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Stuck on Sound is a podcast that delves into the world of sound, exploring its facets, including production, engineering, technology, and business. We also venture into the creative realm of sound, covering songwriting, recording, and performing. Additionally, we consistently focus on the evolving accessibility landscape within the sound and music industries. Hosted by Joey Stuckey, Stuck on Sound is a space where we embrace curiosity and go down exciting rabbit holes.


Joey Stuckey is an award-winning artist, producer, and speaker whose multifaceted career transcends the boundaries of sight, sound, and genre. Blind since early childhood, Joey quickly found connection and inspiration in sound, and what started as a survival skill evolved into a sophisticated and almost supernatural talent. When legendary producer Alan Parsons called Joey “The best ears in the music business,” it was confirmation of what Joey’s fans and clients knew all along: Joey’s superpower is sound.

The Joey Stuckey Band has shared the stage with legendary artists such as James Brown, the B-52s, and Bad Company, and Joey has received dozens of awards, including the Georgia Music Awards' Jazz Artist of the Year. Inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame, Joey also received the 2024 Macon Arts Alliance Cultural Award for his significant contributions to the arts community of central Georgia.

As owner of Shadow Sound Studio in Macon, Georgia, Joey honors each artist’s vision while encouraging them to explore uncharted territory. He has engineered recording sessions with musicians including Randall Bramblett (Steve Winwood, Traffic Gregg Allman and Friends), Chuck Leavell (Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Train), and Mike Mills (R.E.M.), and written songs with Ed Roland (Collective Soul), Paul "Mad Dog" McGuinness (The Popes), and Will Morrison (Modern English). Joey is now expanding Shadow Sound to cement the studio as a destination for education, community, and recording in the birthplace of southern rock.

As a speaker, Joey draws from his experiences as a blind musician and sound engineer, offering both technical advice and motivational talks on overcoming obstacles, living with purpose, and the importance of inclusion. His speaking engagements have spanned international conferences, university lectures, and global corporate events, blending his insights with performance to engage and inspire audiences. On stage, in the studio, or at the podium, Joey offers listeners a sense of belonging, reminding them that even in the dark, connection is always possible.

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  • Episode 26: Ben Medina on Going from 10,000 Maniacs Super Fan to Lead Guitarist, Music Theory, and Where AI Fits in Music

    Episode 26: Ben Medina on Going from 10,000 Maniacs Super Fan to Lead Guitarist, Music Theory, and Where AI Fits in Music
    Oct 14 2026

    In this episode of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey talks with Ben Medina, the guitarist for 10,000 Maniacs based in Rockford, Illinois. Ben is in five other projects besides the Maniacs, from country and R&B to a pop-rock original band, and he describes a career built on never being able to say no to a good gig.

    Ben traces his love of music back to a toddler-sized record player, but says the moment that made him want to be a musician was seeing 10,000 Maniacs on their first Saturday Night Live appearance, which he calls his Ed Sullivan moment. His father taught him basic chords on a guitar that had belonged to Ben's bluegrass-playing grandfather, a full-time musician in Western Colorado who died before Ben was born. Ben learned the rest by watching the Maniacs on TV, and he did not start formal study until 2018, when he began working with Chicago blues legend Pistol Pete and fell in love with music theory.

    The conversation centers on how a lifelong fan ended up on stage with the band. Ben had attended nearly every Maniacs show in the Chicago area since 1995, so when the band needed someone to cover two dates in 2024, he already knew the songs. An audition led to a full-time job. Ben explains how he keeps the fan and the performer separate on stage, why the band plays without amps, using processors instead, why he prefers solid-state amps like his rare Roland GA-212, and how he came out of a brief 2023 retirement from music, which he regretted almost immediately. He and Joey also compare guitar collections, talk about the Les Paul Foundation's studio, and swap new music recommendations.

    The episode closes on the state of the business: music oversaturation, the loss of music as a shared experience, and Ben's firm stance against generative AI in music, which Joey meets with a call for guardrails and hope that people will return to music made by humans, for humans.

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  • Episode 25: Shelby Lock on Silver Moon Sound, Immersive Classical Recording, and Redefining What an Accessible Studio Looks Like

    Episode 25: Shelby Lock on Silver Moon Sound, Immersive Classical Recording, and Redefining What an Accessible Studio Looks Like
    Oct 7 2026

    In this episode of Stuck on Sound, Joey Stuckey talks with Shelby Lock, an audio engineer, producer, composer, and the owner of Silver Moon Sound, a boutique recording studio in California's Santa Cruz Mountains built around acoustic and classical music. Shelby has more than 250 commercial recording credits and a growing catalog of her own compositions, including a piece premiered at the Kennedy Center in 2022, but the conversation ranges far beyond her resume.

    Shelby traces her path back to starting piano at seven, drifting away from it, and finding her way back through composing her own music. A pivotal moment came at a Christian rock camp in Nashville, where an instructor named Tony Hooper told her she needed to learn to record her own songs. She bought Logic Express 8 in 2008, taught herself on borrowed gear, and eventually pursued a double degree in audio engineering and composition at Belmont University before landing at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, where a graduate assistantship running the electro acoustic studios turned into her first professional engineering job.

    The heart of the conversation covers the studio Shelby built on her own terms, one that rejects the dark, cave-like aesthetic of a typical recording space in favor of natural light and full wheelchair accessibility. She and Joey discuss a striking Dolby Atmos project that combined a solo piano recording in California with a string orchestra recorded remotely in Venezuela, and Shelby explains the origin of her advocacy work, including founding the Audio Engineering Society's accessibility subcommittee after a mystery illness left her using a wheelchair. She introduces the concept of clean air accessibility, using hospital-grade filtration and emerging far-UVC technology to protect immunocompromised clients and herself.

    The episode closes with Shelby's sharp, well-reasoned stance on generative AI, which she argues is built on the uncompensated work of the artists whose styles it imitates, along with her closing rebuttal to the idea that nobody wants to learn an instrument anymore. The conversation moves fluidly between technical craft, disability advocacy, and a genuine passion for making music the hard, honest way.

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  • Episode 24: Daniel Keller on Creativity, Self-Doubt, and Knowing You Are Enough

    Episode 24: Daniel Keller on Creativity, Self-Doubt, and Knowing You Are Enough
    Sep 30 2026

    In episode 24 of Stuck on Sound, host Joey Stuckey welcomes his dear friend Daniel Keller, a musician, audio engineer, producer, and educator, for a conversation about building a creative life through curiosity and a willingness to learn. Daniel traces his journey from finding refuge in music and sculpture as a teenager to playing in bands, working at Los Angeles recording studios, producing artists in Germany, and teaching at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Along the way, the two explore his love of bass, the lessons of a largely self-taught career, and why helping an artist deliver an honest performance matters more than chasing technical perfection.

    The conversation turns to Daniel’s Artist Brain Collective and his work helping artists navigate self-doubt, comparison, and imposter syndrome. He shares the personal experience that led him to a powerful realization: “I’m enough.” Joey brings his own perspective as a blind musician and brain tumor survivor to their discussion of resilience, critical listening, and choosing joy. Together, they consider how limitations can inspire better music, where AI can support creativity and accessibility, and why human expression should remain at the center of the process. Filled with studio stories and the easy humor of two longtime friends, this episode encourages anyone learning to trust their creative voice.

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    With over 30 years of experience as a musician, recording engineer, and producer, and serving as the official music ambassador of Macon-Bibb, Georgia, Joey Stuckey can service all your professional audio needs.

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