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Working Class Audio

Working Class Audio

Peel back the glamour of the professional recording world. Guests from the world of audio for music, film, games, restoration, and more share their insights on how they made their journey, how they survive, their advice on the real things including wins, losses, working with other people, money, and career advice. Hosted by audio engineer Matt Boudreau. The Working Class Audio Podcast - Navigating the World of Recording with a working class perspective.

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48:40

WCA#128 with Frank Pappalardo

Working Class Audio ·

2017/05/29

Working Class Audio Session #128 with Frank Pappalardo!!! Frank Pappalardo started out a guitarist wanting the rock star dream. After hearing Van Halen's "Eruption" at a party he realized being a killer recording engineer was a more realistic plan than being a mediocre guitar player. From his early days at Chicago studio River North Recorders to his current 30 plus year gig at PBS' Soundstage, Frank has had an incredible career recording and mixing so many household names including Bon

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78:34

WCA #127 with Craig Schumacher

Working Class Audio ·

2017/05/22

Working Class Audio Session #127 with Craig Schumacher!!! Craig Schumacher has been making noise unprofessionally since 1985. He's managed to carve out a niche in the desert southwest by be part of an eclectic scene that bubbles out of Tucson and has been an integral part of the sound of Calexico and Giant Sand, and has recorded artists like Neko Case, Amos Lee, KT Tunstall, Roger Clyne, Left Over Salmon, The Jayhawks, Steve Wynn, and John Doe at WaveLab. He is also a sought after mixer and has

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46:29

WCA #126 with Peterson Goodwyn

Working Class Audio ·

2017/05/15

Working Class Audio Session #126 with Peterson Goodwyn!!! Peterson Goodwyn wants every musician and audio engineer to know how to build, tweak, and repair their own gear. He founded DIY Recording Equipment (DIYRE) in 2010 as a wiki to catalog the world of DIY pro audio. He now conducts workshops, publishes how-to content, and designs DIY kits for DIYRE. In 2014, DIYRE launched the open-source Colour platform for modular, analog signal-processing. Since then, Colour products have found their way

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63:20

WCA #125 with Michael James

Working Class Audio ·

2017/05/08

Working Class Audio Session #125 with Michael James!!! Michael James is a New York-born producer/mixer/engineer and has also been an A&R rep as well as a solo artist himself. He's worked with New Radicals, Hole, Far, Robben Ford, L7, Edwin McCain, Chicago, Reverend Horton Heat, A.J. Croce, Butterfly Boucher, Jane's Addiction, Maia Sharp, The Coronas, and Jawbreaker and many more. For more info, contact Jan Seedman / Cadium at +1.310.200.4448. http://michaeljamesproducer.com/

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56:46

WCA #124 with Owen Curtin

Working Class Audio ·

2017/05/01

Working Class Audio Session #124 with Owen Curtin!!! Owen Curtin is a audio engineer and professor of audio technology. He has worked with Sheryl Crow, David Gray, Keane, Amanda Palmer and Jordan Knight. Owen is the co-owner and head engineer at The Bridge Sound and Stage. Aside from his role recording and mixing at The Bridge, he manages all technology and facilities including studio integration, information technology, and acoustic design. One of his latest endeavors includes the Audio Builders

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55:33

WCA #123 with Jon O'Brien

Working Class Audio ·

2017/04/24

Working Class Audio Session #123 with Jon O'Brien!!! Jon O’Brien is the owner and producer at The Music Box Studios in Downtown Fullerton, CA. In 2009, fresh out of college and after a summer spent interning at Blackwatch Studios in Norman, OK, Jon returned home and began recording local bands out of his parents’ living room. Since then, Jon has spent the last 7 years recording and producing over 80 bands and artists in the Southern California area. Many of the clients continue to frequent the

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62:20

WCA #122 with Kurt Andress

Working Class Audio ·

2017/04/17

Working Class Audio Session #122 with Kurt Andress!!! Kurt Andress is a Business Manager for Working Class Audio guest Mitch Dane ( WCA #075). Kurt is also an old friend of Matt's going back almost 30 years. Kurt's background before moving to Nashville was as a musician in New Mexico working at Mesilla Valley Music where he built stage gear and flight cases, and owned a stage lighting company. Kurt moved to Nashville in 1991 and graduated from Belmont University in 1994 with a degree in

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91:34

WCA #121 with Jim Greer

Working Class Audio ·

2017/04/10

Working Class Audio Session #121 with Jim Greer!!! Jim Greer is a Bay Area record producer who has massed a wide variety of credits through many years of wielding multiple instruments and knowing how to fiddle some knobs. Highlights included writing and producing with or for: Galactic, Macy Gray, Handsome Boy modeling School, Cyndi Harvell, Andrew St.James, Diego's Umbrella, MC Lars, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Irma Thomas, Rondo Brothers, Butterscotch, and many more, including lots of

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67:36

WCA #120 with Will Russell

Working Class Audio ·

2017/04/03

Working Class Audio Session #120 with Will Russell!!! Will Russell is the owner and chief engineer at Electric Wilburland Studio, which is located in an old Baptist church in Newfield, NY. He has been working in audio since the age of 17, when he first started doing live sound. Will continues to mix live at regional music festivals for bands like The Horse Flies and Sim Redmond Band. His most notable tour was mixing for Rusted Root from 1994-95. After being on the road, Will switched his focus to

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62:05

WCA #119 with Tucker Martine

Working Class Audio ·

2017/03/27

Working Class Audio Session #119 with Tucker Martine!!! Tucker Martine is a record producer, musician and composer and the son of singer and songwriter Layng Martine, Jr., Tucker grew up in Nashville, Tennessee where he played in bands and tinkered with recording devices before moving to Boulder, Colorado after graduating from high school. In Colorado, Martine was a DJ at a public radio station KGNU. He would frequently play two or more records at once on the air to experiment with creating new

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60:14

WCA #118 with Tyler Crowder

Working Class Audio ·

2017/03/20

Working Class Audio Session #118 with Tyler Crowder!!! Tyler Crowder is a freelance recording/audio engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, who enjoys working in various recording studios, where he's done projects with both artist on major labels including Sony, RCA, Def Jam, GOOD Music, Windham Hill, Arista Records, B&G, Dancing Cat, etc. as well as with a diverse range of local indy bands. By working with a diverse range of major artists and local indy artist, it allows Tyler to be fluent in

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62:06

WCA #117 with Cesar Mejia

Working Class Audio ·

2017/03/13

Working Class Audio Session #117 with Cesar Mejia!!! Cesar Mejia is an L.A. based engineer/producer born and raised in Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles. Besides engineering and producing he is a faculty member at Cal State Dominguez Hills where he teaches audio recording courses for the Digital Media Arts program. Cesar has a unique approach of putting his clients at ease, allowing the artist to perform at their optimal. Cesar’s methods and skills have allowed him to maintain an ever-growing list

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60:07

WCA #116 with Mark Kilborn

Working Class Audio ·

2017/03/06

Working Class Audio Session #116 with Mark Kilborn!!! Mark Kilborn is a sound designer, mixer and implementer with over a decade of experience in the video games industry. He has worked on various game franchises including Borderlands, Forza Motorsport, Brothers In Arms, Tony Hawk and Project Gotham Racing. For the last seven years he has served as one of the Audio Directors for the Call of Duty series, collaborating with teams of sound designers around the world on various projects including

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73:40

WCA #115 with Kurt Ballou

Working Class Audio ·

2017/02/27

Working Class Audio Session #115 with Kurt Ballou!!! Kurt Ballou is a musician and producer, best known as the guitarist from Massachusetts-based band Converge. Aside from his role in Converge, Ballou is a prolific producer, recording and producing out of his own GodCity Studio. Kurt has worked with numerous bands over the last 25 years in a producing/ recording role including High on Fire, Nails, Russian Circles and Code Orange. Kurt and Matt talk over Skype discussing health, retirement, drugs,

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51:21

WCA #114 with Monte Vallier

Working Class Audio ·

2017/02/20

Working Class Audio Session #114 with Monte Vallier!!! Monte Vallier grew up in the Bay Area and launched his musical career by dropping out of high school and moving to London with his band Half Church who he played bass with. After making a record and playing tons of gigs with bands such as The Fall, Echo and the Bunnymen, and PIL, the band called it quits in 1986. After interning at The music annex and Coast Recorders (Bay Area) Monte built his own studio with engineer Gibbs Chapman that was

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89:09

WCA #113 with Mike Wells

Working Class Audio ·

2017/02/13

Working Class Audio Session #113 with Mike Wells!!! Mike Wells has spent the last 15 plus years mastering, complimented by a lifetime in music as a musician, music theory graduate, recording artist, and recording/mixing engineer. From San Francisco to Los Angeles, Mike has had one hell of a journey to get to the point of working with artists such as Green Day, PARRI$, Prince, and Gridlock. While we all have career ups and downs of which Mike is no stranger, Mike also spent many years trying to

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55:22

WCA #112 with Frank Wolf

Working Class Audio ·

2017/02/06

Working Class Audio Session #112 with Frank Wolf!!! Although Frank Wolf's background was in music, he found myself drawn to “the other side of the glass” and changed his studies to Physics and Electrical Engineering. While in college, Frank also built and ran a small studio with an old ½” Scully at it’s heart. (ahh analog!) During those years, he met the folks at The Village Recorder, and when he graduated, he was immediately hired as a tech. While there, the staff was given permission to use the

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56:39

WCA #111 with Nathan Harlow

Working Class Audio ·

2017/01/30

Working Class Audio Session #111 with Nathan Harlow!!! Nathan Harlow grew up in San Francisco, played in bands and eventually found his way into the world of live sound. 20 years later, his experience touring, mixing, recording and doing system design has allowed him the opportunity to work with artists such as Prince, Rob Zombie, Sonic Youth, Bebel Gilberto, Medeski, Martin and Wood and Primus. His skills are also in demand at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California, the Warfield Theater and

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71:06

WCA #110 NAMM Power Chat 2017

Working Class Audio ·

2017/01/23

Working Class Audio Session #110 NAMM Power Chat!!! I took a trip from NORCAL to SOCAL to hit NAMM 2017. As I arrived I decided to put together a show based on "Power Chats/Talks". 20 minute or so quick chats with friends about certain topics. Ben Lindell from Puremix, Sean McLaughlin, Andy Freeman, Gary Boss of Audio-Technica and Vance Powell joined me. Enjoy!

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41:21

WCA #109 With Justin Pizzoferrato

Working Class Audio ·

2017/01/16

Working Class Audio Session #109 with Justin Pizzoferrato!!! Justin Pizzoferrato is a recording engineer based out of western Massachusetts. He owns and runs Sonelab with Mark Alan Miller and also freelances from time to time. Justin has worked with such bands as Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth, Speedy Ortiz, Elder, and many more in the rock genre. He got his start freelancing around Boston. After moving to western Mass, he noted the lack of studios and decided to open up his own facility. When he's not

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