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Working Class Audio (WCA) delves into the world behind recording professionals and goes way beyond the typical “What was it like to work with” or “What is the best eq to use on a kick drum” style questions typical of most interviews. WCA gets up close and personal with audio professionals and asks the questions no one else asks. Business practices, mistakes, failures, equipment choices, financial advice, work life balance, workflow, and family life are topics that are all on the table. WCA interviews a combination of known and unknown audio pros from the worlds music, film & TV and video games.

139 episodes available. A new episode about every 7 days averaging 63 mins duration .

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WCA #139 with Langston Masingale1:08:24

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Working Class Audio Session #139 with Langston Masingale!!! Langston Masingale has been working in recording studios for the last 24 years, starting at age 16 in his uncles studio in New Jersey. Langston helped start JJ Audio Mics in 2009 and in 2014 invented what would become the core technology of Zulu. He formed Handsome Audio in 2015 with h ...…

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WCA #138 with Ryan Massey56:49

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WCA #138 with Ryan Massey Ryan Massey is a musician, recording engineer/producer, and is the co-owner of Sharkbite Studios and Jack London Rehearsal in Oakland, CA. Ryan has spent a lifetime in music- singing with the SF Opera as a choir boy, belting out punk rock anthems with his band American Steel (Lookout Records/Fat Wreck Chords), doing th ...…

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WCA #137 with Anthony Gravino51:42

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Working Class Audio Session #137 with Anthony Gravino!!! Anthony Gravino is an independent musician and record maker in Chicago, Illinois. He primarily works as a producer, recording engineer, mixer and mastering engineer out of his private studio,The Drake in Chicago, IL. In addition to his music production background, Anthony also plays guita ...…

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WCA #136 with Kevin Becka1:01:54

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Working Class Audio Session #136 with Kevin Becka!!! Kevin Becka has worked as a recording engineer for over 25 years, working with the top names in music including Kenny G., Quincy Jones, Michael Bolton, George Benson, George Lynch, and more. An experienced educator, Kevin is currently the co-director and instructor at The Blackbird Academy in ...…

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WCA #135 with Jacquire King1:00:01

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Working Class Audio Session #135 with Jacquire King!!! Jacquire King is known for his work with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, James Bay, Modest Mouse, You Me At Six, Buddy Guy, Norah Jones, Of Monsters and Men, Josh Ritter, Cold War Kids, Punch Brothers, City and Colour, Moon Taxi, Robert Ellis, Amber Rubarth and Dawes. Our interview takes place at ...…

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WCA #134 with Andrew Oswald54:02

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Working Class Audio Session #134 with Andrew Oswald!!! Andrew Oswald is a recording engineer who is based out of Oakland, CA who makes records almost everyday. He co-owns and operates Secret Bathroom, a recording studio in West Oakland, where he also does a monthly live in studio podcast called Live From Secret Bathroom, that features new and u ...…

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WCA #133 with Alan Evans1:10:17

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Working Class Audio Session #133 with Alan Evans!!! Alan Evans is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, studio engineer, record producer, whose “retro” style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk,jazz,reggae and the psychedelic. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, Evans often plays all the guitar, bass, drums, ...…

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WCA #132 with Ian Shepherd1:15:43

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Working Class Audio Session #132 with Ian Shepherd!!! Ian Shepherd is a mastering engineer owner of Mastering Media Ltd, host of The Mastering Show podcast as well as the founder of the website Production Advice. Over the last twenty years he's worked on literally thousands of CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays for all of the major record labels, TV statio ...…

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WCA #131 with Ronan Chris Murphy1:00:19

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Working Class Audio Session #131 with Ronan Chris Murphy!!! Ronan Chris Murphy works around the globe in the wide extremes of music and in the last 20 years has amassed a discography spanning several hundred albums including work with international pop stars to some of the most respected virtuoso musicians in the world. As a producer, engineer ...…

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WCA #130 with Andy Reed54:59

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Working Class Audio Session #130 with Andy Reed!!! Andy Reed purchased his first guitar when he was 18 and by the time he was 21 he started a band with his brother called The Haskels. They signed a small record deal and ended up recording with Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs. This is where Andy initially got the recording bug. Fast forward thr ...…

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WCA #129 with Brad Smalling1:03:22

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Working Class Audio Session #129 with Brad Smalling!!! Brad Smalling is an audio professional with a passion for music and for making great records - records that connect the artist and the listener emotionally. From the creative to the technical, Brad is passionate about all aspects of the record-making process. Brad’s creative ear and his abi ...…

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WCA#128 with Frank Pappalardo46:49

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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 t ...…

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WCA #127 with Craig Schumacher1:16:39

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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 Ne ...…

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WCA #126 with Peterson Goodwyn44:39

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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 f ...…

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WCA #125 with Michael James1:01:28

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Working Class Audio Session #125 with Michael James!!! Michael James is a New York-born producer/mixer/engineer and has also been a an A&R rep as well as an 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 ...…

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WCA #124 with Owen Curtin54:54

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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 t ...…

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WCA #123 with Jon O'Brien53:41

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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 ha ...…

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WCA #122 with Kurt Andress1:00:27

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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 ...…

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WCA #121 with Jim Greer1:29:38

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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, And ...…

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WCA #120 with Will Russell1:05:43

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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 li ...…

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WCA #119 with Tucker Martine1:00:13

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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 C ...…

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WCA #118 with Tyler Crowder58:22

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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 w ...…

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WCA #117 with Cesar Mejia1:00:13

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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 o ...…

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WCA #116 with Mark Kilborn58:15

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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 serve ...…

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WCA #115 with Kurt Ballou1:11:46

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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 pr ...…

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WCA #114 with Monte Vallier49:30

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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 c ...…

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WCA #113 with Mike Wells1:27:13

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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 su ...…

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WCA #112 with Frank Wolf53:31

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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, ...…

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WCA #111 with Nathan Harlow54:47

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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, ...…

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WCA #110 NAMM Power Chat 20171:09:13

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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 ...…

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WCA #109 With Justin Pizzoferrato39:31

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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 ...…

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WCA #108 with Chris Montgomery59:17

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Working Class Audio Session #108 with Chris Montgomery!!! Chris Montgomery is an audio engineer and producer living and working in New York City. Having grown up in Glasgow, Scotland, he brings a musical heritage from one of the most prolific and diverse music scenes and applies this to his work in studio, live and field audio production. From ...…

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WCA #107 with Chris Graham59:40

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Working Class Audio Session #107 with Chris Graham!!! Chris Graham runs Chris Graham Mastering outside of Columbus, Ohio. The following bio is from Chris' website www.chrisgrahammastering.com Before I became a full time audio mastering engineer, I was an audio engineer, music producer and musician. Like other audio engineers, I occasionally was ...…

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WCA #106 with Don Zientara1:24:48

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Working Class Audio Session #106 with Don Zientara!!! Don Zientara is a musician and recording engineer as well as the owner and chief engineer at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia located outside of Washington DC. Don has a varied background that is part art, part military, part electronics and ultimately all music and recording. While ...…

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WCA #105 with Michael Ashby59:43

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Working Class Audio Session #105 with Michael Ashby!!! Michael Ashby is next generation audio engineer who started out as a drummer, he was inspired by Grammy award winning engineers like Jaycen Joshua and Craig Bauermix. Michael has mixed for multiple Sony & Universal artists on his way up including Timbaland's BK Brasco, Latoya Jackson, Fetty ...…

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WCA #104 with Andy Deguara53:39

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Working Class Audio Session #104 with Andy Deguara!!! Andy Deguara is a studio owner, audio engineer and producer working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His recording career started in 1994 as a Junior in High school. He obtained his first 4 track recorder and immediately started recording his friend’s vocals and D.J. mixes. It soon became very ...…

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WCA #103 with Pat Patten1:08:03

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Working Class Audio Session #103 with Pat Patten!!! Pat Patten came to be on Working Class Audio through a set of random circumstances. At our 100th show we chose his name at random to win a set of Audio-Technica headphones. After talking Pat on the phone I realized he would make a great guest for the WCA podcast. He sent me his resume which is ...…

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WCA #102 with Frank McDonough54:04

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Working Class Audio Session #102 with Frank McDonough!!! Frank McDonough has worked in the music industry since 1988. He worked at Arista Records for four years, then worked for various producer management firms, eventually starting his own company in January 2000. McDonough Managment has a small but impressive client roster including former WC ...…

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WCA #101 with Leff Lefferts1:16:04

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Working Class Audio Session #101 with Leff Lefferts!!! Leff Lefferts has spent the his career working in audio for music and film. He graduated from Berklee college and music with a degree in Music Production & Engineering in 1997 and joined on at the famous Plant Studios in Sausalito, California that same year as an intern. He quickly moved up ...…

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WCA #100 with Stephen Hart and Cookie Marenco1:38:05

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Working Class Audio Session #100 with Stephen Hart and Cookie Marenco!!! Well here it is, WCA #100! This was recorded at 25th Street Recording in Oakland, California on Friday, November 18th in front of a live audience. This episode features Stephen Hart and Cookie Marenco. Enjoy! More On Stephen Stephen is a former mixer in residence / chief e ...…

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WCA #099 with Rob Schnapf47:46

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Working Class Audio Session #099 with Rob Schnapf!!! Rob Schnapf has been making critically-acclaimed records for the past two decades. He first gained recognition by producing (with his then-partner Tom Rothrock) Beck's debut album, "Mellow Gold," including the breakthrough single, "Loser." Rob and Tom produced three albums for Elliot Smith, i ...…

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WCA #098 with Stewart Cararas1:01:41

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Working Class Audio Session #098 with Stewart Cararas!!! Stewart Cararas is a producer, engineer, writer and musician currently based out of Los Angeles who works on a wide variety of music projects. SOme of his clients include Nick Lachey, Billy Ray Cyrus, Joe Perry, George Lynch, Fear Factory, Glenn Hughes, Shelby Lynne, BoomKat, Kimberley Lo ...…

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WCA #097 with Matt Ross-Spang59:41

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Working Class Audio Session #097 with Matt Ross-Spang!!! Matt Ross-Spang , born in Memphis, began working at the Legendary Sun Studio when he was just 16, working his way up from intern to the Chief Engineer. He championed to bring the recording studio back to its origin, working hard to find, install and use the same period equipment that Sam ...…

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WCA #096 with J.J. Blair1:16:58

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Working Class Audio Session #096 with J.J. Blair J.J. Blair is a producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who hails from Chicago, and moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to get into the music business. He has worked on albums with some legendary artists. Of note, in 1999, he produced, engineered and mixed June Carter Cash’s Grammy winning album, ...…

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WCA #095 with Brad Wood1:26:35

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Working Class Audio Session #095 with Brad Wood!!! Brad Wood grew up in Rockford, Illinois, the home of Cheap Trick- the greatest band alive. He played the saxophone well enough to go to college and study jazz performance. When Brad moved to Chicago in 1987, it didn’t take long before he built Idful Music Corporation- a small […] The post WCA # ...…

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WCA #094 with Scott Wiley1:11:00

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Working Class Audio Session #094 with Scott Wiley!!! Scott Wiley is a music producer, engineer, musician and owner of June Audio Recording Studios in Provo, Utah. Scott studied music recording at USC and got to learn from some of the best producers and engineers in the industry during his years working in great Los Angeles […] The post WCA #094 ...…

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WCA #093 with David Barbe1:04:47

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Working Class Audio Session #093 with David Barbe!!! David Barbe has a two pronged career. He has been the Director of the University of Georgia Music Business Program since 2010. On the creative side, he has worked on hundreds of recording projects as engineer, producer, musician and writer. Over the past few years, projects have […] The post ...…

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WCA #092 with Chuck Zwicky1:08:08

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Working Class Audio Session #092 with Chuck Zwicky!!! Chuck Zwicky is a Manhattan based mixing engineer who has earned several gold and platinum records in his 30+ year career, working with artists as diverse as Prince, Jeff Beck, Soul Asylum, Reggie Watts, Rick Moranis, a-ha, NIN, and the Jonas Brothers. Chuck joins Matt over Skype […] The pos ...…

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WCA #091 with Camden Stoddard52:47

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Working Class Audio Session #091 with Camden Stoddard!!! Camden Stoddard got his start in sound shortly after moving to the Bay Area by interning with B. Z. Lewis at Studio 132 followed by studying at Pyramind in San Francisco. After graduating from Pyramind, Camden participated in some independent movies and commercials before joining Double F ...…

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WCA #090 with Lij Shaw1:09:09

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Working Class Audio Session #090 with Lij Shaw!!! Lij Shaw is an award winning music and podcast producer who has made records for 25 years. His studio, The Toy Box Studio is located East Nashville, Tennessee. Lij is my “Brother from Another Podcast” being the host of Recording Studio Rockstars. He’s a guy like myself who has been […] The post ...…

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