JOSH NEWELL Talks Working with Linkin Park and NRG Recording Studios

[AceWav]

A couple of months ago, I discovered a YouTube channel by the name of Alex Crescioni who has a podcast featuring Linkin park's longtime assistant engineer Josh Newell. Josh has worked with LP inside of NRG studios along with Ethan Mates on a majority of their albums, starting all the way back in the early 2000's as a studio runner. Josh covers a load of topics on what he actually assisted on in the studio, providing a very detailed explanation on some of the jobs he had including recording the band, gathering specific types of gear requested by the band during Linkin Park's sound evolution, and working with the mind of Rick Rubin. He also expresses many of the challenges he faced on a day-to-day basis and how that taught him proper studio etiquette while navigating each band members individual personalities. Josh provides insight on how some days were ''good days'' and some days were ''bad days'', and how those days taught him to either blend in or stay out of the band's way. One particular story that's noteworthy is when the band decided to order thousands of balloons and fill the studio up during the A Thousand Suns era, as referenced in this iconic LPUTV episode: https://youtu.be/R03NU6KBmjg?si=xD8iVb9iYVee6blq ''Balloon Crawl'' where Josh had to overcome obstacles (literally) such as tripping over unseen mic cables, balloons bursting during the recording process, and how that affected him as an assistant engineer in charge of making sure everything was running properly. There's so much more to this podcast episode I'll leave for you to discover and enjoy! Big shout out to Alex Crescioni for hosting this incredible episode and asking really great questions to Josh and shout out to Josh for giving the fans a different perspective inside the studio process of Linkin Park like you've never heard before! Enjoy. 

 

 

Edited May 26 by AceWav

[DylHDZ]

Sick find bro!

[AceWav]

1 hour ago, DylHDZ said:

Sick find bro!

Thanks man, this episode is such a gem! 💎

Edited May 26 by AceWav

[Cesar656]

Wasnt this posted here a while ago? I feel I have seen it here before. Anyways, its a good listen

[AceWav]

11 hours ago, Cesar656 said:

Wasnt this posted here a while ago? I feel I have seen it here before. Anyways, its a good listen

I posted it in the chat box a few months ago. Maybe that’s where you saw it. I’m not sure if anyone else ever made it an official thread before though. 

[RYG4R]

I miss LP working in NRG Studios. Now they can work in Mike's Stockroom and polish it in any studios they like.

[AceWav]

4 hours ago, RYG4R said:

I miss LP working in NRG Studios. Now they can work in Mike's Stockroom and polish it in any studios they like.

I love that they spent time at East West studios for From Zero, a very famous studio where System of a down recorded toxicity at, and many more recorded well-known albums at. Mike actually mentioned that Studio B was perfect for the band because of its size, and that it had the right kind of comfortability for him to work in with the band. Especially for the drum recordings on the album because of the size of the room and sound it had to offer.