Spencer Proffer discusses his early days, and how he went from law school to record producer. From his early works with Billy Thorpe and Tina Turner to his number one smash “Metal Health” with Quiet Riot, Spencer covers it all. We also discuss working with WASP on their “The Last Command” album as well as his transition into film, and his current projects with Meteor 17.
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Chris Collier (Engineer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer – KXM, Lynch Mob, Prong) joins us to discuss his career to date. He covers how he got into the business, how he ended up drumming on a Lita Ford cd, Working with Lynch Mob on the “Sound Mountain Sessions” and “Sun Red Sun”, and working with Travers & Appice, Prong (“Ruining Lives” and the upcomming covers cd “Songs From The Black Hole”, KXM, and Lynch’s 2-cd Shadowtrain soundtrack. He also discusses new projects, such as Fieldy’s (Korn) new Stillwell album, a new project with Ray Luzier and Billy Sheehan (for Madame Mayhem – which Sheehan is Producing), teases us regarding a new project with Jeff Pilson and gives an update on the new Lynch mob full length cd currently being recorded.
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Jeff Pilson (Dokken, War & Peace, Dio, Foreigner, Lynch/Pilson, Underground Moon, T&N) discusses his entire career, including how he got his start on bass and his early bands/studies, how he joined Dokken, the making of their big albums in the 80’s, why they broke up, why he didn’t join Lynch Mob when they first formed, the formation of War & Peace, his time in Dio, the Dokken reunion, why he left, rekindling his friendship with George Lynch and the recording of Lynch / Pilson, why his name was off Underground Moon, and how he joined Foreigner and their latest recording – The Best of 4 & More. Plus he talks about current producing jobs for Last In Line and Adler, and a new solo rock cd that he is considering making.
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Toby Wright (Alice in Chains, Korn, Kiss, Brighton Rock) shares his rise in the music business from working in Maintenance, to Assistant Engineer to his first big break – Producing Brighton Rock’s “Love Machine”. He found massive success with “Jar of Flies” by Alice In Chains – and album written and recorded in the studio in 10 days. He also produced their self titled follow-up, as well as their Unplugged album – a cd with his crowning achievement when it came time to master. He also goes into detail on his discovery in sound healing, and recounts his nightly dream that led him to it.
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Michael Wagener tells us all about his early days as an original member of Accept, joining the army, early work as a producer with Dokken, Great White, Accept and Mötley Crüe, plus later work with Brighton Rock, Ozzy, White Lion, Extreme and Skid Row. He goes into detail about how he got George Lynch’s guitar tone in Under Lock and Key, what happened to his original mixes of Ozzy’s Ozzmosis album, and the recording of the kazoo solo for Saigon Kick.
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Learn more about Michael Wagener at www.michaelwagener.com/
Richie Zito was signed to Atlantic Records at the age of 15, played with Elton John, Rick James, Beach Boys, and Ringo, and Produced Heart, The Cult, Poison and Richie Kotzen. And that’s just scratching the surface. Hear Riche Zito talk about his entire career, and why he is still obsessed with the guitar.
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John Cuniberti returns to give us his top 20 tips for recording engineers, the history of Reamp (and why he created it during the mixing of Joe Satriani’s “Time Machine”), and looks at two more projects he worked on – Kevin Gilbert’s “Taming of the True” (which he calls his favorite cd he’s worked on) and Sammy Hagar’s latest – “Sammy Hagar and Friends”.
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John Cuniberti explains how he got his start, what it’s like to produce Joe Satriani and The Dead Kennedys at the same time, the recording of “Surfing With The Alien”, “Flying In A Blue Dream” and “The Extremist”, the challenges of recording George Lynch’s “Sacred Groove”, and his shift into mastering cd’s.
Grammy-winning record producer and sound engineer, Keith Olsen takes us through his career. He covers his early days at Sound City, his role in the creation of Fleetwood Mac, and what it’s like to be in the studio with the Grateful Dead, Whitesnake and Lynch Mob.
Producer Max Norman walks us through his career working with Ozzy Osbourne (Blizzard of Ozz, Diary of a Madman, Speak of the Devil, Bark at the Moon, Tribute), Lynch Mob (Wicked Sensation) and Megadeth (Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction, Youthanasia).
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