Lo-Fi

Joe & Mike talk with Nashville mixing royalty & gear hound F. Reid Shippen!! 

Topics include: Mixing huge records from a wide genre, his SSL + other vintage gear, studio tour, stepping through how he approaches his mixes hour by…

Joe & Mike sit down with 17 x Grammy winner producer/engineeer/mixer Benny Faccone + More!! 

Topics include: working on “We Are The World” and artists like; Supertramp, Chick Corea, Tom Petty, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Barbra Streisand, Carlos Santana, Ricky…

Joe & Mike sit down with engineer + Toy Box Studio owner Lij Shaw! 

Topics include... His multi year battle to keep his studio open! + the pedigree of his MCI console. The Eagles, Hotel California, The Bee Gees, How…

Joe & Mike sit down with X music engineer/mixer Jason Miler.

Topics include... His decision on why he walked away from the music business. Moving to Nashville to pursue music, Working with Prince, Engineering @ Paisley Park, following his new…

Joe & Mike sit down with award winning "A List" session drummer Nir Z.

Topics include... Recording with John Mayer, Blake Shelton, Genesis, Chris Cornell. His favorite unknown records that he's played on, the Nashville recording process, working successfully with…

From The West Barn Podcast Best Of 2020!! Billy Jeff Juliano!!!

Joe & Mike talk with top mix engineer Jeff Juliano! 

Topics include; His mix process, his studio, mixing totally in the box (sometimes on a laptop at his kitchen…

From The West Barn Podcast Best Of 2020!! Billy Decker!!!

Joe & Mike talk with Nashville mixing royalty & the self appointed “McDonald’s of Mixing” Billy Decker!

Topics include: Mixing fast (like 1 hr per song fast), pay scales for…

From The West Barn Podcast Best Of 2020!!

Joe & Mike talk with Big Wreck’s Ian Thornley! 

Topics include: His visionary work on Big Wreck & Thornley albums, the easy decision to make records that don’t follow trends, being influenced…

From The West Barn Best Of 2020!

Joe & Mike talk with Grammy winning super producer/engineer Tony Platt!

Topics include: Every thing you would want to know on how AC/DC’s Back In Black was recorded! Every mic, mic pre, consoles…

Joe & Mike sit down with songwriter and and Story Of A Girl guitar slinger Brian Desveaux! 

Topics include: Going from a mega band with a massive #1 to moving to Nashville and focusing on songwriting, writing inspiration, his solo…

Joe & Mike get a personal tour of Grammy winning mixer Jon Kaplan’s LA studio! 

We walk through and talk about the space and the gear, as well as Jon’s work & signal flow. His just announced Grammy nomination for…

Joe & Mike talk with studio owner, Mara Machine owner & engineer Chris Mara. 

Topics include: The vision behind opening a studio that celebrates vintage recording, recording direct to a vinyl cutting lathe, when vintage isn’t the way, his Mara…