WCA #319 with Michael Brauer - Total Clarity, Mixing From Your Heart, Transcendental Meditation, Forgetting Balance, and Having a Great Team
My guest today is Grammy Award-winning mix engineer Michael Brauer. Michael has worked with Coldplay, John Mayer, The Rolling Stones, My Morning Jacket, and Bob Dylan, to name a few.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Speaking French with Mom
- Playing in Bands
- Drummer/Soundman
- Total Clarity
- Working in Shipping
- Being Ready to Help
- Regional Sounds
- Daytime Jingles
- Luther Vandross
- Dancing
- Going to England
- Shaving the Mustache
- Producing
- Fear of Sounding Like Others
- Greg Calbi
- Self Evaluation
- Focusing on Mixing
- Audience Acceptance
- Forgetting Balance
- Mixing From Your Heart
- Mix Revisions
- Having a Great Team
- Bike Racing
- Transcendental Meditation
- Eating Well
- Work/Life Balance
Matt's Rant: Client Communication
Links and Show Notes
- Michael's Site: https://www.mbrauer.com/
- WCA on Instagram: @working_class_audio
- Go Ad-Free! https://glow.fm/workingclassaudio/
- Connect with Matt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboudreau/
- Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw
- Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP
Credits:
- Guest: Michael Brauer
- Host: Matt Boudreau
- WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
- Announcer: Chuck Smith
- Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
- Additional Music: The License Lab
