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Marc Urselli

Marc Urselli

It’s an honor to have 3-time Grammy Award winning engineer, producer, mixer, sound designer and front of house engineer Marc Urselli on the show this week!

I caught up with Marc at this years AES convention at the Javit’s Center and we had an incredible chat about his life, work ethic, and of course, his insatiable appetite for all things music-related.

Kim Watson

Kim Watson

Kim Watson is a freelance sound engineer who’s been focused as a systems tech, monitor engineer, and Front of House engineer since she was in high school. She’s moved quickly up the ranks, earning the respect of her peers.

As the house engineer for Newcastle’s O2 Academy, she works with an incredible selection of artists. Her client list includes The Subways, Blondie, Tom Jones, Shane Filan, UB40, and Emilio Sande.

Bruce Reiter

Bruce Reiter

For the last eight years Bruce Reiter has been mixing Front of House for the hard-hitting band, Five Finger Death Punch. With a deep knowledge base of both the analog side and the digital side, Bruce has honed his skills and reputation with such artists as Megadeath, Social Distortion, Static-X, Fear Factory, Limp Bizkit, Rancid, and Powerman 5000.

Bruce Danz

Bruce Danz

It’s an honor to be celebrating my 105th episode this week with our guest, Monitor Engineer Bruce Danz.

For the last 25 years Bruce has mixed monitors for some of Rock’s hardest hitting artists including Anthrax, Testament, Alice Cooper, Death Angel, and Buckcherry. He endured a sixteen-year run with Marilyn Manson while simultaneously mixing for Avenge Sevenfold, a gig that has lasted almost eighteen years.

Sarah Huyck

Sarah Huyck

Grace Under Pressure.

I think that is the best summation of Sarah Huyck’s character that I can come up with after spending time with her during our interview.

Nathan Lively

Nathan Lively

This week’s guest is used to wearing many hats. Not only is he a longtime Sound Designer and working engineer, but Nathan Lively is also the host and mastermind behind the incredibly successful podcast and audio training resource.

Amanda Davis

Amanda Davis

How does a Memphis Gospel singer find her way to Chicago to become an Opera singer, only decide the spotlight isn’t for her, and ultimately forge a career as the successful FOH Engineer for Janelle Monáe?

It’s these questions and more that I explore with the amazing and talented Amanda Davis
Frustrated by the constraints of her classical training, and realizing the spotlight wasn’t where she was most comfortable, Amanda found a path into the world of live audio production where she has made a name for herself as one of the most solid Engineers on the road today.

Lorne Wheaton

Lorne Wheaton

To start us off on the right foot our first guest is Drum Tech and Stage Manager Lorne Wheaton. Not only does this award-wining tech have the respect of his peers, he’s also been in the industry long enough to have worked with some of the most revered drummers of our time.