Simon & Greg
One day Simon asked Greg if he wanted to go to Africa to help some friends build a recording studio. Little did They know what They were getting into... Since then, they've decided that once a year, they would pick a country, board a plane, pack suitcases full of gear, and record as many talented artists as they could find. Follow their musical (and whacky) journey around the world in this first season in Senegal. “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Help him build a studio and he’ll record forever...
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Simon & Greg Record The World S01 EP5: Recording The Family band Asukatendeng
Is this 5th episode of “Simon & Greg Record the World,” the pair find a bar with no real roof to speak of in which to record the young and very talented Asukatendeng Family. They discover a mixing board from the legendary manufacturer “Mixer.” (That's a joke. No one knows where the thing came from. Plus it didn't work.)
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Simon & Greg Record The World S01 EP6: Recording Pox-B and Choirs
In the season finale of “Greg & Simon Record the World,” our plucky guides leave the bustle of the city to return to Sindian in rural Senegal and the newly outfitted studio to record two rappers, two choirs, and a band with surprising ties to Simon's past.
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Simon & Greg Record The World S01 EP2: Room Acoustics & Materials Sourcing
What starts as a concrete room with no windows becomes—with a lot of creativity, cooperation, and good old fashioned elbow grease—a studio in a remote village in Senegal.
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Simon & Greg Record The World S01 EP3: Recording The Band Kazavoice
Check out any music gear site and one thing becomes very obvious, very quickly - there's always something new, something bigger, something better, something that promises to make your mixes sound louder, clearer, and more compelling than anything you've done before.
In this episode, the guys end up learning that with a few pieces of quality gear, a little creative room setup and mic placement, and knowing how it all fits together is really all you need to get a great sounding recording.
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Simon & Greg Record The World S02 EP3: Mehdi Qamoum
After a bit of drama in Agadir, we set up to record Mehdi Qamoum, a progressive rock act with Gnawa influences, in a seminal artistic hub and musical incubator founded in the 80's: Jazzawiya.
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Simon & Greg Record The World S02 EP2: Rwina
We meet with the band Rwina in El Jadida's 16th century Medina, where have our first encounter with traditional Gnawa instruments which we record in an authentic Portuguese empire era building.
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Simon & Greg Record The World S01 EP01: The Arrival in Senegal
Simon & Greg Record The World. In this Puremix video series, watch as they build a home recording studio setup. They use everyday items at hand and very minimal gear. They are using Lauten Audio microphones, Focal headphones, and a UA Twin interface.
My name is Greg and his name is Simon. We are record producers from Montreal, Canada. In January 2018, we spent a month in Senegal to record amazing musicians and build a studio from scratch. Little did we know what we were getting into...
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Simon & Greg Record The World S02 EP6: The Doors Of The Desert
Allal Yamine has as close as you can get to a heart of gold and attracts like minded artists to his "Creative Den", located just short of the doors of the Sahara desert, the actual end of the road: Mhamid.
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Simon & Greg Record The World S02 EP5: Folklore Tamnougalt
Have you ever seen a 500 year old Kasbah? Ever recorded in one? In this episode we record a traditional regional folklore music ensemble in the mansion of a former Qaid and jam with Hicham in his off the grid reclaimed house.
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Simon & Greg Record The World S02 EP4: Tarwa N-Tiniri
Riding the deadliest road in the world is worth it when at the other end you find one of the fastest growing bands in the desert blues scene. Watch Tarwa N-Tiniri nail an entire record, in just 2 days, on the outskirts of Ouarzazate.
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Simon & Greg Record The World S02 EP1: Introduction
For a second time since Senegal, we've packed bags full of gear and headed to a corner of the earth that microphones seldom reach. This time, across Morocco, traveling all the way to the edge of the desert.
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