WCA #397 with Bryan Cook - Recording as An Exit Strategy, Chillin with Tom Dowd, Landing at A&M Studios, and Doing Non-Music Things

My guest is Grammy Nominated Mixing engineer Bryan Cook who has worked with U2, One Republic, Jeff Goldblum, and Switchfoot.  In this episode, we discuss: Early life in Philly Studios - A thing that people did Love for Jazz  Saxophone Recording as an exit strategy Bluejay Internship Chillin with Tom Dowd Ryan Hewitt  Deciding on a move to LA Landing at A&M Studios Moving up in the industry Professionalism - Egos working together Moving up the engineering ladder Sensing upcoming burnout Michael Andrews  Nobody likes the bad vibe guy Walk Hard  Transitioning to flying solo One Republic How artists find an engineer U2 project Push them into the pool Mixing from home How to do pricing? Handling disappointment Ease with setup Bounce Factory  Doing non-music things Matt's Rant: Audio File Management Links and Show Notes Bryan's Site Download 15 Tips to Help you Survive as an Audio Pro Credits Guest: Bryan Cook Host: Matt Boudreau Engineer: Matt Boudreau Producer: Matt Boudreau Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau  WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell  Announcer: Chuck Smith