WCA #313 with John Baffa - Cal Arts, Stable Shows, Forecasting, Creating a Reverb Chamber, and The Hardest Thing About Teaching Audio

My guest today is Grammy award-winning recording engineer John Baffa. He's worked with a wide array of people, including Mike Patton, Henry Rollins, the Melvins, as well as the Los Angeles percussion quartet. He joins us from his home in Southern California, and we talk about many things, including his work at Cal Arts as an instructor. John Baffa, coming up here on the working class audio podcast. In this episode, we discuss: John's Diverse Upbringing Live Sound Touring The Troubadour FOH Paying Attention Introduction to Recording CAL ARTS Late Nights  The Hardest Thing About Teaching Audio John's House Studio Going Solar Socially Distanced Sessions Remote audio instruction Creating a Reverb Chamber Ghosts in the Building Diversification Stable Shows Forecasting Matt's Monologue: DIversification, again! Links and Show Notes Cal Arts: https://calarts.edu/ John's Studio: https://tvtrayrecording.com/ WCA 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: John Baffa Host: Matt Boudreau  WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell  Announcer: Chuck Smith Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau Additional Music: The License Lab