{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fcd072661-3554-4347-b14f-9076d6c6233c","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Matthew Weiss: Producing Vocals With Feeling","description":"Born in Philadelphia, 1984; Matthew was raised by his mother, a doll sculptor, and his step-father, a jazz pianist. He studied clarinet, piano, drums, guitar and voice, but his favourite instrument was a Roland Groovebox 303 his step-father bought for him as a birthday gift.\u2028\u2028 Matthew attended Sarah Lawrence College for Musical Composition and Theory, where, as a freshman, he became the head sound technician. His job required recording and rendering all the concerts held on campus. While Matthew loved writing music, he soon discovered he loved recording music even more.\u2028 In 2005, Matthew left school to pursue his interests as a recording engineer. In 2007 he took up a job at Studio E in Philadelphia, where he recorded overdubs for the Grammy Nominated album \u201cThe Othello Syndrome\u201d by Uri Caine. Matthew worked as an in house engineer until 2010 when he decided to begin freelancing. From that point his focus shifted from recording work to mixing.\u2028\nBetween 2010 to 2016 he worked with high profile clientele such as Ronnie Spector, Arrested Development, SisQo\u2019, Sonny Digital, and Dizzee Rascal. In 2013, Matthew mixed the album \u201cRosso\u201d by King Midas which won the Norwegian Spellemann Award for Best Rock Album: 2013.\u2028\nMatthew moved to Los Angeles in 2016 where he partnered with Kanye West\u2019s engineer Andrew Dawson running a commercial recording studio. A year later, Weiss became a technical consultant for the construction of a recording studio owned by multi-platinum recording artist Akon. Recognizing Matthew\u2019s talent, Akon asked him to be his personal recordist and mixing engineer. In 2019, Matthew received a Platinum plaque for engineering \u201cComentale\u201d by Ozuna and Akon.\u2028\u2028\nMatthew has recorded and mixed four albums and hundreds of B-sides with Akon. He has also mixed for artists Swae Lee, Jeremih, Chris Brown, Tory Lanez, Nicky Minaj, Becky G, Anitta, Rick Ross, Farruko, and Ozuna.\nIN THIS EPISODE, YOU\u2019LL LEARN ABOUT:\nTransitioning from live sound to in studio\nHow to stand out as a studio intern\nGetting great vocals\nGetting vocals to feel locked in rhythmically\nUsing Autotune\nHow to use headphone cues to help capture better performances\nSetting up your room to hear accurate low-end\nWorking with pre-processed samples\nAnalyzing your processes and learning to simplify\nTo learn more about Matthew Weiss, visit: http://weiss-sound.com/\nTo learn more tips on how to improve your mixes, visit https://masteryourmix.com/\nDownload your FREE copy of the Ultimate Mixing Blueprint: https://masteryourmix.com/blueprint/\nGet your copy of the #1 Amazon bestselling book, The Mixing Mindset \u2013 The Step-By-Step Formula For Creating Professional Rock Mixes From Your Home Studio: https://masteryourmix.com/mixingmindsetbook/\nJoin the FREE MasterYourMix Facebook community: https://links.masteryourmix.com/community\nTo make sure that you don\u2019t miss an episode, make sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or on Android.\nHave your questions answered on the show. Send them to questions@masteryourmix.com\nThanks for listening! Please leave a rating and review on iTunes!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b7c37057-014b-46f3-ae2f-b60dd2725b8c/podcast-logo-yellow-4mucm3.png"}