Daniel Silberman is a record producer, engineer, musician, and the owner of Ridgeway Recording in Chicago, IL, USA! In our second conversation on the podcast, Dan brings us up to date on his life; overcoming an illness and an injury, relearning how to play guitar and bass, taking on fewer clients, and giving more to the artists he chooses to work with. He goes really deep on his mixing process, specifically his extensive approach to stereo bus processing. We also chat about monitoring, psychoacoustic, what the Pultec is really doing, saturation, and so much more! Check it out!
You can learn more about Daniel at https://www.ridgewayrecording.com/
You can follow Daniel on Social Media
Dan's IG - https://www.instagram.com/liveforthemusik/
Studio IG - https://www.instagram.com/ridgewayrecording/
***As I mentioned in this episode, Carl Bahner has an awesome new mindfulness/business podcast for creative freelancers called "Thanks for Thinking." Click here to listen - https://www.carlbahner.com/thanks-for-thinking !***
You can listen to the songs we discussed in the "Sauce" segment in their entirety:
"Oseh Shalom" by Beth Reinstein - https://soundcloud.com/beth-reinstein/oseh-shalom
"Fall" by Alex Chadwick has yet to be released
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References
Dan's first episode - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2020/5/24/secret-sonics-047-daniel-silberman
Michael Brauer - https://www.mbrauer.com/
Tim O’Sullivan - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2020/7/5/secret-sonics-053-tim-osullivan
Jack Stratton/Vulfpeck - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulfpeck
Goodherz Tupe - https://goodhertz.co/tupe/
SSL Smart Research C1LA - https://vintageking.com/smart-research-c1la
Unfairchild Compressor - http://www.undertoneaudio.com/products/unfairchild
SPL Passeq - https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/spl_passeq.html
Nicholas Di Lorenzo - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2021/10/17/secret-sonics-117-nicholas-di-lorenzo-pushing-boundaries-beyond-mastering
Ken Lewis - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2021/9/12/secret-sonics-112-ken-lewis-100-gold-records-and-beyond
Eric Valentine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Valentine
Greg Wells - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Wells
Craig Bauer - https://www.craigbauer.com/
Ian Sefchick - https://www.instagram.com/magicdeatheye/
Alex Sterling - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2021/2/21/secret-sonics-085-alex-sterling-building-a-home-for-music-in-nyc
Bob Clearmountain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Clearmountain
Barefoot MM27 - https://barefootsound.com/micromain27/
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