About Renee and Romo

Renee is a DJ at a local radio station. Romo is a Mastering Engineer. They both listen to music all day long. Only she gets up earlier. Way earlier. And he stays up later. Way later.

One day, having coffee, they started talking about ways to promote the local music scene. Since they are both heavily involved in the music, they thought it would be great to talk with artists and learn more about them. And that people would know more about the musicians that create the music they are listening to and seeing live.

They started this podcast as a way to help promote the local music scene by strengthening the relationship of the listener and the artist. They had a great idea and great enthusiasm, but not a name. You will hear throughout the first half dozen or so podcasts, the discussion about names, format and general shape of the podcast. There are stories and jokes and the occasional thoughtful moment, but it’s all live. One thing that they want to have is the loose conversational aspect. Just some folks sitting down talking about music. ”In the studio” is literally sitting in Romo’s mastering room with them and the musicians they are talking to. As well as songs from their cds, the musicians usually play some songs live in the studio.

Renee Richardson has been waking up the bay for the past 11 years as part of the KFOG Morning Show. In her time at KFOG she has been a big supporter of the Bay Area’s rich music scene by helping to produce the KFOG Local Scene CD. In its 8th year the music compilation is a fundraiser for Music in Schools Today but also a really great way for people to learn more about the fantastic music scene we have. Conveniently enough Michael “Romo” Romanowski mastered the cds and so was born a relationship in a love of local music and the Renee & Romo podcast.
Renee also has started doing a podcast at a tea shop that you might want to check out, it’s less music related but just as fun.
Michael Romanowski is the owner and chief mastering engineer at Michael Romanowski Mastering in San Francisco, California. He started his audio career as a live sound engineer in Nashville, Tennessee, and quickly went from that to recording, mixing and producing. In 1994, he moved to the San Francisco Bay area and started his mastering career at Rocket Lab  Michael helped start the mastering room at Sausalito’s Plant Studios in 1999, and was the chief mastering engineer. In 2001, Michael reunited with Paul Stubblebine in Paul’s mastering room at Hyde Street Studios – the famed Studio C. In 2003, Michael and Paul built two state of the art 5.1 mastering rooms at the former Coast Recorders building, now known as 1340 Mission, where he continues to work today.
Michael is the President of the NARAS Board of Governors of the San Francisco Chapter. In addition to his service in music community, Michael teaches at San Francisco State University, and is an active panelist at conferences such as TapeOp, AES, CES, VSAC and NAMM . He is a co-owner of a music label, with Paul Stubblebine and Dan Schmalle, The Tape Project, which only releases direct copies of original analog masters on ¼” and now ½”  analog tape. And, he continues to record, mix, produce and perform.

You can read more about Renee and the station here and Romo and his studio here


06 In the studio with Eoin Harrington
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