Working Class Audio
Working Class Audio
Podcast Description
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.
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This podcast focuses on a diverse range of topics including the ups and downs of audio production, personal career journeys, and industry insights. Episodes feature discussions about mental health in creative fields, studio design challenges, live sound production, and gender dynamics in audio roles, such as in episodes with guests like Michael Roache and Lizzie Westsmith.
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.
For episode 615, Matt concludes his two-part conversation with Michael Frondelli, picking up in Los Angeles where Keith Forsey and Richie Zito brought him west. Michael landed at Giorgio Moroder’s Oasis Studios, where he worked on the Breakfast Club soundtrack, Beverly Hills Cop, and the world premiere digital playback of Moroder’s restored Metropolis. He went on to eleven years as Vice President of Capitol Records Studios, where his first artist was Frank Sinatra and he quietly produced Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on a $100,000 investment that grossed $7 million. They also talk about AI and copyright, the importance of pre-production, apprenticeships in audio, network as the real currency of a career, and what Phil Ramone told him about what recording engineers actually do.
In This Episode, We Discuss:
- Moving to Los Angeles via Keith Forsey and Richie Zito
- Giorgio Moroder’s Oasis Studios: Breakfast Club, Beverly Hills Cop, and Three Films at Once
- The World Premiere Digital Playback of Moroder’s Restored Metropolis
- East Coast vs West Coast Recording Culture
- Keeping an Apartment in Brooklyn and One in LA
- VP of Capitol Records Studios: How He Got the Job
- Learning to Run a $5 Million Business
- The First Business Plan Ever Written for Capitol Studios
- Frank Sinatra as the First Artist: Phil Ramone, Al Schmitt, and Building a Custom Vocal Booth
- Union Negotiations, Health Benefits, and Taking Care of the Staff
- Being Told He Was Too Old to Start a Label at 44
- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy: $100,000 In, $7 Million Gross, 500,000 Records by May
- Crowded House, Gary Stamper, and Don’t Dream It’s Over
- AI, Copyright, and Why You Must Register Before You Use the Platform
- Apprenticeships, the Music Producers Guild, and Passing It On
- Network as the Real Currency of a Career
- Still Working: James Gadson, Autism Speaks, and Making Records
Matt’s RANT!: Matt’s Dad
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Credits:
- Guest: Michael Frondelli
- Host/Engineer/Producer: Matt Boudreau
- WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
- The Voice: Chuck Smith
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