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"Artists should be in control of their destiny." Renowned mastering engineer Alan Douches discussed his extensive experience at West Westside Music, offering insights into the significance of immersive audio formats like Atmos and their creative potential for artists. He addressed challenges in archiving both analog and digital formats, the transformative potential of blockchain technology, and how Web3 can help indie musicians monetize their work. Additionally, he explored the role of NFTs, AI, and the importance of community in supporting artists' journeys. Get access to FREE mixing mini-course: https://MixMasterBundle.com My guest today is Alan Douches, a mastering engineer, CEO, and founder of West West Side Music with over 15,000 mastering credits. Alan has worked with a stunning roster of artists, including Sufjan Stevens, Converge, Mastodon, Chelsea Wolfe, Lucy Dacus, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, The Dillinger Escape Plan, LCD Soundsystem, and many more. He's been instrumental in defining the sound of independent music, always championing DIY artists, and is now leading the way in bringing ATMOS production and mastering to indie music. Alan is also exploring the cutting edge of blockchain technology with his Web3 startup. This is Alan's second appearance on the podcast—he was previously on episode RSR092. Thanks to Jesse Cannon for our original introduction! THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! http://UltimateMixingMasterclass.com https://usa.sae.edu/ https://www.izotope.com Use code ROCK10 to get 10% off! https://www.native-instruments.com Use code ROCK10 to get 10% off! https://www.adam-audio.com/ https://stealthchair.com/ Use code ROCK10 to get 10% off! https://www.makebelievestudio.com/mbsi Get your MBSI plugin here! https://RecordingStudioRockstars.com/Academy  https://www.thetoyboxstudio.com/ Listen to the podcast theme song “Skadoosh!” https://solo.to/lijshawmusic Listen to this guest's discography on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1gTFsTwGaGIAhiCLTpDuoB?si=359193d09d634d9b If you love the podcast, then please leave a review: https://RSRockstars.com/Review CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE SHOW NOTES AT: https://RSRockstars.com/503

Stress Dolls frontwoman Chelsea O' Donnell makes her return to PCH to talk the bands debut full length Queen of No, returning to radio, old Buffalo record stores and much more!STRESS DOLLShttps://stressdollsmusic.comhttps://linktr.ee/stressdollshttps://stressdolls.bandcamp.com/musicPCHInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhourTwitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhourFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourYoutube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify Episode Playlists - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_MgDonate to help show costs -https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/pchanthonyhttps://cash.app/$anthmerchpowerchordhour@gmail.comCheck out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 8 to 11 est/Tuesday Midnight to 3 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY. Stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA app.Special Thanks to my buddy Jay Vics for the behind the scenes help on this episode!https://www.meettheexpertspodcast.comhttps://www.jvimobile.com

On this episode of SEISMIC SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND, Matt chats with guitarist/vocalist Jon Cosky and bassist/vocalist Jude Sisk from Houston stoner-sludge trio STONE NOMADS. The guys discuss the recent remastering of the band's debut LP "...at the Gates of Solitude" and the contributions provided by TROUBLE/EXHORDER vocalist Kyle Thomas, Grammy award winning engineer Alan Douches and MONOLORD drummer Esben WIllems, their decades long musical relationship going back to their teenage years, challenges they face with touring in the modern day music business and much more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cmspn/message

Emission présentée par Seb. Le groupe de heavy metal français MALEMORT a sorti son nouvel album Château-Chimères le 9 septembre dernier chez Les Editions Hurlantes. Nous avons eu un super moment d'échange et de partage avec Xavier et vous saurez plein de choses sur cet excellent groupe lors de cette interview. L'album a été mixé au Swan Sound Studio et masterisé par Alan Douches. En deuxième partie d'émission, comme d'habitude l'actualité metal avec les dernières fraicheurs avec au programme : ALTER BRIDGE, BUKOWSKI, DROWNING POOL, KINGS OF MERCIA, FRACTAL UNIVERSE, LAMB OF GOD, LOST SOCIETY, MONSTER TRUCK, MOON TOOTH, QUEENSRYCHE, SKID ROW, SLIPKNOT, THE DEAD DAISIES et THE NEW ROSES.

Jesse Rhys Cannon on the Virtual Sessions presented by The DJ Sessions 6/22/22   About Jesse Rhys Cannon -   I somehow got my first work being paid in the music business when I was 15. Since then I've managed to work in nearly every facet of the music business. If a stranger happens to know who I am, they usually know me from being lucky enough to have worked on records in various capacities with bands like The Cure, Animal Collective, The Misfits, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Brand New, Limp Bizkit, Man Overboard, Somos, Basement, Kevin Devine, Weird Al Yankovic, NOFX and The Menzingers.    I'm also known for writing the book Get More Fans: The DIY Guide To The New Music Business, which has gone on to be one of the most popular books on the music business as well as the best selling book on creativity in music Processing Creativity: The Tools, Practices And Habits Used To Make Music You're Happy With. I also host two podcasts, Off The Record and Noise Creators and write articles on the music business for various sites like Alternative Press and Party Smasher Inc. along with a handful of others.   But that doesn't explain how I got to do all of that and that's what I'm supposed to explain here. When I was 15 I started to get paid for doing live sound at concerts and spoken word events. Two years later, a hilarious and fun guy by the name of Stork liked my mixes and invited me to engineer live performances at the world-renowned freeform radio station WFMU. There I was lucky enough to work for 9 years recording acts like The Magnetic Fields, Spoon, The Sea and The Cake, Olivia Tremor Control and a couple hundred others. Because of this I started doing live sound at local clubs The Pipeline and Connections. In time, I started booking shows for the company that booked those clubs and the legendary Coney Island High in NYC. Somewhere in this time I got my first credit on a record singing back up vocals on a song with Joey & Dee Dee Ramone, which I still question if I've ever topped.    Those jobs gave me enough courage to put on my own concerts, and be crazy enough to think I knew what I was doing enough to start recording local bands. But all of this would happen at night, so I needed a day job. I then started working at my local punk record store (Let It Rock), which then qualified me to work at Soapbox Records on St. Marks Place in NYC. This was great since it also housed esteemed indie label Go-Kart Records where I ran the record store and did publicity. While I love marketing, PR is way too social for me and I preferred talking to creative people instead of cranky zine editors. I was also writing for the esteemed zines of the day like Tape Op, Punk Planet and Maximum RockNRoll. So I decided to stop doing live sound and working at record labels in order to focus on record production. My boss at Go Kart was kind enough to give me a recommendation to Alan Douches at West West Side Music, who happens to be the engineer with the most credits in all of music history.   At West West Side I got to learn how to engineer and master from the best in the business. Not only did I get to work under Alan's amazing talent, the best producers in the business were coming by every day (J. Robbins, John Agnello, Brian McTernan) as well as the coolest bands around seemed to walk in the door every day (Fatboy Slim, Fall Out Boy, LCD Soundsystem, Brand New). In that time, I met Steve Evetts (one of my favorite producers growing up) and got to work with him on great records by The Dillinger Escape Plan, Senses Fail, Saves The Day and Say Anything. He then brought me to work with Ross Robinson (my other favorite producer growing up) and I got to work with The Cure & Limp Bizkit among others under him.   While all that was happening, two other significant parts of the story happened. I harnessed my own production skills and they became so in demand I started my own studio Cannon Found Soundation, which I still run to this day working with hundreds of bands a year. In that time these two interests collided and I decided to start a blog on the things other blogs weren't writing about in music and wanted to show all the secrets being hidden since that's the most punk thing you can do and punk is the closest thing I have to a religion.   This blog became Musformation, a blog I continued through 2015, when I decided to diversify my writing across sites with bigger audiences. The blog's music business articles seemed to be very popular and really resonated, so I decided to go with it. I started helping and then managing the two most promising bands I was producing — Man Overboard and Transit, so I could experiment with the ideas I was writing about. These ideas turned out to be right and both signed with one of the biggest indies in the world (Rise Records) and built massive fan bases under my watch.   That was fun and all, but managing and producing records full-time do not mix. So those bands went their way and I kept producing records. A lot of bands asked me to manage them, but I like sleep and hate stress so I decided against that option. I instead put out my book Get More Fans, so every band could learn everything I did working with them and researching the new music business. Because of that book I got a reputation for knowing music tech, which led me to getting approached to do the podcast, Off The Record and form Noise Creators, a service I co-founded that helps connect musicians with the best producers in music today. I now host Atlantic Records Inside The Album where I make audio documentaries on the creative processes of some of the best artists in music like Dashboard Confessional, nothing.nowhere, Jason Mraz and Vance Joy.    In 2017 I released Processing Creativity to much praise, I am presently working on a bunch of conversations I want to have on how we change the way people create music to reflect when creative science says enhances creativity. I am trying to change the way records are made and always looking for bands who are interested in doing something new and interesting. I am presently producing, mixing and mastering records 7 days a week and developing a documentary.   In 2019 I relaunched Musformation as a YouTube channel to start distributing the knowledge I've acquired to a new audience. As well I relaunched MusforMGMT where I am handling marketing and label services to established artists.   In 2020 I took on production duties for the hit podcast The Daily Beast's The New Abnormal as well as their other fantastic podcasts Fever Dreams & The Last Laugh. In 2021 I opened Podstream Studios a live streaming & podcast studio in the heart of Times Square as well as Brooklyn Recording Paradise Brooklyn's most enjoyable recording environment.   About The DJ Sessions - “The DJ Sessions” is a Twitch/Mixcloud "Featured Partner” live streaming/podcast series featuring electronic music DJ's/Producers via live mixes/interviews and streamed/distributed to a global audience. TheDJSessions.com The series constantly places in the “Top Ten” on Twitch Music and the “Top Five” in the “Electronic Music", “DJ", "Dance Music" categories. TDJS is rated in the Top 0.11% of live streaming shows on Twitch out of millions of live streamers. It has also been recognized by Apple twice as a "New and Noteworthy” podcast and featured three times in the Apple Music Store video podcast section. UStream and Livestream have also listed the series as a "Featured" stream on their platforms since its inception.  The series is also streamed live to multiple other platforms and hosted on several podcast sites. It has a combined live streaming/podcast audience is over 125,000 viewers per week. With over 2,300 episodes produced over the last 12 years "The DJ Sessions" has featured international artists such as: BT, Youngr, Sevenn, Miri Ben-Ari, Plastik Funk, Arty, Party Shirt, Superstar DJ Keoki, Robert Babicz, Jens Lissat, Martin Eyerer, Alex Bau, Elohim, Hausman, Ayokay, Leandro Da Silva, Jerry Davila, Shlomi Aber, The Space Brothers, Dave Winnel, Cuebrick, Protoculture, Chris Drifter, Artento Divini, Jarod Glawe, Camo & Crooked, ANG, Amon Tobin, Voicians, Bingo Players, Coke Beats, Mimosa, Yves LaRock, Ray Okpara, Lindsey Stirling, Mako, Still Life, Saint Kidyaki, Distinct, Sarah Main, Piem, Tocadisco, Nakadia, Sebastian Bronk, Toronto is Broken, Teddy Cream, Mizeyesis, Simon Patterson, Morgan Page, Jes, Cut Chemist, The Him, Judge Jules, Patricia Baloge, DubFX, Thievery Corporation, SNBRN, Bjorn Akesson, Alchimyst, Sander Van Dorn, Rudosa, Hollaphonic, DJs From Mars, GAWP, Somna, David Morales, Roxanne, JB & Scooba, Kissy Sell Out, Khag3, Massimo Vivona, Moullinex, Futuristic Polar Bears, ManyFew, Joe Stone, Reboot, Truncate, Scotty Boy, Doctor Nieman, DJ Ruby, Jody Wisternoff, Thousand Fingers, Benny Bennasi, Dance Loud, Christopher Lawrence, Oliver Twizt, Ricardo Torres, Alex Harrington, 4 Strings, Sunshine Jones, Elite Force, Revolvr, Kenneth Thomas, Paul Oakenfold, George Acosta, Reid Speed, TyDi, Donald Glaude, Jimbo, Ricardo Torres, Hotel Garuda, Bryn Liedl, Rodg, Kems, Mr. Sam, Steve Aoki, Funtcase, Dirtyloud, Marco Bailey, Dirtmonkey, The Crystal Method, Beltek, Dyro, Andy Caldwell, Darin Epsilon, Kyau & Albert, Kutski, Vaski, Moguai, Blackliquid, Sunny Lax, Matt Darey, and many more. In addition to featuring international artists TDJS focuses on local talent based on the US West Coast. Hundreds of local DJ's have been featured on the show along with top industry professionals. We have recently launched v3.1 our website that now features our current live streams/past episodes in a much more user-friendly mobile/social environment. In addition to the new site, there is a mobile app (Apple/Android) and VR Nightclubs (Oculus). About The DJ Sessions Event Services - TDJSES is a WA State Non-profit charitable organization that's main purpose is to provide music, art, fashion, dance, and entertainment to local and regional communities via events and video production programming distributed via live and archival viewing. For all press inquiries regarding “The DJ Sessions”, or to schedule an interview with Darran Bruce, please contact us at info@thedjsessions.

Hello world, meet Kitner from Massachusetts, a great band that survived multiple band member romantic relationships, a five year break-up, and a pandemic only to return with one hell of a record, Shake The Spins. James and Conor from Kitner say the reason for their resilience is band chemistry, a healthy Replacements obsession and proper timing. Listen while Conor tries repeatedly and delicately to avoid the uncomfortable topic of his previous inter-band romantic relationship and Jeff just does not relent! Just kidding, it was all in good fun. Great gentlemen and a great conversation. Plus, a great amount of admiration for Alan Douches. Enjoy!The Berman Hour podcast is sponsored by NooWave Flow-State-Coffee.NooWave.Co/Berman & get 10% off your order!#Podcast #TheBermanHour #Kitner #Massachusetts #Music #Interview #Band #JeffBerman #Coffee Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thebermanhour. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the third episode of the Plague Rages Podcast, heavy metal writers Wolf Rambatz and Stephen David Stevenson-Davison talk to Stephen Schwegler and Doug Moore of Seputus and go deep on their new album, Phantom Indigo.2:18: Stephen and Doug talk about the genesis of Man Does Not Give, Seputus's 2016 debut released on PRC Music, They also provide some background on Seputus's writing process.11:08: Stephen and Doug break down “The Will to Live.” The four also talk about the misery of staying up all night. Finally, Stephen and Doug remember when Alan Douches told them, “You didn't achieve that.”26:09: Stephen and Doug break down “The Learned Response.” They also gush over Verellen Amplifiers.38:31: Stephen and Doug break down “Tautology.” They also talk about recursion and when to sing and when not to sing. They then propose a heavy metal theory about cats and dogs sorting. Finally, they talk about Dylan DiLella's guest solo.55:46: Stephen and Doug break down “The Forgetting Curve.”64:03: Stephen and Doug break down “Deuteragonist.”68:39: Stephen and Doug break down “Phantom Indigo.” Doug talks about his vocal recording process. He then pisses off Bono.Phantom Indigo is out now on Willowtip Records. It was produced, recorded, and engineered by Stephen Schwegler with additional drum recording and engineering by Joe Smiley at Red Planet Recordings and vocal tracking and editing by Doug Moore. The album was mastered by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves. The art is by Alex Eckman Lawn. Photography by Caroline Harrison.Seputus is:Stephen Schwegler: drums, guitars, songwritingDoug Moore: vocals, lyricsErik Malave: bassPhantom Indigo includes guest solos from Evan Void (“The Will to Live”), Dan Gargiulo (“The Learned Response”), Dylan DiLella (“Tautology”), and Pete Lloyd (“Phantom Indigo”).Music in this episode:Seputus - “Phantom Indigo”Seputus - “The Will to Live”Seputus - “The Learned Response”Seputus - “Tautology”Seputus - “The Forgetting Curve”Seputus - “Deuteragonist”Seputus - “Phantom Indigo”Seputus - “The Learned Response”Other media:Watson Text to Speech“Futuristic Computer Sound Effects All Sounds”Our theme song was written and recorded by patrickstateman. Check out Patrick on Fiverr. Our logo and branding is by Mike Teal. You can check out Mike's work at storylightmarketing.com and miketealdesign.com.If you'd like to drop us a line, you can email us at plagueragespod @ gmail. You can subscribe to the VaccZine, our newsletter, at plaguerages.substack.com. Like what we're doing? Drop us a donation on Ko-fi. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit plaguerages.substack.com

Over the past two decades, Jesse Cannon has worked in nearly every aspect of the music business. Most notably, recording bands like Animal Collective, The Misfits, The Menzingers, Man Overboard, Basement, Transit, Thank You Scientist, Somos, Leftover Crack as well as mastering records for acts like Brand New, NOFX, Bad Books, Real Friends and over a thousand more. He received his pedigree under producers like Ross Robinson and Steve Evetts with groups like The Cure, Limp Bizkit, Dillinger Escape Plan, Saves The Day, Senses Fail and A Static Lullaby, and spent years working under esteemed mastering engineer Alan Douches at West West Side Music. He is also known for writing the top rated music business book on Amazon, Get More Fans: The DIY Guide To The New Music Business, which details how bands effectively promote their music. This year he published, Processing Creativity: The Tools, Practices And Habits Used To Make Music You’re Happy With, which has already received immense praise for its innovative take on how musicians can make more emotionally powerful music. Find more about Jesse and his work at www.jessecannon.com or find him on social media @jessecannon. You can connect with Laura at www.laurapowers.net, on Facebook @thatlaurapowers, on twitter @thatlaurapowers, and on instagram at laurapowers44.

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE METADATA MASTERING SHEET Learn how to prepare and deliver mixes for mastering from Grammy-winning engineer, Alan Douches. Alan Douches is a Grammy-award winning music mastering engineer who has been in the professional audio engineering business for 30 years. He has worked on over 12,000 albums with various artists in almost every musical genre. He owns and operates a state-of-the-art mastering studio and 24-track analog/digital recording & mixing facility, West West Side Music. Leave a Review  Get the full show notes at: http://RSRockstars.com/92 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at: MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com

In this episode Alan Douches talks about many of the deeper thoughts that go into mastering and mixing and what many artists miss than the bigger acts understand. Go To NoiseCreators To Get To Know The Producers Behind Your Favorite Records: NoiseCreators.com Hosted by Jesse Cannon: jessecannon.com Show Notes: http://bit.ly/1m8hoBG Subscribe on iTunes: http://apple.co/1Yluk3v and review us there! Overcast.FM http://bit.ly/1I9OPhE and recommend us there! Noise Creators on Twitter: @noisecreators Jesse Cannon on Twitter: @jessecannon

Jesse Cannon is a musician, engineer, producer, and multiple author. His new book, which you can now find on Amazon & Kindle, is called Processing Creativity: The Tools, Practices And Habits Used To Make Music You’re Happy With. Over the past two decades, Jesse has worked in nearly every aspect of the music business. Most notably, recording bands like Animal Collective, The Misfits, The Menzingers, Man Overboard, Basement, Transit, Thank You Scientist, Somos, Leftover Crack as well as mastering records for acts like Brand New, NOFX, Bad Books, Real Friends and over a thousand more. He received his pedigree under producers like Ross Robinson and Steve Evetts with groups like The Cure, Limp Bizkit, Dillinger Escape Plan, Saves The Day, Senses Fail and A Static Lullaby, and spent years working under esteemed mastering engineer Alan Douches at West West Side Music. He is also known for writing the top rated music business book on Amazon, Get More Fans: The DIY Guide To The New Music Business, which details how bands effectively promote their music; the book is now in it’s fourth edition. This year he published, Processing Creativity: The Tools, Practices And Habits Used To Make Music You're Happy With, which has already received immense praise for its innovative take on how musicians can make more emotionally powerful music. Get the full show notes at http://RSRockstars.com/86 -Also- Free mix training with Lij at MixMasterBundle.com Get yourself a Rockstar T-shirt at: RSRockstars.com/Tshirt Download the theme music at: SkadooshMusic.com

Alan Douches is one of the most recognizable names in mastering when it comes to any genre of heavy music. With over 6000 mastering credits to his name with artists ranging from Mastodon to Whitechapel to Bowling For Soup Alan Douches has become one of the most in demand engineers in the world. We spoke at length about so many ... Read More The post EP10 | Interview w Alan Douches appeared first on Unstoppable Recording Machine.

This week I have a long talk with Alan Douches the mastering engineer who has probably worked on over half your record collection. To name a few of the records he's worked on is to mention less than he does in a single week, but we'll do it anyway - Converge, Brand New, Mastodon, Saves The Day, Sufjan Stevens, Every Time I Die, etc. etc. Go To NoiseCreators To Get To Know The Producers Behind Your Favorite Records: NoiseCreators.com Show Notes: http://bit.ly/1m8hoBG Subscribe on iTunes: http://apple.co/1Yluk3v and review us there! Overcast.FM http://bit.ly/1I9OPhE and recommend us there! Noise Creators on Twitter: @noisecreators Jesse Cannon on Twitter: @jessecannon

This week I talk to mastering engineer Alan Douches. One of the most credited engineers in the history of music. Alan has probably mastered most of your favorite records, but if you are unsure just look on the back of your favorite records from Brand New, Sufjan Stevens, LCD Soundsystem, Converge, Every Time I die, Dillinger Escape Plan, etc. etc. Show Notes: http://offtherecord.fm/tagged/episodes Subscribe on iTunes: http://bit.ly/OTRfmiTunes Off The Record on Twitter: http://twitter.com/offtherecordfm Jesse Cannon on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jessecannon

Alan Douches is one of the most recognizable names in mastering when it comes to any genre of heavy music. With over 6000 mastering credits to his name with artists ranging from Mastodon to Whitechapel to Bowling For Soup Alan Douches has become one of the most in demand engineers in the world. We spoke at length about so many things that it's hard to summarize. Alan shared great advice for up and comers as well as lots of great mastering tips. “What are you pretending not to know?” - Alan Douches Topics: - Steps to take when mastering for vinyl - What mastering for Itunes entails - Analog mastering tips - The science of listening - Using dynamics to control your EQ Links: Alan Douche's Mastering Studio Pendulum Compressor