Bridge The Atlantic

Joining us this week out of Alabama is Grammy award winning producer, Trina Shoemaker. Trina has worked on records for artists including Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlisle, The Dixie Chicks, Queens of the Stone Age, and Josh Ritter, and in 1998 became the first woman to win a Grammy for Best Engineered Album. Trina is partnered with Dauphin Street Sound, a world class recording studio run with heart and soul in Mobile, Alabama. In this interview we hear more about her experience as a producer, the advice she'd offer to singers going into the studio, and her Grammy experience. Enjoy! Highlights: "I mix my life as I walk through it" - Trina Shoemaker We hear how Trina approaches a session and how there's always anxiety in the run up to a new session We hear how Trina prepares for an artist to come into the studio - preparation is key! Trina tells us how invested she is in the quality of an artist's record as that's how they make a living We talk about comping vocals and how it doesn't take the authenticity out of