The Sellout Podcast: Recent Episodes

Michael Curtis

A podcast about making music in Northwest Arkansas and making a living doing it.

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Today I want to help clarify what loudness means for you and music, explain how music has suffered over the course of the last 20 years due to something called the loudness wars; then give you some insight into what Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Pandora, and Tidal are all doing to manage loudness in a helpful way.

Helpful Tools:

  • Klanghelm VUMT
  • Brainworx bx_met [...]

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We’re living a new golden age of music production. If Bon Iver can run off into a cabin in Wisconsin with a 57 and make something awesome, you can, too. In this episode I walk you through my best recommendations on gear, education, and practice for setting up your home studio. Your fans are expecting you to put music out regularly. It’s time you’re able to release it on your schedule.

You can get the reference guide for the episode here: http://bit.ly/studio-starter-pack-sellout-dl

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Here I walk you through why I decided to make this podcast. Long story short, there’s way too much talent and opportunity here in the business mecca of Northwest Arkansas for there not to be a thriving music scene. I want to be a part of the hard work of building it up. And this podcast will document that journey. Let’s get to it.