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Eight years ago today I left a good job, built a membership platform from scratch in two weeks, and hit publish on a one-minute launch video. This one is a look back — the first digital products and the moment on a roller coaster that rewired how I thought about work. It's also the parts that don't make the highlight reel including wondering if it's still worth all this. Then I get into where the…
Last week I revisited the most controversial video I've ever made and said what I should have said the first time: it isn't can you run everything on one computer — it's should you. This week pays that off. This is the most practical episode we've ever done. Two listeners asked the same question from opposite ends of it. Jonny said the idea left him feeling "sort of doomed, stuck with my setup."…
Three years ago I made one of the most controversial videos I've ever put out: What's Wrong With Using Ableton to Run In-Ear Monitors? Looking back at the comments, I think I made the wrong video. So this week I read the pushback out loud — the people running everything from one machine, the keyboardist who's done ten years and multiple European tours from one Logic session and whose only two…
Nate Day and Mat Landry got hired on the same artist in 2021. Neither was a playback engineer. One of them had to become one — and that accident became Eights Creative, a Toronto company now doing music direction and playback systems for artists around the world. We talk about the path a lot of you are already on: you play an instrument, somebody asks if you can "do playback," and suddenly you're…
After 327 days away, I'm back with a lot to share. In January 2025 I took a full-time road gig as TobyMac's playback engineer. In the same stretch I got rid of my office and the three people who helped me run this business, all left. Meanwhile, AI was changing how everyone learns, I was struggling with what being a creator on social media means, and re-focusing on my mission to make complex things…
This week we're talking Apple products. Specifically, the differences between Apple silicon and intel processors, and which one you should consider for playback. Take your first step towards becoming a world-class Playback Engineer, download our free Playback Template! Download for Free https://fromstudiotostage.com/template Send us a question on Instagram…
This week we discuss how to use Ableton with Lightkey. Specifically, using Ableton and MIDI to preprogram your lights for easy recall. https://lightkeyapp.com/en Take your first step towards becoming a world-class Playback Engineer, download our free Playback Template! Download for Free https://fromstudiotostage.com/template Send us a question on Instagram…
This week we discuss how to solve issues related to crashing MIDI in our Ableton sessions. Is it cables, adapters, USB hubs? We get into how to diagnose the problem and potential work arounds. Take your first step towards becoming a world-class Playback Engineer, download our free Playback Template! Download for Free https://fromstudiotostage.com/template Send us a question on Instagram…
On this week's episode, we revisit our favorite topic (redundancy) through the filter of the iConnectivity AUDIO4c, as well as other iConnectivity gear. Take your first step towards becoming a world-class Playback Engineer, download our free Playback Template! Download for Free https://fromstudiotostage.com/template Send us a question on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fromstudiotostageig/…
This week we discuss redundancy (one of our favorites) and a very closely related topic, division of labor. What are they? Which is more important? Is one more expensive than the other? Take your first step towards becoming a world-class Playback Engineer, download our free Playback Template! Download for Free https://fromstudiotostage.com/template Send us a question on Instagram…
