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.

Music Interviews
Music Commentary
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WCA #072 with Mike Kalajian
Working Class Audio Session #072 with Mike Kalajian!!! Mike Kalajian is the son of an audio technician/audiophile who was exposed to music and recording equipment at a very early age through family including his Uncle’s home recording setup  which f
60 min
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WCA #071 with Niko Bolas
Working Class Audio Session #071 with Niko Bolas!!! Finding detailed information on Producer/Engineer/Mixer Niko Bolas is a challenge. Niko is not a publicity hound and generally avoids big star studded events.
51 min
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WCA #070 with Al Schmitt and Steve Genewick
Working Class Audio Session #070 with Al Schmitt and Steve Genewick!!! What can you say about Al Schmitt that has not been said? The man truly is a legend and complete professional.  He has scored a pile of Grammy wins and nominations over the years,
64 min
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WCA #069 with Magnus Lindberg
Working Class Audio Session #069 with Magnus Lindberg!!! Magnus Lindberg is a freelance engineer based in Stockholm, Sweden. Despite his young age of 35 he has already been an audio professional for 14 years,
45 min
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WCA #068 with John Paterno
Working Class Audio Session #068 with John Paterno!!! John Paterno is an LA-based audio pro.  He has worked with a wide range of artists, including Robbie Williams, Soraya, Badly Drawn Boy, Lustra, The Thrills, Tim McGraw, Robben Ford,
68 min
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WCA #067 with Matt Wright
Working Class Audio Session #067 with Matt Wright!!! Matt Wright grew up in an extended musical family, of both musicians and aficionados. Every family get together involved extended periods of both playing music and arguing about pop records,
81 min
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WCA #066 with Graham Hick - Public Radio, Inter...
My guest is Graham Hick
55 min
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WCA #065 with Brad Brooks
Working Class Audio Session #065 with Brad Brooks!!! Brad Brooks is that rare quadruple threat of writer, player, singer, and performer. His songs combine the melodic sensibility of Elvis Costello, the best instincts of Wilco and Brian Wilson,
67 min
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WCA #064 with Johnny Sangster
Working Class Audio Session #064 with Johnny Sangster!!! Johnny Sangster  is known for his production and engineering work with Mudhoney, Posies, The Supersuckers, Smoosh, and The Makers, and also as guitarist for the Tripwires,
78 min
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WCA #063 with Joey Sturgis
Working Class Audio Session #063 with Joey Sturgis!!! Joey Sturgis is an educator, speaker, and fixture in the emergent modern rock music pantheon producing, engineering and mixing  bands such  as Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men, We Came As Romans,
94 min
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WCA #062 with Maor Appelbaum
Working Class Audio Session #062 with Maor Appelbaum!!! Maor Appelbaum is a mastering engineer and musician. After working as staff engineer (mixing, recording and mastering) for famed record producer Sylvia Massy Shivy at Radiostar Studios in Weed,
76 min
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WCA #061 with TW Walsh
Working Class Audio Session #061 with TW Walsh!!! TW Walsh who is a solo artist, musician, songwriter and mastering engineer. As a mastering engineer, TW Walsh has over 700 projects under his belt, including work for Sufjan Stevens,
68 min
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WCA #060 with Brian McTear
Working Class Audio Session #060 with Brian McTear!!! Brian McTear is a nationally respected record producer, musician, and the owner of one of Philadelphia’s most revered independent recording studios, Miner Street Recordings in Fishtown.
65 min
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WCA #059 with Tardon Feathered
Working Class Audio Session #059 with Tardon Feathered!!! Tardon Feathered runs an audio operation that keeps recordings alive. His Mr. Toads transfer business specializes in bringing back audio off of media made on machines that are no longer made or .
44 min
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WCA #058 with Jim Scott
Working Class Audio Session #058 with Jim Scott!!! This interview with Jim Scott was recorded live at the Focal booth at NAMM 2016 was fantastic.  Jim is best known for his large body of work as an engineer,
80 min
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WCA #057 with The Pellicci Brothers
Working Class Audio Session #057 with The Pellicci Brothers!!! The Pellicci brothers Jay and Ian, spent  13 years as staff engineers at Tiny Telephone  working with bands like Sleater-Kinney, Deerhoof, Birds and Batteries and Rogue Wave.
44 min
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WCA #056 with Josh Roberts
Working Class Audio Session #056 with Josh Roberts!!! I’ve known Josh Roberts for over 20 years now. He’s humble, fun, and one of the best human beings I know. He doesn’t waste time trying to impress people.
52 min
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WCA #055 with Ben Bernstein
Working Class Audio Session #055 with Ben Bernstein!!! Producer/Engineer Ben Bernstein has worked extensively as a music producer and recording engineer. In recent years Ben has been working in game audio as a sound designer & project manager.
61 min
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WCA #054 with Sebastien Richard
Working Class Audio Session #054 with Sebastien Richard!!! After getting his audio education Sebastien Richard  took a position as the head audio engineer at Coast Recorders in San Francisco and quickly became a mainstay in the crowded San Francisco au..
64 min
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WCA #053 with Darrell Thorp
Working Class Audio Session #053 with Darrell Thorp!!! Darrell Thorp is a seven time Grammy Award winning (OutKast, Radiohead, Switchfoot, Molotov, Beck) producer, mixer, engineer with over 18 years experience under his belt and many multi platinum rec...
54 min
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WCA #052 with Robert Preston
Working Class Audio Session #052  with Robert Preston!!! After 10 years working as a sales rep for a pro audio and recording equipment distributer, Robert Preston  made the plunge into recording full-time by opening a recording studio (GetReel) and loc.
64 min
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WCA #051 with Peter Doell
Working Class Audio Session #051 with Peter Doell!!! Peter Doell is a senior mastering engineer at Universal Mastering. Growing up in a house filled with music Peter studied the ʻclassicsʼ by day, but escaped to play – way underaged – at night in b
61 min
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WCA #050 with Larry Crane
WCA #050 with Larry Crane
80 min
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WCA #049 with F. Reid Shippen
WCA #049 with F. Reid Shippen
55 min
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WCA #048 with Bill Simpkins
WCA #048 with Bill Simpkins
75 min