What if the best music you ever make is still ahead of you? Paul Robb has been making music for decades. He played in bands, wrote songs, stepped away from serious recording for years, came back to it later, learned an entirely new modern production workflow and is now releasing music he’s genuinely proud of. Want to make your own recordings sound professional and finally turn your songs into finished records? → https://go.theselfrecordingband.com/coaching Paul is also one of the longes...

What happens when you compare the record you’re making now to the one you made a few years ago... and your first reaction is: “What the fuck? We sent this to our mixing engineer?” That’s exactly what happened to Stefan Thoms and fourcitycolony. And honestly, that’s a pretty good sign. It means they got better. A lot better. Want to make incredible-sounding records yourself, without having to figure everything out alone? → https://theselfrecordingband.com In this in-person episode at ou...

What makes a record feel alive, not just polished? Producer Garreth Tackney shares how he keeps modern productions sounding real, human and exciting. Want to make your own recordings sound professional without losing what makes your music yours? → https://theselfrecordingband.com -- What makes a record feel alive? Like real people are actually in a room making music. While still getting the quality, size and impact we'd expect from a modern production? That’s something producer, engineer and ...

🚀 Want our personal help with your next recording project? If you want to learn to listen in a completely different way, and get the production skills to finish songs consistently... 👉 Book a free first coaching session with us: theselfrecordingband.com We’ll listen to your music, look at your current situation, create a custom plan for you and figure out if you're a good fit for our coaching inside The Self-Recording Syndicate. If you are, we can help you make records you're truly prou...

🚀 Want our personal help with your studio or your next music project? If you want to explore the full potential of your creations, learn to listen in a completely different way, and get the production skills to finish songs consistently... 👉 Book a free first coaching session with us: theselfrecordingband.com We’ll listen to your music, look at your current situation, create a custom plan for you and figure out if you're a good fit for our coaching inside The Self-Recording Syndicate. I...

🚀 Want our personal help with your studio or your next music project? If you want to finally finish songs and make them sound so good that you can't wait to share them with the world... 👉 Book a free first coaching session with us: theselfrecordingband.com We’ll listen to your music, look at your current situation, create a custom plan for you and figure out if you're a good fit for our coaching inside The Self-Recording Syndicate. If you are, we can help you make records you're truly p...

🚀 Want our personal help with your studio or your next music project? If you want to produce your songs in a way that gets the emotion across and makes your vision for the music come out of the speakers... 👉 Book a free first coaching session with us: theselfrecordingband.com We’ll listen to your music, look at your current situation, create a custom plan for you and figure out if you're a good fit for our coaching inside The Self-Recording Syndicate. If you are, we can help you make re...

What do artists actually need from a modern music producer? Not just someone who can hit record, choose microphones, or make a mix sound polished. A great producer helps turn a rough idea into a finished record. And a huge part of that work happens before the final recording even starts. In this episode, we talk with Spanish producer, guitarist, songwriter, and engineer Pablo Lopez Figueroa about what modern production really looks like. Pablo works with artists across the entire process: son...

Can your music sound professional without becoming generic, boring, or overproduced? That tension is the main theme of this conversation with Domi Schreiber, the Swiss artist behind MyKungFu. Domi has a very specific artistic taste. He likes warm, organic, slightly imperfect productions with unusual textures, sparse arrangements, and a strong emotional identity. But for a long time, sounding different from other artists made him wonder whether his music simply wasn’t good enough. In thi...

What separates a good drummer from a great one? Most people would probably think it's timing, technique, or playing everything perfectly. But the biggest difference is: Great drummers make intentional choices. They understand how dynamics, tuning, feel, sound, and even small imperfections can change the emotion of a song. In this episode, we talk to professional session and touring drummer Michi Dreilich about what great drummers do differently and how musicians can create drum parts th...