WCA #415 with David Kalmusky - Acid Dropping Hippies, Drum Lessons with Levon Helm, Advocating For Yourself, Addiction Studios, and Swinging the Bat Everyday

My guest is Grammy Nominated producer, engineer, session guitarist, and mixer David Kalmusky who has worked with Shawn Mendes, Carrie Underwood, Mötley Crue, Keith Urban, and Journey.  In this episode, we discuss Stratford, Ontario The Band The Rebels/The Hawks Acid Dropping Hippies Drum Lessons with Levon Helm Guitar Lessons with John Till Family Friends Addiction Studios Career Growth in Canada First Nashville Session International Conduits Swinging the Bat Everyday Focus on the Body of Work Overnetworking Mistakes  Experimenting on Your Own Time Underground Echo Chamber Building a Workshop Advocating For Yourself Social Media Restraint Division in the Studio Education  Matt's Rant: Rewriting Our Code From The Groundup Links and Show Notes Dave's studio Dave's Site Dave on Instagram Credits Guest: David Kalmusky Host: Matt Boudreau Engineer: Matt Boudreau Producer: Matt Boudreau Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau  WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell  Announcer: Chuck Smith