This week’s guest is Los Angeles based producer, engineer, and mixer Stephen Kaye. Stephen splits his time between film & TV projects and record projects. His credits include Fitz and the Tantrums, Lucius, Salem Ilese, Inara George, Hepcat, and Ziggy Marley. As well as movies and shows such as Bridesmaids, Green Book, Bridgerton, Dear White People, and most recently King Richard. We chat about the FOMO of balancing projects, reading music, and working with orchestral instruments in less than ideal circumstances.
In this episode we'll dig in on...
Working Smarter
Dealing with not being credited
Recording Beatles sound-a-likes in high school for fun
Using Vienne Ensemble MIR to recreate space around solo strings
Running Pro Tools for score tracking sessions
Considering back stepping and working as a runner to learn more
Working in studios since age 16
Doing one-man string arrangements for early 2000s pop RnB
Balancing record work and film & TV work
Previewing movies with test audiences
Film deadlines vs TV deadlines

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Credits:
Guest: Stephen Kaye
Host: Travis Ference
Editor: https://linktr.ee/djempirical (Stephen Boyd)
Theme Music: inter.ference