The Human Music Podcast

Hello, humans! Luke Rain here. Thanks so much for being a loyal listener of The Human Music Podcast! We're currently on hiatus, but I have a new solo podcast out called Create Your Life! Please check me out over there. I have included snippets from my first two interviews with producers Evan Hatfield and Nyrus in this podcast preview. Please follow this link to go check out Cre

Ep. 136 - [Torbjorn on Planning a Tour and an Audio Visual Set] Fresh off touring the US and Europe with Dark Time Sunshine, Torbjorn is back on the podcast! He’s been following up on the goals he shared last time with putting his vocals, rapping and singing, on his music. Now he’s ready to go off on his own headline tour! Let’s catch up with Tor and talk about putting togeth

Ep. 135 - [Luke Rain’s Ecstatic Dance DJ Tour] Yo Humans! It has been a while since we came at you with an episode, thank you for your patience! Part of the reason was because I was on tour! And on this episode we’re gonna talk about my tour experience, from setting up the tour dates, how to ask for gigs on a cold email, what kind of gigs to go for based on personal alignment,

Ep. 134 - [Nintendeaux’s Songwriting & Mixing Advice] Our friend Nintendeaux, who may or may not be best friends with Sasquatch, is finally on the podcast! He’s been a Producer Dojo Sensei, DJ, producer and mixing engineer for many years and has a ton of experience to share. We talk about learning and comparing multiple DAWs, new computer problems, M1 vs intel chips, plugin

Ep. 133 - [Sound Library Organization] On this episode we’re talking about doing things that support your workflow, like deleting samples you don’t like, creating folder trees based on your own music brain, tips for organizing drum samples, one shots and loops, where to put your sparks and faces, 128s, mini 128s and other types of sampler instruments we use, and building and sa

Ep. 132 - [Goal Setting for Music Producers] We start 2023 off the rails, so right on brand! Then we get into goal setting, including how to set S.M.A.R.T. goals, how to organize and prioritize, how focus is like a muscle, how to build momentum, riding the changing waves of motivation and much more. Song of the Week: Dr. KattyWhompus x Luke Rain - To the Moon f. john dvln https://

Ep. 131 - [Porch on Making the Music You Want to Hear] Porch is a producer, DJ, reggae bass player in the band Iya Terra, and a Producer Dojo alumnus. We get into the new gear he’s picked up lately, using modular synths in his workflow, remembering not to buy too many plugins or pieces of new gear at once, his favorite underrated ableton stock effects, his favorite plugins, expan

Ep. 130 - [EP Boot Camp] In November 2022, ill.Gates went to Denver to host EP Boot Camp, and a lot of great folks from the Producer Dojo Community came out to learn! We talk about eternal recurrence theory, writing your own eulogy, the power of starting songwriting with a strong face, how to write good elevator pitches, turning an idea into a polished song, and how fun it is to me

Ep. 129 - [Random Producer Advice vol. 2] We tapped in with our humans on Producer Dojo’s Dojo TV live stream (link in the description) and answered burning questions, like: What are our favorite new production techniques? What’s really important when writing a song? How much sausage fattener is too sausagey? Do you REALLY need that element in your song? Do you need to pull out

Ep. 128 - [How to Use Clipping for Loudness] Every electronic producer wants to be able to get their songs loud, but how do we do this? There is a lot of information about this out there, and some of it conflicts. One way that we’ve found to help a lot is using Clippers. On this episode we dive into what clipping is, how to use clipping, why we were told to leave headroom in the