WCA #426 with Pete Droge - Seattle Punk Rock, Boombox Multitracking, Investing in Career, Diversifying in all Directions, and Staying Mellow

My guest is Producer/Engineer, Singer-Songwriter & Media Composer Pete Droge. Pete has had a diverse career as a solo artist and producer, working with Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam and Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America. He's had movie cameos and hit songs. Produced, engineered, and mixed national broadcast ads. Composed, produced, engineered, and mixed scores for three feature films and several shorts, including Sam Jones' "Miles to Go Before I Sleep" for Showtime. He's also had Film and TV placements, including Dumb & Dumber, Zomblieland, Grey's Anatomy, Nashville, and many more. He's also a member of the band The Thorns with Matthew Sweet and Shawn Mullins.

In this episode, we discuss

Cassette Machines

Moving Around

Dad's Group Homes

Washington State

Piano Lessons

Guitar

March of Crimes

Seattle Punk Rock

25th Hour

Mellow Vibe

Going Solo

Boombox Multitracking

Mike and Stone from Pearl Jam

Brendan O'Brien

Comping

Learning Recording as an Artist

Southern Tracks

Surviving

How Music is Made

Playing to the Venue

Doing Well

Producing

Building a Studio

Investing in Career

Moving into Audio

Arrangement vs. Mixing

Working on Commercials

Diversifying

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Meditating

Matt's Rant: Automation

Links and Show Notes

Zapier

Typeform

Calendly

Pete on Letterman

Pete's Site

Substack

Credits

Guest: Pete Droge

Host: Matt Boudreau

Engineer: Matt Boudreau

Producer: Matt Boudreau

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell

Announcer: Chuck Smith