Stuck on Sound

Joey Stuckey
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Stuck on Sound is a podcast that delves into the world of sound, exploring its facets, including production, engineering, technology, and business. We also venture into the creative realm of sound, covering songwriting, recording, and performing. Additionally, we consistently focus on the evolving accessibility landscape within the sound and music industries. Hosted by Joey Stuckey, Stuck on Sound is a space where we embrace curiosity and go down exciting rabbit holes. Joey Stuckey is an award-winning artist, producer, and speaker whose multifaceted career transcends the boundaries of sight, sound, and genre. Blind since early childhood, Joey quickly found connection and inspiration in sound, and what started as a survival skill evolved into a sophisticated and almost supernatural talent. When legendary producer Alan Parsons called Joey “The best ears in the music business,” it was confirmation of what Joey’s fans and clients knew all along: Joey’s superpower is sound.The Joey Stuckey Band has shared the stage with legendary artists such as James Brown, the B-52s, and Bad Company, and Joey has received dozens of awards, including the Georgia Music Awards' Jazz Artist of the Year. Inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, Joey also received the 2024 Macon Arts Alliance Cultural Award for his significant contributions to the arts community of central Georgia. As owner of Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, Georgia, Joey honors each artist’s vision while encouraging them to explore uncharted territory. He has engineered recording sessions with musicians including Randall Bramblett (Steve Winwood, Traffic Gregg Allman and Friends), Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Train), and Mike Mills (R.E.M.), and written songs with Ed Roland (Collective Soul), Paul "Mad Dog" McGuinness (The Popes), and Will Morrison (Modern English). Joey is now expanding Shadow Sound to cement the studio as a destination for education, community, and recording in the birthplace of southern rock. As a speaker, Joey draws from his experiences as a blind musician and sound engineer, offering both technical advice and motivational talks on overcoming obstacles, living with purpose, and the importance of inclusion. His speaking engagements have spanned international conferences, university lectures, and global corporate events, blending his insights with performance to engage and inspire audiences. On stage, in the studio, or at the podium, Joey offers listeners a sense of belonging, reminding them that even in the dark, connection is always possible. 

  1. 6d ago

    Episode 20: Jennifer Roe on Folk Alliance International, Arts Advocacy on Capitol Hill, Intimate Showcases, and Building Community for Independent Music

    In this episode of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey welcomes Jennifer Roe, the Executive Director of Folk Alliance International and a former Capitol Hill staffer turned passionate advocate for independent music and the artists who make it. The conversation focuses on community, advocacy, and what it actually takes to run one of the most beloved annual gatherings in American roots music. Jennifer traces a career path that was anything but straight. She arrived in Washington, D.C. as a 21-year-old political science major, landing an internship in the office of Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, one of the authors of the Americans with Disabilities Act,  before working on his presidential campaign and later at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. When she returned to Kansas City, she shifted into work with individuals with disabilities, eventually building an administrative services business whose clients included Folk Alliance International. What began as a professional relationship became a calling: Jennifer joined FAI full time in 2013 and has since grown its global membership to more than three thousand artists, record companies, publishers, managers, agents, and arts administrators. At the heart of the conversation is Joey's firsthand enthusiasm for the FAI annual conference, which drew nearly 2,700 attendees in New Orleans, and Jennifer's explanation of what makes it unlike any other music industry gathering. Alongside 160 official showcase slots, hundreds of artists perform in private showcases: late-night, acoustic, intimate sets staged in hotel rooms where the beds have been moved aside to make room for an audience of devoted listeners. Jennifer walks through FAI's work on cultural equity, including the reconvening of its Cultural Equity Council to develop toolkits for members navigating issues of safety, representation, and access, and the organization's ongoing advocacy work, which has taken her back to Capitol Hill to make the economic case for arts funding in rooms where the language of cultural value alone rarely lands. The federal arts landscape is, as both she and Joey acknowledge, at a particularly fraught moment. The episode closes with Joey's personal account of attending the FAI conference as a blind man navigating a large convention, and his genuine gratitude for how accessible and thoughtfully organized it was, a compliment Jennifer receives with characteristic warmth and a quick request for any improvement ideas listeners might have. She signs off with a reminder that folk.org is where to find showcase applications, membership information, and everything else FAI has to offer, and that the community it represents is worth showing up for. Send a Message to Stuck on Sound ⸻ Stay Connected with Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey Follow Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey to stay up on all things going on in the Stuckeyverse. WebsiteYouTubeInstagramFacebookLinkedInThe Stuckeyverse Newsletter⸻ Shadow Sound Studio With over 30 years of experience as a musician, recording engineer, and producer, and serving as the official music ambassador of Macon-Bibb, Georgia, Joey Stuckey can service all your professional audio needs. To learn more about working with Shadow Sound Studio and Joey Stuckey, visit the website or email Joey directly. Shadow Sound Studio Website joey@joeystuckey.com ⸻ Subscribe, Rate, and Review Enjoyed this episode of Stuck on Sound? Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, leave a rating or review, and share the episode with someone who loves music, recording, creativity, and the stories behind great sound.

    Episode 20: Jennifer Roe on Folk Alliance International, Arts Advocacy on Capitol Hill, Intimate Showcases, and Building Community for Independent Music

  2. Aug 26

    Episode 19: Grant Maloy Smith on American Stories, the Wild West, Storytelling Through Americana, and the Art of the Independent Career

    In this episode of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey welcomes his friend and colleague Grant Maloy Smith. Grant is a Billboard Top 10 Americana recording artist, MusicRow charting songwriter, Carnegie Hall performer, and one of the most thoughtful musical storytellers working in roots music today. The conversation covers history, craft, independence, and the unlikely intersection of visual art and song. Grant traces his beginnings to a childhood shaped by his Kentucky grandmother's mountain music (Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers), a peculiar and beloved record collection that included both the Beatles and Captain Kangaroo, and a primary identity as a visual artist, a painter and drawer who seemed destined for art school until, one month before graduating high school, he watched the shyest kid in his class hold a ring of classmates spellbound with a guitar and a song. Grant immediately went home and got himself a guitar. The rest, as he puts it, is history, though making that history took decades of serious work, self-taught music theory, a band that opened for the Guess Who and Steppenwolf, and an eventual commitment to the kind of research-driven Americana storytelling that has defined his most celebrated work. The conversation digs into Grant's acclaimed American Stories trilogy: Dust Bowl, Appalachia, and Mississippi, each a thematically unified album accompanied by carefully researched liner notes and, in later editions, full hardcover books exploring the history behind every song. Grant explains how each project demands two to three years of deep archival research and writing, and how the series has grown with each installment, from a twelve-song debut with a pamphlet to a sixteen-song Mississippi accompanied by a substantial book. He also previews Wild West: American Stories, an ambitious two-LP vinyl box set with a nearly hundred-page hardcover book releasing on September 18, already available to order on his website at grant-maloy-smith.com, covering the full sweep of the American frontier from the Louisiana Purchase through Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, and beyond. Joey and Grant close with a frank and affectionate exchange about the realities of the independent artist's life: the cost of touring, the challenge of original music venues, the joy of performing solo, and the deep satisfaction of continuing to make records that matter to the people who find them. Grant still designs his own album covers, still believes in the 180-gram vinyl record, and still makes music for the same reason he always has: because the story demands to be told. Send a Message to Stuck on Sound ⸻ Stay Connected with Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey Follow Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey to stay up on all things going on in the Stuckeyverse. WebsiteYouTubeInstagramFacebookLinkedInThe Stuckeyverse Newsletter⸻ Shadow Sound Studio With over 30 years of experience as a musician, recording engineer, and producer, and serving as the official music ambassador of Macon-Bibb, Georgia, Joey Stuckey can service all your professional audio needs. To learn more about working with Shadow Sound Studio and Joey Stuckey, visit the website or email Joey directly. Shadow Sound Studio Website joey@joeystuckey.com ⸻ Subscribe, Rate, and Review Enjoyed this episode of Stuck on Sound? Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, leave a rating or review, and share the episode with someone who loves music, recording, creativity, and the stories behind great sound.

    Episode 19: Grant Maloy Smith on American Stories, the Wild West, Storytelling Through Americana, and the Art of the Independent Career

  3. Aug 19

    Episode 18: Larry Villella on ADK Microphones, Recording Chick Corea, Vintage Mic Design, and Life in a 500-Year-Old Italian Home

    In this episode of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey sits down with Larry Villella, lifelong musician, Columbia University alumnus, and founder of ADK Microphones for a conversation that moves effortlessly between Boston recording studios, legendary jazz sessions, the obsessive craft of microphone design, and the pleasures of a life lived in a 500-year-old home in Lecce, Italy. Larry's origin story begins with a piano at age five and a guitar at ten, and runs through church choirs, barbershop quartets, madrigal groups, and four vocal ensembles in high school before he landed at Columbia University with seventy-five dollars in his pocket and a guitar in one hand. A pivot to Boston — and to a makeshift recording school built around Renaissance Studios, funded by the great-grandson of Eli Lilly — set the course for everything that followed. The school's defining moment came when an instructor arrived one day and announced they would spend a week recording a new artist nobody had heard of. His name was Chick Corea. Larry and his colleagues documented the Circle group, Corea on piano, playing with drumsticks; Anthony Braxton on everything from sopranino saxophone to contrabass clarinet; Dave Holland; and Barry Altschul, an avant-garde experience that threw Larry into the deep end of professional recording and never let him go. From those early sessions, Larry traces the path that led him to found ADK in 1998 with a clear and contrarian mission: not to clone vintage microphones, but to improve on them. Rather than treating classic tube mics of the late 1940s through early 1960s as the destination, ADK used them as a launchpad, refining capsule design, pursuing transformer combinations through years of testing, and building relationships with golden-eared beta testers like Chuck Ainley and Ronnie Brookshire to get the sound exactly right. The results speak for themselves: ADK microphones have found their way into the hands of Stevie Wonder, Sting, Ray Charles, the Manhattan Transfer, Amy Grant, and sixteen years of Jazz at Lincoln Center, among many others. The episode closes with Larry describing his current life in Italy practicing Pilates, walking five million steps a year, playing jazz in search of a new band, and working remotely with the ADK team he handed to Miles Fulwider in 2023. He also shares plans for an upcoming live recording session at the legendary Les Paul Studio at United in Los Angeles — no click track, no isolation, just a room full of people making music together and letting it breathe. Correction: Larry realized it was Chuck Ange, not George Lilly, who was the team leader and principal recordist on the 1971 Chick Corea sessions. He regrets his error. Send a Message to Stuck on Sound ⸻ Stay Connected with Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey Follow Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey to stay up on all things going on in the Stuckeyverse. WebsiteYouTubeInstagramFacebookLinkedInThe Stuckeyverse Newsletter⸻ Shadow Sound Studio With over 30 years of experience as a musician, recording engineer, and producer, and serving as the official music ambassador of Macon-Bibb, Georgia, Joey Stuckey can service all your professional audio needs. To learn more about working with Shadow Sound Studio and Joey Stuckey, visit the website or email Joey directly. Shadow Sound Studio Website joey@joeystuckey.com ⸻ Subscribe, Rate, and Review Enjoyed this episode of Stuck on Sound? Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, leave a rating or review, and share the episode with someone who loves music, recording, creativity, and the stories behind great sound.

    Episode 18: Larry Villella on ADK Microphones, Recording Chick Corea, Vintage Mic Design, and Life in a 500-Year-Old Italian Home

  4. Aug 12

    Episode 17: Lonnie Park on Multiple Grammys, Eclectic Producing, Faith, Stewart Copeland, and Doing the Work for the Right Reasons

    In this episode of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey welcomes multi-Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, and performer Lonnie Park for a candid and inspiring conversation about a career built on eclecticism, faith, hard work, and a refusal to be boxed in by genre or geography. Lonnie's origin story is one of the most memorable in the podcast's run. He grew up in a deeply conservative Baptist home where rock and roll, in fact, virtually any contemporary music with a drumbeat, was forbidden. His first real encounter with rock music came when a friend handed him a copy of the Police's Synchronicity and dared him to explain what was so evil about it. Lonnie dutifully filled a notebook with objections. He was wrong about all of them. Years later, his path would come full circle in the most unexpected way: he ended up producing an album with Stewart Copeland of the Police, which went on to win a Grammy. He told Copeland the story. Copeland laughed his ass off. Based in Freeville, New York, a one-square town in the middle of nowhere, Lonnie built a career by taking every client in every genre who came through the door, accumulating expertise across jazz, gospel, new age, children's music, world, country, folk, and progressive metal. He holds three Grammy Awards and eight Grammy nominations, as well as a United Nations Action Award, and his work has repeatedly placed him on the Billboard charts. The conversation explores what it means to produce with genuine personal investment. Lonnie describes getting so immersed in a project that he sometimes has to remind himself that the music is not his, and that it is the level of care that separates a good record from a great one. Joey and Lonnie close with an honest exchange about the economics and mental health realities of life as an independent artist and producer, the promises and perils of AI in creative work, and the advice Lonnie gives anyone who asks how to make it: forget about making it, and remember why you started. Almost every meaningful break in his career, he notes, came not from strategy but from showing up fully and letting the work speak. Send a Message to Stuck on Sound ⸻ Stay Connected with Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey Follow Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey to stay up on all things going on in the Stuckeyverse. WebsiteYouTubeInstagramFacebookLinkedInThe Stuckeyverse Newsletter⸻ Shadow Sound Studio With over 30 years of experience as a musician, recording engineer, and producer, and serving as the official music ambassador of Macon-Bibb, Georgia, Joey Stuckey can service all your professional audio needs. To learn more about working with Shadow Sound Studio and Joey Stuckey, visit the website or email Joey directly. Shadow Sound Studio Website joey@joeystuckey.com ⸻ Subscribe, Rate, and Review Enjoyed this episode of Stuck on Sound? Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, leave a rating or review, and share the episode with someone who loves music, recording, creativity, and the stories behind great sound.

    Episode 17: Lonnie Park on Multiple Grammys, Eclectic Producing, Faith, Stewart Copeland, and Doing the Work for the Right Reasons

  5. Aug 5

    Episode 16: Tim Duffy on Music Maker, Roots Music, Juke Joints, and Preserving America’s Hidden Musical Treasures

    In Episode 16 of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey reconnects with Tim Duffy, co-founder of the Music Maker Foundation, for a soulful conversation about roots music, cultural preservation, dignity, and the artists whose voices deserve to be heard. Tim reflects on meeting Joey years ago at Adam’s Lounge in Georgia, one of those real musical places where history, community, and raw talent all collide. From there, he shares the mission behind Music Maker: supporting traditional American musicians not only by recording and presenting their work, but by helping meet real day-to-day needs so they can continue creating. The episode explores Tim’s decades of field recording, artist relationships, juke joints, gospel traditions, blues culture, and the hidden musical depth of places like Georgia, North Carolina, and the rural South. He discusses Music Maker’s work with hundreds of artists, thousands of performances, museum exhibitions, international tours, and a catalog built around preserving voices that might otherwise never reach the wider world. Joey and Tim also dig into the modern challenges facing musicians, from the collapse of old record-business models to social media pressure, AI music, sync disruption, and the difficulty of building sustainable careers in an attention economy. But the heart of the conversation is hope: music as healing, purpose, rehabilitation, and a way of restoring dignity. The result is a moving episode about friendship, service, preservation, and the belief that America’s deepest musical treasures are often found far from the spotlight. Send a Message to Stuck on Sound ⸻ Stay Connected with Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey Follow Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey to stay up on all things going on in the Stuckeyverse. WebsiteYouTubeInstagramFacebookLinkedInThe Stuckeyverse Newsletter⸻ Shadow Sound Studio With over 30 years of experience as a musician, recording engineer, and producer, and serving as the official music ambassador of Macon-Bibb, Georgia, Joey Stuckey can service all your professional audio needs. To learn more about working with Shadow Sound Studio and Joey Stuckey, visit the website or email Joey directly. Shadow Sound Studio Website joey@joeystuckey.com ⸻ Subscribe, Rate, and Review Enjoyed this episode of Stuck on Sound? Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, leave a rating or review, and share the episode with someone who loves music, recording, creativity, and the stories behind great sound.

    Episode 16: Tim Duffy on Music Maker, Roots Music, Juke Joints, and Preserving America’s Hidden Musical Treasures

  6. Jul 29

    Episode 15: Jonathan Wyner on Mastering, AI in Music, Berklee, and Five Thousand Records Worth of Perspective

    In this episode of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey welcomes Jonathan Wyner, mastering engineer, Berklee professor, past president of the Audio Engineering Society, chief engineer at M Works Studios, and head of artistic technology initiatives at Berklee's Emerging Artistic Technology Lab (BEATL), for a deeply thoughtful conversation about what it means to spend a life in service of other people's music and ideas. Jonathan traces his path from a childhood home full of music and technology, where a substitute teacher running an ARP 2600 through a microphone drilled into a trombone mouthpiece ignited a lifelong obsession, through a French horn performance degree, a six-week recording workshop in Ohio, and eventually a career that has taken him into sessions with James Taylor, David Bowie, Aerosmith, Miles Davis, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, and dozens more over the course of more than five thousand recordings. He talks candidly about what drew him to the engineer's chair rather than the microphone, a combination of musical passion, shyness, and the realization that working with great artists could be just as fulfilling as being one. The conversation digs into the practical realities of getting started in recording, what gear actually matters at the beginning, why headphones can be a legitimate starting point, and how training your ears on honest monitoring shapes every decision you will ever make in the studio. Jonathan offers clear, grounded advice for anyone working with limited resources, grounded in decades of teaching at Berklee and Berklee Online. Joey and Jonathan also explore the central question of Jonathan's current work at BEATL: how artists, educators, and the music industry at large should engage with AI and emerging technology in ways that are honest, musically grounded, and attentive to questions of authorship and identity. Jonathan brings a nuanced perspective; he is neither a pure skeptic nor an uncritical enthusiast, and his sense of responsibility to represent working musicians in conversations with developers and policymakers gives the discussion real weight. The episode is a masterclass in how to think carefully about the tools we use and why. Send a Message to Stuck on Sound ⸻ Stay Connected with Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey Follow Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey to stay up on all things going on in the Stuckeyverse. WebsiteYouTubeInstagramFacebookLinkedInThe Stuckeyverse Newsletter⸻ Shadow Sound Studio With over 30 years of experience as a musician, recording engineer, and producer, and serving as the official music ambassador of Macon-Bibb, Georgia, Joey Stuckey can service all your professional audio needs. To learn more about working with Shadow Sound Studio and Joey Stuckey, visit the website or email Joey directly. Shadow Sound Studio Website joey@joeystuckey.com ⸻ Subscribe, Rate, and Review Enjoyed this episode of Stuck on Sound? Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, leave a rating or review, and share the episode with someone who loves music, recording, creativity, and the stories behind great sound.

    Episode 15: Jonathan Wyner on Mastering, AI in Music, Berklee, and Five Thousand Records Worth of Perspective

  7. Jul 22

    Episode 14: Michael Beinhorn on Soundgarden's Superunknown, Creative Friction, Remote Production, AI, and the Producer’s Role

    In Episode 14 of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey sits down with acclaimed producer, musician, author, and creative strategist Michael Beinhorn for a wide-ranging conversation about records, risk, taste, technology, and what a producer is really there to do. Michael reflects on his early years co-founding the New York musical collective Material with Bill Laswell, his work on Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit,” and the path that led him into producing era-defining records for artists including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Hole, Marilyn Manson, Soul Asylum, Korn, and others. Joey opens with a personal story about discovering, after meeting Michael, that he had produced one of Joey’s favorite albums of all time: Soundgarden’s Superunknown. From there, the conversation explores the deeper craft of record-making: how to recognize the emotional center of a song, why great records often require discomfort, and how a producer must sometimes serve as captain, translator, psychologist, and truth-teller. Michael talks candidly about band dynamics, the pressure of high-stakes sessions, the danger of mediocrity, and the importance of helping artists push beyond their first or easiest ideas. Joey and Michael also discuss the evolution of recording from live band performance to modern editing, the creative value of limitations, and the difference between using technology as a tool versus allowing it to flatten human expression. Michael offers a nuanced take on AI, arguing that the real issue is not simply the tool itself, but the way it is being marketed, deployed, and used to replace rather than deepen human creativity. The episode closes with Michael’s current work in remote production and artist development, showing that the producer’s core job has not changed: listen deeply, respond honestly, and help artists make the strongest work they are capable of making. Send a Message to Stuck on Sound ⸻ Stay Connected with Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey Follow Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey to stay up on all things going on in the Stuckeyverse. WebsiteYouTubeInstagramFacebookLinkedInThe Stuckeyverse Newsletter⸻ Shadow Sound Studio With over 30 years of experience as a musician, recording engineer, and producer, and serving as the official music ambassador of Macon-Bibb, Georgia, Joey Stuckey can service all your professional audio needs. To learn more about working with Shadow Sound Studio and Joey Stuckey, visit the website or email Joey directly. Shadow Sound Studio Website joey@joeystuckey.com ⸻ Subscribe, Rate, and Review Enjoyed this episode of Stuck on Sound? Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, leave a rating or review, and share the episode with someone who loves music, recording, creativity, and the stories behind great sound.

    Episode 14: Michael Beinhorn on Soundgarden's Superunknown, Creative Friction, Remote Production, AI, and the Producer’s Role

  8. Jul 15

    Episode 13: Ross Hogarth on Van Halen, Multiple Grammys, Musicianship in the Studio, and the Human Heart of Record-Making

    In this episode of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey welcomes multiple Grammy Award-winning producer, engineer, and mixer Ross Hogarth for a rich conversation about a four-decade career spent in the company of some of the greatest artists in rock, blues, reggae, and beyond. From the downtown New York punk scene to the California studios where legends are made, Ross's story is one of relentless curiosity, hard-won instincts, and an unshakable belief that music is chosen — not pursued. Ross traces his beginnings as a drummer in New York, where the couch took a beating from soup spoons before he ever touched a real kit, through his years as a guitarist in bands, a student of folk music in the company of Pete Seeger's circle, and eventually a roadie and guitar tech for David Lindley, Jackson Browne, Mick Fleetwood, and Jim Keltner in Santa Cruz and Southern California. He shares how showing up — on time, prepared, and willing — opened doors that no resume ever could, and how the discipline of the drummer's relationship with time would become the secret weapon of his production and engineering career. The conversation moves through some of the most celebrated sessions of Ross's career, including his Grammy wins with Quincy Jones and Keb' Mo', the making of Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth — the band's first record with David Lee Roth in twenty-eight years — and his Grammy-winning work with Ziggy Marley, TajMo, and Edgar Winter. Ross speaks candidly about the craft of analog recording, the near-surgical precision required to punch in and out on tape, and why his background as a musician gave him an irreplaceable edge in communicating with artists on either side of the glass. Joey and Ross close with a conversation about the value of imperfection in recorded music — the grinding and clanking of the B3 organ, the tempo that breathes between the verse and the chorus, the odd bar that gives a lyric room to land. Ross makes a heartfelt case that the soul of a great record lives in those human moments, and that the goal of any producer worth the title is not perfection, but presence. Send a Message to Stuck on Sound ⸻ Stay Connected with Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey Follow Stuck on Sound host Joey Stuckey to stay up on all things going on in the Stuckeyverse. WebsiteYouTubeInstagramFacebookLinkedInThe Stuckeyverse Newsletter⸻ Shadow Sound Studio With over 30 years of experience as a musician, recording engineer, and producer, and serving as the official music ambassador of Macon-Bibb, Georgia, Joey Stuckey can service all your professional audio needs. To learn more about working with Shadow Sound Studio and Joey Stuckey, visit the website or email Joey directly. Shadow Sound Studio Website joey@joeystuckey.com ⸻ Subscribe, Rate, and Review Enjoyed this episode of Stuck on Sound? Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, leave a rating or review, and share the episode with someone who loves music, recording, creativity, and the stories behind great sound.

    Episode 13: Ross Hogarth on Van Halen, Multiple Grammys, Musicianship in the Studio, and the Human Heart of Record-Making
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Stuck on Sound is a podcast that delves into the world of sound, exploring its facets, including production, engineering, technology, and business. We also venture into the creative realm of sound, covering songwriting, recording, and performing. Additionally, we consistently focus on the evolving accessibility landscape within the sound and music industries. Hosted by Joey Stuckey, Stuck on Sound is a space where we embrace curiosity and go down exciting rabbit holes. Joey Stuckey is an award-winning artist, producer, and speaker whose multifaceted career transcends the boundaries of sight, sound, and genre. Blind since early childhood, Joey quickly found connection and inspiration in sound, and what started as a survival skill evolved into a sophisticated and almost supernatural talent. When legendary producer Alan Parsons called Joey “The best ears in the music business,” it was confirmation of what Joey’s fans and clients knew all along: Joey’s superpower is sound.The Joey Stuckey Band has shared the stage with legendary artists such as James Brown, the B-52s, and Bad Company, and Joey has received dozens of awards, including the Georgia Music Awards' Jazz Artist of the Year. Inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, Joey also received the 2024 Macon Arts Alliance Cultural Award for his significant contributions to the arts community of central Georgia. As owner of Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, Georgia, Joey honors each artist’s vision while encouraging them to explore uncharted territory. He has engineered recording sessions with musicians including Randall Bramblett (Steve Winwood, Traffic Gregg Allman and Friends), Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Train), and Mike Mills (R.E.M.), and written songs with Ed Roland (Collective Soul), Paul "Mad Dog" McGuinness (The Popes), and Will Morrison (Modern English). Joey is now expanding Shadow Sound to cement the studio as a destination for education, community, and recording in the birthplace of southern rock. As a speaker, Joey draws from his experiences as a blind musician and sound engineer, offering both technical advice and motivational talks on overcoming obstacles, living with purpose, and the importance of inclusion. His speaking engagements have spanned international conferences, university lectures, and global corporate events, blending his insights with performance to engage and inspire audiences. On stage, in the studio, or at the podium, Joey offers listeners a sense of belonging, reminding them that even in the dark, connection is always possible. 

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  • Creator
    Joey Stuckey
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    20
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    Explicit
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    © 2026 Joey Stuckey
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    Stuck on Sound