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In today's selection of emails from our lovely listeners, there messages about someone's top 50 episodes of Chatabix, a joke about a dog, a reminder about House Snoopers, a shy show-off, a lot of arthritis, meeting Bella Emberg, David getting a dog and the long awaited return of Pyramind. FOR ALL THINGS CHATABIX'Y FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE/CONTACT: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chatabixpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatabix1 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chatabix Merch: https://chatabixshop.com/ Contact us: chatabix@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11/21/23 - Dr. Jack Stockwell, NUCCA Chiropractor & GAPS Practitioner, reminds us of the food pyramid and how it's appeared to have changed over the decades, and why some people seem to get COVID once (or not at all), while others keep getting it. Get more from Dr. Jack on the Good Day Health podcast (GoodDayHealthShow.com), and on his websites - ForbiddenDoctor.com and JackStockwell.com.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4342406/advertisement

It's the second part of Joe and David's mega-chat with last week's surprise guest Lee Mack. Picking things up again, the talk turns to game shows, Lee's brilliant 1% Club, Joe and David's Pyramind idea and pitching new shows. Then it's back to sit-coms with learning lines, script read-throughs, viewing figures, the challenges of recording with a live audience and casting David as a policeman in Not Going Out. There's also some reminiscing about the 90's stand-up scene, Lee's early days starting out in comedy, the pleasures of podding and bizarrely, some damaged cushions that Joe and David begrudgingly agree to replace. Part one of this Ep with Lee Mack (ep 306) released 18th Oct 2023 if you want to listen to that first ! Follow Chatabix on Twitter & Instagram: twitter.com/chatabix1 www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/ Patreon for early access to our eps: https://www.patreon.com/chatabix Crunchy fresh tees and hoodies: https://chatabixshop.com/ Contact us: chatabix@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Marieme is a Senegalese-American artist whose music focuses on themes of Self Love, Revolution, and Empowerment.  Being uprooted by war at 6 months old shaped Marieme into a messenger of Love who has learned to manifest her way to success in the music industry through strong networking, perseverance, and trust in Flow. Learn how Marieme's talent for singing and songwriting has created numerous opportunities for her as a performing artist and landed her a coveted deal as a Universal Music Group publishing artist being placed in film and television. The podcast opens with her recent hit song "Built For Greatness" which was recently placed on the Michelle Obama and Oprah Netflix special as well as Apple TV campaigns. The podcast highlights Marieme's willingness and ability to call in serendipity to help guide her through career-defining moments including working with Lady Gaga stylist, Nicola Formmichetti and being invited to perform on the infamous art car, Robot Heart at Burning Man. She thanks Greg for the music production classes she has taken through Pyramind that have empowered her in the studio and in her songwriting collaborations. In 2020 she created a video that went viral in Brazil creating a large fan base for her there. The first single from her first full-length album comes out September 2023 with the single "Changing" which has already been licensed to "Grey's Anatomy". Www.Marieme music.com Socials @mariememusic https://hoo.be/mariememusic Built For Greatness https://open.spotify.com/album/3nR4q9NK8GcHYcXPZmMKRl?si=k1bRoUFGS2an-b_ddncOuw It's Me https://open.spotify.com/track/3CSxXvWjAR5oSNQ37GhoSH?si=480wEaMARIquLpawCedxLw  Watch on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fihrKqiWGd0

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David and Joe try to work out if their gameshow idea called Pyramind works or not. Follow Chatabix on Twitter & Instagram:twitter.com/chatabix1www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/Patreon for early access to our eps: https://www.patreon.com/chatabixCrunchy fresh tees and hoodies: https://chatabixshop.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #33 of the Mentor My Mix Podcast brings us Vital Powers, a performing artist Born to Jamaican parents and from Wolverhampton, England. Pyramind's social media director initially discovered VitalPowers through engaging and well-produced content on his Instagram & Youtube channels. He sparked our curiosity enough to DM him and invite him down to the studios where his charm & talents convinced us to invite him on as a podcast guest to share his path to success by becoming a BBC talk-show host and a content creator and rep for DITTO Music, one of the UK's leading digital distribution platforms. The interview begins with a world premiere preview of his newest track, Too Savage. Topics range from strategies for hosting festivals and using social networks to book & promote tours with similar artists to using his presenting skills to diversify his visibility and earnings as an artist. They analyze and discuss Vital's various vocal styles and then Greg creates a beat on the spot in Ableton Live using the Push 2 for Vital to freestyle too. Vital's influences & styles come from Grime to Rap and Drill to Dancehall. Vital's influences & styles come from Grime to Rap and Drill to Dancehall. He's been a BBC Presenter and is now a DITTO Music Video Content Creator & Mentor. Affiliated with: BBC R1 / 1X / AN / WM / Introducing / Three, MOBO's, Help Musicians, PRS, Multiple Charities + more. Releases like 2016's “POWERS" hit the iTunes Hip Hop top 20 charts Performing on over 200 stages like MADE Festival 2016 + BBC Radio 1's BIG WEEKEND Festival 2016 alongside artists such as: Stormzy, JayKae, Lethal B, Dappy, Stylo G, Big Narstie, Alkaline, Wiley, and J Hus. In 2018 BBC West Midlands gave VITAL Powers his own Radio Show. ‘The Midlands Source' VITAL has over 2 million+ Youtube views collectively including on his personal Channel. 5 music videos featured on Channel AKA & television appearances on #MADEinBrum + BBC 1's Midlands. • SEARCH "VITAL POWERS 力" or @VITAL0 Spotify Playlist: I Came Here For VITAL Tracks Played: ● https://youtu.be/uALU35Y83pk (Too Savage - VITAL Powers) (UNRELEASED) ● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gljz4ZmLEbU (CAMMY RIDDIM - VITAL Powers) ● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbBTrn4Po28 (WAKE UP - VITAL Powers) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode was live-streamed to the PyramindSF.TV Twitch channel. Greg speaks with Smasheltooth, a West Coast Dj, artist, and producer whose new album Smashel of Liberty comes out spring of 2023 on Mal Label Music. Smasheltooth, or “Smash” for short, gives us a look into how her life experiences and musical influences shaped her DJ career and her first full-length album, which includes both unreleased music from nearly a decade ago, and new songs from the past few years including collaborations with Rappin' Forte and other notable artists. Her career has taken her from editing Pornography in LA to being a touring DJ and performer, and now working in Tech in Portland. All the while, Smash has unapologetically brought her love for Hip-Hop, Hyphy, Punk, Dance Hall, and especially Mac Dre to the Bass and Dance music scene. After this episode was recorded, Smash headlined Pyramind live, a VIP live audience & streamed event, playing her first-ever set of all original music, with support from fellow female DJ, Source Zero. Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/smasheltooth IG: www.instagram.com/smasheltooth FB: www.facebook.com/smasheltooth TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@smasheltooth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Greg talks with Phil "Rene" Collis and Lukeino Argilla two members of the Drum 'n Bass group Bachelors of Science, who just released a brand new LP Within This Moment. The trio, including Chris Doe, was originally formed in San Francisco but is currently based mostly in southern California. They open up the conversation by talking about the process of collaborating on this fourteen-track LP and the challenges of working together while in different cities and across different platforms, and how they've spent years working together and coming up with a group process that works. One of the members, Luke Argilla, also works for Dolby as a mix engineer using their ATMOS Spatial Audio system, and Bachelors of Science has been releasing ATMOS mixes of their music since the remixes of their Space Between album from 2015. Luke also has an atmos-capable studio in his home. He talks about the strategies for creating spatial audio mixes of their songs and creating interesting listening experiences that will also translate to different listening environments. Phil weighs in as someone closer to an atmos music consumer and talks about experiencing atmos audio for the first time in studios and nightclubs, and how the focus of the technology has begun to shift from those environments to streaming music at home. Bachelor's of Science, both as a group and individually, have previously worked with Pyramind on a few occasions, Luke's first release was on one of Pyramind's Test Press compilations drawn from the events under the same name that Pyramind produced in the mid to late 2000's. Bachelor's of Science was also previously featured as the opening track on the 2009 LovEvolution Compilation (along with many notable artists including Miguel Migs, Bassnectar, and Lee Coombs) which was released to benefit Pyramind's annual scholarship. Their track, The Ice Dance, became one of their most played tracks but due to metadata mistakes on the Lovevolution compilation, the album was listed as a Bachelor's Of Science release rather than a compilation. The three joke about it now but this was a problem that took some time to finally get resolved with the distributor, InGrooves, highlighting the importance of getting your metadata right the first time! In 2012, They founded CODE Recording, in order to publish their own music, as well as publish other standout Drum 'n Bass artists. The tracks "Stomp" and "Brighter Days" from the latest LP, are also played and Phil and Luke talk about the inspirations for the tracks and their experiences working with the vocalists featured on them. Now that the record is out, the group has a full lineup of concerts everywhere from Denver to Sardinia and are already getting new tracks produced and mixed for their next release. Stream Within This Moment here: https://open.spotify.com/album/45gM8mKFlUM2U1dzj4mUpU Learn more about Bachelors of Science here: Linktr.ee/BachelorsOfScience Watch their Pyramind Live stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdn8aPwvMic Check out CODE Recordings here: http://www.coderecs.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gizma is a Psy Trance artist and a MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) research physician. She is a native Mexican who grew up both there as a young child but is now based in SF. Gizma recieved her M.D. from the University of Michoacan in 2009, and comes from a family of doctors. She talks about coming to San Francisco to attend Pyramind Music & Audio Production Institute because of her passion for music and love for the city. "The Opening" is the first track played, and she credits the instructors at Pyramind that helped her learn the sound design techniques and Apple's Logic Pro that gave her the skills and creative workflow to produce at this level. Greg and Gizma discuss the influences that went into this track, and how her work as a research Physician for MAPS influences the music she makes. Being an indigenous Mexican drew her to her research with MAPS because psychedelic medicine is such a big part of her culture and has inspired the music she makes. They dive into the sound design process of her music, and she talks about many of the plugins and techniques that are staples of producing Psy-Trance music as well as how she likes to sit down and start a track, usually by choosing a vocal or spoken word sample. They then get into talking about the record labels that Gizma has worked with over the years, including Spun Records, and Antu Records where she releases music now. The conversation turns to collaboration with fellow label artist, including the next track they listen to, "Cognitive Liberty" produced in collaboration with Psy Trance artist Ital. Gizma talks about the inspiration for the song, as well as the collaboration process that went into making the track. The Psy-Trance scene in Mexico is discussed, and how it's no longer the underground thing it was back in 2003 when she started going to events there, and why it's now a great thing that it's much more visible and accessible. The conversation then turns to how the psychedelic medicine of her culture and family influences her work and music, and how she applies that knowledge in her medical practice. They close out the episode by listening to the track "Ainu" by Gizma and Amplify, which was inspired by the Aboriginal Ainu people of Japan. Check out Gizma at https://gizma44.wixsite.com/gizmamusic Listen to the songs in this episode at https://www.beatport.com/artist/gizma/767546 Check out Antu Records at http://www.anturecords.com Check out MAPS at https://maps.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Greg talks to Mal Label boss Mal Harper. They open the episode by listening to the song "Evil Aria" by Illexxandra on the latest Mal Label compilation Space Opera. Mal talks about putting the compilation together, and how they brought together a diverse lineup of both up and coming and established artists around a common stylistic theme. Greg and Mal then mention the Pyramind live stream scheduled for later that day featuring some Mal Label Artists, and how they will continue to work together on events and look for talent among all the many talented Pyramind students. They then talk about the origins of Mal Label in the live events and music promotion space. Mal talks about how she met El Diablo and The Genie, and how they put on their first shows, as well as the band Mal was in around 2008. Mal talks about how events like Burning Man inspired her and other event companies in the Bass Music scene to add more visual and art elements to live events. After this Mal talks about how she decided to go back to school to learn Music Business and Marketing, which allowed Mal Label to transform into both an events company and full-fledged record label. Mal credits two events that inspired her, Shambalah and Bass Coast in Canada. Both because of how fun they are and how they work hard to create a safe dance space for their patrons. Mal and Greg then discuss the meaning of safe dance spaces and how important they are for the scene, as well as how much progress has been made to create Safe dance spaces. Circling back to the record label, Mal talks about how Mal Label now has over 250 releases. They talk about how the label has gotten to this point by focusing on putting out material from up-and-coming artists, as well as prioritizing women and POC artists. Mal also talks about how the label has recently moved from putting out releases in rapid succession to focusing more on creating curated compilations in order for each release to get the proper time needed for marketing. She also talks about leveraging their large catalog to a music library that focuses on micro-licensing for internet ads and home-exercise content, and how doing so has created a consistent revenue stream for the label and its artists. Finally, they listen to another couple of tracks from Space Opera, first "The Dragon" by El-Diablo and Nim-1. Greg and Mal talk about the crossover potential between Bass Music and Hip Hop, and how it's been done so successfully over the years. Finally, they close the Podcast with the closing track from Space Opera, "Space Coast Boogie" by Bukkha. Pyramind Live with Mal Label artists, El Diablo and DJ LB: https://youtu.be/5NpLSaNoVxg Mal Label: https://www.mallabelmusic.com Send Demos to demos@mallabelmusic.com Space Opera EP: https://open.spotify.com/album/0C3Iukpu3ksSKuw5MwgPbP?si=h9c9qclyQjKw0tyR7-XvVw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Greg speaks with Pyramind Alumni and recording artist, Sheridan Carter. Sheridan shares insight into his newest track "Toes Done" and how he meets and collaborates with the producers who have helped to craft his sound. They discuss the inspiration behind telling stories as a songwriter with his start singing in church and the influence his mother had on him pursuing his craft. Great tip on using his phone for writing to make sure everything's backed up in the cloud and accessible across all his devices. The loss of his mother and former producer Cosmo who tragically both passed away. How he turned inward for inspiration and dealing with the grief and wrote tracks like "I Miss You Mom" and "Lay Away" about his mother and how she continues to be a theme and source of inspiration. The importance of working on himself to better himself and sending that out as a message in his music. How the number one reason he came to Pyramind was to network and meet and collaborate with new artists and producers. Seeing the long arc of his career and the impact that collaboration has had in advancing his career opportunities including his collaboration with fellow Pyramind student Colin Sentz AKA Shrike on a track that they recorded & produced at Pyramind Studios for NBA 2K Games and how it's also been released as a single and on the Pyramind Records "Game Sound On" music compilation release. The importance of the business negotiations to make it all possible and keep up with the negotiations. The mixture of styles that made the sound pop and how that's such a driving force in the evolution of music. How "listening to more music" is so important to have as many different references and points to draw from. Cross-pollinating audiences to help drive interest to bigger audiences. The need for a "calculated push" and his business collaboration with Pyramind music business instructor Steffen Franz and Independent Distribution Collective to market and promote his releases. Peaking at #17 on the Itunes Hip Hop charts. Getting within the first five albums of the pre-release order charts. The creation of a virtual event in lieu of being able to tour during Covid. Breaking down the track, "I miss You Mom". and revealing his approach to songwriting with melodies & lyrics. They end with a sneak peak at up and coming releases and why smoking weed is an integral piece to activating his voice and feeling more comfortable and less anxious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 431, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn do the thing and Chris reviews Cultivating the Wild and The Old Ways from the Florida Film Festival, plus they also talk about Promising Young Woman, Invincible, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and much more! Support the show and remember to damn the man, save the...

Brian Schmidt & Gregory J. Gordon discuss Pyramind partnering with The Game Audio Network Guild for a full-ride scholarship for Pyramind's Sound for Picture and Games program. Brian goes on to share his deep insight on working on more than 130 titles for most of the major game developers in the industry, being the program manager of the Xbox Audio and Voice Technologies division at Microsoft, patents he has helped develop and strategies for immersive audio. The conversation also covers the genesis of the annual GameSoundCon conference, game audio employment and freelancing, and Brian’s continued work as the acting President of GANG. Opening and closing music featured by Brian Schmidt for Mutant Football League. Click here to learn more about the scholarship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Excerpts from different episodes of the Mentor My Mix Podcast, hosted by Gregory J. Gordon. Brought to you by Pyramind, America's premier Music Production School. http://www.pyramind.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking down the funky Dubstep infused track, Skunked. Evaluating the current trends in modern Dubstep & Riddim. Playing shows in France & Budapest before Covid. Signing with Maximum Boost Agency. Playing the content game and releasing on the "regular". Live streaming shows from the Social Sanctuary in LA. Mentoring with Pyramind. Mixing & Mastering services business and assorted "random audio jobs" and releasing new Antiserum music. Releasing on Subsidia Records with a whole new approach to putting out music. Staying at the forefront of Dubstep with Excision. Putting out lots of huge compilations. Being consistent and working on multiple platforms. Using Twitter to connect with his fans. Producing in the arrange view in Ableton. The nuances and intricacies of sampling. How to use the free app soundflower as a virtual mixer for your computer for inspiration, sampling and accessing lots of content. The pros & cons of self-releasing vs. signing label deals. Producing the ultimate Antiserum album that combines multiple styles into the Antiserum "Sound". What it looks like to have a mentorship session with Antiserum. Learning from failure as much as success. Failure as success training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Releasing on Synesthesia Records, Inspired by a love of baroque music and making bangers with harpsichord melodies and the original OG: J.S. Bach. Scoring an original track for the video game, Sunset Overdrive. Working with Reason and loving the interface, the look of the mixer and racks and the block arrangement views with block arrangement view with entire section color coding to create a great arranging tool. Choosing a DAW for the user experience because all the audio engine's sound so good now. Breaking down the production techniques of each of the stems ( Bass, Drum Bus, Melodic Bus, Blur FX, SFX Bus, Vox Bus) from the Social Kid hit track: Epica. Using the Blur FX (sweeps up and down and heavy impacts) to transition between sounds and sections. OTT for multiband upward and downward compression on the blur FX bus to glue the entire track together. Vocal processing techniques using panning and pitch shifting on each track and OTT and EQ (to cut out the low end) and delay & reverb on the group to create an "Epic" otherworldly sound. The concept and history of K Theory. Meeting Dylan at Pyramind. Partnerships and collaborations. Falling in love with Dubstep early on. Looking for accessible exposure by bringing Dubstep to a "new level" by electrifying it and modernizing it in 2010. Pivoting to a lower tempo experiment with Glitch hop and mid tempo in 2011. Releasing tracks on Simplify, Mal Label and getting great exposure in the underground dance scene. Experimenting with 808's and Trap with vocalist Malcolm Anthony. Cutting edge EDM with Rap vocals and Trap production launching K Theory to a whole new level. Playing lots of festivals like Red Rocks to Coachella, Electric Forest, Lightning In A Bottle, Snow Globe and Lovelution. Producing remixes for lots of artists posted on Trap Nation. Getting nominated for a Grammy for the GDFR remix. Having a great dynamic in the K Theory partnership with dual productivity. Dylan networking & doing shows while Dusting stayed back to produce tracks. Creative differences and getting disillusioned making very poppy music. Wanting to make heavy dance music. Getting kicked out of K Theory despite producing all the music. Experimenting by slowing down progressive house to mid tempo creating the Social Kid sound. Rez blowing up on the Deadmouse label creating a conduit for Mid Tempo and making Transmissions to be released. Releasing Chrystal Satellite on the Blood Moon EP and blowing up Social Kid. Breaking down Transmissions. Taking all the Pyramind classes twice and bringing 20 years of production chops after graduating from Pyramind in 2007 and becoming a mentor on the Pyramind Network! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remixing for political action with Dubfire and The Bishopgame, The Sound Of Change, The Four Track Remix EP, the universal human condition, loneliness, the impact of Covid-19 and the current election cycle, the Affordable Care Act. An homage to nineties melodic rock meets contemporary electronic production. Production techniques creating variations and twists in the remix but honoring the original intention. Creating controllers that influence the music being made designed to give more expressive live performance that balance technology and live real time performance expression. The evolution of The Mojo, The Robocaster, and The MC1. Embracing musical influences from "the younger self". East Coast transplant to the SF Bay. Studying Jazz, orchestration & Theory at Berklee College of Music. Moving to New York to be part of the scene. Coming to The SF Bay Area for a different quality of life and a different creative aesthetic and its legendary art scene. Going to Burning Man and finding a new radically inclusive approach to art. The changing face of San Francisco. Inspiring others to express their own creativity through interactive and innovative packaging like custom circuit boards for album artwork. Achieving "blow up successes" with indie releases. Performing with Ableton but not having the laptop visible on stage. Time management to stay focused. Meditation, Vipassana ten day silent meditation retreats. Daily meditation & yoga practice. Spirit Rock & Dharma talks. Turning off distractions and building a barrier around yourself with no email, phone or messaging in order to create. "Nobody's perfect", being kind to yourself, self care. Taking a giant mushroom to Las Vegas and working with Meow Wolf. A level of unprecedented interactive art. The Octo Masher and Jamboxes. The "Guitar Wing" and working with Livid Instruments and thebishopgame. Planning to start a consultancy firm. Working with Mickey Hart from The Grateful Dead. Finding joy in teaching and mentoring and helping people enable their own creativity. Teaching and mentoring for Pyramind. Continuity through community. Covid-19 creating Big changes in the Bay and the transforming landscape. Music Credits: Four Track Remixed Intro Edit : Alone (Dubvirus Remix) & Shut Me Down (Aquiline Scope Remix) Track One: Alone (Dubvirus Remix) Track two and closing track: ust Like You (thebishopgame Remix) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About: Ivo Ivanov is best known for his vast creative contributions to Glitchmachines, where he is the Founder & CEO. Aside from managing Glitchmachines for the last fifteen years, Ivo has worked as a sound designer and content provider with some of the most notable creative audio companies in the Industry including Ableton, Native Instruments, Tiptop Audio, SoundMorph, Twisted Tools, Inear Display, Audio Damage, Unfiltered Audio, K-Devices, Skywalker Sound, Soundsnap, Sinematic, Big Fish Audio, Wide Blue Sound, Splice Sounds and Plugin Boutique to name just a few. Ivo is also a circuit bending pioneer and accomplished musician. He has custom built circuit bent instruments for artists like Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Trent Reznor, Otto Von Schirach, Richard Devine, DIOYY, Men Without Hats and many others. In 2000, he toured the U.S. as the keyboard player for Reprise Records' Snake River Conspiracy, sharing the stage with acts like Stone Temple Pilots, Filter, Cypress Hill and Static X among others. More recently, Ivo showcased his abstract take on electronic music in the form of a full-length conceptual album release on Detroit Underground Records. In 2006, Ivo became the first-ever recipient of the Game Audio Network Guild scholarship award and went on to earn his Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Audio Engineering from the Expression College for Digital Arts in California. He subsequently spent five years working with the SAE Institute of Technology in San Francisco, where he held several positions including Campus Director and Head of the Audio Technology program. He later worked with Pyramind in San Francisco before ultimately withdrawing from audio education to focus on software development and sound design. Links: http://www.ivanovsound.com https://www.youtube.com/user/IvanovSound https://www.instagram.com/ivanov_sound/ https://glitchmachines.com https://soundcloud.com/glitchmachines

Bridging the gap from '70's love & hate to rave culture. Born in the oil fields of Oildale California and coming to the Bay via Eureka. Coming to SF heart broken when his band broke up. Going to his first rave in Golden Gate Park and waking up to a whole new generation of music. Asking to buy a rave machine and walking out with two turntables, a DJ mixer and vinyl from Frequency 8. Going back north to Humboldt to start throwing parties on the beach. Connecting with El Jefe from the band NOFX and started throwing Planet Trance raves in the club with a smoothie bar. Getting offered a job managing the record store and becoming a sushi chef. Post 9/11 the climate shifted and so did Bruce. Moving to living from DJ'ing to healing the ego and starting to produce. Connecting with Pyramind as part of his evolution. Not having the backing to go to music production school. Teaching himself Reason v.1 and doggedly sticking with it. Having business mentors who were a major influence in his career. Going to London to work with his mentor and getting very real advice. Turning the glamor nob down and not being an aspiring producer and owning the title and the role. The importance of "feeling it" and not just going through the motions. Believing in yourself enough to own it. Making the shift from DJ'ing to producing and then producing for others. Having an awakening moment and deciding to cut the cord from the conventional work week. Focusing on personal happiness. Putting happiness first and finding "the spokes on the wheel" to drive it. Starting the label first to help generate clout. Not being able to afford mastering at that time and "just figuring it out". Then the tracks started charting and others started to inquire who was doing the mastering. Started with minimal techno but also composing for ad agencies to help generate working capital. Hustling to do what was needed going from mastering to mixing to producing and now artists development. Meeting Ryan Robbins originally as a client and then eventually having him intern and then working together to help drive the growth of the label. Making Ryan a partner in Fierce Animal Recordings. Years of cumulative experience and realizing the real value in what he had to offer was more than mixing, mastering and production but real artist development consulting. Getting consistent top 50 charting tracks. Cosmic Boys & Maksim Dark are currently two biggest artists. Not listening to the haters and the importance of staying positive. Getting "the crabs out of the bucket". Gifts from the universe to make you fight harder. What it takes to find your "soul song". The commonalities of the human experience and feeling that burning need to express yourself. Studying non-dual Kabbalah as a healer. Coming to the table without the ego and helping artists heal themselves from their limiting beliefs. Coaxing out their soul song and helping them get through failure and seeing it as nourishment. Holding the bitterness and sweetness together in relationship to fully experience life. Going deep with modular synthesis with Ivo Ivanov. The two roads of electronic Music: "Disposable Dance Tracks" and the need to keep writing vs. creating a memorable album in the vein of Daft Punk or Chemical Brothers. Not giving in to any limiting beliefs or fears. Learning to get happy with Covid and using this as a way to wake up to how we treat each other and needing to find a new way. Producing Headroom SF to help bring the Bay Are together and grow the community. Radical honesty over brutal honesty! Track Credits: "Chasing Rabbits" by Bruce Mac Vaughn and Deontology (Ryan Michael Robbins remixed by Mac Vaughn).

Hello, ya little raviolis! This week, the gang hits the road once again as we make our way over to Pasta Garage here in Lexington. Owner Lesme and Catering/Event Coordinator Drew were kind enough to give us a tour of the facility and talk with us about their pasta company/restaurant/incubator kitchen. It's such an awesome story, y'all are gonna love it! Renee and Sara recap their trip to the grand opening of the new Alfalfa's restaurant, Sara gets excited about watching tennis, and Renee shares some news from around Central Kentucky. We discuss our favorite pasta dishes, as well as your favorites from social media, and Renee hosts her own local version of $10,000 Pyramind. Who wins? You've gotta tune in 'til the end to find out! Thanks again to Lesme and Drew for their hospitality, we had a great time! You can hear this and all our other episodes by subscribing wherever fine podcasts are found. 

Meet Jor van der Poel: Originally from the Netherlands and now living, working and producing in Berlin. Jor has been working with Pyramind as a music production educator and course developer for over three years. Moving from bands to production work and transitioning from being a drummer to guitarist and now full 88 key pianist and keyboard player. Why starting with an instructor is so important and keeping the beginner's mindset. Super Powers and how they are driven by your passion and interests. Using personal challenges to drive the growth of skills that end up becoming your passions. Picking and choosing the Ableton Live features that work best for your needs. How to manage complicated sets, tempo and key changes and still be hands free to perform live. Maintaining a full schedule and the importance of strong time management for working, creating and always learning. Being disciplined but still keeping it fun. Favorite artists and influences. Experimental live streams, Jor's studio setup secrets and different favorite controllers. When and why to use Logic vs. Reason vs. Reaper vs. Ableton. Favorite synth plugins for creative sound design. Parametric composition with Opus Modus. The importance of collaboration even when you're fully self sufficient. Jor's favorite effects and how to personalize your live set with your own custom designed FX & device racks.

Greg Gordon is a the Founder/Director at PYRAMIND.com, as well as a producer, educator, and entrepreneur. Greg has worked with HTC Vive, Microsoft Studios, Insomniac Games, SONY, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Disney, Blizzard, Zynga, Amazon, Samsung, HP, Nvidia, GoPro, LifeBeam, The Battery SF, Brandcast and many more. His music production credits include Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation), Giorgio Moroder, K Theory, Rain Phutureprimitive, The Bronx, Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia (The Grateful Dead) and Rocker T & Joan Baez. In this episode, we discuss: Relationships Great Landlords Glee Club Early Days of Internet Audio Game Soundtracks The Letter I The History of Pyramind Downsizing Online Mentorship Links and Show Notes: Pyramind: https://pyramind.com/ Pyramind Studios: https://studios.pyramind.com/ Pyramind Online: https://online.pyramind.com/ Pyramind Records: www.pyramindrecords.com BAVC: https://bavc.org/ GoFundMe for Damion Gallegos: https://www.gofundme.com/f/damion039s-healing-fund WCA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/working_class_audio Support WCA - Go Ad-Free! https://glow.fm/workingclassaudio/ Connect with Matt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboudreau/ Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP Credits: Guest: Greg Gordon Host: Matt Boudreau  WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell  Announcer: Chuck Smith Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau Additional Music: The License Lab

Nesse ep, conversamos com o produtor/DJ KODE86 sobre sua carreira pessoal e seus estudos na renomada Pyramind em São Francisco. Confere ai e escute o Dj set + o seu primeiro lançamento em exclusividade para o Space 'n CAST!

San Francisco based Matt Donner has been helping producers take their music to the next level for nearly two decades. With a background in film scoring, game audio and studio design, he’s played a huge role in building Pyramind, America’s premier digital music and audio production academy. Partnered with some of the biggest brands in the music and entertainment industry and having taught thousands of students, we thought him a great choice for this sixth episode of Studio Talk. Pyramind Music Production School: pyramind.com Book a mentorship session with Jaytech: jaytechmusic.com/mentorship

Working Class Audio #234 with Eric Kuehnl!!! Eric Kuehnl is a composer, sound designer, and educator. He is the Co-Director of the Music Technology Program at Foothill College, the Director of Partner Programs for Next Point Training, and also teaches at Pyramind in San Francisco.  Previously, Eric was an Audio Training Strategist in the Avid Education Department, and a Senior House Engineer for Sony Computer Entertainment America. He holds a Master's degree from the California Institute of the Arts, a Bachelor's degree from Oberlin Conservatory, and studied composition at the Centre Iannis Xenakis in Paris. About this interview: Eric joins me to talk about college, the death of his father, the Burbank airport, when Masters Degrees come in handy, and 90's Digidesign. Enjoy! -Matt Links and Show Notes: Foothill College Music Technology Program: https://bit.ly/2WXqo36 Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP Matt Donner: https://bit.ly/2IxfTKz Brendan Duffy: https://bit.ly/2VQEIuG Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw Credits:Host: Matt Boudreau Guest: Eric KuehnlWCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell Announcer: Chuck SmithEditing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt BoudreauAdditional Music: The License Lab

This week I sat down with Greg Gordon, the CEO and founder of Pyramind- a music production, video game composing and audio engineering school in San Francisco and online. He's a musician himself under the alias SolSage, and has worked with major names in Rock, Hip Hop, and Electronic Music. @2:00 how Greg got started making music and working in the industry@20:00 how San Francisco has changed since the tech boom 2.0@57:00 dispelling the myth that you don't need education for audio engineering@1:00:00 are large format consoles like Neve, SSL, Trident, etc completely dead? If you'd like an easy way to listen to new episodes and be notified of new episodes, follow us here:VEM iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/y2vr7lvqVEM Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yddjof58VEM Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/y2yfs7o4VEM Stitcher: http://tinyurl.com/yy6cbaubVEM Podbean: https://scottbrio.podbean.com/Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/ScottBrio/ Halcyon, San Francisco: http://www.halcyon-sf.com/main/

The Dan & Kody gang went to go see some live theatre at The El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood where the Troubadour Theatre Company performed The Year Without A Santana Claus. The show runs from the 8th to the 30th of December. TIckets can be purchased here - http://www.elportaltheatre.com/theyearwithoutasantanaclaus.html Dan crowns a champion of the week and drops a brand new true crime on you! Enjoy! We're on Spotify Now! - http://bit.ly/danandkodyspotify Email us - Danandkodypodcast@gmail.com Contribute To our Patreon! Patreon - http://bit.ly/DKPatreon Follow us on social media - @DanKodyPodcast ! Join our Facebook Group - https://bit.ly/DKFacebookGroup Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DanKodyPodcast Dan & Kody Podcast Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/dankodypodcast Dan & Kody Podcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dankodypodcast/ Kody Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/kody_frederick Dan Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/danieljhill More ways to listen! Apple Podcasts - http://apple.co/2pHBg1K Spotify - http://bit.ly/danandkodyspotify Google Podcasts - http://bit.ly/2nfhuYK Stitcher - http://bit.ly/2pNANxL Youtube - http://bit.ly/2o12zXD Our Sponsors! JC Room Blocks - http://www.jcroomblocks.com/ Prop Store - https://propstore.com/

Working Class Audio #161 with Matt Donner!!! Matt Donner holds a Bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Business Analysis (Penn State) and a Masters in Music Technology (NYU). While developing his Producer and Engineering chops in NYC, he went on to perform for various TV studios and John Cale (Velvet Underground) that included 3 feature film scores. After signing his band to an indy record deal, his cross-country tour brought him to SF where the drummer exploded - how typical. Matt quickly found himself as Regional Technical Director for Guitar Center and the Pro Tools Support Lead for the Cutting Edge Audio Group.  There, he served as studio designer, installer and trainer for the likes of Joe Satriani, Metallica, Spearhead, Santana and the SF Jazz Fest as well as many private studios including Wally World (Walter A., N’Sync, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion). In January 2000, he and Greg Gordon began working together exclusively at Pyramind where they began running the hybrid Production/ Training businesses. Matt has served the company as Chief Engineer, Senior Producer/ Composer, Chief Technical Officer, Vice- President and now as CAO and COO. He helped grow the Pyramind Training program from a single 24 hour class to the highly-touted 900 hour 12-month Complete Producer. He has trained thousands of students, mixed/ mastered dozens of records and has published several magazine articles. Matt has also written two texts on Pro Tools (Thomson Press) as well as the Pyramind Training three-book series published (Alfred Publishing). He's best known now for his YouTube series "The Breakdown" on the channel "Pyratube". Matt currently lives in San Francisco and Davis, CA with his wife, two children and three dogs. He has trained in Mixed Martial Arts and Bak Mei Kung Fu for years and on good days, surfs the Pacific Ocean on his Al Merrick 6’ 2” fish. The Pacific usually wins. About this Interview: Matt talks with me about Pyramind and the three prong approach to preparing students for the real world of audio. We also discuss survival, failure, gear lust and work life balance amongst a few other key topics. I've known Matt Donner for 20 years and have great respect for him so it's an honor to have him on. Matt Show notes and links: Pyramind https://www.pyramind.com/ Zaor: http://www.zaor.de/ Zaor Speaker Stands I got: http://www.zaor.de/classic/monitor-stand/ Zaor Desk I got: http://www.zaor.de/classic/onda-mack/ Zaor Rack I got:  http://www.zaor.de/classic/rackspace/ Cutting Edge Audio Group: https://ceag.com/ Time to make the donuts commercial: https://youtu.be/1AA1XDqK8tY Matt Walker "Why We Sleep": https://goo.gl/zZQyEg

Tom Impallomeni is CEO & Co-Founder of Tribe VR. Tribe VR is a San Francisco-based VR development startup concentrating on immersive learning applications for virtual and augmented reality to enable users to learn real-world skills.Prior to Tribe, Tom built up extensive experience with startups such as SuperAwesome, Virtually Live and WAYN.com. Tom is an adviser to a Aflete, FireTech Camp and Pyramind. In his spare time, he's a dad to three girls, a long-suffering Tottenham Hotspur fan and spends most of his days listening to house music playlists on Spotify. If you would like more information on Tom please check out the following links below:Tribe VR - https://www.tribevr.io/Tom's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomimpallomeni/Tom's Twitter - https://twitter.com/tomimpallomeniHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastYouTube - http://bit.ly/2xk3a9UTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/My Website - https://www.markmetry.com/

Tom Impallomeni is CEO & Co-Founder of Tribe VR. Tribe VR is a San Francisco-based VR development startup concentrating on immersive learning applications for virtual and augmented reality to enable users to learn real-world skills.Prior to Tribe, Tom built up extensive experience with startups such as SuperAwesome, Virtually Live and WAYN.com. Tom is an adviser to a Aflete, FireTech Camp and Pyramind. In his spare time, he's a dad to three girls, a long-suffering Tottenham Hotspur fan and spends most of his days listening to house music playlists on Spotify. If you would like more information on Tom please check out the following links below:Tribe VR - https://www.tribevr.io/Tom's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomimpallomeni/Tom's Twitter - https://twitter.com/tomimpallomeniHumans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastYouTube - http://bit.ly/2xk3a9UTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/My Website - https://www.markmetry.com/

Fritz shares the two latest viral videos of hauntings – one in a school and one in a pub – and discusses a new poll that illuminates American’s beliefs in the paranormal, Angela talks about the Netflix series Mindhunter and the fascination of serial killers in pop culture, Mandaddy speaks on (R-FL) Bettina Rodriguez’s claim of being abducted by aliens at the age of 7, her claim Florida’s beloved Coral Castle might be an Egyptian structure, and he reviews the movie The Babysitter

Penny ran into her Christian, her best friend from middle school, at the fair and they both decided to go out for a nice lunch date where they could take a trip down memory lane..... however when one of Penny's friends interrupted the date the convo took a whole NEW DIRECTION!!!

Penny ran into her Christian, her best friend from middle school, at the fair and they both decided to go out for a nice lunch date where they could take a trip down memory lane..... however when one of Penny's friends interrupted the date the convo took a whole NEW DIRECTION!!!

This week we are featuring a special event hosted by Pyramind studios based in San Francisco who hosted a panel on VR Sound Design. This panel was moderated by Greg Gordon, CEO and Creative Director of Pyramind and included Sharosh Khuwaja from Subpac, Kevin Bolen from Skywalker Sound, David Grunzweig from Dysonics and Brennan Anderson from Pyramind. You can find out more about Pyramind's music production school and creative studio services at www.pyramind.com This podcast is brought to you in part by RØDE Microphones – providing premium audio products at an accessible price, enabling people around the world to achieve their creative goals. With mics for studio, video-recording and podcasting; you’re bound to find the mic you need. To find out more visit www.rode.com

  Working Class Audio Session #091 with Camden Stoddard!!! Camden Stoddard got his start in sound shortly after moving to the Bay Area by interning with B. Z. Lewis at Studio 132 followed by studying at Pyramind in San Francisco. After graduating from Pyramind, Camden participated in some independent movies and commercials before  joining Double Fine Productions in 2009. […] The post WCA #091 with Camden Stoddard appeared first on Working Class Audio.