Taylor Larson: Creating energetic rock drums

Taylor Larson is a record producer, mixer, and audio engineer who has worked with artists such as Asking Alexandria, Periphery, From First to Last, I See Stars, Veil of Maya, Within Temptation, The Dangerous Summer, Conditions, and Sky Eats Airplane. He is also the guitarist of The Evening.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

• Making sacrifices to work in audio
• Using reference tracks to make you a better engineer
• How to create energy in a mix
• Recording drums that hit hard
• The secret tip John Feldmann uses for recording drums that sound big
• Breaking the “rules” of audio
• Creating sustain for your drums
• A simple trick for getting ghost notes to be clearly heard
• Why dynamics aren’t always important

To learn more about Taylor Larson’s company, MixWave, visit: https://www.mixwave.net/

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