From The West Barn: With Joe West & Mike Shimshack

"From The West Barn" is a weekly podcast hosted by Joe West & Mike Shimshack shot at The West Barn in Nashville, TN. It's available on this page, on YouTube and anywhere podcasts are available. West/Shimshack are both music industry veterans that have seen the peaks and valleys of the business over the past 30 years. Their careers have been punctuated with Grammy wins, hit songs, platinum records, tens of millions of units sold and more than their share of failure. Tune into "From The West Barn" for their take on the lifestyle and engaging conversations with some of the industries most interesting people! Nothing is off the table ~ FTWB

Developing Artists For Record Deals - Joe Interviews Mike Shimshack! Pt #2 06/22/2021

Developing Artists For Record Deals - Joe Interviews Mike Shimshack! Pt #1 06/15/2021

“Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation” 11 Best Engineered Album Grammy Nominations - Bill Schnee 06/08/2021

From The West Barn Podcast Mike Interviews Joe West! Pt #2 06/01/2021

From The West Barn Podcast Mike Interviews Joe West! Pt#1 05/25/2021

From Runner 2 Assistant Engineer 2 First Engineer At Legendary East West Studios! - Candace Stewart! 05/18/2021

“Don’t Over Eq Or Compress” - Mastering Engineer Andy Vandette - Masterdisk, Engine Room Audio!! 05/14/2021

Inventor Of The Parametric EQ, Grammy Winner, World Class Engineer/Producer - George Massenburg! 05/07/2021

Jim Donovan Talks About Harnessing The Healing Power Of Music - Rusted Root’s Drummer!! 05/04/2021

Elliot Scheiner 27 Grammy Nominations, Surround, The Eagles, Steely Dan, Foo Fighters, Queen + More! 04/30/2021

Chuck Ainlay 4 x Grammy Winner Hung Up On Dire Straits + More! 04/27/2021

Recording & Mixing 7 Records For AC/DC - How I Got The Sounds!! - Mike Fraser (Pt2) 04/23/2021

Recording & Mixing 7 Records For AC/DC - How I Got The Sounds!! - Mike Fraser (Pt1) 04/20/2021

Recording James Taylor’s 2 X Grammy Award Winning Album Hourglass On A Yamaha O2R - Frank Filipetti 04/16/2021

“The Sound Of A Record Is My Opinion” As An Engineer - Gena Johnson!! 04/09/2021

"Rascal Flatts Kicked The S%@t Out Of Me, I'm Never Going Back To Nashville!!" - Howard Benson 04/06/2021

I Just Moved To Nashville For Music! Welcome To Nashville!! Phil Anthony!! 04/02/2021

How I Recorded Proud Mary - Brent Maher! Producer|Engineer|Hit-Songwriter! Grammy Winner! 03/26/2021

How I Recorded "Stairway To Heaven" Led Zeppelin!! Phill Brown!!! FTWB 100th Episode!! 03/23/2021

Pete Lyman - Elite Mastering Engineer Talks Gain Staging + Process For Mixers! Infrasonic Sound!!! 03/19/2021

Jim Scott - Vintage Old School & Loving it! 7 Time Grammy Winner, Vintage Neve 8048 Series Console 03/16/2021

Karl Braun - The Most Common Music Business Legal Questions!! Lawyer Talks Music! 03/12/2021

Ken Rose - 1 Man Wrecking Crew, You Don’t Need A Neve/SSL/API - Make Great Music & Record!! 03/09/2021

Oliver Straus - Mission Sound Recording Studio Brooklyn, NYC - Vintage Neve 8032!! 03/05/2021

Andrew Scheps - Sold His Neve 8068 And Mixes Totally In The Box! His Audio Worldview! Interview! 03/02/2021

Jeff Balding - Nashville Elite Audio Engineer/Producer! Interview! Gain Staging + "Better Boxes"!! 02/26/2021

John Fields - Multi-Platinum Producer, Mixer, Hit-Songwriter! Talks gear, music & career hacks! 02/23/2021

Harry Miree - 1% YouTube Star 99% Drummer! Best Of From The West Barn Podcast!! 02/16/2021

Sean McDonald - You Don't Need To Move To LA, Nashville, NYC to Succeed In The Music Biz! StudioTour 02/12/2021

Joey Sturgis - How A Mix Engineer Started & Runs One Of The Biggest Plug-In Companies In The World! 02/09/2021