CEO Morning Show Live Episode 27
Live interview with audio engineer Dacota G who won a Grammy for his work on Childish Gambino “This is America”
We talked about a lot of great topics including his come up story and journey from going to college at MTSU, interning at studios in Atlanta, to eventually working with big artists in recording studios in Atl and LA.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
04:38 Episode Overview: 4 time Grammy winner Dacota G Interview
06:47 Dacota joins the stream
10:00 Dacota G’s come up story: Writing and recording music as a kid, wholesaling mixtapes in high school, making industry connections through music forums, attending Middle Tennessee State and making connections and working on music 24/7, starting a hip hop blog for upcoming artists, interning in Atlanta
31:26 Crucial qualities that Dacota had that got him promoted from being just an engineering intern at Parhelion, studio etiquette balance
36:46 Dacota’s early clients after being promoted from being an intern
38:20 When things started to take off for Dacota
41:20 The relationship between producers and engineers
42:07 Receiving a Grammy with Donald Glover for “This is America”
43:48 Story behind “This is America” with Donald Glover, Dacota’s recording template and equipment used, finding balance with music, family and friends, treating yourself as a business
59:44 Things Dacota did to get more business
01:02:22 Soundbetter platform
1:04:18 Action steps someone can take if they are looking to get into mixing
01:07:21 Techniques for getting good quality recording at home and go to monitors
01:10:31 Biggest mistakes producers make in their beat mixes
01:12:29 Q&A with Steez: LUFS, stereo field elements, gain staging techniques, go to limiter
01:24:10 Q&A with Droppa Drop: Pressure being an engineer, being respected as an engineer, striving for more, working in Atlanta
01:35:22 Q&A with Sterling George: Hacks for getting the best quality when recording at home
01:43:01 Q&A with Joe: Advice for going from just a producer to engineering
01:44:44 Q&A with Joey: Advice for producers going from working live to digital, hacks for getting compensated as a producer or engineer
01:57:00 Outro
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