Episode 224

Rob Chiarappa: Taking Songs From Demos to Full Productions

Rob Chiarappa is an award-winning producer, mixer, and songwriter based out of New Jersey.

Rob works out of the world-renowned Barber Shop Studios in Hopatcong, NJ as his home base but has relationships with studios in major cities around the globe to make records happen in most places.

Rob’s objective is to treat each project uniquely and work with artists to reach an end result that best represents their creative vision being as “hands on” or “hands off” as the artist is comfortable with.

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

  • Why small basement studios can yield better results
  • The role of a producer
  • Taking control of your own vision for your tracks
  • Dissecting the gold in a demo
  • Finding the “pocket” of a song
  • Overcoming demo-itis
  • Things to pay attention to to help produce your own songs
  • Fulfilling the vision of the artists vs. your own
  • Developing songs from the ground up
  • Getting paid fairly for your services
  • Should you take songwriting royalties?
  • Why Metric AB is the best plugin of all time

To learn more about Rob Chiarappa, visit: https://robchiarappa.com/


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Mike Indovina

Mike Indovina is a recording, mixing, and mastering engineer who has worked with hundreds of artists in multiple genres ranging from acoustic, pop/rock, hip hop, and more. In his time, he's been fortunate to work alongside artists such as KISS, Collective Soul, Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies), David Usher, and many more.

He's also the author of two Amazon #1 Bestsellers on music production, "The Mixing Mindset" and "The Recording Mindset.