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Recording Studio Rockstars

RSR479 - Jack Miele - Producing Rock & Funk Bands in New Orleans

Recording Studio Rockstars

Lij Shaw

Music

4.8543 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

Creativity doesn't come from options. It comes from limitations! Jack talked about analog tape speeds, why cover bands make more money, how to track a live band in a room, rock vocal secrets, piano as cool drum mics, & hallways as reverb chambers.

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My guest today is Jack Miele, an 11x Platinum, 6x Telly and 5x Global Music Award Winning audio engineer/producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist. He is also an audio and/or mix engineer on 1 Grammy Award winning and 5 nominated albums, as well as Emmy Award winning television promos.

Based in New Orleans, he is the former owner of the world famous Fudge Recording Studio. After Fudge closed its doors in 2012, Jack moved to The Music Shed recording facility as their head of operations /chief producer (2012-2018). He is now the owner of Jack Miele Productions LTD and runs his studio in the Garden District of New Orleans. Jack is also guitarist/vocalist for the sensational 80′s act The Molly Ringwalds.

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0:00.0

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0:29.9

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0:33.6

It's a great way to help support this show.

0:36.0

Now get ready to rock.

0:38.6

We had the same thing at the music show. We had a little vestibule that was like a walk between

0:42.9

to get to the mic cabinet, and it was all concrete. We would close the doors, and we would mic

0:47.7

that vestibule, and it had a short decay time, but it still added that dimension. If I can't

0:53.1

stress this enough to your listeners,

0:54.8

the room is your friend.

0:57.0

You need to create a Z-axis.

0:59.7

That's what creates depth.

1:00.7

That's the secret sauce.

1:14.5

Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars.

1:22.3

I'm Lid Shaw, and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio.

1:31.6

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