RSR550 - Laura Crapo - Making Records, Films, and Music Videos for MTV [Steve Albini, Sebadoh]
Recording Studio Rockstars
Lij Shaw
4.8 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 117 minutes
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In this episode, Laura Crapo shares her journey through music, film, healing, and the importance of staying authentic to your unique voice. We explore the parallels between art forms, the influence of environments, and how trusting your inner voice can lead to unexpected opportunities.
Laura discusses her experiences with analog sound, filmmaking experiments, spiritual practices like Reiki, and how they all interconnect in her artistic life. Whether you're a musician, filmmaker, or creative soul, her insights invite you to step into your true self and let the process guide you.
In this candid conversation, Laura reveals how her background growing up around art and music shaped her approach to creativity, her adventures in guerrilla filmmaking, and the importance of honoring imperfections. We talk about balancing the critic and intuition within, the impact of environments on artistic expression, and how life's unpredictable moments can be opportunities in disguise.
She also emphasizes the role of self-love and trusting in your own process as essential elements for making authentic art and music.This episode is packed with reflections on the spiritual dimension of creativity, the value of live performance, and making peace with the messy, imperfect moments.
Laura's stories about her experiences in Montreal, Chicago, and even her inside knowledge of legendary figures like Steve Albini add depth to a discussion about trusting your instincts and staying true to your art.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of RSR is brought to you by Isotope Native Instruments, S-A-E-Institute, Adam Audio, Spectra |
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| 0:47.6 | and remember to like this video |
| 0:49.3 | and subscribe on YouTube |
| 0:51.1 | because it's a great way to help support this show. |
| 0:54.0 | Now, get ready to rock. |
| 0:56.4 | If, you know, if other people are going, like, what's my, what's my first step? |
| 1:00.5 | Like, don't, don't be afraid to just, like, be in that space of, like, what first feels |
| 1:06.9 | like nothingness. And then, you know, you start, like, like, one piece of advice I give |
| 1:13.7 | people who are like, how do I, how do I meditate? And it's not like, I don't think it's, like, |
| 1:18.2 | clear your mind. Like, that's, it would be really hard to do. But to, like, just, like, let things |
| 1:24.1 | occur to you, and you don't have to necessarily feel like you own it you're just |
| 1:28.2 | observing yeah and really see it like see everything about it you know and then let that go and then |
| 1:35.0 | observe something else and then just i think like over time you kind of map kind of GPS this like |
| 1:42.7 | this other world that is yours. |
| 1:54.1 | Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars. |
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