RSR498 - Jamie Tate - Leaving Corporate Country for Cool Music

Recording Studio Rockstars

Lij Shaw

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🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 131 minutes

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"I mix in exclamation points!" Join host Lij Shaw as he dives into a vibrant conversation with Grammy and Emmy award-winning engineer Jamie Tate in this episode of Recording Studio Rockstars! With insights from his journey as the owner of The Rukkus Room in Nashville, Jamie offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the evolving landscape of country music and the artistry of mixing. They navigate the playful intersection of analog nostalgia and digital dynamism, sharing personal anecdotes and invaluable tips for home recording enthusiasts. With Jamie's passion and expertise, you'll discover not only the emotional depth of music production but also the pioneering spirit of independent artists. Tune in for a sound adventure that's sure to inspire your own creative journey!

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My guest today is Jamie Tate, a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning recording engineer, mixer, producer, and the owner of The Rukkus Room in Nashville, TN. Jamie's career in the studio world began as an intern at The Sanctuary Recording Studios, where he worked his way up to chief engineer. After The Sanctuary sold, Jamie honed his craft while working around the clock at Abtrax Recording Studios. By 2004, with 18 months of clients already booked, he took the leap and founded The Rukkus Room, which has since become one of Nashville's most iconic recording spaces.

The Rukkus Room was designed by Gene Lawson of Lawson Microphones and is one of the last remaining purpose-built recording studios in Nashville. Spanning 8,000 square feet across two separate buildings, it offers unparalleled isolation for recording. Shortly after opening, Jamie recorded Jack Ingram's #1 single "Wherever You Are" and several other top-five hits, cementing the studio's reputation as a go-to destination for legendary and up-and-coming artists alike.

Jamie has mixed and recorded music for a stunning array of artists, including Thomas Rhett, Taylor Swift, Dustin Lynch, Jerrod Niemann, Maddie & Tae, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, John Prine, Rhett Akins, Sheryl Crow, Brooks and Dunn, and many more. His work has been featured on platinum-selling records, chart-topping singles, and critically acclaimed projects across genres.

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0:00.0	This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by Isotope, native instruments,
0:06.9	Roswell Pro Audio, and Atom Audio. You're hearing my voice right now through the beautiful
0:12.6	Roswell Pro Audio Aztec Tube microphone, mixed through isotope, ozone, RX, and Neutron,
0:20.5	all on atom audio monitors and headphones.
0:23.7	Please check out our awesome sponsors using the links in the show notes.
0:27.3	Also, please remember to like and subscribe to our YouTube channel because it's a great way
0:31.4	for you to help support this show.
0:33.5	Now get ready to rock.
0:35.4	We have the gear.
0:36.4	I don't know if we can do it anymore.
0:37.7	We might, we may have lost that knowledge.
0:40.3	I think the world I grew up in recording is getting lost.
0:45.2	My experiences in the recording music industry, they're not valid anymore because that world doesn't exist much.
0:52.4	I'm kind of like the last one, right? But the studio brings in studio musicians and, you know, whatever. And we make a record. Nowadays, it's all done in bedrooms with a two octave keyboard, you know, and all these plugins, producer packs. So you don't really have to know. I don't know how to get drum tones. I got a CLA plugin. It does it all for me, right?
1:12.2	A lot of this knowledge is being erased.
1:14.1	It worries me to death.
1:26.5	Welcome to recording studio Studio Rockstars.
1:29.3	I'm Lid Shaw, and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio.
1:41.0	At Isatope, tone shaping is topping the charts.
1:45.5	Meet the Catalyst series.
1:47.4	Plasma, Aurora, and Cascadia.
1:49.8	Plasma's flux saturation technology brings dynamic warmth and depth to your mix.
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