Secret Sonics 064 - Benjamin Kogan

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Benjamin Kogan is a music producer and mixing engineer based out of Haifa, Israel! 

You can find out more about Benjamin at https://benvelmusic.com/

You can find Benjamin on Social Media

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benvelmusic/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iambenjaminkogan

You can listen to the song "Always Tomorrow" by Rik Rivera that we discussed in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_c5TAk2t0E&ab_channel=RikRivera-Topic

As I mentioned in a previous episode, I've started a Whatsapp group community. If you're interested in joining, please email me at Secretsonics@gmail.com Please include your phone # and tell me a bit about what you do production-wise.

References

Nicholas Di Lorenzo: https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2020/6/28/secret-sonics-052-nicholas-di-lorenzo
Jordi (Israeli producer) example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94BIxqTYJzU&ab_channel=StaticandBenEl-%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9F%D7%90%D7%9C
Coursera course about songwriting with Pat Pattison: https://www.coursera.org/learn/songwriting-lyrics
Arcade by Output: https://output.com/arcade
Echo Sound Works: https://www.echosoundworks.com/
Makepopmusic: https://www.makepopmusic.com/samples
Source Connect: https://source-elements.com/products/source-connect
Justin Long: https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2020/8/16/secret-sonics-059-justin-long
Cubase: https://new.steinberg.net/cubase/
The Six Figure Home Studio Podcast: https://www.thesixfigurehomestudio.com/podcast/

Benjamin's Book Recommendations

Clive Davis - "The Soundtrack of My Life" - https://amzn.to/35TU5WY

Lou Pearlman - "Bands Brands and Billions" - https://amzn.to/2RK23cP

John Seabrook - "The Song Machine Inside the Hit Factory" - https://amzn.to/3cfgcIz

Spencer Johnson, MD - "Who Moved my Cheese" - https://amzn.to/366Tj9h

Jason Blume - "Inside Songwriting" - https://amzn.to/3hQi5N0

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Thank you to Zvi Rodan, Mendy Portnoy, and Yakir Hyman for contributing to the new podcast theme music!

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Feel free to email me at secretsonics@gmail.com with any questions and feedback you might have. I'm open to learning about what topics you'd like to hear about and which people you'd like to hear from. In pursuit of making this podcast truly helpful to anybody looking to improve at music production, all suggestions are truly welcome!
 
Have a great week, stay safe, and dig in!

-Ben