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

1. New York Upbringing
2. Listening to Music
3. Songs in the Key of Life
4. Playing Instruments Badly
5. Wasn't a Joiner
6. Primitive Electronic Music
7. Working at Sony
8. Discovering Mastering
9. Keeping His Mouth Shut
10. Tape Librarian
11. Learning in Reverse
12. Reissues
13. Fit for Mastering
14. Moving into Mastering
15. Working at Sterling Sound
16. Tom Coyne's Assistant
17. Heavy Hitters
18. Chris Muth
19. Regional Gear
20. Starting Late
21. Outworking Others
22. Attended Hip-Hop Sessions
23. Getting a Room at Sterling
24. Tom Coyne's Influence
25. A Girl from Texas
26. Burn Out
27. Moving to Austin
28. Working From Home
29. Building at Home
30. Health
31. Balance
32. Refusing Attended Sessions
33. Shootouts
34. Having a Remote Rig

Matt's Rant: Saving for Retirement

Links and Show Notes

1. Chris's Site
2. Chris on Muso
3. Betterment
4. Vanguard
5. Glenn Schick Episode

Credits

1. Guest: Chris Athens
2. Host: Matt Boudreau
3. Engineer: Matt Boudreau
4. Producer: Matt Boudreau
5. Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau
6. WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
7. Announcer: Chuck Smith