WCA #218 with Nick Luca

Nick Luca is a multi-instrumentalist musician, singer/songwriter/composer, music producer and audio engineer. He has toured throughout Europe, USA, Mexico, Canada and Australia with Iron and Wine, Calexico, John Doe (X) and his own band, Luca. As a session musician and audio engineer, Nick has credits on over 100 albums with artists such as Neko Case, DeVotchka, Robyn Hitchcock, Margaret Cho, M Ward, Darren Hanlon and many others. 

About this Interview:

Nick joins me to talk about scenes, spirit animals, Calexico, Los Angeles, Kelsey Grammer, recording Hip Hop and diversification. Enjoy!-Matt

Show Notes and Links

• Nick’s Site: http://www.nickluca.com/
• WCA Patreon Subscriptions: https://goo.gl/iSPLTS
• OneMic Series: http://www.johncuniberti.com/onemic/
• Audio-Technica: https://www.audio-technica.com/
• UA Promo: https://www.uaudio.com/uad-accelerator-promo
• AEA Ribbon Mics: https://www.aearibbonmics.com/
• Audio Life on Gearslutz: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/audio-life/
• WCA on Youtube: https://goo.gl/g5nsWG

Working Class Audio #216 with Adam Gonsalves!!!

Adam Gonsalves has mastered over a thousand releases from artists around the world. He is equally at home mastering for digital formats and cutting lacquers for vinyl. Prior to mastering Adam worked for 7 years as a tracking and mixing engineer at Anchorhold Recording. From 2010-2013 Adam also produced the Square Cad Mastering Podcast. In 2017 he was featured in the book Why Vinyl Matters. Adam received a master’s degree in Music Technology from New York University. Adam is  approved to provide Mastered for iTunes masters. Clients include: Willie Nelson, Peter Buck, Elliott Smith, Sleep, Blitzen Trapper, The Last Artful Dodgr, Sufjan Stevens, Pure Bathing Culture, Tender Loving Empire, Southern Lord, TKO, Living Music, Crane City Music, Typhoon, My Brightest Diamond, Dead Moon, Emma Ruth Rundle, Steve Aoki, Poison Idea, Rogue Wave, Ty Segall, Pelican, John Craigie, Earth, Horse Feathers, Blackwater Holylight, Calvin Johnson, Haley Heynderickx, Widowmaker, and many more. Additional credits available at Sound Credit.

About this Interview:

Adam joins me to talk about the Square Cad Mastering podcast, interrogating your own workflow, his journey into lacquer cutting and his work/life balance. -Enjoy

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Show Notes and Links

• WCA Patreon Subscriptions: http://www.patreon.com/workingclassaudio
• Telegraph Mastering: http://telegraphmastering.com/
• Square Cad Mastering Podcast: http://squarecad.net/
• Audio-Technica: https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/
• UA Promo: https://www.uaudio.com/uad-accelerator-promo
• AEA Ribbon Mics: https://www.aearibbonmics.com/
• Audio Life on Gearslutz: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/audio-life/
• WCA on Youtube: https://goo.gl/g5nsWG

Working Class Audio #214 with Bart Thurber!!!

What started as a hobby,  soon became an obsession that led me to start House Of Faith Studios in Palo Alto. When the graffiti covered building was torn down, my studio moved to Oakland. After 28 years, recording over 700 bands, I’m still amazed by the musicians I work with. Every band I’ve recorded has something unique and remarkable about them. I truly enjoy helping people achieve the recordings that they hear inside. As I tell my bands : ” I want this recording to sound like you, only more so. “

About this Interview:

 I head over to House of Faith in Oakland for a chat with Bart about the most common musician personality types, people skills, studio sharing and his recent (2014) transition from analog to digital. Enjoy! -Matt

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Show Notes and Links

 WCA Patreon Subscriptions: http://www.patreon.com/workingclassaudio
 Barts site: http://www.bartthurberrecording.com/
 Chris Selim’s Cubase Course: https://mixdownacademy.thinkific.com/?ref=98cf4b
 Audio-Technica: https://www.audio-technica.com/world_map/
 UA Promo: https://www.uaudio.com/uad-accelerator-promo
 AEA R88: https://www.aearibbonmics.com/products/r88/
One Mic Series: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGQDixBKOy2ZqIXABrAD__g
 Audio Life on Gearslutz: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/audio-life/
 WCA on Youtube: https://goo.gl/g5nsWG

Working Class Audio #212 with Gentry Studer

Gentry Studer grew up with a definitive love of music. He played various instruments from an early age, later joining rock bands in high school. But with a name like “Studer”, although no actual relation to the famous tape machine, he was bound for the engineering world. Gentry graduated from the prestigious Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences program in 2013. He moved to Los Angeles and worked under one of the most iconic mastering engineers.  In 2015 Gentry started his own company, Epicenter Mastering. In 2016 the operation moved into Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. In 2018 Epicenter Mastering relocated down south to Nashville, Tennessee in the historic RCA Studio A building.

His combined creative and technical backgrounds have informed Gentry’s approach to the art of mastering– not only to preserve and enhance the sonic qualities of an artist’s vision in the mix but also to bring across its feel and emotional intentions.  As he puts it, “it’s amazing the advances on the technical side and what it allows us to do but you can also fall into its trap. My musical background and extensive ear training allow me to go off feel, not just a spectrum analyzer.” “The idea is to preserve the recordings life, passion and blood sweat and tears the artist has poured into their work.” 

Gentry loves to stay busy in the studio – equating mastering projects with “having the privilege of meeting new interesting people everyday.”  When he’s not working he spends time seeing live music, enjoying the outdoors, trying craft beers and whiskeys, and eating endless amounts of hot chicken and BBQ.

About this Interview:

Gentry joins me to talk about interning with Howie Weinberg, moving around the US, his new studio located in the RCA building in Nashville and communication with remote mastering clients. Enjoy! – Matt

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Show Notes and Links

• Gentry’s Site: https://www.workingclassaudio.com
• AEA KU5A-https://www.aearibbonmics.com/products/ku5a/
• Audio Life on Gearspace

Working Class Audio #210 with David Streit!!!

David Streit is a producer, mixer, recording engineer, and live sound engineer based in Portland, Oregon. He has been working with sound for over 30 years.
David began his audio career working in clubs and venues in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. He loved seeing bands play live, and became an avid concertgoer. These experiences proved to be very useful when he decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee and become a recording engineer. David developed his recording skills assisting and learning from the engineers who came before him as he rose up through the studio system in Nashville. Eventually, he became an engineer and producer himself and has been a freelance audio engineer in Connecticut and Santa Cruz, California.
Now, David is happy to call the Pacific Northwest his home, and is excited to be a part of the amazing vibrant music scene in Portland. David has a bachelor’s degree in recording from Middle Tennessee State University, and learned about mic’ing classical ensembles as an intern at The Aspen Music Festival. He was a staff assistant at Quad Studios in Nashville, has taught a college course in multi-track recording and mixing, and has done location sound for video shoots. He has a passion for music and sound, and feels lucky to have been in the room for so many magic moments.

About this Interview:

David joins me to talk about Portland vs. Nashville, why musicians choose to hire engineers, prepping for live recordings, security, mortality and legacy. Enjoy! – Matt

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Show Notes and Links

• David Streit’s Website: www.davidstreit.com