WCA #465 with Chris Athens - Mastering, Burning Out, Health, Outworking Others, Remote Rigs, and a Girl From Texas
My guest is a Grammy-winning Mastering engineer, Chris Athens, who has worked on projects for Coldplay, Blink 182, Coheed and Cambria, Drake, Rick Ross, and the Beastie Boys.
In this episode, we discuss
- New York Upbringing
- Listening to Music
- Songs in the Key of Life
- Playing Instruments Badly
- Wasn't a Joiner
- Primitive Electronic Music
- Working at Sony
- Discovering Mastering
- Keeping His Mouth Shut
- Tape Librarian
- Learning in Reverse
- Reissues
- Fit for Mastering
- Moving into Mastering
- Working at Sterling Sound
- Tom Coyne's Assistant
- Heavy Hitters
- Chris Muth
- Regional Gear
- Starting Late
- Outworking Others
- Attended Hip-Hop Sessions
- Getting a Room at Sterling
- Tom Coyne's Influence
- A Girl from Texas
- Burn Out
- Moving to Austin
- Working From Home
- Building at Home
- Health
- Balance
- Refusing Attended Sessions
- Shootouts
- Having a Remote Rig
Matt's Rant: Saving for Retirement
Links and Show Notes
Credits
- Guest: Chris Athens
- Host: Matt Boudreau
- Engineer: Matt Boudreau
- Producer: Matt Boudreau
- Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau
- WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
- Announcer: Chuck Smith
