RSR443 - Dave Coleman - East Nashville Songwriter, Rocker Guitarist, and Producer

Recording Studio Rockstars

Lij Shaw

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🗓️ 1 March 2024

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Produce records with bands or bricks? Dave talked about assembling a production for an artist, songwriting for publishing vs self, how to get songs finished, the importance of sightlines and headphones, and how to find your voice on stage and studio.

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My guest today is Dave Coleman who grew up near the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, in Jamestown, Tennessee. He thought he'd become a park ranger, but his love of guitar and music sent Dave to Belmont University in Nashville. He started a band (The Coal Men, still active after 24 years), had a brief publishing deal with Acuff-Rose Music, played for years with Duane Jarvis, and a long list of Nashville's roots and Americana artists. Producing, recording, and mixing became his day to day around 2010. He's a self described "multi-instrumentalist with a community-driven heart."

Dave has produced and recorded albums for Amelia White, Tim Carroll, The Rough & Tumble, Lynn Taylor and the BarFlies, Ned Hill, and lots more. The Coal Men, have released 5 albums, with another coming in 2024. I have had the pleasure of knowing Dave for many years and in 2013 worked with Dave here at The Toy Box Studio doing overdubs and mixing his record Escalator.

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0:00.0	This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by Adam Audio, Isotope, native instruments,
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0:26.2	all on atom audio monitors.
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0:37.0	Now get ready to rock.
0:42.5	I find the same with singers singing too. I have leaned a little bit in some vocal tuning.
0:48.1	When I first started doing this, I thought, no way. I'll never do it. Like, let it be raw.
0:52.4	I've accepted a philosophy of doing some vocal touch-ups to know that, like, you got four
0:59.0	or five takes and somebody's going to stop singing with heart and feel and nuance. Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars. I'm Lid Shaw and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio.
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2:26.5	having trouble figuring out how to get your mixes to sound great?
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