We recently sat down with producer and engineer Michael Vail Blum to talk music making and working with artists. We figured he’d have some quality advice for us considering he’s worked with the greats...
Sometimes you just need a little push to get you going in the right direction. You need to take the talent you’ve been given, cultivate it, and develop the skillset it takes to see...
Recording Connection mentor Josh Monroy is proof-positive that getting in and showing your commitment to the craft, day-in and day-out, can launch your career to unprecedented heights. With more than a decade in the...
As a Grammy-nominated engineer and producer Frenchie Smith (Scorpion Child, The Dandy Warhols, Slayer, Meat Puppets, Paceshifters, Toadies) knows his way around a recording studio. As a longtime Recording Connection mentor at The Bubble...
When you’re working in a creative industry sometimes there’s only so much you can teach yourself. When you’re trying to get to the next level, you want to learn from someone who has already...
[Anthony Montejo with band PPL MVR on location at Vintage King Audio, Los Angeles, CA] When you’re first starting out in any creative business, you’re looking for any way in. You’re looking for any...
For many years the music industry was a job notoriously populated by men. Today, a whole generation of women engineers, producers, and recording artists are changing that paradigm. Names that come to mind are...
Oluyomi Osh is a self-taught afrobeat producer from Nigeria. Before relocating to the United States, Oluyomi had amassed connections with a number of A-list of gospel artists in his home country. After a period...
When you’re in a creative industry it’s essential to have goals for yourself. That way you can drive and push yourself in the right direction, maintain a forward momentum. For Kayla Parker her goals...
Uriel Soto has been musically gifted since all his life. He grew up in a family that was very musically oriented and started playing multiple instruments as a child. Into his late teens, he...
