RSR451 - Brad Wood - Recording Rock Bands & Mixing In Atmos
Recording Studio Rockstars
Lij Shaw
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🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 162 minutes
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My guest today is Brad Wood, a producer originally from Chicago where he had Idful Music Corporation - a small but mighty recording studio in Wicker Park. There he recorded albums by bands like Seam, Tar, Shrimp Boat and Eleventh Dream Day. In 1993 he produced Exile In Guyville for Liz Phair which became the catalyst for what became a very long and prosperous career as a producer and mixer.
Brad wrapped up the 90's with many debut albums under his belt, including Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary, Veruca Salt's American Thighs, Placebo's self-titled LP, Placebo, and Ben Lee's Grandpaw Would. He also notably produced the Original Broadway Cast Recording for Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Throughout the iconic decade, Brad also worked with bands such as Far, that dog., Menthol, Pete Yorn, and The Smashing Pumpkins' Adore (which peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 charts).
Later Brad relocated to Los Angeles, California, where he built Seagrass Studio where he's tracked and mixed for Say Anything, mewithoutyou, The Bangles, Sherwood, Touché Amoré, and many other artists. I am excited to have Brad back on the podcast again. You can catch his earlier episode RSR095 when he talked about his work in Chicago and moving to LA. Today we will catch up with Brad to see what's new at Seagrass Studio and talk about producing and mixing in Atmos among other things.
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| 0:11.6 | You're hearing my voice right now on the new Luit Ray microphone with aura, auto gain, and EQ mode through the Grace Design M201 Mark 2 Mike Pre mixed through isotope, |
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| 0:39.0 | this show. Now get ready to rock. These days, when I'm producing a record, I'm often doing |
| 0:46.3 | something that's in a genre that includes really, really loud guitars and really loud drums. |
| 0:51.3 | And I've evolved a technique to record those instruments in a way that gets me consistent results that people like. |
| 0:57.4 | And liking that includes myself. |
| 0:59.1 | Like, there's nothing more disappointing than recording an instrument or a band |
| 1:03.1 | and discovering that you yourself have displeased yourself. |
| 1:06.7 | Music Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars. |
| 1:20.3 | 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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