Levi with his old-school guitar (only 7 strings lol what antique store did u find that thing in?!)
In case you haven’t picked up on it by now, there is a specific kind of person I love having on the podcast: super prolific and hardworking, with their hands in a lot of different projects that may or may not have anything to do with each other. People like BIG CHOCOLATE, DJ TWOSTACKS, and Todd Jones who are always working on something new and seem like they never rest.
When it comes to modern metalcore production, doesn’t get much more technically flawless than this DEMON HUNTER song that Eyal worked on
Eyal Levi is one of these people. He plays in the Century Media band DAATH, has toured and recorded with a few other bands, and writes a very insightful column on Metal Sucks. But I wanted to talk to him about his Real Job as one of the guise behind AUDIOHAMMER STUDIOS. You may know them for their work with Tumblrfamous bands like DEMON HUNTER, JOB FOR A COWBOY, CHELSEA GRIN, WHITECHAPEL, AUGUST BURNS RED among many, many others, and I thought it would be cool to hear more about how things work at the elite level of the studio business.
Follow him on Twatter, check out AUDIOHAMMER’s work and be prepared to geek out about compressors and plugins!
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Surprised that you’d include such and IMN magnet.
I’ll check it out… as someone who works at a (non-elite level) of the studio business, it’s relevant to my interests.
If Eyal is an IMN idol that is news to me, I just talk to him about EQing and shit. No care either way, good dude who is back tard.
No complaint from me… just have seen you say no to people’s guest suggestions before when they are metal dudes. Daath is excessively covered on Metalsucks, so pretty IMN approved.
I figured their butts would hurt because he works with The Whitechapels and stuff?
Their butts are already too lubricated via Daath’s guitar masturbation to notice.
inb4 butthurt overload over the presence of an IMN idol
hopefully this post doesn’t disappear again when i refresh the page, you sneaky basterd
Really, really good podcast (srs). Eyal seems like a good dude, and the whole deal with music biz and recording stuff is very informative. Best podcast so far IMO.
Thanks! I really liked it a lot too, Eyal has a lot of great insights
before i listened to this i was like, oh god this is gonna be awful, but it wars really awesome. I also dropped out of berklee ASAP first semester, what a cesspool that place is.
my problem with that style of recording is that it just doesn’t work for every band, sounds good for more techy metal stuff, but i think simpler bands like immure, acacia strain etc would be better served by a more raw recording.
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Immure are a sweet band bro
Really enjoyed this and the one with Chuck BB. Nice to get some insight from successful creative professionals.
Thanks! I really never get tired of talking about entrepreneurship and the business of being creative (srs, no homo)
Proud of u for conquering your fear of metal. Will listen… Sometime…
Hay Sarge, do me a favor. Scroll to the top of the page and look at that picture of him with his guitar. Now count the Machine Heads on the Headstock. How many did you get? 6?? Now look at the bottom of the guitar where the strings cross the bridge and go into the body. Count all the little white holes. what did you get? SIX AGAIN!?
Now add both of your totals together
then divide by 2.
Now fix your typo
Pls rspnd
be safe
i swear to fuck i counted the machine heads and saw 7 haha
I know that feel, bro
Really good interview! Eyal seems really chill and humble. SRS Q, Sarge do you talk like this in business arena (ie. lots of like, umm, sooo) and does it hold you back do you think?
I’m not sure, but I have been thinking about that a lot lately. I don’t think so, or at least I hope not… but it’s fucking hard to listen to on the podcasts and it has definitely made me super self-conscious about it IRL. Like almost to the point of having crippling anxiety every time I open my mouth (srs), which makes it way worse. I don’t think I have ever had this problem in the past but I’m currently really, really freaked out about it and it’s honestly a huge source of stress for me lately. Makes me want to hide under a rock.
Like, I have always thought of myself as a good verbal communicator, but when I listen to these podcasts I hear the exact opposite. I don’t know if it’s because I try too hard when I know I’m recording or what, but I fucking hate it and it’s driving me crazy and making me doubt myself a lot. Which sucks, but if it’s an issue for me I guess it’s better to know about it than not so I can try to correct it.
Sgt. D you have the like, ability. Soooo ummm you are like, good and lovely, and I like uhmmmm y’know love you.
Your constant mockery has given my fairly severe anxiety and halfway-shattered my self-confidence (srs). But I am ok with it, after all I make fun of other people a lot on here and I’m sure it hurts their feelings too so I can’t be too upset when I am on the receiving end of it.
Sarge I REALLY hope u r trolling-me-trolling-u, the last place to show any hint of emotional vulnerability is SYWH. Having said that, I think that u may be able to discern that I too suffer from verbal “cali-dude-bro-itis” (albeit authentic, not ur PNW version). When I goof on u I’m coming from a place of mutual embarrasment. Maybe we could start a support-group where we have discussions filled with verbal-crutches & inane word-filler? Please see my dog video in the forum 4 what a fggt I sound like when drunk & playing w’ dog.
Praying 4 U duuuuude!
I’m not trolling, but like I said it’s fine– this is something I need to work on, and I am glad that I was made aware of it!
Do not make me WK u bro!
“But I am ok with it, after all I make fun of other people a lot on here and I’m sure it hurts their feelings too”
Better believe it :(
chillout brah no-one likes to hear their own (recorded) voice
^^^ This times a billion
Not hating at all Sarge, I’ve been trying to weed sentence fillers out of my speech too so I can do well in an interview and actually get one of these so called real jobs.
When I lived in Atlanta I knew a guy who had been in Daath. Have never listened to this band.
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