The final of four excerpts from a Q&A I conducted with Butch Vig at Musicians Institute in 2008. Butch talks about the challenges of wearing both producer and artist hats at the same time, Billy Corgan vs. Kurt Cobain in the studio, and advice for young artists and producers just starting out.
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Butch Vig Interview: Part 3
The third of four excerpts from a Q&A I conducted with Butch Vig at Musicians Institute in 2008. In this part, we discuss engineering topics such as drum micing, compression, mixing bass, and his approach to the ever-increasing loudness of records.
Butch Vig Interview: Part 2
The second of four excerpts from a Q&A I conducted with Butch Vig at Musicians Institute in 2008. In this part, I talk to Butch about how he gets great performances out of singers, reading and adjusting to new artists in the studio, and why the hell the drums kick so much ass on Nirvana’s Nevermind.
Butch Vig Interview: Part 1
The first of four excerpts from a Q&A I conducted with Butch Vig at Musicians Institute in 2008. Butch discusses how he’s grown as a producer over the years, what makes a great song, and how he came to work with some of the biggest artists of the last two decades.