WCA #545 with Howie Beck - Musician to Producer, 4 Tracks to Pro Tools, Independence, Polishing Turds, and Saving the Day

Working Class Audio

In this episode of Working Class Audio, Matt welcomes Howie Beck who is a multi Juno nominated Mixer, Producer and musician located in Toronto who has mixed or produced music by artists as diverse as Feist, Charlotte Day Wilson, Barenaked Ladies, Chilly Gonzales, Ron Sexsmith, and the Weather Station amongst many more.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

• Musician to Producer
• 4 Tracks to Pro Tools
• Challenges & Rewards of Audio Production
• Polishing Turds
• Smart Financial Decisions
• Health Care Challenges
• Problems with Apple and ATMOS
• Independence to Set Schedule
• Saving the Day

Links and Show Notes:

• Howie's Website

Matt's Rant: Small Chunks

Credits:

• Guest: Howie Beck
• Host/Engineer/Producer: Matt Boudreau
• WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
• The Voice: Chuck Smith