Dana Nielsen is a Grammy-nominated mixer, engineer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

He's worked with artists like SZA, Rihanna, Adele, Post Malone, The Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Young, Justin Timberlake, Weezer, Bob Dylan, and Kanye West. He's also worked with Rick Rubin on projects for Justin Timberlake and Red Hot Chili Peppers, and he even appeared on screen next to Rick Rubin on David Letterman's Netflix show My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.

We talked about what an audio engineer does, how you can get into audio engineering, and the effects of AI on audio engineering.

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Phil Servati is a film composer who has written music for brands like Genesis, Titleist, Pearl Vision, Verizon, Colgate, Kraft, Nikon, and ExxonMobil. His scores have also been featured in films like Chasing Faster, For The Team, and Marriage Retreat, as well as short films.

In this conversation, we talk about how you can get into film composing, how you can start writing a melody, and the effects of AI on film composers today.

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Thor Fienberg is an Emmy-winning recording and mixing engineer who works mainly in the film and TV scoring world.

He started out producing and songwriting under a publishing deal with producer John Shanks. And he started his engineering career at Blake Neely's Cow on the Wall Studios in 2016, where he found a passion for engineering and mixing.

Some of his credits include Masters of the Air, Minecraft: Legends, Loki, and It Ends With Us.

We talk about mixing, we talk about digital audio workstations, and we talk about how you can get started as an aspiring engineer.

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