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Lesson 17 - 3/31/16Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-05-04

Today's lesson was meant to focus on acoustics. I really enjoyed talking about different live rooms, even looking up pictures and dimensions online of famous live rooms in the Bay Area... Read More >>

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Lesson 12 - 2/11/16Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-02-17

This week we dove deep into equalization. As we've gotten into mixing I definitely feel like this is the stuff I've been most enthusiastic about and equalization especially has been fun to learn about... Read More >>

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Lesson 11 - 2/4/16Posted by Will Ryan on 2016-02-17

Back after a week off spent in the studio recording an album with my band, Zack and I dove into mix theory. After covering the basics, we hopped onto Youtube and grabbed a handful of songs--both old and new--and started to analyze them in Pro Tools to get an idea of the "shape" of each song and how a common modern mix might look... Read More >>

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Lesson 9 - 12/10/15Posted by Will Ryan on 2015-12-17

Zack booked time at a studio called The Grill in Emeryville for this week's lesson. The Grill is mostly devoted to hip-hop so its facilities are pretty small (but super cozy)... Read More >>