Working Class Audio
The Working Class Audio Podcast pulls back the curtain on the professional recording world. Host and audio engineer Matt Boudreau talks with guests from music, film, games, restoration, and beyond—diving into their real-world journeys. No fluff, just honest conversations about the wins, losses, money, collaboration, and survival strategies that define a career in audio. It's recording life from a working class perspective.
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WCA #254 with Jonah Strauss - DIY Attitude, The...
My guest is Jonah Strauss
59 min
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WCA #253 with Mary Mazurek - Recording live, Kn...
My guest is Mary Mazurek.
49 min
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WCA #252 with Dave Hillis - Metal beginnings, R...
My guest is Dave Hillis,
60 min
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WCA #251 with Piper Payne - Infrasonic Sound, s...
My guest is mastering engineer Piper Payne,
62 min
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WCA #250 with Vance Powell - Business managers,...
My guest is six-time Grammy Award winning record producer, engineer and mixer Vance Powell.
44 min
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WCA #249 with Jeff Kolhede- A journey of adapti...
My guest is Grammy-nominated producer, composer, engineer, and musician Jeff Kolhede.
48 min
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WCA #248 with Eyal Levi - URM, The Demands of M...
My guest is Eyal Levi who is the host of Unstoppable Recording Machine, former guitarist for Daath as well as producer and educator.
59 min
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WCA #247 with Justin Colletti - Mastering, Soni...
Justin Colletti is a mastering engineer, author of hundreds of articles on the art, science, and business of music and sound as well as director of content and publishing for SonicScoop.
75 min
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WCA #246 with Eric Fredricey - Running with the...
Eric Fredricey started with hand me down cassette decks and mixers, progressed to a broadcast internship in Junior High, worked at a tv station right out of high school and is now chief engineer at KCSB-FM college radio in his hometown.
44 min
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WCA #245 with Steve Chadie - Making Records in ...
Steve Chadie started interning for Willie Nelson's studio in 1995. 24 years later armed with a host of high profile clients, awards and experiences Steve still has the same enthusiasm he did when he started and a desire to lend a helping hand, gear or advice to upcoming young engineers that he collaborates with.
51 min
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WCA #244 with Paul Drew - The Power of Diversif...
Paul Drew is a producer, engineer, mixer, session guitarist, and member of Production Expert. He's also the D in DWB Music Ltd and DWB MIXING. His experience is diversified and has served him well. Paul walks us through the details of all of it and tells us about his new venture The Studio Rats.
56 min
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WCA #243 with Patrick Meza - The Importance of ...
Patrick Meza is a Mix Tech at Warner Brothers. He is a prime example of how perseverance can open doors and shape your career.
36 min
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WCA #242 with Brian David Hood - Creating A Six...
Brian David Hood is a producer/engineer, studio owner, and entrepreneur. Brian takes us through his journey, from playing drums on tour, opening a studio in his parent's basement, hitting a major low point that spurred him on to better opportunities, creating a video course and a podcast and his entrepreneurial ventures.
80 min
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WCA #241 with Dan Shike - Avoiding Headaches, A...
Dan joins me to talk about building his mastering studio in Nashville, avoiding headaches, assisting Reid Shippen, being the only one accountable to his clients, learning to be socially active, getting out of debt and staying healthy.
56 min
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WCA #240 with Sebastian Visconti - Philadelphia...
Sebastian joins me to talk about moving from Philadelphia to LA, recordings bands, working at Trader Joes, reinventing himself and breaking into the film audio world at 40. Enjoy! -Matt
49 min
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WCA #239 with Damien Rasmussen - College Radio,...
Damien joins me to talk about working as a college radio DJ, interacting with bands, being an enabler, getting in trouble with N'Sync's management, and the business practices of an audio pro.
62 min
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WCA #238 with Clint Bennett - 90's San Francisc...
Clint chats with me about 90's San Francisco, moving to LA, proving himself, persevering, union benefits, and not taking his opportunity's for granted.
57 min
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WCA #237 with Kieron Menzies
Kieron chats with me about working at a pumpkin patch, help from his godmother, working with Rick Nowles, meetings with music industry suits, playing scratchers and saving money.
48 min
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WCA #236 with Cameron Webb
Cameron joins me to talk about being the best runner, honesty, hanging up on studio managers, letting flaws shine through, synchronization nightmares, Yo Gabba Gabba, and listening to artists.
72 min
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WCA #235 with Dave Nelson
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.
57 min
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WCA #234 with Eric Kuehnl
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
65 min
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WCA #233 with Beau Sorenson
Beau joins me for coffee to discuss hardware stores, being kind, respect for studio owners, having patients, and getting out of town to record
46 min
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WCA #232 with Buddy Lee Dobberteen - Being a Ma...
Being a Marine, Iraq, His Studio for Vets, Suicide, and Mentoring.
53 min
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WCA #231 with Brendan Duffey
Brendan joins me to chat about growing up in Davis, California, the impact of Sylvia Massey, the Banff Center, running a studio in Brazil, working with his wife, corruption, bureaucracy, violence, kidnapping, success, troubles with shipping & friends in the FBI.
50 min
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WCA #230 with Chris Shaw
Chris joins me to talk about keeping your mouth shut, staying humble, always be learning, making mistakes and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
45 min