EP. 12 Johnny Bregar & Johnny Sangster in... the Johnny & Johnny Show

Show Notes EP 12 Johnny Bregar   Welcome back to The Truth about Recording & Mixing   In this episode we speak to Johnny Bregar about his recording studio “The Brickyard” on Bainbridge Island.   01:00 Listener question about Steve Turner’s guitar setup on the recording of The Warning. 06:00 Listener question about podcast aggregating.  09:30 Welcome Johnny Bregar 11:00 Early days - getting into recording. “Buy Osmonics”. 15:00 Making the switch to full time recording. 17:00 The local “regular” studio owner. Who’s coming in. The job of the producer. 24:30 Getting it wrong, making it right. 28:40 Producing, capturing someone else’s vision while being the one stop shop. 35:45 How do you know when you’re the right or wrong person for the job. 43:30 More on the Brickyard Studio. The “no control room” layout. 51:00 A dead space, adding ambiance using UAD’s Ocean Way processing and other reverbs to compensate. 55:00 Getting performances. 01:05:00 Changing chords, changing lyrics with the goal of improving the song as a producer. 01:10:40 Listener question about home recording and capturing acoustic guitars. 01:20:00 What about recording books? 01:25:00 Go to acoustic guitars signal path. 01:31:00 How about micing up your upright piano? 01:38:00 New discoveries in sound, boundary mics, tuning pianos and other studio ownership joys. DUST! The Truth about Recording And Mixing is a monthly or thereabouts podcast dedicated to the art and science of recording music and producing records. We have the support of the Fretboard Journal and our listeners. Please send us questions to [email protected] and also make sure to follow our instagram @recordingpodcast www.johnnysangster.com www.cracklepopstudio.com www.fretboardjournal.com