Puremix Mentors | Andrew Scheps talks to Tim Palmer

Puremix Mentor Andrew Scheps and Tim Palmer talk shop while we listen in. The clue is in the title. Awesome people talking about their awesomeness!!

Puremix mentor Andrew Scheps talks to awesome people series is back. In this episode, Andrew interviews Tim Palmer. Tim Palmer produced and/or mixed some of the most important records in the 80’s and 90’s including Robert Plant’s “Now And Zen”, David Bowie’s “Tin Machine” and Pearl Jam’s “10”; as well as producing and writing with Ozzy Osbourne, mixing Porcupine Tree’s “In Absentia” and multiple jazz albums for producer Larry Klein. Since relocating to Austin, TX he’s been very involved with SxSW and the Texas chapter of the Recording Academy.

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[noiseinthebasement]

These sessions have been excellent, Andrew! Thank you for so deftly handling the interviews. Tim was great!

[scottbaker]

This was brilliant! Thanks everyone for putting this together. Can we get a part 2 with Tim and just discuss Tears For Fears and some Tin Machine? Lol... seriously this was great. Need to hear more!

[danielebazzani]

You listen to these guys and you realize why they are so good at what they do.

[Beatledave]

Great job! Very interesting & enjoyable...thank you both!

[richardjamesmusictech]

I love Tim. When he says he’s in Texas, does anyone else expect him to introduce us to Des and Troy?

[jasongoddard]

Such a great interview. Tim is awesome with such a deep history. Thank you for doing this Andrew!

[АркадийОстахов]

Thanks for the interesting conversation! tell me where to find рerspiration & Inspiration guest playlists?

[joerchf]

Great interview - but where are Tim's playlists?

[yoyolebatteur]

Ours is a great band and the two albums he worked on are the best. "Mercy" is sonically superb.

[marcelhiltrop]

Great Interview! Tim Palmer so down to earth and entertaining!

[richfab]

@33:00. "You have some options when the song is good"!

[bullfunkstudios]

Im going to be cheeky here ;) any chance for future episodes with Andy Wallace, Sylvia Massy?

[danepaulstewart]

Tim Palmer begins talking about something important at about the 1:15:00 mark on beyond about how a certain amount of gate keeping in the music industry CHANGED HOW WE WERE INTRODUCED to a song.
We were given more opportunities to hear it even if upon first listen we didn’t “think” we liked it.
Andrew chimes in with the same thought.

I noticed long long ago that songs I instantly liked right away on first listen were NOT necessarily the ones I liked so much after hearing the whole batch a dozen times.
Songs I DIDN’T like so much at first often ended up being my absolute favorite!

It seems to have something to do with COMPLEXITY.
If it was SIMPLE enough to LOVE the first time, then it probably was not deep enough to still love once you got to really know it.
And… those songs that were deep and rich and complex enough to LOVE the 10th through 10, 000th time were probably too much so to be easily taken in on the first or second listens. So you(incorrectly) THINK you don’t care for them.

SO WHAT’S MY POINT?
My point is that when you encounter an Album of Songs that are clearly complex in arrangement, and clearly have a lot of changes and complexity - but upon first listen you don’t think you care for it very much… - PERK UP!
Because what is described and talked about above means that by the 10th or 15th time through….. this may just be something you realize you adore, and can’t wait to hear again, and possibly even come to CHERISH as something you feel you cannot live without!!

I would
Say that
90 percent
Of my
Favorite music
Came to me
This way.

Don’t let the new delivery methods rob you of this chance!

[MikeHeebz]

Shout out to Mr. Palmer, what a great interview & another catalog I have to check out. Thanks Andrew for talking to Awesome People. Peace + Love. =)

[yoyolebatteur]

All these audio professionals, in their studio, using the built-in mic of their computer ...

[bullfunkstudios]

Another fantastic episode pureMIx!! Thank you guys for all the hard and amazing work for this community.

[mixinthecloud]

In today's music distribution structure, is publishing only one version of a song the only viable option? In this interview, Tim was just asked about working a mix for a band which has multiple visions of it among contributors and the consequences of compromise on the final product. Could value be added by following each vision and publishing them all with the stories behind them?

[niklaskarlsson]

Man, I had a great time listening to someone I don't know talking about stuff that I don't care about. Professionals....Am i right?