The hosts are joined in Episode 143 by Mark Rubel, the director of education of The Blackbird Academy, a noted audio education institution in Tennessee. Mark’s taught audio, music technology, music business, and the history of rock ‘n’ roll to thousands of students at various colleges and universities since 1985. They discuss his work in audio forensics used for legal cases that helps in determining if music was sampled or not, and Mark also talks about his passion for teaching, the differences between live and recording engineers, how his teaching process has evolved, and more. In addition, he’s in the process of writing a booth entitled “The Great American Recording Studios”. This episode is sponsored by Audix and Allen & Heath.
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