RSR475 - Brennan Aerts - Producing Indie Pop and Rock for Bands & Sync Tracks

Recording Studio Rockstars

Lij Shaw

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4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 134 minutes

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If it sounds good then it is good! Brennan talked about the importance of embracing your own sonic thumbprint, mixing with depth, programming drums, how to make a cooler gated snare, asynchronistic work, recording with an iPhone, and lyric writing.

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My guest today is Brennan Aerts, a producer, writer, and musician who has worked extensively in film, television, and ads since 2010 in Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN. He owns a music house called Bird Nest Int'l and has produced music content for every major network as well as multiple national ad campaigns, movies, and artists. He is a member of the bands Vinyl Pinups and The Werewolves and recent credits include Moon Taxi, Better Than Ezra, and Devon Gilfilian to name just a few.

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0:00.0	This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by atom audio, isotope, native instruments,
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0:31.5	using the links in the show notes. It's a great way to help support this show. Now get ready to rock.
0:54.7	I'm actually probably about 75% therapist and 25% producer. If they have a half-written song, you know, we've got to talk about what's going on. What's going on in your life? And then we can kind of sometimes find something. And I can go, oh, I heard a quote the other day that was about this. Or, you know what? That was a cool thing you just said.
0:55.7	What if we said this, you know?
1:00.4	I think that the best thing that can happen is for artists to be artists and live kind of storied lives while they're young.
1:01.9	So they have something to talk about. Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars. Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars.
1:15.0	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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