We just talk to Montana Macks. You've likely heard his beats. He's a talented listener and producer who works on some of the best stuff coming out of Chicago. It's pretty lightly editted and very late coming. Please enjoy...

How To Suck At Recording Ep. 11 - Machine Learning and AI in Music

May 2nd, 2019 39m 19s

Britton and Dan take a listen to what's on offer in the world of "artificial intelligence" in music. "Now ‘AI’ takes on writing death metal, country music hits, more" at Create Digital Music Try MuseNet at openai.com

How To Suck At Recording Ep. 10 - Zach Goheen

Mar 27th, 2019 1h

Zach Goheen is a sound effects editor and he talks to us. Myspace... This is a super casual podcast

How To Suck At Recording Ep. 9 - March Mania

Mar 27th, 2019 47m 42s

We recorded another podcast and here it is

How To Suck At Recording Ep. 8 - Miranda Winters

Mar 21st, 2019 36m 13s

Dan and Britton have a cheeky gear conversation with singer/guitarist/songwriter Miranda Winters, solo artist and singer/guitarist of Chicago's Melkbelly. We talk in depth about recording last year's 'Xobeci, What Grows Here?' and get it about

How To Suck At Recording Ep. 7 - February Roundup

Mar 20th, 2019 39m 31s

Britton and Dan talk ish about music instrument stuff from February 2019 and check out free plugins.

How To Suck At Recording Ep. 6 - Anthony Janas

Mar 20th, 2019 39m 31s

In this special guest episode we speak with experimental electronic musician Anthony Janas about modular synthesis and the sounds off of his latest record, "Lucifer, Scooby Do, and Me" Check out the record here: https://nihilistrecordings.band

How To Suck At Recording Ep. 5 - Polar Vortex Chorus Pedals

Mar 20th, 2019 29m 54s

Britton and Dan talk shit about chorus pedals and are cold because of climate change. Also, Behringer synths because 2019.

How To Suck At Recording Ep. 4 - Bonus: Carrot Adventure

Mar 20th, 2019 46m 32s

Unfortunately, Britton couldn't make it to this special bonus episode. Instead we have a gear chat with Dan's old internet friend Brendan McGuigan aka Carrot Adventure aka Beautiful Unicorn aka Synthosaurus. Topics covered: synths, mastering, m

How To Suck At Recording Ep. 3 - Moving on From NAMM

Mar 20th, 2019 1h 33m

Britton wants to talk about Behringer's patent sniping, Dan wants to talk about the cheapest mics, Britton and Dan mix a NAMM blues track, and there is no video because fuck it. We suck!