Neal Cappellino: Know What You're Solving For

Originally from Rochester, NY, producer/engineer Neal Cappellino is the owner of The Doghouse Studio in Nashville, TN. A lifelong musician, he completed his formal education with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (’87).

Neal is a 5-time Grammy® Award recipient with a discography that includes Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Robert Plant, Vince Gill, T Bone Burnett, Avicii, and Kygo. He is a member of The Recording Academy, the Audio Engineering Society, and Leadership Music Class of ’15.

He has served on the Advisory Board for the School of Arts & Sciences at WPI and was the 2022 recipient of their Robert H. Goddard Award for outstanding achievement in the professional field. He previously served on the board of directors for The Melodic Caring Project, a nonprofit organization that dedicates live-streamed music events to the hospital rooms of critically ill children.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

Why your monitors don't need to sound impressive; they just need to make you do the right thingThe listening check Neal runs on every mix before he calls it done, away from his main roomHow he actually tracks down what's making a mix sound muddy, instead of guessing with EQHow he knows when a mix has gone past the point where more tweaking is helpingThe headphone setup he built specifically for Alison Krauss, and why it matteredThe difference between giving a vocalist real feedback and just telling them it sounds goodThe one question he asks himself before making any move on a mixHow to record great vocalsThe psychology of coaching a vocalist

To learn more about Neal Cappellino, visit https://www.nealcappellino.com/

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