It's the UBK Happy Fun Time Hour, starring UBK, and Nathan Samuel.

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Happy Fun Time Hour

Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the UBK

Happy Fun Time Hour

Today we are so happy to be bringing you part one of two parts,

Conversations with Joe Chichorelli. Joe was a legend, and the depth of his experience and knowledge

is humbling and formidable. He swung by our place, and we chatted for hours on end, just rambling about anything and everything that came to mind.

We answered more than a few listener questions in the process, but mostly we just talked about the business, about the craft, and about the art of recording and mixing music and working with the artists that write it.

You're going to hear the best bits

and highlights of that conversation and it still was so much information that we had to split it

up into two episodes. So take notes, listen many times. I think I've heard this material three

times now and I'm still hearing things, still learning things. It's amazing the density.

So sit back, relax, pay attention, and enjoy the very special part one of two conversations with Joe Chichorelli. Findi.

Fendi says, I started mixing in more metal genres, but I'm now producing more local bands,

and I'm getting a lot of jazz, funk-type

stuff to work on. I struggle a lot with getting the dynamics right. I find it really hard to use

the dynamic of the musicians and also get the right amount of controlling compression. Also,

what would be your main approach on a really dense mix, like drums, percussion, guitar, bass,

vocals, piano, synth synth brass quartet and

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