166: MATT BOUDREAU/Audio Engineer, podcast host/Working Class Audio

iTunes         Spotify         Youtube           Patreon Matt Boudreau is an Audio Engineer and host of the podcast Working Class Audio. He has been involved in audio and music professionally since 1987. He started out playing drums in the bands The Sextants (Imago) & Seven Day Diary (Reprise/Warner Bros.) in the days of six-figure record deals and tape-based recording. In 1994 he transitioned to the other side of the glass as an engineer & producer. His journey has taken him through studio ownership, numerous records, marriage, kids, failures, and victories. He currently mixes and masters out of his home, tracks at his favorite studios, and has sworn off studio ownership until he loses his mind again. He is also the creator and host of the Working Class Audio Podcast. Matt has recorded and mixed live performances of Death Cab for Cutie, Steve Earl, Robert Cray, Brandie Carlile, and Florence and The Machine. He's also made records with Portland's Tiger Touch, New Mexico hard rockers Cordova, and San Francisco Gypsy Jazz masters Americano Social Club. Today's episode is sponsored by Showpro Beard Co., Lensrentals, & Airturn. Special Mentions: Working Class Audio Podcast, Sound Devices Article, Live Nation – Crew Nation, Support Live Music Crews, Charlie Karp Scholarship Fund,Focusrite Podcast Studio Makeover, Girl on the Road: How to Break into Touring from a Female Perspective – Claire Murphy, I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music. Signing Metallica. Beating Death, The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s Rock Scene, Tour Health Research Initiative, ROADIE: My Documentary (TJ Hoffman film), Loud: A Life In Rock 'N Roll by the World's First Female Roadie. By Tana Douglas, Mixing Music Live, The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound, The Power of Podcasting Panel at NAMM, Soundgirls, Roswell Pro Audio Mini K87, Filming Great Concert Footage, Roadie Short Film, Roadie: A True Story (at least the parts I remember), Roadie Free Radio Merch