EP 202 | Billy Decker

We’re incredibly excited to have Billy Decker back on the show to talk beating cancer, Nashville standards, and maintaining motivation. Mixing is almost as much a state of mind, as it is a state of hearing. - Billy Decker ON THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: 5:00 How Billy’s Attitude towards life has changed post-cancer 17:00 Adding extra production elements or vocals that aren’t strictly part of the mix process, where do you draw the line? 23:00 The Nashville work ethic and quality of musicianship, full sessions recorded in a half-hour. 28:00 Starting to track one piece at a time, mixing heavy rock with female vocals, how that has changed Billy’s process. 32:00 Applying other people’s settings with context to your own mixes rather than simply copying. 37:30 Learning from other Nail the Mix sessions and what those mixers are great at. 51:55 Dealing with disgruntled clients. 1:00:00 Producing as a way to maintain motivation, other ways to prevent burnout. 1:07:00 Parallel compression strategies, using Gain Reduction on lead vocals instead of 1176, sneaking in a Def Leppard snare sample into a country mix. 1:18:00 Country-based Nail The Mix sessions, audience feedback. Thanks for listening! Leave us a comment or review! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices