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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep239: Recording Unhinged with Sylvia Massy

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Sylvia Massy's extensive recording resume includes Prince, Tool and Johnny Cash. Today she shares stories on creating the right environment to capture the best performances and deliver them to your record collection.

If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Sylvia Massey. I'm with Nate Goyer and The Vinyl Guide. Go out there and make some noise.

0:06.6

Well, don't worry, Sylvia. We're about to. Hey, everyone, it's Nate, host of the Vinyl Guide. Thank you so much for tuning in this week.

0:14.3

It's a great one. As you've heard, we are welcoming special guest Sylvia Massey, producer, engineer, mixer, author, recording

0:24.7

guru, microphone collector, I can go on and on and on. Today Sylvia and I discuss a myriad of

0:30.5

topics. She tells tales of working with the likes of Johnny Cash, tool, prints, and more.

0:37.2

Extremely interesting stories and insight on those artists and being in the creative environment

0:42.6

with them.

0:43.7

Also, Sylvia just purchased the largest microphone collection in the world.

0:48.7

She collects microphones like many of us collect records.

0:51.4

And you can tell she's extremely passionate about recording.

0:55.0

Plus, we also talk about Sylvia's book, Recording Unhinged, which is an amazing reading experience.

1:02.9

Very informative.

1:03.9

Anyone who's even remotely interested in recording audio should check this out.

1:08.0

You could find a copy of Recording unhinged at all major book websites,

1:12.7

or more directly, just go to sylvia massey.com and pick up your copy there. And I do want to point out

1:21.5

that there is an extended interview with Sylvia available only to our Patreon supporters

1:27.4

at patreon.com slash vinyl guide.

1:30.5

I put a lot of extended interviews up there, more info, more stories, secret episodes, and those

1:36.2

are only available to our patrons. Now, if you want to become one, that's easy. Just go to

1:41.6

patreon.com slash vinyl guide, help support this show and get access to all sorts of

1:47.5

cool stuff. Also a quick shout out to our show patrons. You guys are friggin' awesome. And hey, we have some

1:53.6

new ones we want to welcome into the fold this week, including Carolina, Hidalgo, John Raptis,

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