Jam Phelps

Jam Phelps is a Mixing and Mastering Engineer, music producer, and the proud owner of Denk Studios, tucked away on 30 acres in Southern Virginia. Her studio is dedicated to providing a welcoming space for underrepresented voices in music, with a particular focus on supporting women and LGBTQ+ artists.

With 30 years of musical experience, Jam is passionate about creating unique productions and imaginative mixes. Her expertise shines in singer-songwriter, Americana, rock, and indie genres, and she’s known for her ability to mix and master any song recorded anywhere.

Jam has been featured on platforms like Soundgirls.org, Stories in Sound, and The Music Executive podcast.

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Recent Resident Gyms
- THEORY-GYM: let's look at line cliche in Eleanor Rigby
- BEAT-CHALLENGE: We reviewed new pieces and talked about strategies for iteration when working by yourself. Bass and guitar rigs discussed compared with DI
- OFFICE HOURS: We did some production brain storming for a song Alee is working on
- THEORY-GYM: Harmonic breakdown of "Rise" by Herb Alpert- chords, melody, chord qualities, modulation, opening M7 vamp
- EAR-TRAINING-GYM: Ear training on Frequencies in electric distorted guitars
- INSTRUMENT-GYM: Sticking/hand patterns, hand technique, applications to instrument and songwriting.
- OFFICE HOURS: Different options for recording a cover with acoustic guitar and vocals- pros and cons of recording both at once, free tempo, playing to a click, recording both as an initial sketch and doubling both parts
- OFFICE HOURS: Listened to and talked about he mix of David's song. Discussed the difference between compressors and limiters. Discussed the important considerations when mastering one's own music.
- BEAT-CHALLENGE: listened to 4 new song ideas!
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Upcoming Resident Events
- 🟩Free Theory Gym: w/ Nathan Rosenberg
  Oct. 22: 8am (PT) | 11am (ET) | 4pm (UK)
- Weekly 'Beat' Review: w/ Nathan Rosenberg
  Oct. 22: 7pm (PT) | 10pm (ET) | 3am (UK)
- Office Hours: w/ Ben Krueger
  Oct. 22: 8pm (PT) | 11pm (ET) | 4am (UK)
- Production Gym: w/ Cinnamontal
  Oct. 23: 5am (PT) | 8am (ET) | 1pm (UK)
- Office Hours: w/ Ben Krueger
  Oct. 23: 2pm (PT) | 5pm (ET) | 10pm (UK)
- Office Hours: w/ Kallie
  Oct. 23: 5pm (PT) | 8pm (ET) | 1am (UK)
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Upcoming Courses
- 11/04: Comprehensive Program
- 11/04: DAW Core Skills
- 11/04: Hardware & Recording Primer
- 11/04: Musician Basics Elective
- 11/12: Mix Incubator
- 12/08: Musician Basics Elective
- 1/05: Musician Basics Elective
- 1/12: Comprehensive Program
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