WCA #290 with Joe Chiccarelli - Frank Zappa, Producing, Psychology, Budgets, Learning From Others, Sharing Knowledge, and The Tonelux Mic Collaboration

Joe Chiccarelli is a ten-time Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer/mixer whose credits include such artists as Tori Amos, Beck, U2, The Strokes, The Killers, Elton John, The Shins, The White Stripes, Morrissey, Alanis Morrisette, Jason Mraz, Juanes, Julieta Venegas, The Raconteurs, Cafe Tacuba, and My Morning Jacket. Other projects through his twenty-year career have included music supervision of films such as Suicide Kings and Men with Guns, the TV series Cracker and Robert Altman’s The Gun. Joe is the studio designer for the state-of-the-art Royaltone Recording Studios (now Sphere) in Burbank, CA, and has served as an A&R consultant for several major and independent labels. In this episode, we discuss:

Matt & Joe's Connection

Frank Zappa

Roy Thomas Baker

Joe's Approach to Producing

Inexperienced Managers

Psychology

Handling Disagreements

Fresh Perspectives

Working in Multiple Genres

Mix with the Masters

Getting the Most Out Of a Budget

Learning From Others

Sharing Knowledge

The Tonelux Mic Collaboration

Planning the Year

Links and Show Notes:

Joe's website: https://www.joechiccarelli.com/

The Tonelux JC37: https://bit.ly/2VMuhGe

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Credits:

Guest: Joe Chiccarelli

Host: Matt Boudreau

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell

Announcer: Chuck Smith

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau

Additional Music: The License Lab