#79 - Steel Tipped Dove INTERVIEW
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Beginning of Episode (0:49).
In a very special Episode 79, we host our first Backwoodz Studioz member, producer/engineer/mixer/masterer, sound mastermind Steel Tipped Dove. Dove is a phenomenal artist, who has graced the best works in hip-hop, from Haram and BRASS, to his own work in 2021's great Call Me When You're Here LP.
De-mystifying what audio engineering, mixing, and mastering actually means (2:49).
Steel Tipped Dove's views on the emergence of more care and attention being put on engineering and mixing in recent years (11:23).
The role an audio engineer, mixer, or masterer, plays in the creative decisions of a record (14:58).
How Dove's deep passion for music begin, and how his work evolved from beat-making to post-production work (19:30).
How Dove initially linked up with Heems, Big Bay Gandhi, and Lakutis, which jumpstarted his career and garnered him an initial buzz (22:21).
The importance that his home studio in Brooklyn played in Dove's career (25:06).
The meaning behind the Steel Tipped Dove moniker (29:26).
Steel Tipped Dove recounts how his relationship with Backwoodz Studioz first began (32:57).
What about the Backwoodz Studioz camp inspires Dove (36:57).
Dove explains the unique vision and structure behind his 2021 instrumental album, inside.outside.inside.outside (41:23). +57
The conception of Dove's new album, Call Me When You're Outside (49:36).
Dove describes the sound that he attempted to create on his latest LP (54:16).
What Dove looks for in potential collaborators (58:40).
Why Dove is content with being in the background, and why he felt it was time to put out an album like Call Me When You're Outside (59:52).
Dove's favourite record to be a part of (1:04:43).
What Dove has in store in the near future (1:08:15).
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