Hi Sam, thanks for taking the time to chat with us. Tell us a bit about yourself, your production style, and what got you into the studio production world. My name is Sam Pappagallo and I run Screaming Parrot Studios, which is a professional home-based studio located in Pottstown PA which is about 35 miles
Hi Henry, thank you for taking the time to chat with us. Overview of yourself, what got you into production, the location of your studio, how long you've been running it, and anything special/unique/interesting about it. Born in New York City, Swedish mother and Colombian father. Started in the music industry at the age
Mixing drums can be seen as a very difficult task but it isn't. The key here is to see the drums as one instrument that has multiple microphones that give us different perspectives on it. So, keep in mind that your kick sound, snare sound, toms sound are not 100% isolated from each other
I started my DAW journey back in 1995 on a Windows ‘95 machine running Sound Forge software. The next DAW I encountered was in 2000, on Pro Tools 5 Mix Plus rig to be exact. A buddy of mine had a studio with the original Pro Control and a Yamaha 02R mixer. This was
The two most important things of getting a good sound drum sound are to have a good drummer and a good drumset so what makes a good drummer? A good drummer will be able to play on time, he will have a good balance when hitting the drums (for example, he will hit the
