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Dan Korneff is a producer, mixer & engineer.

His credit list includes some of the biggest names in new rock. Like Pierce the Veil, Paramore, Papa Roach, Breaking Benjamin, Sleeping With Sirens, or My Chemical Romance.

And Dan not only has the creative and music skills, but also a deep technical understanding of the electronics of the equipment.

He started his journey towards plug-in development by repairing and modifying his own gear, rebuilding consoles and vintage compressors and equalizers, designing circuits and eventually making custom outboard equipment. This led naturally to the design of plug-ins.

If you've seen any of my mixing tutorials, courses, or playbooks inside our coaching program, you've probably also seen Korneff plugins. Especially the Amplified Instruments Processor has been one of my absolute go-tos for years now.

So Korneff Audio plug-ins are basically taking Dan's workflows, solutions and ideas developed on real-world projects and tuning them into software tools.

Luke DeLalio has an extensive background in just about anything to do with creativity.

He started in music as a guitarist, then moved into engineering and production, working on records in multiple genres through the late 80s into the mid 90s.

Then he pivoted into theatre, directing plays and musicals, teaching acting and somehow becoming a sought-after photographer.

Ever fleeing boredom and the same old thing, Luke took up design and fine art, and now spends his time with Dan developing all things Korneff, writing on all things cultural, consulting on marketing and web projects, and coaching creative people who are sick of it all and want to change things up.

Luke and Dan met almost 30 years ago, when Luke was freelance engineering and took on Dan as an assistant. Now Dan is the master and Luke is the padawan. How cool is that!

Dan, Luke and Benedikt met for the first time at NAMM 2024 in LA and they had an amazing chat which just needed to be continued on this show.

As always, we want to feature only the products that we use and love ourselves, tell the inspiring stories of engineers and producers that we admire and the people behind the products are just as important to us as the products themselves.

So here are Dan Korneff and Luke DeLalio - Enjoy!

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Ken Lewis is a Mixer & Producer with 114 gold records under his belt. On his credits list you'll find BTS, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Drake, Bruno Mars and many more.

Dom Rivinius is a producer, writer and mix engineer with credits on projects for artists like Eminem, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift or BTS.

So both got quite the list there and now they also own a plugin company together. It's called Mixing Night Audio and offers really unique tools that you won't find anywhere else! So powerful and fun to use!

KEN LEWIS CALLS HIMSELF A MIXER, PRODUCER AND "FINISHER".

And he also says he has the weirdest resume in the music industry. So, naturally, we needed to hear more about that.

DOM RIVINIUS MET KEN A FEW YEARS AGO AND BECAME PART OF HIS TEAM.

First as an assistant and then he got involved more and more on big projects for artists like Eminem, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift or BTS.

Dom started out as a drummer, and after he started working with Ken he got to play drums on a few Taylor Swift songs, for example.

A FEW YEARS INTO WORKING TOGETHER THEY'VE STARTED THEIR PLUGIN COMPANY, MIXING NIGHT AUDIO.

We had a chance to play with their tools and use them on a few projects. And wow! These are really powerful and so much fun to use! And... a little different in many ways. 😉

On this episode, Ken & Dom share details about how they came up with those plugin ideas, the philosophy behind them and why they are a great addition to your mixing tool kit.

AND FINALLY, THE TWO HAVE BUILT AN ONLINE COMMUNITY DOING FREE MONTHLY LIVE STREAMS ON YOUTUBE STRAIGHT FROM KEN'S STUDIO.

So overall, we thought this was such a cool partnership between Ken and Dom that we wanted to know everything about how they met, how they got to where they are, what it takes to get that kind of projects and how they balance their insane work loads with other areas of life.

And the answers were super interesting, although not surprising if you've ever met one of them in person.

We hung out with Dom at Studioszene in Hamburg last year, then again at Namm in LA earlier this year and we immediately knew we had to introduce him and Ken to our audience.

So here we are!

And this episode is only the beginning:

ON APRIL 16TH 2024 KEN AND DOM WILL DO A "VOCAL MASTERY" WORKSHOP FOR OUR COMMUNITY!

It's going to be a free live event and if you are not on our email list or in our Facebook group, yet, please sign up or join now because you don't want to miss this!

(Getting our emails is as simple as downloading any of our free guides and tutorials.)
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"Your song is your baby - and everyone on your team should care as much as you." - Carl Bahner.

Carl is an emotion-focused mix engineer with a hands-on approach, who helps artists and producers from all over the world to build their own sonic dream team.

He has an open-minded, collaborative approach with artists and producers, exploring the jungle of sounds to make each song as unique, memorable, and emotionally impactful as possible.

Carl also calls himself a co-producer. Because even though most people come to him for mixing, one of his biggest strengths is helping artists and producers with that final 3% of the production that keeps you banging your head against the wall.

And finally, Carl helps passionate studio pros become irresistible to their ideal clients by teaching them to communicate their unique passions and perspectives.

Why does he do that? Because he loves being part of magical teams who create magical art. And through helping other producers find their perfect artist and make them happy, Carl can have an even greater impact and change even more lives through the music that's being created.

And why is it all about communicating? Because when you clearly communicate what makes you, YOU - aligned with exactly what your ideal clients crave - your inbox fills with serious inquiries.

That’s why Carl uses his two decades of music industry experience to help producers, engineers, and session musicians find and attract the perfect artists to work with.

And he really cares. It comes through in everything he says.

Here comes Carl Bahner, on The Self-Recording Band Podcast. Let's dive in!

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