WCA #318 with Andy D. Park - Idealism, Making Mistakes, Persistence, and TV Detectives

My guest today is Seattle-based producer-engineer Andy D. Park. Andy has worked with Death Cab for Cutie, John Van Deusen. K Flay, The Deftones, Alice in Chains, Pearl jam, and Soundgarden. He talks to us from his freshly built studio at his home in Seattle.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Idealism

• Recording Schools

• Making Mistakes

• Tucson to Seattle

• Persistence

• Learning Lessons

• The Beauty of Seattle

• Working at a Bookstore

• Eddie Vedder

• Freelancing

• Obama Care

• 24 Hours with Chance the Rapper & Skrillex

• Building a Home Studio

• Full Circle with The Def Tones

• Making a Living As An Engineer

• TV Detectives

• Learning To Take a Break

• Planning Your Finances

• Emotion over Fidelity

Matt's Rant: Spreading the Work

Links and Show Notes

• Andy's Site: http://www.andyparkrecording.com/ •

• WCA on Instagram: @working_class_audio •

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• 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: • Andy D. Park

• Host: • Matt Boudreau

• WCA Theme Music: • Cliff Truesdell

• Announcer: • Chuck Smith

• Editing: • Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau

• Additional Music: The License Lab •