Producer Life Podcast

What’s up Heroes, and welcome to episode 109 of the Producer Life Podcast. I’ve got a couple of big announcements so please listen all the way through to the end. Today I’ve got John Burke from Perfect Vocals Academy. John has been working in the music industry for 17 years and has experience in everything from being a touring musician to running a record studio to his current project, a remote mixing and mastering service with a specialization in vocals.

Bass Battleground is an epic online multi-format DJ battle spanning six months and culminating with a live performance in Atlanta this December. On Sunday, October 2nd Apetonix and Kyd Kong went head-to-head, opening up the second round of Bass Battleground. I interviewed Kyd Kong back in episode 101, so today I'm thrilled to introduce Apetonix.

Welcome to the Producer Life Podcast episode 107! Bass Battleground is an online multi-format DJ competition where your votes determine the winner. It spans six months, 16 DJs, and culminates with a live performance in Atlanta this December. Bass Battleground is curated by Emerald Summers Presents. This seventh battle between Dirty Lux and Raidenrok happens on Sunday, September 18th at 2pm eastern on the Emerald Summers Presents Twitch Channel.

Welcome to the Producer Life Podcast episode 106! Bass Battleground is an online multi-format DJ competition spanning six months and culminating with a live performance in Atlanta this December. It is being curated by Emerald Summers Presents. This sixth battle between Corgn and Feddywub happens this Sunday, September 4th at 4pm eastern on the Emerald Summers Presents Twitch Channel, and I'll be performing the opening set beginning at 3:45pm.

Bass Battleground is an online DJ competition running through mid-December and is produced by Emerald Summers Presents, an Atlanta based promoter. During this time, I’ll be bringing you shorter interviews with each of the contestants. This week I interviewed Winter Atlas who is a DJ, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based out of Greenville, South Carolina. Winter Atlas has over a decade of musical experience playing with bands, as a studio session bassist, and as a vocalist. Winter Atlas will be going head-to-head against Rei Low: an Atlanta Based producer, DJ, and multi-instrumentalist who makes industrial pop, deep house, and techno. You can watch them compete (and me open!) starting at 4pm eastern on the Emerald Summers Presents Twitch channel.

Bass Battleground is an online DJ competition running through mid-December and is produced by Emerald Summers Presents, an Atlanta based promoter. During this time, the Producer Life Podcast will be bringing you shorter interviews with each of the contestants. On Sunday, July 10th at 4pm eastern we have two new DJs for their first round: B-Riel, an Atlanta based freeform bass and dubstep DJ will face off against Vancouver native AltBraKz who specializes in glitch and Drum & Bass.

Bass Battleground is an online DJ competition which spans the next six months and is produced by Emerald Summers Presents, an Atlanta based promoter.   During this time, the Producer Life Podcast will be bringing you shorter interviews with each of the contestants. On Sunday, June 26th at 5pm eastern we have two new contestants for their first round, Apetonix: a bass producer and DJ from Atlanta who will be battling BaconUCrazy, an Atlanta based dubstep and EDM artist. Unfortunately due to scheduling conflicts I wasn’t able to get Apetonix on the show. However, I'm excited to introduce baconUcrazy, an up and coming Atlanta-based DJ and producer who is opening for Flux Pavilion on July 22nd.

Bass Battleground is an online DJ competition which spans the next six months and is produced by Emerald Summers Presents, an Atlanta based promoter.   During this time, the Producer Life Podcast will be bringing you interviews with each of the contestants. Today we're joined by Raidenrok who will talk about how the competition began and how it's going to be run. Afterwards, we go behind the scenes with KydKong who talks about her classical musical training, her hopes for the future, and how she's built a vibrant Twitch community. Finally, we talk with Skeletrek who talks about his background as both a DJ and producer and his experiences running a wildly successful cosplay dance battle at Momocon.

Today's guest is Alex Holmes: an English singer and songwriter for Pop and EDM music. She’s worked with hundreds of producers and labels worldwide and is ranked the #1 five star vocalist on the Vocalizr platform. ​Her releases include tracks with Universal Music, Sony Music, No Copyright Sounds and Spinnin' Records, and she has featured on records with Sean Paul, Pitbull, Mashd N Kutcher and DJ The Prophet.

Ignacio Arfeli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There wasn’t much of a techno scene there, so he moved to the mecca for techno: Berlin. Ignacio’s music blurs the line between the techno underground and the mainstream. 2019 was a breakout year for him as he landed some of the most respected labels in techno including Kraftek, Suara, Octopus Recordings, and several more. Charlotte De Witte has frequently opened festivals with his tracks, and he has had support from Alan Fitzpatrick, Eric Pryzd, Dense & Pika, and Dj Rush.

On March 2nd, Bandcamp announced they were partnering with Epic Games (yes, of Fortnite fame). What does that mean for the independent musician? In this episode I look at the announcements, the media coverage, and offer a few suggestions for what you should do now.

Today's guest is Yera, better known in the Atlanta techno scene as Shakes. Yera is a die-hard techno fan, fashionista and the founder of Twisted Lines. Twisted Lines began in 2018 in the alleyways of L.A., but has grown into an Atlanta-based community of techno and house music lovers who build art events inspired by the underground warehouse raves of the 90’s. Her events are much more than just themed music nights: past events have incorporated sports car collectives, art installations, and they recently closed out Atlanta’s Digital Art Week.

Vital is an incredibly powerful free spectral warping wavetable synth. I started experimenting with it last month and was so impressed, I decided to dedicate an entire episode to Vital.

Today we welcome back Sean Giovanni. Gio is an audio engineer, producer and the multitalented owner of The Record Shop in Nashville, Tennessee. During his career Gio has worked with big acts and labels to include: Alabama, John Legend, Lil Jon, Meatloaf, Sister Hazel, The Wallflowers, Sony Music, Warner Music Group, Universal, and many more.

Today we’re talking with Bruce Zalcer from Panama. Bruce is a multi-instrumentalist who began with music in his teens playing in rock bands and DJing. After school, he largely left the scene and moved on to a more conventional life selling insurance and raising a family for many years until 2018 when he decided to return to music. Since then, Bruce’s unique approach to techno incorporating synthesizers, drum machines, and sounds sampled from daily life has been making waves in the techno world. He’s released a dozen tracks including his Lifeblood EP and already has tracks signed on some of the biggest techno labels in the industry including Terminal M, 1605, and Codex Recordings. Additionally, his first live performance in 20 years was in Amsterdam for ADE! Finally, because there isn’t a huge techno following in Panama he created Dialectic Live: an organization that is dedicated to growing the techno movement in that country.

Today’s guest is Mauro Somm, an up-and-coming techno producer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He's been signed on Christian Smith’s Tronic label and has had support from some of the most creative artists in the industry, including UMEK,  Gallya, Joyce Mercedes, and Space 92. 

Today's guest is Heather Johnson, the CEO of the Nintey9Lives. Heather also serves on the advisory board of the American Association of Independent Music which advocates for independent music rights holders. This episode was actually recorded LAST April, but due to a super secret announcement at the end of the podcast, I couldn’t release it until now.

Today I’m excited to introduce Sam WOLFE: a breakout techno star from Atlanta. His 2020 debut EP Triangulum reached #1 on overall Beatport releases which lead to a collaboration with techno legends the YellowHeads.  That collab, Hippodrome, then went on to chart #4 for Beatport hype and #16 on techno world top 100 and received support from top techno artists including UMEK.   Since then he’s released his debut EP on Christian Smith 's imprint, Tronic, which topped the Beatport overall release charts at #1, and received support from Bart Skils, Joyhauser, Lily Palmer, Marco Carola and others.   In 2021 he signed exclusively with UMEK’s 1605 label and has big plans for 2022.

We’ve been on a roll with interviews for a couple of months now and I wanted to pause and do a little reflecting on my Halloween gig at Line Creek Brewery and share some thoughts for mobile DJs. Today I talk about how I prepared, the gear I took, and what went right and wrong.   I also talk about why I recently swapped record pools from Promo Only to BPM Supreme and how that helped with music selection for the event.

on to being a DJ and producer, he hosts the popular Melodics podcast and owns the Southern Exposure Music record label.  As a producer, one of his recent releases “No Place To Hide” spent many weeks on the Beatport Top 100 list and has also released multiple tracks that broke into the top 10.