Musician Technician Entrepreneur

Today I sat down with a few of my college students in the Digital Audio Recording Arts program at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL to discuss Ai and music.  They share their feelings, thoughts, concerns, and encouraging insights on the future of music with AI.  We also explore new AI technologies and give demonstrations.  AI in this podcast are: ChatGPT - https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt Big Speak – https://bigspeak.ai/ - Generate speech from text with AI Soundraw.io – https://soundraw.io/  Royalty free music, AI generated for you Synthesizer V Studio  by Dreamtonics – Ai Singers – Life-like and responsive vocals at your fingertips - https://dreamtonics.com/synthesizerv/ AIVA – https://www.aiva.ai/  - AI composing emotional soundtrack music Profile Pic Maker https://pfpmaker.com/ Create an awesome profile picture for free Silk - http://weavesilk.com/ Interactive generative art Dall-e2 - Podcast Artwork  https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2 - create realistic images and art from a description in natural language Thank you to the guests: Liam Bachmann, Bryan Ennis, and Hannah Berdahl for their contributions. Host: Alby Odum http://www.darausf.com Also available on youtube @darausf with visuals

Welcome to the MTE Podcast. Today we have Bob Habersat creator of Shedthemusic.com   Bob is leading the pack in teaching online music technology with his fully developed curriculum and advanced approach to remote learning.  If you’re a music educator Bob has a lot to offer you, from camera setup, fully developed curriculum to online software resources that will change your world as a music educator. Topics: Camera setup, Shed The Music Curriculum, Soundtrap, Bandlab, Music Theory, TFUM, Teaching Music Technology and Music Online. Links:  www.shedthemusic.com www.soundtrap.com Transforming Music Study From Its Foundation https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.16.22.1/manifesto.pdf  Sponsor: Digital Audio Recording Arts www.darausf.com 

Larry Millas is an original and current member of the iconic American rock band, The Ides Of March. Larry has owned and operated multiple high end recording studios throughout the Chicago area such as Tanglewood, River North Recorders, Track Attack, and is currently working full time at Jim Peterik’s studio. Larry is an outstanding audio engineer and producer who has worked with many major artists such as David Bowie, Dennis DeYoung of Styx, and of course Jim Peterik from The Ides of March and Survivor. It was a real honor to sit with Larry in the studio and hear his wisdom and amazing musical journey. Links: https://theidesofmarch.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-millas-82384411/ https://www.discogs.com/artist/576770-Larry-Millas Sponsor: http://darausf.com/  https://www.stfrancis.edu/

Interview and music spotlight with Matt Morgan, guitarist, and songwriter for the band Chout.  Emerging out of the Chicago rock scene Chout is quickly gaining attention with their debut record “Dogwater.”  Generating impressive numbers on Spotify and Youtube as well as gaining momentum from touring. Chout recorded their debut record in the DARA studio at the Digital Audio Recording Arts at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL USA where Matt Morgan is an alumnus.   www.darausf.com https://www.facebook.com/chouttheband/  

Today we have Digital Audio Recording Arts alumnus Gabe Jaskowiak.  He has climbed the audio engineer ladder starting at the bottom as an intern and now currently a full-time audio engineer at the Chicago Recording Company. CRC is the largest recording company in the Midwest boasting twelve studios and the largest independent studio in the country. Gabe shares crucial real-life honest advice on what it takes to succeed as an intern at a competitive recording studio.   https://www.chicagorecording.com/gabe-jaskowiak http://www.darausf.com http://darausf.com/musician-technician-entrepreneur-podcast/ 0:59     About Chicago Recording Company 2:25     CRC Internship 3:46     Internship mistakes 4:39     Listen and observe 5:32     Get along and do it well 6:57     Need more than Pro Tools skills 8:03     Intern applications 8:42     Intern etiquette 11:36   Pay attention to the assistants 13:46   Job security and freelance 14:51   Stress levels 16:04   Basic intern jobs 17:34   Pre-knowledge for an intern 17:55   Intern exams 18:34   Signal Flow 19:38   Interns fired 20:29   Schedule of an Audio Engineer 22:09   Ear fatigue 22:22   Screw ups 23:30   Serving the Artist 24:37   Be One Step Ahead 26:14   Don’t wait for people to ask 27:57   Who You Know 30:32   Session setup 32:52   How to start as an intern 34:10   Outboard Gear and consoles 35:02   Patchbays 36:03   Templates and Post audio 37:53   Working Long Distance in Post 39:51   Signal Flow 40:36   DARA Graduate           41:34   Studio Setups for Music Sessions 45:32   Know your DAWs 46:09   Who Makes the Beats 46:40   No Fan boy 47:51   Method to pushing hard 48:39   Internship Structure at CRC 50:57   Reputation 51:30   Commute or Move 52:23   Live Sound 53:24   Freelance at CRC 53:50   Typical Post Audio schedule 54:55   Networking 55:32   Longevity of Large format studios 57:48   How to work steadily as an audio engineer 58:47   Plugins 59:59   Home setup 60:59   Outboard gear 61:40   Signal flow 63:34   Microphones 64:26   Internship no-no’s 66:02   Final Advice    

The Musician Technician Entrepreneur podcast is brought to you by the Digital Audio Recording Arts at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL USA: www.darausf.com Jeff Komar is an 18 year veteran of the Avid product specialist team focusing on professional audio products. He is a musician, engineer, and technician who enjoys helping creative people navigate the flux of technology. He has played a key role in many high-level demonstrations for Avid at industry events in the US and around the world. Jeff has been instrumental in helping major facilities to optimize their workflow by integrating solutions from Avid.   Podcast Notes: 01:09  What Jeff Komar does for a living 02:57 NAMM Show 04:25  Dolby Atmos 05:30  Early Life 08:27  Glyph and hard drives 10:18  Early Technology interests 12:00  College days 14:39  Jobs before Avid 16:34  Hired by Pro Tools 17:16  Producer/Engineer 18:23  Early adopter of digital recording 19:50  PC and MAC 21:44  Working for Digidesign 22:07  Explosion of the home studio 22:47  Plugins 25:45  Make an independent film 27:56  Photography 29:33  Drumming 30:39  Advancing with Avid – Control Surfaces 35:39  Future of technology 37:29  Defining what a product specialist does 42:14  Problem solving 44:24  Being Creative 47:45  Advice                                     Sponsored by the Digital Audio Recording Arts program at the University of St. Francis, IL www.darausf.com Earn your Bachelor’s degree in audio recording with an emphasis in Recording Artist, Audio Engineer, Music Entrepreneur or User Generated Content.  Study in a state-of-the-art audio lab and recording studio with small class sizes and instructors who care about your success.

The Musician Technician Entrepreneur podcast is brought to you by the Digital Audio Recording Arts at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL USA: www.darausf.com Today we met with Antonio Sage at the Ableton Loop Summit in Los Angeles, CA. Antonio is an Ableton Certified Trainer, Composer for Warner/Chappell, and owner of Audioutlaw, which designs outstanding plugins for Ableton users. Antonio speaks about his musical journey, the formula for successful library music, Ableton certification and his newest plugin from Audioutlaw, “Boots N Kats.” Links: Facebook Group – Ableton Setups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1589560624659257/ Deee-lite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deee-Lite Warner/Chappell Production Music: https://search.warnerchappellpm.com/main//?searchtext=antonio%20sage&0 DJ Bad Boy Bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Boy_Bill Ableton Certification: https://www.ableton.com/en/education/certification-program/ Audioutlaw: https://audioutlaw.com/ Boots N Kats Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lpdW5UQRF8 Camel City Sound: http://camelcitysound.com/ Podcast Notes: 0:50 Loop Summit 1:34 Ableton Certified FB Group 1:52 Facebook Group – Ableton Setups 5:00 Antonio’s Musical Journey 7:07 Dominican Republic 8:10 School 9:50 NYC Punk Scene - CBGB 11:39 Early Recording 13:40 The Band: Deee-Lite 15:25 Wives 17:04 Living in L.A. – Guitar Center 19:18 Westlake Audio 21:23 Ableton 1.0 27:14 Composing for Warner/Chappel 32:33 The formula for composing library music 41:49 Ableton Certification 43:45 DJ Bad Boy Bill 46:01 Audioutlaw 53:15 Boots N Kats 67:00 Camel City Sound 69:27 Contact Info 70:20 Composition: “Bad Ass Mr.T"

Today on our podcast we have Ableton Brand Manager, Ableton Certified Trainer, sound designer and percussionist, Thomas Faulds. In addition to making music with his current group “Strong Sender”, Thomas is the host of the Chicago Ableton User Group, holds electronic music workshops at several colleges, and is an independent music tech consultant giving one-on-one tutorials to various artists on Ableton Live. In this podcast we discuss new Live 10 features, how to become Ableton certified, the Ableton University Tour, the Loop Conference, and Thomas’ personal musical journey. Thomas Faulds is an Ableton expert that you want to know! Links: Ableton Ableton User Group Chicago Ableton Loop Summit Digital Audio Recording Arts University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL Podcast Notes: 1:39 Live 10 Features 2:53 Capture Feature 5:11 Thomas Musical Path 8:47 Discovering Ableton 12:02 Influences 13:17 Teaching Ableton 16:44 Working as an Ableton Brand Manager 18:00 Working at Sam Ash 18:42 Chicago 20:26 Ableton User Group 21:13 Ableton Certified Trainer 24:06 Eurorack Modulars 26:23 Max for Live 31:13 How to become Ableton Certified 38:47 Ableton or Native Instruments 40:32 Push Controller 42:59 DARA OS Push Ensemble 44:53 Ableton or Pro Tools 47:03 Loop Summit 52:36 Ableton University Tour 53:17 Jnthn Stein 55:07 Thomas music with “Strong Sender”

  We'd like to thank our guest hosts Gabe Jaskowiak, Jake Taheny, and Don Stinson who graciously introduced us to today's guest, Jermaine Stegall. After receiving a graduate certificate from USC’s Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program in 2004, Jermaine Stegall began working closely with composer Marco Beltrami on films such as I, Robot, Flight of the Phoenix, and Scream 4.  This ultimately led to many opportunities to work as an orchestrator and conductor of original and additional music for film and television for such studios as Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Dimension Films, Fox Digital Studio, NBC Universal Television, VH-1, and CW Television. Jermaine participated in the 2016 Sundance Composer labs held at Skywalker Ranch.  During the labs, Jermaine worked closely with composers Harry Gregson-Williams, Christophe Beck, and the Skywalker Sound Design team.  Jermaine Stegall has scored over 20 feature films, some of which have been released theatrically in the U.S., Mexico, and Colombia.  A few of Jermaine's film scoring credits include the theatrical release of Jamesy Boy directed by Trevor White on (Phase 4 Films), and Badge of Honor on (Anchor Bay Films) directed by Agustin.  Jermaine scored for the 2016 teen comedy "Mono" for (Fox Digital Studio) which was released on Netflix. His music can also be heard in episodes of “Best Friends Whenever,” “Liv and Maddie” which both air on Disney Channel, and season 2 of “Supergirl” on the CW network.   The musical piece at the end of the podcast is called "Main Title" composed by Jermaine Stegall.  To hear more check out his website. Helpful Links: https://www.jermainestegall.com/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1820736/ http://jermainestegall.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/jermainestegall https://www.youtube.com/jermainestegall1 https://www.instagram.com/jermainestegall/ https://soundcloud.com/jermainestegall

Bob Kase is a Grammy nominated trumpet player who has performed with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sonny and Cher, Tony Bennett and toured the world as a soloist and with the Gothenburg Brass Band. He’s recorded on over 200 recordings and has released 4 solo albums on Altenburgh Records. A passionate educator who has served as professor and chair of the department of music at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Dean of Arts and Science at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois, and Dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. Additionally, Bob has authored many books on various music subjects and is a talented composer. In this podcast Bob speaks of his life's journey and wrestles with the question “What is Jazz?” Altenburgh Records - http://www.altenburgh.com/bob-kase.html Gothenburg Brass Band - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcgCf3nDaCY University of Wisconsin Stevens Point- https://www.uwsp.edu/Pages/default.aspx University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL - https://www.stfrancis.edu/ University of Minnesota in Duluth - https://news.d.umn.edu/news- center/news/sfa-new-dean Musician Technician Entrepreneur Podcast - http://darausf.com/musician- technician-entrepreneur-podcast/ Table of Contents: 00:00 - Introduction 01:33 – Early Days 07:22 – College 11:52 – After College Touring 14:04 – Academia Career 15:20 – Entrepreneur Mindset 19:07 – Studied With 20:18 – Composer Arranger 22:21 – Teaching Students 24:19 – Negotiating Gigs 27:20 – Touring 27:56 – Gothenburg Brass Band 32:33 – Fun Tour Story 35:53 – Trumpet Styles 37:08 – NY Cadence Music Magazine Quote 38:21 – What Is Jazz? 58:15 – History Of Jazz 69:13 – Digital Audio Recording Arts 71:43 – Song: Dr. Doo Good by Bob Kase from Bob Kase’s grammy nominated album “As We Gather“ on Altenburgh Records.

Today our guest is Frank Pappalardo. He is an accomplished audio engineer in both the studio and live sound from Chicago, IL. He’s worked with the Who’s Who list of world class artist. 50,000 career hours engineering, 300 album credits, 6,000 minutes engineering music television, and 60 live music DVDs. Best known for his 14 year tenure at Sound Stage on PBS. He also worked closely with Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys on his solo record, Imagination. Recorded and mixed the last Beach Boys 50th anniversary record and many many more. Come along with us as Frank talks about his work flow, techniques, gear talk, and the keys to being a successful audio engineer. Frank Pappalardo Website: http://frankpappalardo.com/ PBS Sound Stage: http://www.pbs.org/show/soundstage/ Brian Wilson “Imagination”: http://www.brianwilson.com/imagination/  The Beach Boys: https://www.thebeachboys.com/  Jeff Dunham: http://www.jeffdunham.com/  Sponsors: Musician Technician Entrepreneur Podcast: http://darausf.com/musician- technician-entrepreneur- podcast/ Digital Audio Recording Arts: http://www.darausf.com University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL USA: http://www.stfrancis.edu GpsSongs: http://www.GpsSongs.com

MTE Podcast 005 - David Klotz, Four time Emmy winning Music Editor for “Stranger Things” “Game Of Thrones” and “American Horror Story” shares about his musical journey, his workflow, and the challenges and joy of being a music editor.     The Musician Technician Entrepreneur Podcast would like to thank Anthony Musiala of Minty Fresh Records and instructor for the Digital Audio Recording Arts for inviting David to speak to the students.   Links to David’s musical endeavors: • IMDB for list of film/tv projects: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460106/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 • Dream System 8: https://dreamsystem8.com/ • Fonda: http://mintyfresh.com/fonda   Sponsors: • Musician Technician Entrepreneur Podcast: http://darausf.com/musician-technician-entrepreneur-podcast/ • Digital Audio Recording Arts: http://www.darausf.com • The University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL USA: http://www.stfrancis.edu • Minty Fresh Records: http://mintyfresh.com/  

Joe Filisko reveals his love for American roots folk and blues music.  He explains the mechanics of the harmonica in an in-depth description of reed design, adjusting, setting and tuning the diatonic harmonica and how this manifested in the Hohner Thunderbird Harmonica that Joe contributed his expertise to. Joe is also an accomplished artist who travels the world with his Blues roots duo partner, Eric Noden, whom he’s recorded four studio records with at Joyride Studio with genius audio engineer Blaze Barton. Joe discusses their approach to studio recording, gear, microphones, amps, and techniques. Joe is also a dedicated educator who has taught for decades at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, IL USA along with teaching workshops around the world.  He also provides deeply researched harmonica lessons and teaching resources found on his website.   Filisko Harmonica Instruction: http://www.filiskostore.com/ Schedule and appearances, all things Filisko:  http://www.filisko.com/   Joe Filisko & Eric Noden:  https://www.rootsduo.com/ Old Town School of Folk Music:  https://www.oldtownschool.org/ Filisko harmonica instruction  Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/FiliskoStoreHarmonicaInstruction/   JoyRide Recording Studio - Blaise Barton:  http://www.joyride-studio.com/ To find more interviews like this: http://darausf.com/musician-technician-entrepreneur-podcast/ The Musician Technician Entrepreneur Podcast is sponsored by the Digital Audio Recording Arts at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL USA.  Teaching students how to succeed in the music business by being a Musician Technician Entrepreneur while earning their Bachelors degree.  http://www.darausf.com

Jim Richards and Junior discuss building a successful live sound company from the ground up, mixing techniques, corporate gig etiquette, audio computer repair, and their journey to music industry success.  http://www.rmeav.com/ The Musician Technician Entrepreneur podcast interviews successful music industry professionals to explore the paths and habits of “making it” in the 21st century. Brought to you by the Digital Audio Recording Arts at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL USA. http://www.darausf.com Additional links: Digital Audio Recording Arts: http://www.darausf.com University of St. Francis: http://www.stfrancis.edu

Larry Ortega is a gigging drummer who has toured the world, studio musician, drum instructor, MIDI software endorsed artist, composer and MIDI programmer extraordinaire from Chicago, IL USA. Larry shares his personal story of success and his approach and techniques on thinking like a drummer while programming MIDI. Larry Ortega Video Clinic - "Keys To Making Drum Programming Believable" - Digital Audio Recording Arts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtV3QqXb0V8 Larry Ortega Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/larry.ortega.5 The Musician Technician Entrepreneur podcast interviews successful music industry professionals to explore the paths and habits of “making it” in the 21st century. Brought to you by the Digital Audio Recording Arts at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL USA. http://www.darausf.com Additional links: Digital Audio Recording Arts: http://www.darausf.com University of St. Francis: http://www.stfrancis.edu

The Musician Technician Entrepreneur podcast interviews successful music industry professionals to explore the paths and habits of “making it” in the 21st century music industry. Brought to you by the Digital Audio Recording Arts at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL USA.  http://www.darausf.com In this first episode the MTE Podcast hosts, Jeff Jaskowiak and Alby Odum, introduce themselves and share personal stories and philosophies on being a successful musician in the 21st century and how they’ll continue to explore these ideas through interviewing successful guests that are musicians, technicians, and entrepreneurs. Links mentioned in the interview: • Digital Audio Recording Arts: http://www.darausf.com • University of St. Francis: http://www.stfrancis.edu • MTE Podcast website: http://darausf.com/musician-technician-entrepreneur-podcast/ • Jeff’s guitar ensemble: https://www.youtube.com/user/jeffjask • Alby’s band, Daniel’s Window: http://www.danielswindow.com • Alby’s publishing company, GpsSongs: http://www.GpsSongs.com • Greenbush Brewery: https://www.greenbushbrewing.com