Episodes
Join Paul for special live recorded episode of Beyond The Studio.   He's flying solo on this one, and talking about an important subject: the truth about burn out.  He discusses:    - His own (and very current) experiences of burn out  - What burn out is (and what it isn't)  - How to recognise when you're beginning to burn out (and it's a lot earlier than you think)  - What the tell tale signs are.  - What to do when you're burnt out...   As well as the most important thing of all - how...
Published 05/27/21
It's not every day you get to chat to someone who's driven at the elite level of motorsport about their passion for dance music, that is so great they decided to make a career in music after their exit from Formula 1... Today is that day! Jaime Alguersuari, aka Squire joins MYT founder Paul Nolan for a wonderful conversation about the unseen, unexpected and surprising parallels between racing F1 cars for a living, and making music and performing in the DJ booth, which has taken him all the...
Published 05/11/21
Braxton has become a staple of incredible imprints such as Anjunadeep & Colorize, with a steady stream of immense releases including Lights Off, Clockwork and his brand new Indigo EP is taking things to another level for him in 2021! In this episode of Beyond The Studio, Paul & Braxton go deep on his production process, his background and deep education in music and the arts, and why he's still using Logic Pro 9 after all these years! It's a fantastic conversation with a real,...
Published 05/04/21
Published 05/04/21
Rashid Ajami has released on massive dance imprints such as Anjunadeep, Noir and Ministry Of Sound, and is returning to the dance music industry resurgent after taking time out in the world of entrepreneurship. In this episode of Beyond The Studio, Rashid and Paul reconnect - Rashid was one of the first artists with work with Chapter 24 Records, and DJ'd at label parties early on in the label's life - and find they have far more in common than passing conversations in DJ booths can allow...
Published 04/27/21
With Liverpool's Electronic Sound Summit 2021 being announced this week, we thought we'd dig into the archives and put the audio of the Mental Health Panel MYT hosted at the 2020 edition of the ESS. We were joined by the brilliant DJ & Producer Denney, Jono Heale of ACS Custom Hearing Protection, and Neil Davis of Future Vibes, an incredible platform doing incredible things for health and wellness in the music industry. This panel, moderated by MYT Founder Paul Nolan, focuses on the...
Published 04/20/21
In this episode of Beyond The Studio we are joined by a remarkable man, who has not only worked on the music for hundreds of computer games, but also create the world's first virtual instrument company with its roots deeply planted in social causes.   Antonio Teoli created The Amazonic - a company that creates beautiful Kontakt Instruments, from recordings he took of tribes in the Amazon Rainforest in Manaus, Brazil, playing and performing with their traditional instruments.   The Amazonic...
Published 04/13/21
This week on Beyond The Studio we are thrilled to have Aly Gillani, the EU Label Representative for Bandcamp, which has experienced near exponential growth in sales and awareness through the past year.   In this podcast Aly & Paul Nolan discuss:   ✅ How to get the most out of your bandcamp account  ✅ What kinds of content & merch you can sell on bandcamp  ✅ How the minimum pricing policy works in favour of the artist  ✅ How bandcamp's brilliantly transparent deals & payouts...
Published 04/06/21
Josh Butler has already had a storied career, in the short number of years since he burst on the scene back in 2013 when his track 'Got A Feeling' took his career, and the careers of Bontan and Pleasurekraft, to the next level (fun fact, the Bontan Remix / Pleasurekraft Edit is still to this day the 9th highest ranked track of all time on Beatport, accoring to Beatstats). It feels like Josh has been with us for decades already - his sound is timeless and yet contemporary, and also incredibly...
Published 03/29/21
Bjorn Niclas is CEO and founder of the revolutionary blockchain - backed music streaming platform ROCKI http://www.rocki.app   In this exclusive podcast for Beyond The Studio, Bjorn sits down with MYT founder Paul Nolan, and goes in depth on the NFT space, which is blowing up for musicians and visual artists right now, how ROCKI plays an important part in the NFT and Music ecosystem, ROCKI's successful foray into NFT with progressive icon Guy J, and much more.   You can find out more...
Published 03/22/21
Yes, we're up to the 10th episode of Beyond The Studio already - time flies huh? This episode is a deep dive into the heart of a really important subject - Fear. We all feel it. We all let it limit us in some way. Yet, if we truly understand what fear is, we can work with it, and eventually, overcome it. Paul shares from his years of experience in the music industry, and from his own personal journey toward personal and spiritual growth, to help you work with your fear, help you to realise...
Published 03/15/21
Danny Olivera, aka DNYO, is a true master of Music Production, Sound Design and Progressive Music. His productions possess a timeless sweep. An unmistakable texture and quality that rewards repeated listens over extended periods of time. Danny's music is seemingly impervious to the ever accelerating cycles of purely functional, disposable, interchangeable tools that dominate the dance music landscape in the modern era. In this episode of Beyond The Studio, Paul and Danny get deep into the...
Published 03/08/21
Jeffrey Frugte aka Hollt is one of electronic music's most exciting new talents. He's already released on incredible labels including Parquet Recordings, and and his hybrid Live / DJ Performances at venues including De Marktkantine in The Netherlands have shown us a glimpse of what the future of performing in electronic music is going to look like.   Not only that, Hollt has built his own controller, The Holltesizer, which he uses on stage to create a powerful, intuitive, engaging and...
Published 03/01/21
Katie Knight's journey through the electronic music industry has been fascinating. She's worked with the best of the best, and presented across online and radio for a variety of brands including Pacha, and is now an integral part of the team at our partners at Hello Demo www.hello-demo.com In this episode of Beyond The Studio, Katie & Paul Nolan talk about their respective journey's through the industry, and how they've learned from experience, and how to navigate and meet the dance...
Published 02/22/21
Lydia Laws is one of the leading minds in PR for Electronic Music. She's worked for years with the biggest names and brands in the industry, including Sasha and Blond:ish to name a couple In this exclusive conversation with Beyond The Studio, we go deep into what you need to know about PR for Dance Music Producers, Artists & DJs, including: What PR actually is When you need (and don't need) PR How the industry has evolved in recent years ...and much more! You can find out more...
Published 02/15/21
Rory Palmer - Rowe is our resident Music Marketing expert, and we thought it was high time to bring him back to MYT for a special live stream, where we answer MYT AAA Member's questions, and talk about the realities, strategies and workflows of marketing your music in these really rather crazy times we all living through. In this episode, you'll learn about: How to do social media without it becoming overwhelming or a full time job How to balance music marketing with living a creative...
Published 02/08/21
Jeff Rona has seen it and done it all in Hollywood. From working with Hans Zimmer on scores such as Mission:Impossible III, and director Ridley Scott on White Squall, to iconic TV scores for influential shows Homicide: Life on The Street, Chicago Hope & Profiler, his experience in creating the soundtrack to incredible storytelling is among the most impressive of any modern composer. Add in his hugely successful diversions into documentaries, including Generation Iron (and it's sequel),...
Published 02/01/21
Dave Ralph has had one of the most interesting and unique journeys in the history of electronic music. From humble beginnings in his home city of Liverpool, Dave went on to regularly feature at iconic superclubs like Cream, and tour the world with other legendary DJs such as Paul Oakenfold. Dave also jumped across the pond at a much earlier stage than most in dance music, and established himself as a well known touring artist across America, and also played a huge role in the success of...
Published 01/25/21
Patrice Baumel is one of the most intelligent, insightful and communicative minds to emerge in electronic music culture in recent times. Having found reasonable success for many years previously, Patrice star rose exponentially from around 2015 onwards, leading to massive hits such as 'Surge' and 'Glutes', releasing for iconic labels such as Kompakt and Afterlife, and compiling a much loved Berlin - inspired edition of the legendary Global Underground mix series. Back in the summer of 2020,...
Published 01/18/21
Matthew 'Bushwacka' Benjamin has done it all in a career that has spanned over 3 decades. From the earliest days of Acid House, through to the era of breakbeat, his incredible partnership with Layo Paskin and their legendary residency at one of London's most missed venues, The End, to genre defining labels such as Oblong, Olmeto and Plank, and even mainstream chart hits, thanks to tracks such as 'Love Story' - it's been a career to end them all...and that's before you get to the wilder, more...
Published 01/11/21
We've been planning this for a while. Honestly, it's been an idea of mine for years - to create a podcast where I sit down with electronic music's biggest, brightest and best, for conversations that really get into the psyche, philosophy and mindsets required to not only succeed the modern music industry, but in life in general. After the 2020 we've all been through, the time couldn't feel more right for this, and so, in January, we're launching Beyond The Studio. Expect original long form...
Published 12/21/20