"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
A continuation of the discussion about the "nutritional" value of music, contrasting BROCKHAMPTON with Trio Mandili
Art that acknowledges your feelings but enables self indulgence vs art that elevates and connects to something bigger - what can we make of the contrast between these two?
How does music make us feel "seen"
Does the music acknowledge a listeners state of mind or drive it?
Younger people are growing up in a modern statelessness. Their sense of the U.S. is abstract and disembodied. Living in Pockets in the Cloud?
If one grows up without the connection to heritage, time or place will the strong & distinct flavors of other places have value? Are we witnessing a fundamental change in what connection means?
Balaji Srinivasan influences Ruairi's thinking on the distributed future
Spider - the purpose of audio engineers is to capture the human connection
"Should I boost the top end or cut it?" - without a sense of the artists' intent how can we make technical decisions?
#35 - Long On Substance, Short On Status
lundi 19 avril 2021 • Durée 02:14:26
Some of what was discussed in this episode:
Shownotes to follow
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"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
#34 - Nobody Wants to Listen to Your Fear
lundi 12 avril 2021 • Durée 02:31:28
Some of what was discussed in this episode:
Are the Conversations crew really "Some of the best Engineers in the world"?
What can modern artists do to leverage whatever it is that makes trio Mandili special?
Other people in the room, the power of collaboration
Music as a means to express the ineffable, to take over where the spoken and written word runs out - "I hope you have had the experience where a song has cracked you open"
#33 - Find Your Four
lundi 5 avril 2021 • Durée 01:39:15
Some of what was discussed in this episode:
The team explore the meaning and implications of Michael’s impending roadtrip
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http://www.convos.at
Produced and Mixed by Dylan Seals
http://www.hdaudiopost.com
"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
#32 - Honestly, I'm Still on the Fence About Harmonicas
"Deep listening" - Are younger people doing this? Are the records even made with it in mind?
“Don’t solo things independently, solo things as groups” - assessing the interplay between sections and groups in a mix
When you play music in a band, it is very akin to a conversation. The ear is moving from part to part. It is a conversation, and many people are good conversationalists. But when you ask someone to make the whole track, it is like being a playwright or author. It is a different muscle - those who are good conversationalists. may no be good authors or orchestrators
Pino Palladino & Blake Mills album
Michael’s book on process and the challenge to "Make it more me"
Context to the Book - Ruairi’s challenge to write a book for people who really need it, not fans of the topic
Recap of Jon and Michael's IG Live on 03.17.21 - Chaos to order, order to excellence
When is breaking your process useful?
A discussion on Ruairi's evolving relationship with his work
Where does perfectionism end?
A riff on potential - Potential is a mirage in the distance. You are carrying the burden of potential
David White - dishonesty stems from fear of loss
Jon gets a "turn it down" note from an A&R
"Treat your Verbs!" - Jon’s take on EQ'ing reverb and delay returns
Learning protools like a video game
Michael on work and play - the value of keeping your hobby as a hobby
"We are all shouting" - The lack of dynamic range in the use of language on Instagram & the arms race of hyperbole
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#30 - I Haven't Figured That Part Out Yet
lundi 15 mars 2021 • Durée 02:18:02
Some of what was discussed in this episode
30th episode milestone
The state of the audio engineering in 2021
"A tidal wave of bullshit"
Tony Maserati "Don’t Do this - why do you want to be a mixer?"
Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak Silk Sonic Mix
The total number of audio engineers grows, and the number of great engineers shrinks in proportion
What does sense making look like? What is healthy skepticism?
The proving ground of live performance
An asynchronous and noisy world
Billie Eilish & Finneas - the rarity of truly unique artists allowed and claiming the time and space to develop
What is connection in the age of artists we know everything about? Where is the mystery?
Incentives in the music space
The value of stopping for a period of time
Comparing the space music occupied in our lives when we were young to now
Is it possible to enjoy food as much when you are full all the time?
"The terrain of music is much larger than the terrain of language"
Societal overwhelm, how do we better manage the flow of information coming toward us?
Jon's health, diet and information regime
The value of aloneness
What does "best self" mean?
When people are not at their best it gives friends the opportunity to feel meaningfully useful? "Let me love you man!"
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Produced and Mixed by Dylan Seals
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#29 High Stakes, Good Faith, Sense Making
lundi 8 mars 2021 • Durée 02:32:58
Some of what we discussed in this episode:
- Recapping our conversation with Ethan Gruska in episode #28
- How do we create the conditions for natural & productive conversation?
- Recapping Jon’s “Colors” riff on Live with Matt Rad
- How does culture impact our understanding of color?
- Jon’s music school
- Class One “Speaking Like An Artist”
- “Promote trait openness in the engineer, Artist relationship orientation 101"
- Artists will invent new language to avoid capture - "We need just enough shared language that we can get work done, but we still want the artist to be free”
- The Bauhaus of Audio
- Conversations Winter Retreat recap / why we went to the desert?
- Day one - the parts / day two - the whole
- Commitment to the project and team
- Creating a machine to make us better and the world better
- The nebulous nature of newly codified ideas - gaseous vs solid
- High stakes good faith sense making for the community
- A discussion on what high stakes means to the team
- The responsibility to share the knowledge of the craft / Mentorship
- Hands on experience, knowledge and techniques passed down / the risk of losing the craft
- Finding and pushing our personal and collective limits
- Diagraming our social connections in the music community
"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
Is modern record making often words on a page with no intent - effective nonsense?
The timeliness of a recording and how it fits into a cultural landscape
Michael captures the themes and recaps the conversation so far
A working list of the attributes of timeless work
Generational
Communal
Natural/Rooted/grounded
Personal
Unprotected
Unafraid
Transcends the listener
Brave
Evidence
High stakes
Unencumbered
Meaningful
Rich with emotion
Connected performers
Honesty
Historical
A discussion of the evergreen lessons in Shakespeare
How Capitalism and modern markets are incentivized to decouple us from history
What are we really optimizing for in the record making process?
The early days of The Gift Shop and the importance of a technology free zone of piano & guitar to explore songs
Songs, mixes and masters as "Closed Systems" where everything affects everything
“Nobody wants to listen to your fear” - Spider
Referencing other artists work - how and when?
Active & dangerous elements in a song, mix, master - un-inhibiting the music
Timelessness - the power and the pitfalls of this word in the studio
"Music is a conversation between the past and the present, the artist and the listener" - Ruairi
Joshua Redman and gutural saxophone, the endless variation of nature
A conservative movement in music?
How do we demand nutritious music?
A discussion of context - why we focus on the pretty flower and not the pot, the soil, the water...
Michael’s listening challenge - Actively decoding the meaning of words as group to empower progress
"How do we discern innovation from decay?" - Spider
What does it mean if modern singers don’t smile?
How often are you truly humbled by art? Regardless of the medium
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http://www.convos.at
Produced and Mixed by Dylan Seals
http://www.hdaudiopost.com
"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
Silver Apples - inventing techno music with WWII oscillators and guitar amps
A discussion of how art relates to it's context - "Frank Gehry - Is the work iconic and self referential or in conversation with its surroundings"
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam - how imperfect presentation of a collection was perfect
Looking back at records we loved
Irish poet Pat Ingoldsby - juxtaposing pathos and humor
Priming oneself for art
1969 Silver Apples Pan Am Story
A conveyor belt analogy for art and artfulness - A discussion about the unusual
Chaotic people
A recap of where we are at with the Podcast - how do we even describe what it is and what it does for us?
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http://www.convos.at
Produced and Mixed by Dylan Seals
http://www.hdaudiopost.com
"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
http://www.convos.at
Produced and Mixed by Dylan Seals
http://www.hdaudiopost.com
"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
"Conversations Theme" Performed by Hazelrigg Brothers Composed by “Spider” Ron Entwistle, Geoff Hazelrigg, George Hazelrigg Piano: George Hazelrigg Bass: Geoff Hazelrigg Drums: John O’Reilly Jr. Mixed by Jon Castelli
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