Ell is an American record producer, radio host, engineer, and DJ who is most well known for his time spent playing in the United States and Europe for concerts and tours with the likes of Afroman, ASAP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T., Curren$y, Danny Brown, J. Cole, Joey Bada$$, Juicy J, KRS-One, Logic, Slum Village, Talib Kweli, Twista, Wale, amongst others.

Ell co-hosts the longest running (“88”) North American Hip-Hop radio show “Prop Shop” on WCBN-FM, and can be heard on stations including Big City 101.3-FM Boston, WMBR Cambridge, MA, and KSHI, NM. He has been a featured performer at events hosted by MTV, Vans, Red Bull, United States Democratic Party, United States Armed Forces, and festivals including Fallas (Spain), Imaginarium (Spain), Warped Tour (U.S.), alongside U.S. tours with Big Sean’s Finally Famous, Machine Gun Kelly/ EST19XX, and Wiz Khalifa’s Taylor Gang.

When Ell is not behind the turntables, he can be found mixing FOH or monitors for tours such as 50 Cent‘s ‘The Final Lap Tour‘ with Busta Rhymes, or for artists including Cam’ron, Cordae, Do or Die, Dreamville, EarthGang, J.I.D., Jeremih, Twista, and others. Currently, he tours as a monitor engineer for Jeremih.

Ell is currently faculty at the Dark Horse Institute, Michigan Technological University, and the Neutral Zone where he teaches sound mixing, DJing, and audio engineering. He has presented Music Industry, DJing, Production, and Audio Techniques classes, workshops, and lectures at universities including Berklee College of Music, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Michigan.

With the launch of IAmEll.com, Ell offers mixing and mastering to support artist’s creativity while releasing commercial quality records for physical and digital distribution.

Credits:

TV, Film, and Media – BBC, Blue Planet, Cadence13, Crooked Media, ESPN, Guardian Life Insurance of America, HBO, Michigan Medicine, New England Patriots, Problem Areas, and more.

Studio – Cam Meekins, George Massenburg, Jamey Haddad, Lauren Spencer-Smith, Patrice Rushen, Sammy Adams, Young Money.

Live sound/ concert mixer – 50 Cent, Boogie T, Brand Nubian, Cam’ron, Chris Webby, Cordae, Do or Die, Dreamville, Dave Stone, EarthGang, Futuristic, Ganja White Night, Ghostly International, Guapdad 4000, J.I.D., Jeremih, Matthew Dear, Medasin, R.A. the Rugged Man, Rusko, Reason, Shigeto, Shawnna, Slum Village, Snails, Twista.

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Podcast Recording At Home

Ell

September 13, 2020

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Thinking of recording a podcast at home? Here’s some tips, tricks, and equipment to get you started.

Formatting

Intro music/jingle.
Intro speech segment welcoming listeners, a brief explanation of what this podcast and episode are about (fade intro music down while speaking).
Intro music fades back in, and slowly out.
Interview Pt. 1.
Intermission (music low volume, announcement) – Optional.
Interview Pt. 2.
Outro Music/ jingle.

Recording On Your Own (Gear)

Microphone

USB Microphone (Blue Yeti) (No Interface Required)
Traditional Microphone (Shure SM-7B & Cloudlifter)
All In One Recording Unit (RODECaster Pro)

Interface (For Use With Traditional Microphone (B)

Focusrite Scarlett Solo

Software

Guest Recording

Skype (How To Record Skype Calls Step By Step)

Extras

Boom Mic Stand, Pop Filter, XLR Cable.

Technical Specifications

ID3 Tags for Podcasting: Defined and Implemented

Use ID3 tags to store information in your podcasting mastered file.

Name: The name or number of this particular podcast episode.
Artist: Company or hostname.
Album: The name of your show.
Track Number: The sequential order of the podcast.
Year: The year the episode was produced.
Composer (optional): Your engineer’s name or the originators of the material.
Genre: Podcast

Comments: A quick two or three lines of show notes for your podcasts.

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