TheToyBoxStudioShow.com TheHayBaleStudio.com StereoSessions.com Welcome to The Toy Box Studio Show! Lij Shaw takes you inside the Hay Bale Studio backstage at the Bonnaroo festival for 2015. Lij gives you a walkthrough of the studio, and series of honest interviews with the staff and friends. This episode is like Bonnaroo… raw, fun, awesome, and al…

My guest today is bree, an East Nashville rock-n-roller, a chick with a dirty guitar. Bree writes songs from the heart about her real life coming of age stories. Everything from love to shoplifting to getting kicked out of a family cult gets the troubadour treatment as she bounces across the USA from California to East Nashville. Finally bree lands…

TheToyBoxStudioShow.com/20 Email Lij Shaw or Call The Studio with your comments or leave a review My guest on today's show is none other than my own daughter, Sarayah Shaw. She tells us all about being a kid on stage and growing up acting and singing in East Nashville. I also unveil plans for a new podcast that will bring forth your inner rockstar!…

TheToyBoxStudioShow.com/19 Email Lij Shaw or Call The Studio with your comments or leave a review My guest on today’s show, Manny Nieto, has been working with some of the coolest punk rock bands from Los Angeles to Beijing. Manny has been recording in LA since he caught the recording bug in 1997 from Steve Albini. He describes his trip to Beijing s…

TheToyBoxStudioShow.com/18 Email Lij Shaw or Call The Studio with your comments or leave a review My guest on today’s show, Manny Nieto, has been working with some of the coolest punk rock bands from Los Angeles to Beijing. Manny has been recording in LA since he caught the recording bug in 1997 from Steve Albini. He describes his trip to Beijing s…

TheToyBoxStudioShow.com Audio Issues.com Email Lij Shaw or Call The Studio with your comments or leave a review Our guest on today’s show is Björgvin Benediktsson, an audio engineer and writer. He is an Alumni from the SAE Institute and has been writing about music production since 2008. He is also the marketing director for Crowd Audio, a site hel…

TheToyBoxStudioShow.com Email Lij Shaw or Call The Studio On Todays show I explain the meaning of phase when you are recording and importance of getting it right. I share in detail my process of checking phase on all the drum mics to help you get your drum recordings sounding awesome! I explain absolute phase, relative phase, and stereo phase, the …

TheToyBoxStudioShow.com Email Lij Shaw (email lij@thetoyboxstudioshow.com if you would like to be part of the launch team) or Call The Studio (615-697-9545 and Leave a message with your goals for 2015) Its New Years Day 2015 and time to take a look at setting goals for the year. I am podcasting from a cabin deep in the woods. The turkey is on the w…

TheToyBoxStudioShow.com Happy Holidays everyone! I am totally psyched to bring you Steve Albini’s keynote address from Face The Music 2014, where he inspires independent artists with hope for the present state of the music biz. But In the same manner that Steve wouldn’t censor his music, some of the language here is not censored either. So if you’v…

TheToyBoxStudioShow.com The Sound Of East Nashville Today I am excited to welcome David Glenn, a professional mix engineer from Orlando, FL, who has worked with many great artists including Pablo Villatoro, Blanca Callahan (Group 1 Crew), LaRue Howard, Jeremy Rosado (the American Idol Finalist), Aimee Allen (Warner) and many more. David generously …

thetoyboxstudioshow.com theproaudiofiles.com Our guest today is Dan Comerchero, a musician, producer, blogger, online businessman, and creator of the Quiztones app for Mac, and iOS. Dan has a successful blog called The Pro Audio Files, a curation of excellent and concise articles and videos on mixing, recording, producing, and mastering. Dan has cr…

thetoyboxstudioshow.com Isaac Bolduc, president of Synergy Consulting, joins me for a Q&A about Health insurance for the musician and Audio Professional. Isaac has 14 years experience providing health insurance as one of Tennessee's top rated Blue Cross Blue Shield brokers and is an expert at helping musicians find the right health insurance policy…

TheToyBoxStudioShow.com Peertracks.com Our guests today are two ground breaking visionaries that join us from both the music world and the cryptographic digital currency world. Eddie Corral and Cédrik Cobban came across my radar when I was doing a Bitcoin podcast called Bitcoins and Gravy with John Barrett. Eddie and Cédrik are taking the technolog…

How do you go from Bullshit to brilliant businessman? Lij Shaw interviews Anders Elfström about his musical journey and radio production career. We learn how Anders started out as a kid punk rocker (in the band Bullshit) to become a very successful radio producer making podcasts for mega furniture retailer Ikea to help them sell rockers (and other …

The Toy Box Studio Nick Lobel Lex Price Nick Lobel, Secretary & Treasurer of the Belmont University AES chapter, interviews Lex Price (k.d. Lang, Mindy Smith) and myself, Lij Shaw (Living Things, Spinto Band) in the studio as we talk about musical influences and share advice for having great tracking sessions. We talk about working with great artis…

thetoyboxstudio.com What do Dave Grohl and Wynonna Judd have in common? Find out as I talk with Peter King about listening with the heart to music. Peter shares insight into fear, failure, and repeated success while making records whether tracking or mixing. Peter King has many gold records to his name as a producer, songwriter, keyboardist, and en…

What happens when you back up all your belongings, leave not only your secure job, but your own business and pursue your musical dreams? I talk with Nick Bullock to about his musical journey and landing on his feet in Nashville. Nick shares insight into writing daily, keeping a band together, and staying on his musical path through many obsatcles. …

For more info about Lij - thetoyboxstudio.com For more info about Roger - belltonerecording.com In Ep 05 Roger Alan Nichols joins Lij at The Toy Box Studio for an in depth interview about music, recording, and how to make it as a band. Roger is an incredibly talented musician with a long track record in rock, pop, and country production. A member o…

The Toy Box Studio Show 004 Lij Shaw interviews Jacob Lawson about his musical career and performing and production experiences. Jacob also shares some great tips for recording in the studio and how to get the most out of a violin or string session. Jacob has 20+ years performing and producing. Among his discography are singer/songwriter rock/pop a…

In The Toy Box Studio Show #3 Lij Shaw focuses on the creative work flow and getting the most out of your mix.

In The Toy Box Studio Show #2 Lij Shaw talks about setting up a template for mixing and mix workflow. Lij shares tips for eq, compressoin, and console mixing with Protools and finishes with some important tools for the studio.

The Toy Box Studio Show #1 - Lij Shaw takes you through the basics of getting a song ready for mixing. Whether you are working in Protools or some other DAW there are a few basic principles and techniques that work well when preparing a mix.