Producer Points

Justin Gammella
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"Producer Points" with Justin Gammella brings you inside the music industry. Hosted by Justin, a platinum-selling producer and songwriter, this podcast features in-depth conversations with industry-leading music professionals. Discover their journeys, creative processes, and the untold stories behind today's biggest hits. A must for anyone passionate about music production and the art of making music. Become a Producer Pal: https://www.patreon.com/producerpoints Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/producer_points/ Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2oqD4l6js2moC7r1DxqAR9?si=526740

  1. vor 11 Std.

    Charlie Hickey on Guitar Tones & Making Indie Records That Hit Different

    🎧 Charlie Hickey on Guitar Tones & Making Indie Records That Hit Different 🎙️ This is the free episode — the full conversation is available exclusively for Producer Pal subscribers on Patreon: patreon.com/producerpoints🛒 Production templates & more: SoundBetter | Patreon Templates In this episode of Producer Points, Justin sits down with Charlie Hickey — an artist, songwriter, and producer from Pasadena whose music hits you in the most honest, disarming way. His songwriting has always stood out — there's a softness and emotional clarity to it that feels completely effortless. And every time you hear one of his guitar tones, you end up pausing and going, okay, what exactly is happening there? He's quickly becoming one of the most interesting producers in the indie world. 🎶 Song deep dives: "My Heart Is a Bloodhound" by Sydney Ross Mitchell — guitar recording, baritone tone, drum samples, vocal chain, and the genius production move at the end"Tommy" by Beeson — acoustic guitar lo-fi tape vibe, banjo recording, late drum entrance, slide guitar, and hidden textures (full deep dive on Patreon)🎛️ We explore: Growing up around music with songwriter parents, dropping out of college, and making his first EP in a friend's bedroomHis label experience, what worked, and why paths divergedHow he transitioned from artist to producer and started working with other artistsGuitar tones, amp chains, pedals, and how he shapes emotional textureHis approach to lo-fi vs. clean and knowing when a sound is rightPlug or Unplug: Strymon Deco, FabFilter Saturn 2, Baby Audio Spaced Out, Nudistort, Devious Machines Infiltrator, CLA Vocals, RC-20 Retro Color🔗 Follow & Listen:Charlie Hickey: @charlie_hickey_Justin Gammella: @justin_gammellaProducer Points: @producer_pointsTikTok: @producer.points🎧 Producer Points Playlist🛒 SoundBetter | Patreon Templates

    Charlie Hickey on Guitar Tones & Making Indie Records That Hit Different

  2. 9. Juli

    The Big AI Episode w/ Louie Diller, PJ Frantz & Stephen Conley

    🎧 The Big AI Episode w/ Louie Diller, PJ Frantz & Stephen Conley 🎙️ This is the free episode — the full conversation is available exclusively for Producer Pal subscribers on Patreon: patreon.com/producerpoints 🛒 Production templates & more: SoundBetter | Patreon Templates The AI episode. The roundtable Justin has been putting off long enough because he was afraid it would run for four hours. In this Producer Points Roundtable, Justin sits down with Louie Diller, PJ Frantz, and Stephen Conley to talk about where they actually stand on AI in music, what tools they're actually using, and what a fair AI music ecosystem even looks like. Louie Diller (@louieliveslaughsloves) — artist, songwriter, and producer behind HOLYCHILD. SONA advisory board member.PJ Frantz (@pj.frantz) — producer and songwriter whose LA Times piece "Spotify Needs to Start Labeling AI-Generated Music Before It's Too Late" sparked exactly the conversation it was supposed to.Stephen Conley (@stephenmconley) — gold-certified producer and songwriter. Credits include GAYLE, Dove Cameron, and Sofia Carson.🎛️ We cover: Generative AI vs. AI-assisted tools — is that a meaningful distinction?The streaming flood: Suno generates 7 million songs per dayPJ's LA Times piece and the transparency problem — should listeners have the right to know?The legal landscape: Sony vs. Suno, the Supreme Court ruling, and who's actually getting paidVoice cloning, identity, and what Taylor Swift and the Backstreet Boys are doing about itAI in the DAW: the tools that actually help vs. the ones that flatten the resultCurrent events: Boris FX acquires iZotope, M.I.A. vs. Kid Cudi, and an indie musician suing Spotify🔗 Follow & Listen: Louie Diller: @louieliveslaughsloves PJ Frantz: @pj.frantz Stephen Conley: @stephenmconley Justin Gammella: @justin_gammella Producer Points: @producer_points TikTok: @producer.points 🎧 Producer Points Playlist 🛒 SoundBetter | Patreon Templates

  3. 3. Juli

    Ehren Ebbage on Lizzy McAlpine, Corook & Making Records That Feel as Good as They Sound

    Ehren Ebbage on Lizzy McAlpine, Corook & Making Records That Feel as Good as They Sound 🛒 Production templates & more: SoundBetter | Patreon Templates In this episode of Producer Points, Justin sits down with Ehren Ebbage — the producer behind some of the most emotionally precise records in indie pop right now. Credits include Lizzy McAlpine, Corook, Myles Smith, Maddie Zahm, sombr, Jacob Collier, FINNEAS, and more. Every record he touches has a balance that's hard to put into words — clarity, real engineering precision, and genuine emotion, all working together without stepping on each other. 🎶 Song deep dives: "blankets" by Corook — how the song came together, bass sound, synths, the descending counter melody, vocal processing, and what stayed untouched"ceilings" by Lizzy McAlpine — simplicity as power, acoustic guitar choices, strings, vocal capture, and why the master feels so pushed in all the right ways🎛️ We explore: Growing up in bands, assisting Joe Ciccarelli, and finding his voice through sync workBuilding long-term creative relationships with Lizzy McAlpine and CorookBalancing engineering precision with emotional instinctVocal chain, mic choices, and why dry and raw usually winsKeys-first workflow and knowing when to stop addingPlug or Unplug: Goodhertz Vulf Compressor, Unfiltered Audio SILO, oeksound Spiff, Aberrant DSP SketchCassette II, Baby Audio TAIP, Moog Sub 37, CLA Vocals, SM7B🔗 Follow & Listen:Ehren Ebbage: @ehrenebbageJustin Gammella: @justin_gammellaProducer Points: @producer_pointsTikTok: @producer.points🎧 Producer Points Playlist🛒 SoundBetter | Patreon Templates

    Ehren Ebbage on Lizzy McAlpine, Corook & Making Records That Feel as Good as They Sound

  4. 25. Juni

    The Demoitis Episode w/ Scott Robinson, Lucas Arens & Pedro Calloni -- The Sickness We All Have FREE VERSION

    🎧 The Demoitis Episode w/ Scott Robinson, Lucas Arens & Pedro Calloni -- The Sickness We All Have 🎙️ This is the free episode — the full conversation is available exclusively for Producer Pal subscribers on Patreon: patreon.com/producerpoints🛒 Production templates & more: SoundBetter | Patreon Templates Demoitis. The dreaded word we all have a love-hate -- okay, mostly hate -- relationship with. Especially when we're not the ones with the sickness. In this roundtable, Justin sits down with three producers and mixers who've all been on both sides of it -- as the ones catching it and the ones trying to cure it in others. Scott Robinson (@greatscottcreates) -- Grammy-nominated mixer, producer, and songwriter. Credits include Demi Lovato, Bebe Rexha, Fall Out Boy, and Avril Lavigne.Lucas Arens (@lucasarens) -- Nashville-based producer, songwriter, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist. Credits include Devon Again, Charli Adams, Brye, and emlyn -- plus sync placements on Disney, Apple, and more.Pedro Calloni (@pedrocalloni) -- Mixer whose credits include Chris Stapleton, Amy Allen, Nick Jonas, Joy Oladokun, Sasha Alex Sloan, LANY, and GAYLE.🎛️ We cover: What demoitis actually is -- and why it hits producers and mixers just as hard as artistsWar stories: sessions where demoitis almost derailed everythingHow to tell when YOU'RE the one with the sicknessNavigating the conversation with an artist who's convinced the demo is betterWhen the demo actually IS better -- and how to know the differenceHow to prevent it on the front end and break it once it's set inIndie Plugin Spotlight: HYPE by Teletone Audio and VOYAGER by VYNL AudioCurrent Events: Oliver Tree, Olivia Rodrigo's third album, and Grammy rule changes for 2027🔗 Follow & Listen:Scott Robinson: @greatscottcreatesLucas Arens: @lucasarensPedro Calloni: @pedrocalloniJustin Gammella: @justin_gammellaProducer Points: @producer_pointsTikTok: @producer.points🎧 Producer Points Playlist🛒 SoundBetter | Patreon Templates

  5. 18. Juni

    Andrew Tufano on Producing Sabrina Sterling, Rosie Darling & Why Being a Player Makes You a Better Producer FREE VERSION

    🎧 Andrew Tufano on Producing Sabrina Sterling, Rosie Darling & Why Being a Player Makes You a Better Producer 🎙️ This is the free episode — the full conversation is available exclusively for Producer Pal subscribers on Patreon: patreon.com/producerpoints 🛒 Production templates & more: SoundBetter | Patreon Templates In this episode of Producer Points, Justin sits down with Andrew Tufano — a producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose musicianship and intention elevate every room he walks into. From Sabrina Sterling and Rosie Darling to Katelyn Tarver, John K, and more, Andrew brings a player-first approach to production that you can hear in every record he touches. He's one of those rare producers who can do it all — and somehow makes it feel effortless. 🎶 Song deep dives: "take a shot" by Sabrina Sterling — the initial sound, breakbeat choices, that pre-chorus melody, vocal chain, harmonies, and what he's most proud of in the production"catching a snowflake" by Rosie Darling — the challenge of writing a Christmas song, picking jingle bells, real vs. fake strings, layering, and balancing indie sensibility with holiday genre (full deep dive on Patreon)🎛️ We explore: Growing up musical, learning guitar and piano, and how touring shaped his instincts as a producerThe slow transition from session player to full producer — and why that path made him betterWhy being a skilled player gives you an edge in the studio that no plugin can replaceHow he builds trust with artists and adapts to different creative personalitiesCapturing emotion over perfection — his philosophy on performance and recordingPlug or Unplug: Valhalla Delay, Goodhertz Wow Control, Kazrog KClip, UADx Studer A800, Distressor, CLA Vocals, Bricasti M7🔗 Follow & Listen: Andrew Tufano: @andrewtufano Justin Gammella: @justin_gammella Producer Points: @producer_points TikTok: @producer.points 🎧 Producer Points Playlist 🛒 SoundBetter | Patreon Templates

    Andrew Tufano on Producing Sabrina Sterling, Rosie Darling & Why Being a Player Makes You a Better Producer FREE VERSION

  6. 11. Juni

    Auto-Tune… WTF?! — The Bugs, the Workarounds, and the Alternatives FREE

    Here it is: 🎧 Auto-Tune… WTF?! — The Bugs, the Workarounds, and the Alternatives 🎙️ This is the free episode — the full conversation is available exclusively for Producer Pal subscribers on Patreon: patreon.com/producerpoints🛒 Production templates & more: SoundBetter | Patreon Templates Somewhere between Auto-Tune 8 and now, something broke. The clicks, the pops, the inconsistent tracking, the constant repackaging — producers are frustrated, and they're starting to look elsewhere. In this roundtable, Justin sits down with three producers who use pitch correction every day to talk about what's actually going wrong, what they're doing about it, and what they want from plugin companies like Antares. Andrew J. Gomez (@andrewj_gomez) — Nashville-based producer, mixer, and songwriter. Credits include Knox, John Harvie, and LOYALS.Lowen / Emily Kopp (@earthtolowen) — independent artist, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Syncs on HBO, Disney, and Hulu.Stephen Conley (@stephenmconley) — gold-certified producer, songwriter, and mixer. Credits include GAYLE and more.🎛️ We cover: The real bugs: latency errors, clicks and pops, inconsistent tracking, and the iLok transitionWorkarounds that actually help — retune speed automation, algorithm switching, committing and printingAlternatives: Melodyne, MetaTune, Waves Tune, UAD Topline Vocal Tune, Cubase's built-in algorithm, and moreTransparent vs. character tuning — does the tool even matter if the performance isn't there?Current events: Taylor Swift's "I Knew It, I Knew You" for Toy Story 5, and the AFM lawsuit against UMG and WMG over AI training data🔗 Follow & Listen:Andrew J. Gomez: @andrewj_gomezLowen: @earthtolowenStephen Conley: @stephenmconleyJustin Gammella: @justin_gammellaProducer Points: @producer_pointsTikTok: @producer.points🎧 Producer Points Playlist🛒 SoundBetter | Patreon Templates

  7. 4. Juni

    Idarose on "IloveitIloveitIloveit," Making the Music for Smile 2 & Co-Writing "Glimpse of Us" FREE VERSION

    This is the free episode — the full conversation is available exclusively for Producer Pal subscribers on Patreon: patreon.com/producerpoints🛒 Production templates & more: SoundBetter | Patreon Templates In this episode of Producer Points, Justin sits down with Alexis Kesselman, aka Idarose — an artist, producer, and songwriter based in New York whose credits span pop, film, and K-pop. She co-wrote "Glimpse of Us" by Joji, a record that went number one globally. She wrote and produced "Death of Me" for Naomi Scott's character in Smile 2. And right now, her production on Bella Kay's "IloveitIloveitIloveit" is everywhere. Every time it comes up in a playlist, you feel it immediately — that intimacy, that restraint, that room sound. This is how she's doing it. 🎶 Song deep dives: "Death of Me" by Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) — writing for a character in a film, building the production, vocal chain, sidechain choices, and what she's most proud of in the record"IloveitIloveitIloveit" by Bella Kay — origin of the song, the recording technique behind that in-the-room intimacy, vocal layering, and why there are no drums (full deep dive on Patreon)🎛️ We explore: Growing up in South Florida, studying film scoring at the University of Miami, and finding her way into pop songwritingCo-writing "Glimpse of Us" in 2019, then taking LSAT practice tests during the pandemic before the song came out and changed everythingSigning to Warner/Chappell, moving to New York, and doing a year of musical theater writing at Berklee's NYC programWhy New York works for her as a producer in a way it wouldn't if she were only a songwriterHer approach to vocal production, arrangement, and building sonic spacePlug or Unplug: Output Portal, Weiss DS1-MK3, Keyscape, UADx Studer A800, Tube-Tech CL 1B, CLA Vocals, UAD 1176 Rev A🔗 Follow & Listen:Idarose: @idarosemusicJustin Gammella: @justin_gammellaProducer Points: @producer_pointsTikTok: @producer.points🎧 Producer Points Playlist

    Idarose on "IloveitIloveitIloveit," Making the Music for Smile 2 & Co-Writing "Glimpse of Us" FREE VERSION

  8. 27. Mai

    Collin Pastore & Jake Finch on Making Raw, Human-Sounding Records for boygenius, Lucy Dacus & Ashe FREE VERSION

    This is the free episode — the full conversation is available exclusively for Producer Pal subscribers on Patreon: patreon.com/producerpoints In this episode of Producer Points, Justin sits down with Collin Pastore and Jake Finch — a Nashville-based producer-writer duo quietly behind some of the best-sounding indie and alternative records of the last few years. From boygenius and Lucy Dacus to Ashe, Julien Baker, and Suki Waterhouse, their productions share a rawness and honesty that feels live, human, and never overcooked. Two studios, one shared vision, and a philosophy built around capturing real performances. 🎶 Song deep dives: "Lost Time" by Lucy Dacus — vocal layering, dry mic choices, drum recording and processing, and the production decisions behind one of the most honest-sounding records in recent memory"I Wanna Love You (But I Don't)" by Ashe — main guitar, synths, real drums vs. samples, and the writing and production techniques that shape the track (full deep dive on Patreon)🎛️ We explore: How Collin and Jake linked up at Berklee, landed in Nashville, and tricked Sony into letting them co-produce their first EPTheir philosophy on raw-sounding records — minimal processing, unprecious mic choices, and letting performances breatheHow they built two complementary studios and why bouncing between a live room and a dead mix room works in their favorDrum samples, compression, and why audio school got it wrongMix bus approach, go-to plugins, and their vintage 414 vocal chainPlug or Unplug: UADx Sound City Studios, LA-2A, Waves R-Vox, Space Echo RE-201, AEA R88, UAD 1176 Rev A, and CLA Vocals🔗 Follow & Listen:Collin Pastore: @collinpastoreJake Finch: @jakelfishJustin Gammella: @justin_gammellaProducer Points: @producer_pointsTikTok: @producer.points🎧 Producer Points Playlist🛒 SoundBetter | Patreon Templates

    Collin Pastore & Jake Finch on Making Raw, Human-Sounding Records for boygenius, Lucy Dacus & Ashe FREE VERSION
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"Producer Points" with Justin Gammella brings you inside the music industry. Hosted by Justin, a platinum-selling producer and songwriter, this podcast features in-depth conversations with industry-leading music professionals. Discover their journeys, creative processes, and the untold stories behind today's biggest hits. A must for anyone passionate about music production and the art of making music. Become a Producer Pal: https://www.patreon.com/producerpoints Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/producer_points/ Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2oqD4l6js2moC7r1DxqAR9?si=526740

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