with Charlie McCarron

#355: Selling an Album for $100 with Thad Cockrell

#354: Finding the Present Moment Through Music with TJ Dumser - Six Missing

#353: 4 Ways to be More Creative!

#352: Collaborating and Producing with Raul Sotomayor

#351: Make Your Own Rules with Andrew Huang

#350: Stavroz on Creating, Producing, and Performing Their New EP Kick Up the Dust

#349: Mixing Pop Music with Brent Hendrich

#348: Getting Inspired By... with Will Hatton

#347: Battling Through Creative Challenges with Composer Amanda Cawley

#346: Yeuda Ben-Atar aka Side Brain

#345: Exploration Through Songwriting with Chloe Echo

#344: Lanier Sammons - Engineer, Composer, and Educator

#343: Developing Your Craft with Consistency w/ Filip from Flow Prod

#342: Writing Music for Bat-Man's Batwheels Series with Alex Geringas

#341: Snakes of Russia, Sound Design, and Process with Joseph Holiday

#340: Collaboration and Connecting Through Music with Peter Bell

#339: Jörgen Kjellgren on Writing and Recording His New Album Bluebird

#338: Make Better Music Faster Using AI with Bobby Owsinski

#337: Collaboration and Live Performance with Lynden Williams

#336: Why You're Unhappy with Your Music and What To Do About It

#335: Emmy Award Winning Songwriting Duo JP and Kat of Earworm Music

#334: Curiosity and How Can I Make This Fun? with Sarah Belle Reid

#333: Sound Design for Electronic Music with James Patrick

#332: The Deep Dive on Every Artist's Entire Discography with Discograffiti's Dave Gebroe

#331: Dolby Atmos on Top of the World with Ross Lara

#330: 12 Hour Sound Machines with Brandon Reed

#329: Morse Code and the Magic of Music with EmmoLei Sankofa

#328: Why Do We Get Stuck? BIG Music Production Mistake!

#327: Learning How to Do Difficult Things with Ameya

#326: From Studio to Stage with Will Doggett

#325: Going Over the Top with Cobra Kai Composers Zach Robinson and Leo Birenberg

#324: End Procrastination - 3 SIMPLE Steps to WIN the FIGHT!

#323: Navigating the Evolving Music Industry with Zack Zarrillo

#322: What You Need To Do To Finish More Music

#321: Boom Bap Hip Hop Production and Collaboration with Amadeus360

#320: Finding Flow and Work-Life Balance with Paul Laski

#319: It Doesn't Happen to You, It Happens For You with Ariane Paras

#318: Songwriting Secrets with Keppie and Benny of How to Write Songs

#317: Throwing Yourself into the Deep-End with Matthew Patrei

#316: Composing Video Game Soundtracks with Rob Kovacs - 88-Bit

#315: Be an Artist All the Time with Ben Burnes

#314: Storytelling and Creative Productivity with Matthew Dicks

#313: Create Something Awesome with Venus Theory

#312: Collaborating with Humans and Computers with John Matthias and Jay Auborn

#311: Finding Your Way in a Changing Music Industry with Kevin Breuner

#310: Becoming an Artistpreneur with Evan Price

#309: It's All Art with Ebonie Smith

#308: Make Music Every Day with Alex Walker - Human Synthetics

#307: Eat Lunch Alone and More Wisdom from Tommy Zee

#306: Imposter Syndrome

#305 - Composing Darby and the Dead, King of the Hill with Roger Neill

#304: Some Good Evil Vinyl Listening Party

#303: Chiptune Music with Brendan Becker aka Inverse Phase

#302: Jason Donnelly aka DJ Puzzle; Soundtrack Loops Co-Founder

#301: Don't Lose Twice; 3 Book Recommendations; Jamuary 2023

#300 - The 5-Minute Music Producer and 3 Lessons

#299: Composing for Film with Troll Composer Johannes Ringen

#298: Songwriting and Production Retreat with Matt Jones

#297: Tune Shed Podcast Hosts Blake Murray and Marty Gray

#296: Embracing Vintage Workflows with Julian Fulco Perron

#295: Learning Music with Melodics CEO Sam Gribben

#294: Sound Designing Weird Al with Mike Gallagher and Anthony Vanchure

#293: Simplicity Inspires Creativity with Greg Meads of The Low End

#292: 7 Continent Collaboration w/ Single Sonic Seven

#291: Should You Upgrade to Mac OS Ventura?

#290: Collaborating and Live Performance with Bottler

#289: Building Apps and Learning Synthesis with Nick Culbertson

#288: Trusting Your Intuition with Cobaine Ivory

#287: The Thing Preventing You From Making Music

#286: Songwriting, Creative Process, and Ear Health with Doug Hoyer

#285: Telling Your Artist Story with Laura Ferreiro

#284: Producing the Strokes and Crafting a Sound with Gordon Raphael

#283: Is Your Music Too Complicated?

#282: Writing Music for TV, Film, and Games with Sam Wale

#281: Capturing Life in Recordings with Peter Gregson

#280: Keep Creating with Mr Ed Rollo

#279: Building Confidence and Conquering Imposter Syndrome with Ariane Paras

#278: What Do You Really Want with Robert Webster

#277: This is Sound Design for Film with Nathan Ruyle

#276: The Right Gear, Using Your Ears, and Hitting Deadlines with Jack Miele

#275: Creating Worlds and Atmospheres with Robot Koch

#274: Writing Songs with Strangers and Ed Sheeran - Kal Lavelle

#273: Programming Synths and Chewing Gum with Francis Preve

#272: Instant Mastering Chain with Martin Stimming

#271: Algorithmic and Generative Music with Canton Becker

#270: Collaboration vs. Isolation with Jesse Mac Cormack

#269: Immersive Audio with Matt Wallace and Will Kennedy

#268: Finding Your Creative Path with Kevin Khordmaster Allen

#267: Play It Like You Mean It - Emile Pandolfi

#266: Realizing Your Creative Dreams with Jeff Leisawitz

#265: GPU Audio - Next Level Audio Processing

#264: Music's Emotional Power; Sync Music with Jim Hustwit

#263: AudioKit Pro, VHS Synth with Developer Jeff Cooper

#262: Songwriting with Keppie Coutts

#261: Are NFTs the Future? Thomas "Pip" Pipolo

#260: All About Microphones with Jeremy Bongiorno

#259: Overcoming Stage Fright with Elisa Di Napoli

#258: I Am Snow Angel - Live Performance and Her New Album

#257: Roy Perez - drumnote Productions

#256: Gabriel Fortuna - Ableton Certified Trainer

#255: Sean Giovanni - The Record Shop

#254: MemoryBug on Jamuary2022

#253: Tine Schenck - Building Musical Communities

#252: See Your Ideas Through - Jamuary Lesson

#251: Liina "LNA" Turtonen - LNA Does Audio Stuff

#250: Attendance is 100% - #Jamuary2022

#249: The Pleasure Principle

#248: Keppie Coutts - How to Write Songs

#247: Francisco Dean - Honoring History with Music

#246: Bill Small - Getting Out of Our Own Way

#245: Tyler Campbell - Founder of Alder Audio

#244: 3 Ways to Write Music "Bird by Bird"

#243: Serik aka Hyperbits - Navigating the Dark Night of the Soul

#236: Alarke - Musician, Producer, Artist Coach

#235: Frank Demilt - Author of The Blueprint

#234: Calvin West - Music Lyric Videos

#233: Carter Lee - Producer, Composer, Educator

#232: Matt Ramsey -Vocal Teacher

#231: Bitapart - Synthwave Music

#230: 80's Stallone

#229: Ben Burnes - Staying Consistent and Disciplined

#228: Stimming - Creativity and Perfect Imperfection

#227: Django - Hybrid DJing and Producing for Radio

#226: Vianney of BLEASS Plug-ins

#225 Heymun: Musician, Producer, Teenage Engineering Mentor

#224: Alberto Chapa - Music Tech and Improv Comedy

#223 Sterling Styles - Mobile Recording

#222: Bobby Huff - Music Surgery with Dr. Bob

#221: How You Do One Thing is How You Do Everything

#220: Rob Parton - Plugged; Make Music Day

#219: Connor Frost - Live Your Most Musical Life

#218: Your Attention is Being Held Hostage!

#217: Jake Lizzio - Signals Music Studio

#216: You Don't Have Writer's Block

#215: EQ or Compressor First?

#214: You Are Always Training Your Dog

#213: Caspar Bock - Founder of Baby Audio

#212: Adam Rokhsar - Musician, Programmer, Animator

#211: John Bartmann - Host of How I Make Music Podcast

#210: Henny Tha Bizness and Kennard Garrett

#209: Ned Rush 2

#208: Kiana Corley - Singer-Songwriter

#207: Jordan Rudess - Composer, Music Technologist, Dream Theater's Keyboardist

#206: "Yes! And..." Improv Comedy and Music Production

#205: Inspiration is Drinking Water from Your Hands

#204: Turn Your Ideas into Finished Tracks #FinishFebruary

#203: My Most Profound Jamuary Insight

#202: Derek VanScoten - Cloudchord

#201: Ableton Live 11 with Dan Giffin

#200: The Time is Now!

#199: Quantity Leads to Quality

#198: Will Darling - EDMTips

#197: Start the Year Right with #Jamuary2021

#196: Tobias Karlehag

#195: Federico Chiesa - Finding Freedom in Limitations

#194: Todd Reynolds - Violinist, Educator, and Music Technologist.

#193: Writing Effective Emails - Tips from an English Teacher

#192: Karen Emanuel - CEO of Key Production

#191: Miguel Rios - Limitations and Embracing Obstacles

#190: Vasja Veber - Viberate

#189: Rick Seibold -Six Figure Music

#188: Tommy Zee

#187 Tobi Hunke - Ableton Drummer

#186: Niraj Naik - The Renegade Pharmacist

#185: Rivita - Composer Cave Challenge

#184: Colin O'Donohoe - World Maestro

#183: Elina Segall

#182: Matthew Boerum - Founder of Audible Reality

#181: Rob and Jack of Tunelighting Podcast

#180 Paint Yourself Into a Corner

#179: Stephen

#178: Anton Zytnik

#177: What Bob Ross Teaches Us About Music Production

#176: Sean Giovanni

#175: Joseph Holiday - Snakes of Russia

#174: Why Music is Important

#173: Ned Rush

#172: Produce Music Like Jerry Seinfeld

#171: Guided Meditation with Jörgen Kjellgren

#170: Maddy Kong - Sesamii

#169: Tine Schenck - Music Weeklies Challenges

#168: Stephanie Merchak - No Fear of Failing

#167: Hainbach - Exploring and Discovering Sounds

#166: Laura Escudé - Helping Artists Reach Their Potential

#165: Darren Cowley - Isotonik Studios

#164: Animus Invidious - PerforModule, Making Sound Packs, Staying Organized

#163: Matt Sharp - The Rentals New Album "Q36"

#162: Dan Policar - Songwriting, Touring, Gaming

#161: Rob Barbato - Crafting Emotion and Energy

#160: Lido - Finding Your Artistic Vision

#159: Making the Most of Your Time at Home

#158: Tom from ELPHNT - Finishing Music and Crafting a Career in Music

#157: Act The Part

#156: Story - The Key to Finishing Music

#155: Graham Cochrane - The Recording Revolution

#154: Organization and The Most Impactful Book of 2019

#153: Mixing Tips Every Producer Must Know

#152: How Do You Know When a Song is Finished?

#151: What Is Your Listener Doing and 13 Musical Emotions

#150: Finish February - Release Music This Month!

#149: Derek Sivers - Musician, Writer, Founder of CDBaby

#148: The Power of Focus

#147: Do It Even When You Don't Want To

#146: Roger Linn- More Expressive Electronic Music

#145: How Will You Be Remembered?

#143: Commit to Commit

142: John Ivers: BandLab the Social Music Creation Platform

#140: How Gratitude Can Help Us Make Better Music and Live Happier Lives

#139: Jonathan Bailey: Izotope's Chief Technology Officer

#138: Kristoffer Lislegaard 2: New Album and Performing Live

#137: Paul Zgordan - Mubert and Artificially Generated Music

#136: Hazel Savage - CEO and Co-Founder of Musiio

#135: Phil Celeste and David Marston on Collaboration and Releasing with and without a Record Label

#134: Julie Covello - Rise of Controllerism, Community, and Warper Party

#133: William Kage - Composing Within the Limitations of 16-bit Video Games

#132: Don't Upgrade Your Mac to Catalina

#131: Ben Burnes - Wisdom from 200 2-Hour Track Challenges

#130: Drew Vespers - Warp Academy and Hacking Productivity

#129: Jörgen Kjellgren - Swedish Producer on Releasing 9 EPs in the Last Year

#128: Back Up Your Backups!

#127: Emre Yilmaz - The Mind, Meditation, and Music Production

#126: Remute - Producing Music on Sega MegaDrive and Fighting Maximalism

#125: Dani DiCiaccio - KYOSi - Collaboration, Performance, and Expanding Artistic Horizons

#124: David Abravanel - Musician, Journalist, Marketer

#123: Drew Mayhills - A New Release Every Month

#122: Tommy Zee - Making Music For Brands

#121: Sound Design with Field Recordings

#120: Be PROlific

#119: Abid Hussain - Copyright, Sampling, and Overcoming Creative Blocks

#118: They Owe US - Synths, Live Performance, and Perfect Imperfections

#117: 10 Time-Saving Music Production Hacks

#116: Beatchain Founder, Ben Mendoza, Using AI to Build Your Fanbase

#115: URSA - Music Extreaming - Founders Chad Royce and Christopher Jones

#114: Identity Crisis and The End of AfroDJMac

#113: Matty Harris - Mixing and Mastering Engineer

#112: Artist as Observer vs. Creator

#111: 10 Things To Do When You Are Uninspired

#110: David Frangioni - Technologist, Engineer, Producer, Drummer, and Author of Crash!

#109: Mark Cawley - Songwriter and Author of Song Journey

#108: Music Production Problems

#107: GARDNSOUND - Synthesizers, Pets, Ethics, and Making Music

#106: Stay Productive with Lists

#105: Jason Timothy Ward 2 - The Mental Game of Music Production

#104: Produce Like a Chef: Mise-En-Place

#103: Eshan Khadaroo aka Push4Life 2: Challenging Yourself to Keep Growing

#102: Nate Beaudry aka Chef Elf - Making Tracks Every Day for Over a Year

#101: Tom Frampton 2 - Revealing the Truth in Your Mixes

#100: Go Now; Correct Course Later

#99: Mark Mosher - Synthesist, Live Performance, Track Deconstruction

#98: Francis Preve - Sound Design, Synthesis, VanLife

#97: Fighting Off the NAMM Gear Lust

#96: Zaak Kerstetter - Ableton Certified Trainer, Zenotope

#95 : Sahil Lavingia - Gumroad CEO; Less is More

#94: Cuckoo - Live Performance, Synths, Overcoming Challenges

#93: Margaret Harmer - Producer, Percussionist; Voices From Eris

#92: Huston Singletary - Ableton Content Creator; Singularities

#91: Claire Marie Lim: Electronic Digital Instruments and the Future of Music Education

#90: Evan Chandler aka Slynk

#89: Dan Giffin - Live Producers Online

#88: Vince Cimo, Creator of DataLooper, with Vir McCoy

#87: Neil "Nail" Alexander - Improvisation, Live Performance

#86: Lessons From Ableton Loop

#85: Finding Your Sound - A Short Talk at Loop

#84: Budget Your Time Like Money - Reflect and Apply

#83: Jakob Haq - iOS Musician, YouTuber, Creator of haQ attaQ

#82: Let's Get Physical - Reflect and Apply

#81: Diego Stocco - Explorer of Sound

#80: Johan Sundhage - Developer at Klevgrand

#79: Jesper Nordin - Composer and Creator of Gestrument iOS App

#78: Lynden Williams aka Divorce Court - Live Performance, Arrangement, and When Music Hits You

#77: Outliers and the Practicing Mind

#76: Anthony Clint Jr. - Clint Productions and Music Licensing

#75: Mikas - Creator of We Make Dance Music

#74: Tough Lessons from a Live Performance

#73: Ari Herstand - Author of How to Make It in the New Music Business

#72: Madeleine Bloom - Creator of Sonic Bloom for All Things Ableton Live

#71: Peter Nyboer - Sensel Morph and Music Technology

#70: Cristofer Odqvist - Author of Making Sound: Creative Music Production Tips and Philosophies

#69: Alessio Santini - Found of K-Devices, Max for Live and iOS Music Tools

#68: Tim Webb - Creator of Discchord.com for iOS Music Apps

#67: Christopher Postill - Sounds Like an Earful

#66: Matthew Fecher - AudioKit Pro, Synth One, and Open-Source Software

#65: Some Thoughts On Finishing Songs...

#64: You Already Have Everything You Need

#63: Vincent Musolino - Physicist and Author of How Audio Works

#62: Dan Carr - Reverb Machine

#61: Isaac Cotec - Subaqueous, Ableton Certified Trainer

#60: Underbelly - And You Suck At Producing

#59: On the Origin of Inspiration

#58: Inspiration - Hunt! Don't Wait to be Struck by Lightning

#57: Emilio Guarino - Author of Make It: A Guide for Recent Music Graduates

#56: Ethan Hein- Music Professor, NYU Doctoral Fellow, Blogger

#55: John Holt - The Audio Journey

#54: Tom Frampton - Mastering the Mix

#53: Where Will You Be in One Year?

#52: Rozalind MacPhail - Flutist, Electronic Musician, and Educator

#51: Push4life - Eshan Khadaroo - Producer, Session Drummer

#50: 2 Ways to Develop Your Tracks

#49: Laura Escudé: Producer, Performer, Live Show Designer

#48: Let's Start #FinishFebruary2018

#47: Merlyn Silva - Producer, Educator, Ableton Certified Trainer

#46: Ten Days into #Jamuary2018

#45: Get Ready for #Jamuary2018

#44: Dustin Ragland - Young Weather, Educator, Engineer

#43: Josh Spoon - Ableton Certified Trainer, Producer

#42: Sam Gribben - Melodics Founder and CEO

#41: Kristoffer Lislegaard - Electronic Musician and Producer

#40: The Most Important Lesson...

#39: Ableton Live 10 - My Thoughts After a Few Months

#38: Francis Preve - Sound Designer, Journalist, Educator

#37: Roisner - Ancient Instruments

#36: Chris Rucks - Don't Make Beats Like Me

#35: Cooper Anderson - Mixing Engineer, Producer

#34: Mark Towers: Ableton Certified Trainer, Arcade Series Creator

#33: DiViNCi - Producer, Composer, Musical Sensei

#32: Breaking Down My New EP, "Country Punkin"

#31: Craig Swann of LoopLabs.com

#30: The Power of Collaboration - Homework!

#29: Homework- Make Music with Unusual Sound Sources

#28: Erin Barra - Performer and Educator

#27: Thomas Piper - The People's Republic of Sound

#26: Thomas Glendinning - Ableton Certified Trainer, ELPHNT

#25: Andrew Whiteman - Broken Social Scene

#24: Regrets

#23: Bedroom Producers Blog - Tomislav Zlatic, Editor in Chief

#22: Michael Harren - Composer and Performer

#21: Cars and Trains -Tom Filepp

#20: Why I Have a Money Back Guarantee (and You Should Too!)

#19: Jesse Brede Founder of Gravitas Recordings

#18: Eban Crawford aka Senator Jaiz

#17: Nuno Santos Imaginando Founder, Co-Creator of DRC Virtual Analog Synth

#16: pATCHES - Dan and Pierce - Ableton Live Tutorials with Style

#15: It's Not a Competition

#14: Jason Timothy of MusicSoftwareTraining.com

#13: Animus Invidious of PerforModule

#12: Uri Nachmias creator of Sonic Logic

#11: Charlie McCarron, Host of Composer Quest

#10: Chat with Ben Burnes

#9: Share Your Secrets

#8: Focus on What You Can Control

#7: Ditch the Template; Break the Routine

#6: Maximizing Your Music Production Time

#5: Let's Get Time on Your Side

#4: To Go Pro or Not To Go Pro

#3: You Will Never Be A Master

#2: Make Bad Music

#1: Lessons From My Journey