Progressions: Success in the Music Industry

Travis discusses how the democratization of technology and an oversimplified view of the mastering process is threatening to ruin it all together. In this episode you'll learn, 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: N/A Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

Travis reflects on the first quarter of 2024 and how he's prioritizing the next three months. In this episode, you'll learn about: 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: N/A Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

Gregg Lehrman is a music composer, producer, technologist, and entrepreneur. As the founder and CEO of Output, Gregg is working to inspire creativity for musicians with their groundbreaking suite of music production tools, which now includes their AI tool, Co-Producer. As a composer his work can be heard in countless feature films, TV shows, and ad campaigns including projects for the Smithsonian, Daily Show, Apple, Avatar, The Avengers, and Saturday Night Live. In this episode, you'll learn about: Connect with Gregg & Output 🌐 Website: https://www.instagram.com/output/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregglehrman/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/output 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: Gregg Lehrman Host: Travis Ference Editor: Stephen Boyd Theme Music: inter.ference

Everybody in the music industry expects to overwork and burnout at some point, but what if you didn't have to? What if you could avoid burnout altogether? It took getting to the point of hating every session I did to realize that we've been lied to about where burnout comes from. In this episode, you'll learn about: 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: N/A Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

Matt Rifino is the music mixer for the NBC Today Show where he’s mixed over 4000 songs for some of the biggest artists in the world and received 5 Emmy’s over the course of his 20 years on staff. He also works with independent artists out of Studio C at the Barbershop Studios. In this episode, you'll learn about: Connect with Matt: 🌐 Website: https://www.mattrifinomusicmixer.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magicmatt_mixing/ 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: Matt Rifino Host: Travis Ference Editor: Stephen Boyd Theme Music: inter.ference

Venus Theory is a sound designer, musician and content creator. His sound design work can be found in products from companies like UVI, Lunacy Audio, Arturia, and Spitfire Audio. On YouTube, his videos have inspired hundreds of thousands of creators and given them the tools and mindsets they need to a build their careers. In this episode, you’ll learn about: Connect with Venus Theory 🌐 Website: https://www.venustheory.com/links 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VenusTheory 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: Venus Theory Host: Travis Ference Editor: Stephen Boyd Theme Music: inter.ference

Travis reviews his take aways from February and shares his thoughts on the current state of AI in the music industry and how we can prepare for it. Mentioned in the Episode: Suno AI YouTube Dream Tracks GET YOUR FREE RATE WORKSHEET 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: N/A Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

In this episode,Travis Ference, a Grammy nominated recording engineer, examines his own mixing process through a detailed workflow audit. Follow along and analyze your own process in what is meant to be an interactive guide to optimize music production and mixing workflows for audio professionals. In this episode, you'll learn about: 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: N/A Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

Dana Nielsen is a Grammy nominated recording engineer, mixer, and producer who's worked with artists such as The Red Hot Chili Peppers, SZA, Bob Dylan, Adele, and Post Malone. In this episode, you'll learn about: Connect with Dana Nielsen 🌐 Website: https://www.dananielsen.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danafrio/ 🎵TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@danaproducer 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDanaNielsen 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: Dana Nielsen Host: Travis Ference Editor: Stephen Boyd Theme Music: inter.ference

Knowing what to charge is one of the hardest parts of working as a freelancer. In this episode Travis discusses how tracking his time for the last five years has helped him confidently define his rates and shares tips for how you can best determine what to charge for your services as a music production professional. In this episode, you'll learn about: GET YOUR FREE RATE WORKSHEET 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: N/A Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

Noam Levinberg is a veteran mastering engineer and the founder of Safari Pedals, which has quickly become one of the most talked about new plug-in companies in recent times. In this episode, you'll learn about: Connect with Noam: 🌐 Website: https://safaripedals.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/safaripedals 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: Noam Levinberg Host: Travis Ference Editor: Stephen Boyd Theme Music: inter.ference

Today is the first unscripted, off the cuff episode of Progressions. I've decided to do monthly reflections on the podcast and my career as well as whatever other random thoughts come to me while recording. In this episode, you'll learn about: 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

This week we talk about how Spotify's royalty changes will affect artists in 2024 and what the resulting outrage says about the false narrative much of the industry is living. In this episode, you'll learn about: 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: N/A Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

Andrew Masters is a recording engineer and musician who’s YouTube channel defined the “Epic Studio Tour” genre. His channel features some of the most amazing studio setups you’ll find on the internet as well as insights on music production and engineering. Prior to his YouTube success Andrew was on staff at East West Studios in Los Angeles where he worked with artists such as Weezer, John Legend, and Sum 41 and producers such as Billy Bush and Blake Mills. In this episode, you'll learn about: Watch this episode on YouTube here! Connect with Andrew: 📺 Andrew Masters: https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewMasters 📺 Studio Time: https://www.youtube.com/@itsstudiotime 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmastersmusic 🎵TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewmastersmusic 🌐 Website: https://www.andrewmastersmusic.com/ 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: Andrew Masters Host: Travis Ference Editor: Stephen Boyd Theme Music: inter.ference

In this episode we’re exploring the “Super Mario Effect” and how it can be used to level up in the music industry. Drawing from former NASA engineer Mark Rober’s experiment, we discover how reframing our approach to failure can lead to a gamified approach to career growth. Mark Rober - https://www.youtube.com/@MarkRober References and Video Clips from Mark’s Ted X Talk - https://youtu.be/9vJRopau0g0?si=fWzaBVFRwZ2ku2Ij 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: N/A Host: Travis Ference Editor: Travis Ference Theme Music: inter.ference

Tony Hoffer is a 7 time Grammy nominated record producer and mixing engineer. Tony’s work includes The Kooks’ “Naive”, M83’s “Midnight City”, Beck’s “Midnight Vultures”, Fitz & the Tantrum’s “More the Just a Dream”, and Phoenix “Alphabetical.” In this episode, you'll learn about: Connect with Tony 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyhoffermusic/ 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! Credits: Guest: Tony Hoffer Host: Travis Ference Editor: Stephen Boyd Theme Music: inter.ference

Progressions: Success in the Music Industry is your home base for career growth. I hope it will inspire you as much as it educates you. Check back every week for interviews featuring some of the most successful people in the industry and solo monologue episodes focusing on topics that will help you build the music career you've dreamed of. You’ll find the interviews to be focused and topical than past episodes. My aim is to bring you the most valuable and insightful conversations possible and the result has been many of my personal favorites. When I started the show three years ago I never knew the journey that it would take me on. I never thought it would change me as much as it has. I think it took two years just to learn how to be a host and then a year further to decide how I wanted the show to grow and change. Thank you to all of you that have been listening from the beginning. You’ve all made this possible. 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify

BEST OF 2023 REISSUE EDITION... Todays guest is Nashville based mix engineer Matt Huber. Matt has become known for his highly competitive pop and indie mixes, racking up credits for artists such as Valley, Betty Who, Nightly, Joan, ELIO, and CRUISR over the last few years. He’s also passionate about education and building community within the mix engineer world. We have a great chat about mixing workflows, Dolby Atmos, home studio builds, being excellent every day, and why it takes more than just the best mix to get the gig. 🗒 In this episode we'll dig in on... 🗒 🎙 Travis' Intro 🎙 Time and Our Perception of It 🎶 Matt's Listening Recommendation 🎶 Mooney - Listen on Spotify 🗣 Mentioned in the Interview 🗣 SoundflowElgato Streamdeck"Atomic Habits"Sam Moses MasteringProgressions Ep. 059Progressions Ep. 038 👉 Learn More About Matt Huber 👈 Website: https://matthuber.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattjhuber/ 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple:...

BEST OF 2023 REISSUE EDITION... Today's guest is music sync licensing veteran Ben Morris. Ben is co-owner of the Hauler Music Group and a past employee of EMI and Domino Records. We chat about the art and business of sync, building your brand on your own values, the dos and don'ts of sync licensing, how best to pitch your music, and why artists should be open to doing custom music for brands and agencies. 🗒 In this episode we'll dig in on... 🗒 🎙 Travis' Intro 🎙 The Danger of Frequency Bias in Your Music Career 🎶 ... Listening Recommendation 🎶 Eddie Chacon - Listen 👉 Learn More About Ben Morris... 👈 Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hauler-music-group/about/ 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret Sonics! Sign Up for Complete Producer Network! 📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspod Connect with Me: 📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod 🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod 🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/ 🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏 Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/apple Spotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify Credits: Guest: Ben Morris Host: Travis Ference Editor: Stephen Boyd Theme Music: inter.ference

BEST OF 2023 REISSUE EDITION Today’s guest 10 time Grammy nominated music producer, mixing engineer, and songwriter Damian Taylor. Damian has worked with artists such as Bjork, The Killers, Bomba Estéreo, Odette, The Prodigy, and UNKLE. He’s also the founder of The Complete Producer Network, an online hub for people all over the world who are dedicated to improving their ability to create and share extraordinary music. We have a great chat about trusting your creative instincts, recognizing career break points, working with modular templates to boost output, and how music and culture drive human civilization forward. 🗒 In this episode we'll dig in on... 🗒 🎙 Travis' Intro 🎙 Committing to the Process Listen to Damian's first appearance in Episode 2! 🎶 Listening Recommendation 🎶 Jesse Ware, "What's Your Pleasure"Bomba Estéreo, "Deja"Lido Pimienta 🗣 Mentioned in the Interview 🗣 "Build" by Tony Fadell"Deep Work" by Cal NewportAvantone Mix CubesEpisode 59Episode 68Episode 70 👉 Learn More About Damian Taylor... 👈 Website: https://www.damiantaylor.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hereisdamian/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hereisdamian Damian's Extended Discography Playlist - Listen 📢 Our Sponsors 📢 Listen to Secret...