JW Show 189: Producing Independent Music

Apr 10, 2013 by Justin Wayne

Producers in the recording process become a crucial and important piece to the music recording puzzle. After a heated website comment about artists “not writing their own songs”, we’ve decided to circle the wagons and have a discussion about producing, songwriting, and ultimately what makes music independent – especially in recent years. Umong Shah and Claire Rozario join me to help sort through the facts and opinions on this hot topic.

We also play new music from Pareto, Alex Highton, Woven Bird, and celebrate the life and recent passing of music producer Andy Johns.

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Johns produced and engineered many enormous records and worked with the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and our own Titty Bingo. TB’s digital manager contacted me the morning before the live show to inform me of Johns’ death, and also heard from the lead singer and songwriter from the band Dahr Jamail.

Dahr on Andy Johns: ”Andy was funny, smart, well read. He lived for the music and was our dear friend. We will miss him.”

Andy Johns (1952 – 2013)

Here’s a video of Titty Bingo recording “Chimes of Freedom” for Volume II with Andy Johns engineering and producing. You’ll hear Andy say, “Don’t push ’em… here we go,” at the very beginning of this clip.

Here’s another video with Johns appearing: Titty Bingo recording “Here Comes The Rain” for Volume II with Andy Johns engineering and producing.

The Playlist

Title	Album	Artist
These Men Can’t Dance	Pareto	Pareto
Fingers	Analogue Wave	Analogue Wave
Blue Broadcast	Free Download Single	Woven Bird
Living the Dream	Built By Angels	Jon Byrne
Village Life	Woodditton Wives Club	Alex Highton
Dialled	In A Moment, Emotion, Sentiment	Esperi
Moment Of Truth	Titty Bingo Volume III	Titty Bingo
The Sky and I	Blackheart	Blackheart
God is a Woman	Always Follow Your Heart**	Mark Hole
Undercover	Undercover	Jason Clarke
We Can Be Ghosts Now (feat. Shura)	We Can Be Ghosts Now	Hiatus
Umong, Claire Rozario talk with me about the definition of “Independent Music”
Down So Low	The Carnabys	The Carnabys
The Compass	Can You Hear The Silence?	Cinemawave
Copycat	Square one	Hollywood Tramp
Head High	Left Step Band	Left Step Band