{"id":18,"date":"2020-03-05T12:26:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T12:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.briabemedia.com\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2020-04-28T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:48:00","slug":"my-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.briabemedia.com\/my-story\/","title":{"rendered":"My story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I produce and mix records, write books and blogs, and create podcasts and online courses. It\u2019s been a good life (a few of them, actually) and I\u2019m thankful for my good fortune, but it always hasn\u2019t been like this. I started just like you probably did, as a working musician.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Early Days<\/h2>\n

I started playing in bands when I was 13, and was playing in clubs pretty much non-stop by the time I was 16. Eventually I was asked to play in the best band in the region, the band that I grew up listening to and idolizing (they were together for 10 years before I started with them)<\/p>\n

A Rude Awakening<\/h2>\n

\"\"We gigged like crazy for a few years up and down the Eastern seaboard, doing well over 300 gigs a year. Our chops were pretty high from so much stage time, and I though I was a pretty good player as a result. Little did I know.<\/p>\n

What was I missing? How could I make myself better?<\/strong>\u00a0This actually started a lifetime quest to find the answers to music, recording and music business questions that continues to this day.\u00a0Probably many of the same questions that you\u2019re asking yourself right now.<\/em><\/p>\n

Along the way I began writing articles for magazines almost. Thanks to that experience I amassed a huge contact list of the top people not only in the audio, music, film and television business, but high-tech and social media too. That list still serves me well today whenever I have a question or need information.<\/p>\n

Along the way I was still recording, and was pretty good at it, but I was a mediocre mixer at best. I asked my A-list mixer friends to teach me the techniques they were using, and they were kind enough to share everything they knew. That info became the basis for my first book<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I produce and mix records, write books and blogs, and create podcasts and online courses. It\u2019s been a good life (a few of them, actually) and I\u2019m thankful for my good fortune, but it always hasn\u2019t been like this. I started just like you probably did, as a working musician. The Early Days I started…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n