JFTR Live: Ep. 8 (Jon Castelli & Graham Cruser Mixed Malavika)

EPISODE 7: JON CASTELLI & GRAHAM CRUSER Jon is a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum engineer who is known for his work with Khalid, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Ke$ha, and countless others. Please check out his website here: http://www.mixedbyjoncastelli.com/ Graham is a Telly Award winning mixing engineer who has worked with Ash Leone, Hablot Brown and MILLS. Please check out his website here: http://www.crusermusic.com/ In this stream we follow Jon and Graham and watch how they approach a mixing session. This is an unreleased song courtesy of Malavika. Our panel includes Malavika, Moritz Braun and Daniel Cullen. @malavikamusic @moritzbraunmusic @ghostaffair ---- 0:00 - Beginning 5:32 - How the record came together 39:26 - Discussion on approaching the mix 44:15 - Adding Space to percussion 47:48 - Saucing the reverse Kalimba 52:23 - Low End translation from studio to car 53:59 - Kick and Sub relation in the mix 55:15 - Building the mix from the ground up 58:52 - Castelli’s favorite 2 plugins 1:00:03 - The importance of printing stems properly 1:06:00 - Hi hat delay for movement 1:07:40 - Snare mixing (Phase Inversion + Delay for movement) 1:08:00 - Percussion Mixing 1:22:00 - Background Vocal Mixing 1:23:00 - H3000 Secret 1:25:00 - Ad Libs Mixing 1:28:00 - Lead Vocal Reverb 1:33:00 - Feedback 1:34:00 - Graham starts Mixing 1:36:00 - Guitar Mixing 1:47:00 - Break 2:03:00 - Conversation 2:27:40 - Playback 2:29:54 - Mix notes 2:39:22 - Playback 2:44:47 - "Dolby Think" 2:46:45 - Conversation 3:00:30 Clipping vs. not clipping on the kick 3:03:20 Playback/minor revisions 3:07:59 Moritz’s funny mix note 3:08:34 Malavika’s mix notes (adlibs & guitars) 3:13:28 Break 3:20:37 Return/Malavika pronunciation/Jon’s password 3:21:41 Little mix details that the panel might have done differently 3:24:00 Phone playback 3:26:27 Inspired reverb touch on the adlibs 3:30:33 Graham’s thoughts on the song and the mix 3:33:02 Jon on good monitoring and the “clipping” sound 3:34:53 The importance of good collaborative energy 3:43:06 Outro/Graham the GOAT ------- This is a video archive for our live Twitch series. Just For The Record Live is all about highlighting the music industry’s quiet heavy hitters and encouraging the audience to engage in an active dialogue. In our community we value a respectful exchange between music makers. Our goal is to further everyones creative process. Art is subjective, so please be cautious with how you communicate within the chat. We are inclusive of all creators no matter the stage of their career or their background. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/3xDL7uJustForTheRecord Twitch:   / justfortherec   Instagram:   / justfortherec   Studio Website: https://www.justfortherecord.com/