Gear Club Podcast is hosted by engineer / producers John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.) and Stewart Lerman (Patti Smith, St. Vincent). Each episode of the podcast features an interview with a key player in the audio industry, and also offers tips and guidance to the next generation of engineers and artists. The podcast is an informative, yet irreverent, look at the art of recording by leading practitioners of the art.
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An insight into a small group of Radio Hams in Melbourne who (since the 1970's) have conducted rambling and inane conversations until the early hours of the morning via complex multiplex radio connections that even the Oz Govt Radio Authorities have yet to figure out.
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#94: The Gear and The Garage with Mitch Easter
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In this episode, John and Stewart sit down with producer, engineer, musician, song writer, studio owner, and the Godfather of Jangle Pop, the one and only, Mitch Easter. Mitch has always been and continues to be a staple of the Indie Rock scene in North Carolina and beyond. First operating out of Drive in Studio located in his parents' garage, and …
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In 2018 the H9000 Harmonizer®, Eventide’s flagship multi effects processor, won a TEC award for best signal processing hardware. We had the team behind the H9000’s design and development on the podcast in Episodes #66.1, #66.2 and #66.3 to talk about the process of designing, building, and testing the latest in Eventide’s revered Harmonizer line. N…
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#93: The Singer and the Song with Thom Panunzio
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In this episode, we’re delighted to talk with industry legend, Thom Panunzio. Getting his start as an assistant at NYC’s Record Plant, Thom went on to work in every facet of the music business. He’s produced, mixed, and engineered albums for Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Joan Jett, Ozzy Osbourne, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Alice Cooper, and Aerosmith …
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Mastering engineer extraordinaire Greg Calbi is a dear friend and was our guest on Gear Club Episode #2 way back in January of 2017. Over the last 50 years Greg has mastered a seemingly endless list of albums across every genera of music, and it’s almost a certainty he’s had a hand in the making of one of your favorite records. In this episode Greg…
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#92: Capturing the Passion with Bob Gruen
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In this episode, we sit down for a conversation with renowned rock photographer Bob Gruen. Bob has been documenting the artists, concerts, and clubs that have come to define rock music, and is responsible for some of the most iconic images of the idiom. Listen in as Bob talks with hosts John and Stewart about his artistic philosophy, his move from …
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#91: The David Mansfield Multiverse
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This month, we’re thrilled to have David Mansfield on the show, a composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger with a long and storied career. We have each worked with David for a long time, and know firsthand the talent and depth he brings to all the music he touches. Growing up in New Jersey and beginning his career in local bands, he …
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#90: Fur Peace from Everywhere with Jorma Kaukonen
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In this episode, we talk with Jorma Kaukonen, electric guitarist extraordinaire for Jefferson Airplane, vocalist/blues picker for Hot Tuna, prolific solo artist, and all-around great guy. At 81 years young, Jorma is still writing, teaching, and gigging with no signs of slowing down. Listen in as we chat about his early career playing Bay Area clubs…
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#89: Michael Imperioli: Zen and the Art of the Power Trio
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Michael Imperioli is an Emmy award-winning actor, writer, novelist, and musician best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO series "The Sopranos". Since 2006 Michael has fronted the indie rock band "Zopa", and is currently working on a new album with our very own John Agnello. In this episode, Michael talks with our hosts about th…
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In this special Gear Club episode, we celebrate the post-Beatle life of John Lennon, who would have turned 82 this year on October 9th. After The Beatles broke up, John and Yoko moved to New York where John produced, recorded, and played songs that spoke to the post-60s generation as they struggled for justice and an end to war. John Lennon impacte…
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#87: Cross Pollinate with Dave Darlington (Part 1)
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Dave Darlington is a Grammy award-winning engineer, producer, mastering engineer, and musician who has recorded, mixed, composed, and played in just about every genre of music. He’s worked with the likes of Wayne Shorter, C+C Music Factory, Sting, and Miles Davis among many others. In this interview, Dave takes us through his journey to becoming an…
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#86: Lessons Learned with Steve Marcantonio
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In this episode, John & Stewart chat with GRAMMY award-winning engineer and producer, Steve Marcantonio. Steve is a staple of the Nashville music scene but got his start in New York at The Record Plant under the instruction of the likes of Roy Cicala and Jay Messina. Listen in as Steve discusses his journey through the ranks at The Record Plant, hi…
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Recordings of Aus hams in the 1940's,Gee they sound like a lot of gerryatrics but the fact is theywere young men then. It was just the way people talked at that time (Righto old boy!). I like the bit where the guy says he has worked the band since 1928. Also interesting to hear what their rigs sounded like then. Includes an intorduction from Ivor M…
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Warning Smoking is a health hazardBy Mr Stu
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Every time the daylight savings changeover happend we would try to ring the time service and hear the Gordon Gow glass disc announcement changeBy Mr Stu
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Funny discussion on Quensland politcs of the 1970's, quite timely as "Joh" has just left us.By Mr Stu
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This podcast is THE NIGHT THE SKY FELL IN recorded the night the skylab crashed. As you will hear people were ringing in to report bright lights in the sky and loud noises but the experts on the ABC were saying that they must be mistaken as the skylab was going to fall safely at sea. Any one who has been to the skylab museum at Esperence in Western…
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Recorded during a big storm some easter decades ago. Quite funny and has a spoken id at start.By Mr Stu
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Stu and Bek discuss how wartime would have been like in down town Glenhuntly.(10mins 4Meg) 1976By Mr Stu
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Comments on Beks trip to the isle of mud.(18mins 11Meg) 1988By Mr Stu
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Some interesting log tapes from the much used vk3ase trunking system of the early 1980's(1hour32mins 44Meg)By Mr Stu
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This Guy was only around for a while but quite amazing to listen to.(2hours 31 mins 68Meg) 1977By Mr Stu
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The Kilt designed and built a super monitoring station in one of the earths quiet zones.(42 mins 17Meg) from 1977By Mr Stu
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Poor Mr Wetsdale has trouble getting through on the phoneBy Mr Stu
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The Branch, Flinders and with the help of a few others have got control of the multi megawatt transmitters of Radio Australia and are troubled by the fact that when they put them on the lights around the state dim. (1 hour 15mins, 40 meg) From 1976By Mr Stu
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early Bek Stu Xband Find out why the peg phone got smashed.(1hour 4mins 33Meg) 1975By Mr Stu
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Mr Maize is very good at playing with the off normal contacts and producing nice screams on the old step by step system(10 min 3 Meg) 1986By Mr Stu
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Classic Bek Stu missions from the naive period(92mins 38Meg) 1975By Mr Stu
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The Flinders talks about his time when employed at the Australian Broadcasting Commission during the early 1970's(19mins 7Meg) 1976By Mr Stu
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Syd a friend of the fish makes a visit during a crossband and gets a description of whats going on(19mins 7Meg) 1976By Mr Stu
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Mr Branch after a bit of politics describes all the grand ideas he had when he was younger(28mins 11Meg) 1976By Mr Stu
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Useing the old black phones a competition on throwing the handset on to the hook. (6mins 5Meg) 1975By Mr Stu
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Ken does get out of the box after bit of a struggle, from one of the Bonnie missions hospital hours.(68mins 28Meg) 1976By Mr Stu
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The Egg has some trouble with wandering egg plants, sounds like triffid trouble.(63mins 25Meg) 1976By Mr Stu
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Mr Branch giving a description of the evolving nature of the transmission facilities.(12mins 5Meg)By Mr Stu
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We all went over to the normaly conservitive Dr Head and this very bad missions eventuated.(51mins 21Meg) 1980By Mr Stu
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Another rather juvenile early Stu Bek missions(60mins 25Meg) 1975By Mr Stu
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My First big power crossband missions with the egg.(23mins 9Meg) 1975By Mr Stu
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A nice tour around the Branch shack and a climb up the unsafe tower(54min 22Meg)By Mr Stu
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Well would you belive it is 30 years since the dismissal?. This was recorded the night before the following election that was the product that event and things get quite heated(103mins 43Meg) 1975By Mr Stu
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Very early Stu Bek missions and a difinitive description of Glenhuntly in 1975(62min 11Meg)By Mr Stu
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During an electricty strike when it is illegal to use more than two light bulbs and a toaster in each house, Mr Branch runs the missions off d cells (10min 4Meg)By Mr Stu
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The Maize takes some serious calls (20min 9Meg)By Mr Stu
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Mr Soak talks about his travels around Australia(37min 15Meg)By Mr Stu
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Callbacks on social issues and Mr Wets as well (26min 11Meg)By Mr Stu
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An afternoon crossband with the Branch and Agr.A listener drops in to find out how it all works. (67min 12Meg)By Mr Stu
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A big night with lots of talkback calls. 1975 (18min 7Meg)By Mr Stu
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Part 2 of above(68min 28Meg)By Mr Stu
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Mr Soak goes behind the iron curtian, Travelogue on trip to Russia in 1970.s(113min 47Meg)By Mr Stu
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Mr Boots kite flying tests cause some troubles with air 490, The police chopper(44min 869376Meg)By Mr Stu
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Not an uninteresting missions from the mid 80's, quite good in fact apart from the first bit maybe.(103min 43Meg)By Mr Stu
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