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    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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    Copyright: © Copyright 2017 Working Class Audio All Rights Reserved.

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    Latest Episodes:
    WCA #235 with Dave Nelson Jun 17, 2019
    Show notes

    Working Class Audio #235 with Dave Nelson!!!

    Dave Nelson’s career spans over twenty years in the film, sound and recording industry. As a composer, sound designer and re-recording mixer, his work involves an interesting mix of documentaries, features, shorts as well as albums, some of which have been nominated for Academy, Emmy and Grammy Awards.

    About this interview:

    Dave joins me to chat about Michigan, President Ford's doorbell, seeing Jimi Hendrix, harmonica lessons with Taj Mahal, staying on the bleeding edge of audio & video technology, losing his studio, agreements, and Dolby certification. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes:

    Outpost: https://outpostfilm.com

    Dave's IMDb page: https://imdb.to/31BAN3P

    Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP

    Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Dave Nelson
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab

    WCA #234 with Eric Kuehnl Jun 10, 2019
    Show notes

    WCA #234 with Eric Kuehnl

    Eric Kuehnl is a composer, sound designer, and educator. He is the Co-Director of the Music Technology Program at Foothill College, the Director of Partner Programs for Next Point Training, and also teaches at Pyramind in San Francisco. Previously, Eric was an Audio Training Strategist in the Avid Education Department, and a Senior House Engineer for Sony Computer Entertainment America. He holds a Master’s degree from the California Institute of the Arts, a Bachelor’s degree from Oberlin Conservatory, and studied composition at the Centre Iannis Xenakis in Paris.

    About this interview:

    Eric joins me to talk about college, the death of his father, the Burbank airport, when Masters Degrees come in handy, and 90’s Digidesign. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Foothill College Music Technology Program:https://bit.ly/2WXqo36
    • Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP
    • Matt Donner: https://bit.ly/2IxfTKz
    • Brendan Duffy: https://bit.ly/2VQEIuG

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Eric Kuehnl
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab

    WCA #233 with Beau Sorenson Jun 03, 2019
    Show notes

    Beau Sorenson is a freelance audio professional (producer/mixer/ engineer) based in California. He also writes, records, and remixes music as Beaunoise.

    As producer/engineer, He's worked on multiple albums for Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Mould, and Superchunk, as well as albums for Tune-yards, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Mac McCaughan, Mike Krol, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Dodos, Sparklehorse, Field Report, Jars of Clay, Yellow Ostrich, Camera Obscura, and many more. I’ve engineered sessions for Chris Walla, Merrill Garbus, Tucker Martine, Butch Vig, John Vanderslice, Dangermouse, Ryan Hewitt, and Al Weatherhead.

    While studio recording is Beau's primary focus, He's also composed and recorded soundtracks for films and podcasts mastered music for release, worked as a studio tech, taught audio engineering, and consulted on studio construction and design.

    Beau spent six years as a staff engineer at Smart Studios in Madison, WI before leaving to work freelance. He is currently a staff engineer at John Vanderslice’s Tiny Telephone studios but he also works at other studios as well.

    About this interview:

    Beau joins me for coffee to discuss hardware stores, being kind, respect for studio owners, having patience, and getting out of town to record. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes:

    Beau's Site: www.beaunoise.com

    • https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-119-with-tucker-martine/
    • https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-220-with-butch-vig/
    • https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-047-with-john-vanderslice/
    • https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-156-with-justin-perkins/
    • https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Beau Sorenson
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab

    WCA #232 with Buddy Lee Dobberteen - Being a Marine, Iraq, His Studio for Vets, Suicide, and Mentoring. May 27, 2019
    Show notes

    Buddy Lee Dobberteen grew up in a small town in Michigan. He got into playing guitar at a young age and was always fascinated with music but never really pursued it because he was too busy playing sports. He did an electrical internship all through school and after graduation began doing side gigs wiring houses but had always dreamed of something more. In early September of 2001, Buddy joined the Marine Corps and went in as an infantryman. In 2002 he was deployed to the Middle East and soon after participated in the Iraq war. Three tours later, Buddy got out of the Marines and was labeled 100% disabled. After a series of events, he started the nonprofit Pathfinders Outdoors: His Little Studio & Mentoring. His goal was to help fellow vets via mentoring, learning audio and music as well as hunting and fishing together. Buddy and his team have had over 300 Mentoring Sessions since January 2019 and continue to grow and help fellow vets who require help.

    About this interview:

    Buddy joins me to talk about music and audio. Being a Marine, his three tours of duty in Iraq, coming home wounded, forming his non-profit for vets, thinking about suicide, teaching audio skills and mentoring. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes

    Pathfinders Outdoors /His Little Studio and Mentoring.https://bit.ly/3196UHQ

    Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Buddy Lee Dobberteen
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab

    WCA #231 with Brendan Duffey May 20, 2019
    Show notes

    Brendan Duffey is a 3x Grammy nominated producer/engineer who lives in Davis, California. He has engineered, mixed, mastered and produced some of the largest names in music in Brazil, working with such artist such as Daniela Mercury, Caetano Veloso, Lulu Santos, Kiko Loureiro Angra,50 Cent, The Mission, and many others. Brendan owned Norcal Studios in São Paulo, Brazil for a decade and now has a mixing and mastering facility in called Brendan Duffey Audio in Davis, CA.

    About this interview:

    Brendan joins me to chat about growing up in Davis, California, the impact of Sylvia Massy, the Banff Center, running a studio in Brazil, working with his wife, corruption, bureaucracy, violence, kidnapping, success, troubles with shipping & friends in the FBI. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes

    Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP

    Brendan’s site: brendanduffeyaudio.com

    Current sponsors & promos : https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Brendan Duffey
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab

    WCA #230 with Chris Shaw May 13, 2019
    Show notes

    Chris Shaw is a four time Grammy Award winning American producer, engineer, mixer, and musician. Beginning his career at Greene Street Recording, he quickly worked his way from his start as an NYU intern, to assistant engineer, to a position as a staff engineer working with influential hip-hop artists such as Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, Run-DMC, and LL Cool J. In 1991 he played bass with LL Cool J on his famous performance on MTV Unplugged (along with De La Soul, MC Lyte, and A Tribe Called Quest). He went independent shortly after and has since made records with Weezer, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Ween, Jeff Buckley, Soul Asylum, Sheryl Crow, Super Furry Animals, Death Cab For Cutie, Lou Reed, Bad Brains, Ric Ocasek, Cheap Trick, Neon Neon, Elvis Perkins, Guillemots, Joss Stone, The Meat Puppets, Nada Surf, Dashboard Confessional, and The Derek Trucks Band. He has worked on six of Rolling Stone’s “500 greatest Records of All Time“.

    About this interview:

    Chris joins me to talk about keeping your mouth shut, staying humble, always be learning, making mistakes and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes

    • WCA Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP
    • Chris Shaw’s Site: https://www.chrisshawmix.com

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Chris Shaw
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab

    WCA #229 with Ed Brooks May 06, 2019
    Show notes

    Ed Brooks has been making records since the dawn of time, well almost. Ed started his career producing amd engineering records in basement studios, working his way up into major studios during Seattle’s music explosion of the early 90s. He started full time as a mastering engineer 18 years ago. Artists Ed has mastered projects for include, REM, Pearl Jam, Fleet Foxes, Death Cab For Cutie, Courtney Marie Andrews, The Head and The Heart, Chris Robinson, and Noah Gundersen. He also plays pedal steel guitar in several bands based in the Seattle area.

    About this interview:

    Ed joins me to talk about working at Tapco, transitioning from tech to recording to mastering, staying cool in intense studio situations and 90’s Seattle. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes:

    • WCA Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP
    • Resonant Mastering: http://www.resonantmastering.com/

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Ed Brooks
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab

    WCA #228 with Shani Gandhi Apr 29, 2019
    Show notes

    Shani Gandhi is a producer, engineer and mixer residing in Nashville, TN. She has engineered for such artists as Dierks Bentley, Kelsea Ballerini, Alison Krauss, The Mountain Goats, Parker Millsap, and Sierra Hull. In 2017, she received a GRAMMY Award as an engineer for Sarah Jarosz’s folk album, Undercurrent, and was also nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

    About this interview:

    Shani joins me to talk about her journey from Australia to the US, earning trust, not over mixing, immigration, the dynamics of Nashville and making time for yourself. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Shani’s site: https://www.shanigandhi.com/
    • David Miles Huber’s YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2IOU7Vn

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Shani Gandhi
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab

    WCA #227 with Wesley Slover Apr 22, 2019
    Show notes

    Wesley Slover founded Sono Sanctus in 2011 as a means to freelance in music and sound design. He creates sound design and music for films, ads, apps, games, installations, and hardware with an emphasis on the intersection of sound and music. Some of his client list includes: Dolby, Spotify, Casper, Google, Facebook, the Atlanta Falcons, and Airbnb.

    About this interview:

    Wesley joins me to talk about the art & craft of sound design, scheduling, family time, the cassette tape guy, making stuff and church sound. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Wesley’s company: http://www.sonosanctus.com/
    • Designing with Sound book

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Wesley Slover
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab


    WCA #226 with Rachel Field Apr 15, 2019
    Show notes

    Rachel Field moved to Seattle from California in 2009 and quickly became heavily involved in the PNW recording scene. She has worked in several areas of audio production, and found her passion to be mastering. As Mastering Engineer she works on all genres, and with a wide variety of local and international artists such as Whitney Mongé, Fauna Shade, Old Coast, Jericho Hill, Ryme, The Fucking Eagles, The Baggios, Mouths of Babes, and Anomie Belle. Rachel also does freelance recording in several studios in the Seattle area.

    About this interview:

    Rachel joins me to talk about food service, customer service, reading people, riding motorcycles, getting sunshine and mastering. Enjoy! -Matt

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Resonant Mastering: http://www.resonantmastering.com/
    • The Rolling Stones Documentary: https://www.netflix.com/title/80148239
    • John Coltrane Documentary: https://www.netflix.com/title/80147403

    Credits:

    • Host: Matt Boudreau
    • Guest: Rachel Field
    • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
    • Announcer: Chuck Smith
    • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
    • Additional Music: The License Lab


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