Shure Signal Path Podcast

Blossoms are an indie pop band hailing from the greater Manchester area. Tom Ogden and Josh Dewhurst discuss their creative path since their debut album was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize and Brits Awards in 2017.

Paula Salvatore is the manager of the illustrious Capitol Studios in Hollywood, California. Over the years, she's seen just about every big name in the business come through the doors. Let her take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of this legendary recording studio.

The English singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier might still be young, but he's already had a prolific musical career. Known for both his ingenuity and eclecticism, he spoke with us about his ambitious four-album project Djesse, working with living-legend Quincy Jones and what winning a Grammy award means to him.

The photographer, filmmaker and podcaster Paul Ripke is a busy man. He's known for the innovative content he creates for rock stars, soccer clubs and the Mercedes Formula One team. We got him to take a short break at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival to discuss his roots in the German hip hop scene, his philosophy on music photography and what he considers makes a good podcast.

Nearly abandoning his musical career following the breakup of his band the Czars, the US singer-songwriter John Grant went on to find solo success by distilling personal adversity into songs that can be unsparing, poignant and witty – quite often all at the same time. We caught up with him in London fresh off a UK tour for his latest album Love Is Magic. In the podcast, John discusses why he nearly crashed out of music, how he found his creative bearings again and how learning several foreign languages has affected his songwriting.

Steve Albini is a Chicago-based engineer known for his rigorous approach to recording music and his work with Nirvana, the Pixies and many more. For this episode, Thomas Banks heads down to Albini's studio Electrical Audio to wax nostalgic about a special gig from 1986 and to discuss the joys of creating one's own creative community.

Kelela is an American singer/songwriter. After six years in the making, her debut album was released on Warp Records in 2017. In this episode, she talks about her early musical inspiration, the advantages of getting a late start as a professional singer and how she blends traditional R&B with more experimental electronic elements.This episode was recorded at LOOP in LA, in late 2018.

Tim Kinsella is a musician, author, and film director from Chicago. He has been a member of many influential bands, including Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Make Believe & Owls. In this episode, he talks about his creative life, process and commitment.

dodie is an English singer-songwriter, author, and YouTube personality. She has toured the world extensively, and has amassed over 1.7 million subscribers to her channel. In this episode dodie talks about everything from diary entries, to embarrassing moments on stage, while offering some advice to musicians on YouTube.

Tarik Barri is a Dutch artist, composer and programmer creating immersive audiovisual installations and performances. We spoke to him about his collaboration with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke for the Hexadome – a 360-degree structure that completely surrounds an audience with sights and sounds.

Sylvia Massy is an American producer and engineer known for her work with Johnny Cash, Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tool, as well as her unorthodox recording techniques. We invited her to The Famous Gold Watch studio in Berlin to talk about her unique experiences, which include recording in an abandoned nuclear cooling tower and using vegetables or cheese to filter audio signals.

Paul Cheese is an artist, sound recordist and cyclist. In today’s episode, Paul talks about his epic cycle rides (his last album was recorded during a 6000km cycle ride), turning the sound of a moped into a violin, creating a track with 700 samples, and making a drum beat from throwing a deck chair down a flight of stairs. This episode was recorded using two MOTIV MV51 microphones.

Steve Hogarth is the lead singer of British rock band Marillion. Despite selling over 15 million albums since forming way back in the early 80’s, they will likely be best remembered for one decision the band made in 1997. Short of money and wanting to embark on a North American Tour, the band turned to their loyal fans to fund their trip, raising the £39,000 required, and unintentionally becoming the pioneers of what we know today as crowdfunding.

Andrew Huang is a Canadian musician, video producer, and YouTube personality. The incredibly entertaining videos he’s created, taking viewers behind the scenes of his original music, coupled with his prolific output (over 2000 tracks to date), has led to well over 1.3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. In this episode Andrew Huang talks about everything from his early music education and how he made viral videos before YouTube existed, to overcoming perfectionism.

Omar Al Marzooqi is an Emirati singer and songwriter. In 2015, after several years of performing, he quit his job (without telling any of his family), spent a year recording his debut album, and in turn signed a professional recording contract. In this interview, Omar speaks with Lucas Dirty & Myers about everything from khaleeji music & career milestones, to why he refuses to be pigeon-holed.

Steph Marziano is a record producer, mixer, writer & engineer. Since graduating from LIPA (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts) in 2013 she has worked in various capacities for the likes of The Prodigy, Sam Smith, FKA Twigs & Kasabian. In 2018 she was shortlisted in the ‘Breakthrough Engineer of The Year’ category at The Music Producers Guild Awards. In this interview Steph talks about following her dreams, her definition of various studio roles, turning elephant sounds into a drum kit, & studio jokes.

Jerry Bryant, namesake of Chicago music TV institution JBTV, has captured thousands of performances from both emerging and established artists, since founding the show in 1984. In this interview Jerry talks about the early days, and how he has managed to keep it going all these years, while constantly adjusting to changes in technology and format.

US based pioneering rockers talk about the various stages of their 30 year-long career, their DIY ethic, & returning to analogue for the most recent album, recorded with Steve Albini.

Pixie’s debut single ‘Mama Do’ went straight to number 1 in the UK charts, and just 5 months later she had another UK number 1, before selling 1.5 million copies of her debut album. Today’s chat covers everything from working with Stevie Wonder & John Legend to her education.

Chris Jojo has a job many people would envy. As the ‘Senior Sound Designer & Principle Sound Recording Engineer’ for Codemasters Games, he typically spends his time at race tracks all over the world recording cars ranging from the super rare, to F1 & rally cars.