Justin Craig is a Grammy-nominated music producer, mixing engineer and musical director based out of Brooklyn, NY, USA. In our conversation Justin shared his journey from Lexington, KY to musical directing on Broadway, to producing songs for artists. We talked about his approach to production and mixing, playing multiple instruments, getting massive drum sounds out of a small recording space, overcoming imposter syndrome and so much more! Check it out!
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You can listen to the song we discussed in the "Sauce" segment in its entirety here: "Thorns" by Ashley Strongarm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaCPsax4qmw&ab_channel=AshleyStrongarm-Topic
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References
Duane Lundy - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2021/6/24/secret-sonics-101-duane-lundy-a-nurturing-approach-to-production
McCartney 3, 2, 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAkqy5QntGQ&ab_channel=Hulu
Layla Moheimani - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2020/7/19/secret-sonics-055-layla-moheimani
These United States - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/These_United_States
Livinia Jones Wright - https://www.instagram.com/laviniajoneswright/?hl=en
Steven Trask - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Trask
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(musical)
T Bone Burnett (speech I mentioned) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Bone_Burnett
Fleetwood Mac “Tusk” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusk_(album)
Andrew Maury - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2021/7/18/secret-sonics-104-andrew-maury-mixing-with-intuition
Neural DSP Wong Amp - https://neuraldsp.com/plugins/archetype-cory-wong
Soundtoys - https://www.soundtoys.com/
Flea 47 - https://vintageking.com/flea-microphones-47-with-f7-capsule
Caleb Parker - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2021/4/4/secret-sonics-091-caleb-parker-getting-the-most-out-of-a-performance
Justin Perkins - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2021/4/25/secret-sonics-094-justin-perkins-going-deep-with-mastering
TJ Lippell - http://www.tjlippleaudio.com/
Alex Clare - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Clare
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