Dead Wax
Musicians nerding out to great music.
Hosts Jack Conte (Scary Pockets, Pomplamoose, CEO of Patreon) and Ryan Lerman (Scary Pockets, John Legend, Ben Folds) are joined by musician friends to help break down whats going on in their favorite music. They dish about production, harmony, composition, theory, vocal performance and everything in between.
New episodes every week!
The Songs Behind Goodhertz's SOULFUL Plugins
Sean Watkins: Elliott Smith, Jon Brion, Eric Valentine, Largo, Chris Thile and Nickel Creek
Fiona Apple’s Mixer on “Extraordinary Machine” - Dave Way!
Dan Wilson's FAVORITE "Rule-Breaking" Moments In Songs
What Makes The PERFECT Pop Song? With Madi Yanofsky
Justin Timberlake's Producer on Timbaland, Drum Programming, Song Form and Working with JT
Producing 'Float On' by Modest Mouse with Dennis Herring
Jack Conte & Ryan Lerman React To Each Others Favorite Songs
How Tony Berg Defines a Masterpiece
Blake Mills on Production, Fretless Guitar, and Working with Pino Palladino
What Made Nick Drake (and his mother) Some of the Best Songwriters in the World? with Bruno Major!
Love Is Quality of Attention: Ruairi O’Flaherty on Mastering
How Sabrina Carpenter's Mastering Engineer Starts Every Song - with Ruairi O'Flaherty
Jonathan Rado talks TAPE MACHINES
Jonathan Rado on Miley Cyrus, Shawn Everett, Foxygen and Tape Machines
How Chris Douridas Discovered Beck
How the World’s Greatest Tastemaker Listens to Music - with Chris Douridas
Finding Your Voice On The Drums
Is this the most ICONIC song intro of all time?
The Most Recorded Drummer Of All Time: JR Robinson (special co-host: Kane Ritchotte!!)
Shawn Everett's Mixing Technique - 99% of the time it's way better!!
Creating The New Miley Sound - with Shawn Everett
Anna Butterss on Jason Isbell
How Willie Weeks Invented the Bass Solo - with Anna Butterss
The Most Ridiculously Hi-Fi Way To Record
St. Vincent’s Sound EXPLAINED - with Cian Riordan
The REVELATION on where to place a MIC on a guitar amp
Eric Valentines LEGENDARY kick drum micing technique!
Production SECRETS with Eric Valentine