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Associate Publisher of Online Mark Shemet

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - September 08, 2020 21:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
For the final episode of season one, we'll hear from EH Media's Associate Publisher of Online for ProSoundWeb, Mark Shemet. He’s a drummer, geologist and salesman with an abundance of great stories. We sat down together at Church Sound University's inaugural training even in Reston, Virginia to...

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Rabun County High School Band Director Matt Leff

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - April 17, 2020 15:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
This episode features Matthew Leff. He’s the Director of Bands at Rabun County High School in Tiger, GA. Matt’s in demand as a clinician and adjudicator at marching and concert band events across the state and an active membership of the Georgia Music Educators’ Association.  We sat down togeth...

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Managing Director of Synthax Mathias von Heydekampf

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - April 09, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today we're with Mathias von Heydekampf. He’s the Managing Director of Synthax, distributing professional audio brands including RME, Ferrofish and myMix. Mathias is an audio industry veteran with time at Bose, Harman, Telex and Bosch. He's the product and a proponent of the apprenticeship conc...

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Music Mixer Bob Clearmountain

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - March 23, 2020 17:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
This episode features Bob Clearmountain. He’s been mixing albums in the studio since 1972, beginning with Duke Ellington and continuing on with the likes of David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams and many more. We sat down together at Apogee’s booth on the show floor at...

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Performance and Recording Artist Queen Esther

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - March 22, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
My guest for this episode is Queen Esther, she’s a vocalist, songwriter, librettist, playwright, actor and recording artist based in Harlem. We sat down together in Atlanta to discuss the life experiences of someone truly living the dream. She travels and performs internationally, sharing her s...

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Touring Monitor Engineer Kerrie Keyes and the Soundgirls

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - March 04, 2020 19:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
This episode features Karrie Keyes, the executive director of SoundGirls, a non-profit organization that supports the professional sound industry with a mission of "empowering the next generation of women in audio." She’s also been the monitor engineer for Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder for over 25 ...

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Audio Consultant & Educator Merlijn Van Veen

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - January 04, 2020 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
 In this episode we’re speaking with Merlijn Van Veen. He’s an audio consultant and educator currently serving as the Senior Technical Support and Education Specialist for Meyer Sound. Merlijn’s passion for sound system technology has led him to develop his own educational materials including...

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"Blemishes" - Garrison Matlock with Paizley Matlock

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - December 24, 2019 23:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
This is an original song written and performed by my son Garrison Matlock with accompanying vocals by my daughter Paizley Matlock. We're testing out some applications for recording with the Zoom H6 beyond podcasting this week. This was captured with the XY microphone head and onboard preamps. It...

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Recording Studio Designer & Architect John Storyk

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - December 10, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
This episode features John Storyk, he’s an architect and acoustician, as well as a founding partner of Walters Storyk Design Group.  John’s been providing design and construction supervision services for the professional audio and video recording community since his 1969 design of Jimi Hendrix’s...

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Audio Educator & Engineer Dan Fox

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - November 28, 2019 02:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today I’m talking with Dan Fox. He’s an audio educator and engineer who also works with the Life Is Good “Ping Podcast.” Dan operates Wondersmith Audio, providing studio recording services for both music and voice artists. Dan has some tremendous insight and wisdom for the student considering...

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FOH Engineer, System Tech & Technical Editor Michael Lawrence

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - November 15, 2019 13:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
In this episode we're talking with Michael Lawrence. He’s a professional front of house engineer, audio system tech and the owner of Precision Audio Services. Michael is part of the ProSoundWeb crew serving as the technical editor for both ProSoundWeb and Live Sound International magazine, as we...

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Audio Visual Project Manager Brandon Smith

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - October 28, 2019 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
For today’s episode, we’re talking with Brandon Smith, an Audio Visual Project manager from Cincinnati, OH. Brandon is an energetic guy with a passion for audio, music and production. He loves what he does and carries a reputation for excellence in every system or event he works on.   I'd like ...

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Assistant Professor of Music Industry Gabe Herman

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - October 23, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today's episode features Gabe Herman, a music producer, audio engineer, sound designer, educator and the Assistant Professor of Music Industry at The Hartt School. Gabe owns and operates AudioGabriel, a production company that focuses on creative, new works with performing artists from around th...

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Freelance Audio Engineer & Musician Nicholas Radina

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - September 27, 2019 23:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Today we're with Nicholas Radina, a freelance audio engineer, educator, writer and musician from Cincinnati, OH. His latest project is SoundNerdsUnite.org, a website offering resources and training for aspiring audio engineers. Nicholas has a passion for music as well as the systems used to supp...

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Touring monitor engineer Mark Frink

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - July 26, 2019 15:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Series One of WYWU was captured at the 2019 NAMM Show in Nashville. In this episode we hear from Mark Frink, a touring sound engineer who has mixed monitors for numerous top artists including kd Lang, Dr John, Tony Bennett and many more. Mark has a personal preference for the monitor position an...

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Touring Monitor Engineer Mark Frink

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - July 26, 2019 15:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Series One of WYWU was captured at the 2019 NAMM Show in Nashville. In this episode we hear from Mark Frink, a touring sound engineer who has mixed monitors for numerous top artists including kd Lang, Dr John, Tony Bennett and many more. Mark has a personal preference for the monitor position an...

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Walking the show floor at Summer NAMM 2019

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - July 26, 2019 15:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
This time around, we’re doing something a little different. This episode from series one was captured from the show floor at Summer NAMM 2019. We’re going to take a walk around and speak with Chalise Zolezzi, the Director of Public Relations and Social Media for NAMM. We’re also going to dip ins...

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Recording Studio Owner Sean Giovanni (The Record Shop in Nashville)

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - July 26, 2019 14:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Series One of WYWU was captured at the 2019 NAMM Show in Nashville. In this episode we hear from Sean Giovanni, the owner of The Record Shop recording studio in Nashville. Sean showed up in town at the age of 19 with ambitions of finding a studio job that never happened. Today his vision is much...

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The Record Shop recording studio owner Sean Giovanni

WYWU: Working Your Way Up - July 26, 2019 14:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Series One of WYWU was captured at the 2019 NAMM Show in Nashville. In this episode we hear from Sean Giovanni, the owner of The Record Shop recording studio in Nashville. Sean showed up in town at the age of 19 with ambitions of finding a studio job that never happened. Today his vision is much...

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