INTERVIEW: JOEY STURGIS (Attack Attack! Nail The Mix, Oceano)

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Today I have a Special Guest on my channel - Joey Sturgis!
Joey Sturgis is an American record producer and owner of The Foundation Recording Studio in Connersville, Indiana.Sturgis started recording in 2004 including producing the Asking Alexandria single "The Final Episode" which has gone on to earn an RIAA certified Gold Record. He also received RIAA-certified Gold Records for Asking Alexandria's "Not the American Average", "Moving On" and Of Mice & Men's "Second and Sebring". He has recorded over 100 albums in his career, and was known for doing a majority of the workload by himself in his early years, including engineering, mixing, mastering, and production.

Sturgis is also the founder and president of Joey Sturgis Tones, which are his own line of audio recording plugins. In 2015, he co-founded URM Academy, an online school for rock and metal mixing and production. He also co-founded Drumforge, a drum software program, and Riffhard, which is an online school for guitarists.He also started the Joey Sturgis Forum Podcast, which is now known as the URM Podcast.
It's a huge honor to have you on my channel Joey!

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⏰Timestamps:
00:43 Q1. How you became a sound engineer?
03:57 Q2. How you got into metal?
06:03 Q3. How you got your first metal clients?
08:17 Q4. Why you decided to run your own youtube channel if you already are making videos for nail the mix?
12:04 Q5. Why sound design is so important in modern metal production?
15:30 Q6. What tips can you give on creating a good low end in metal?
20:00 Q7. Do you really need to go to a college nowadays when you can get online education in nail the mix on sound engineering?
22:44 Q8. What is a definition of a good metal mix?
23:48 Q9. Can you achieve a pro sound quality by using plugins only?
26:31 Q10. When you can tell that you are ready to work with famous metal bands?

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