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Bailey Erickson runs a small business called New World Guitar Picks, offering boutique picks for all kinds of musicians. He plays guitar himself, and understands the differences between materials, thickness and the tone offered from all these different kinds of picks. Learn in this episode how he creates the different picks, and how they all offer different tones and sounds for musicians. Check it out....

Connor Frost is a Musician and Educator, hailing from just outside New York City. He has toured extensively both as a solo act and with his band, Dizzy Bats, throughout the US, as well as internationally, and has self-released seven albums over the last decade. In 2017 he officially started his education company, FrostForward Learning, which reached an all-time total enrollment of sixty-five students by fall 2019. At the end of 2019, Connor launched his online mentoring business, where he...

Learn how Andrew Young started his music career through Fiverr. He mixes, masters, produces, and records vocals with other bands and musicians as well as his own music via the name Acid Rescues Music. He is from LA, and has really learned a lot through the DIY method and his success shows! Book him here on Fiverr https://www.fiverr.com/andrewymusic/deliciously-mix-and-master-you-song-within-24hrs?utm_campaign=base_gig_show_share&utm_content=&utm_medium=shared&utm_source=mobile&utm_term=

Ever listen to your productions in the car? Well this episode, I'm actually in my car, talking about why the car is a great place to reference your mixes and focus on your music. Check out why!

Learn the how and why Mike Pearson started his blog "Endless River Studios". A great resource for musicians or other artists and creatives to learn from! Check it out https://www.endlessriverstudios.com/

Why is it that on occasion, your original demo sounds better than the final recorded version? Well in this episode I explain where that comes from, and how to capture that same feeling again, in your final track.

How do you balance the differences between live instruments and synthetic digitally created sounds? What exactly are the differences? This episode will help you understand the differences between the two and when to use one over the other.

Get cassette tapes made for your music without being signed to a label! I will handle each run for you up to 25 tapes per order. Home assembled and printed with a local print shop! https://mailchi.mp/bff2c150e466/cassette-tapes

Are you obsessed with your music? Are you setting deadlines? Are you playing the long term? This is why you should be!

Learn these 10 basic, but important production tips for your music. You won't go without them in the future.

Learn how we self recorded an entire full length album, in a tiny house in Bordentown, NJ. There were infinite problems, issues, wrongdoings, and lessons we learned! Can listen to "In Local Trance" by Good Friend Electric HERE https://open.spotify.com/album/3WmbzS0pe8rl2A8GG5tNrA?si=NsbPs6kCRei-QIQ9zB69xA

Check out the DIY Recording Guys podcast weekly wherever you podcast and go to www.diyrecordingguys.com for more resources and information. You can also find Vadim's studio work at www.calmfrogrecording.com and Ben's studio work at www.dreamloudstudio.com

Using Leverage to your advantage can catapult you faster to your goals. Use these three tips to your advantage.

Today I sit down with my friend/fellow band mate Grant Hill to discuss an article I wrote for Michael Pearson's Endless River Studios blog. The article offers 3 main points why the DIY approach to creating music is both the wrong and right thing to do. This special episode is recorded in a church where we do lots of our recording, so you get to hear some of the room reverb present in the mic's. Check out the blog article and Endless River Studios here...

5 main tips on how to arrange a song, with a feature song at the end described by yours truly.

Sometimes EQ doesn't really change the inherent tonal quality of a given track, and it's not enough to get the true sound you really want. That's why re recording, or finding a different sample to use is way more effective than EQ'ing your perfect sound. In this episode I use 3 guitar track examples to show you how the initial recording and EQ affect each other, and why the initial recording preparation is more important in getting the tone you REALLY want.

0x1 Sound Studio owner Jason Ruch sits down with DIY Sound Library to share how he creates/records/mixes great records over the years. With his experience as a long time studio owner, working with major labels, major bands, films and creating a living off of music, Jason has a lot of advise and stories to share. If you are in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area give him a call! https://www.0x1sound.com/ https://www.instagram.com/0x1sound/ (856) 354-2181

Ever wonder how to get shows booked? How shows are lined up? And how to properly navigate the live scene with your music? Anthony Nicolosi went to school for this stuff, and has the real world experience to let you know how to navigate the live scene.

What do you do when you lose your studio space? What do you do when a way of making money, making friends, and loving memories is taken from you? These questions and more are answered in a sit down interview with Engineer/Producer/Songwriter Kyle Gilbride.