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Lady Audio #9 with Willie Green
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Lady Audio Interview with Willie Green
Our guest this week is Paul “Willie Green” Womack. Willie Green is a producer, recording engineer and mixing engineer. He’s been writing and recording music since he was a kid with just a couple of boom boxes to record with.
Below you'll find the questions I asked.
First off, I wanted to say that I love the darker element in some of your tunes. Or should I say the truer elements of your music. It’s really refreshing, and I wanted to ask what encourages you to write about the truth and more meaningful topics?
With the album, A Suite for Souled People, it’s a really sensitive topic that few will want to venture into in this current world where people are afraid they might “offend their audience” rather than encourage them to make a change within their own beliefs and views. Did you ever have any doubts about releasing that EP?
Besides the darker side, there’s also a really light-hearted side, as in Fasho Fasho or Gettin’ Started, off the album, We Live In The Future. I wanted to ask about the featured artists on the album. What is it that you like about collaborating with other artists?
Do they record their own takes and send them to you? How does that work?
Who played guitar on Gettin’ Started? What type of guitar, mic, and all those techy details please! Haha! Just kidding, you don’t have to give the secret away, but I like that funk guitar and the way it sits in the mix.
[SPECIAL NOTE: It was really nice of Willie Green to get some of the details for us from the guitar player, Kenji Shinagawa, about his guitar sound on the song Gettin’ Started. Here’s the scoop…
"When I record electric guitar at home, I use an Audio Technica AT-4047 -> MBox 2 Pro -> Pro Tools (Version 5 at the time, I believe)
I think I played my Fender Telecaster and Jazzmaster for the two different tracks. Both times it went straight into my Victoria 518, which is basically a clone of a tweed era Fender champ. It gets an amazing sound at a manageable volume. That is my go-to recording amp. I could have run through a clean boost pedal, which I sometimes do, but I can't remember. I place the mic not too close to the speaker.]
I could go on about that album… the kick on High Voltage, for instance, but if I did, this would easily be a three hour show. So I just have to highly encourage people to go to your BandCamp, put on the good headphones, and have a listen and buy your music.
How do you choose the people you wish to collaborate with?
You have a new album coming out. What’s the name of it and what’s the inspiration behind this new project?
Are there any new collaborators on it?
Obviously, one of the elements that encouraged me to contact you to be on the show is because you’re really good at creating beats. What’s the name of the drum machine you recorded with when you were a kid?
And what are you using these days to create beats?
As a mixing engineer, you have experience working with different genres. What are some of the main differences between mixing hip hop and a singer songwriter with just piano and vocals?
What are your three favorite plugins right now? I realize this could change as we explore more and more, but for right now, what are your favs?
A project you worked on recently was with Elucid. What did you work on with Elucid? Were you the producer and did you also collaborate with musical ideas? What’s the story behind that project?
What’s the best way to contact you for producing or mixing?
Where can people go to listen to and purchase your music?
Willie Green's Website: http://www.williegreenmusic.com/
Willie Green's BandCamp: https://williegreen.bandcamp.com/
Songs played in order of appearance:
Funeral (w/Elucid) - A Suite for Souled People
Mourning (w/Curly Castro) - A Suite for Souled People
Revival (w/Billy Woods) - A Suite for Souled People
Gettin' Started (Ooh Baby) Ft. Corina Corina - We Live In The Future
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Our guest this week is Paul “Willie Green” Womack. Willie Green is a producer, recording engineer and mixing engineer. He’s been writing and recording music since he was a kid with just a couple of boom boxes to record with.
Below you'll find the questions I asked.
First off, I wanted to say that I love the darker element in some of your tunes. Or should I say the truer elements of your music. It’s really refreshing, and I wanted to ask what encourages you to write about the truth and more meaningful topics?
With the album, A Suite for Souled People, it’s a really sensitive topic that few will want to venture into in this current world where people are afraid they might “offend their audience” rather than encourage them to make a change within their own beliefs and views. Did you ever have any doubts about releasing that EP?
Besides the darker side, there’s also a really light-hearted side, as in Fasho Fasho or Gettin’ Started, off the album, We Live In The Future. I wanted to ask about the featured artists on the album. What is it that you like about collaborating with other artists?
Do they record their own takes and send them to you? How does that work?
Who played guitar on Gettin’ Started? What type of guitar, mic, and all those techy details please! Haha! Just kidding, you don’t have to give the secret away, but I like that funk guitar and the way it sits in the mix.
[SPECIAL NOTE: It was really nice of Willie Green to get some of the details for us from the guitar player, Kenji Shinagawa, about his guitar sound on the song Gettin’ Started. Here’s the scoop…
"When I record electric guitar at home, I use an Audio Technica AT-4047 -> MBox 2 Pro -> Pro Tools (Version 5 at the time, I believe)
I think I played my Fender Telecaster and Jazzmaster for the two different tracks. Both times it went straight into my Victoria 518, which is basically a clone of a tweed era Fender champ. It gets an amazing sound at a manageable volume. That is my go-to recording amp. I could have run through a clean boost pedal, which I sometimes do, but I can't remember. I place the mic not too close to the speaker.]
I could go on about that album… the kick on High Voltage, for instance, but if I did, this would easily be a three hour show. So I just have to highly encourage people to go to your BandCamp, put on the good headphones, and have a listen and buy your music.
How do you choose the people you wish to collaborate with?
You have a new album coming out. What’s the name of it and what’s the inspiration behind this new project?
Are there any new collaborators on it?
Obviously, one of the elements that encouraged me to contact you to be on the show is because you’re really good at creating beats. What’s the name of the drum machine you recorded with when you were a kid?
And what are you using these days to create beats?
As a mixing engineer, you have experience working with different genres. What are some of the main differences between mixing hip hop and a singer songwriter with just piano and vocals?
What are your three favorite plugins right now? I realize this could change as we explore more and more, but for right now, what are your favs?
A project you worked on recently was with Elucid. What did you work on with Elucid? Were you the producer and did you also collaborate with musical ideas? What’s the story behind that project?
What’s the best way to contact you for producing or mixing?
Where can people go to listen to and purchase your music?
Willie Green's Website: http://www.williegreenmusic.com/
Willie Green's BandCamp: https://williegreen.bandcamp.com/
Songs played in order of appearance:
Funeral (w/Elucid) - A Suite for Souled People
Mourning (w/Curly Castro) - A Suite for Souled People
Revival (w/Billy Woods) - A Suite for Souled People
Gettin' Started (Ooh Baby) Ft. Corina Corina - We Live In The Future
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