WCA #326 with Stephen Dent - Working with Sean Combs, Go-go, House of Sound, Bob Rosa, DC, and The Forest Gump Effect

My guest today is Grammy Nominated engineer Stephen Dent. Stephen has worked on records for Notorious B.I.G, Sean Combs, Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, and Lil Kim. He also spent a number of years running Daddy’s House, the studio owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs located in Brooklyn. I met Stephen while participating in rooms on Club House. I reached out and he accepted my invitation to come on the show. We have a great conversation and I’m looking forward to you hearing about his journey. In this episode, we discuss:

Motown

Gospel

Go Go Music

Yacht Rock

Anthony Wellington

Offset Printing

DJing

Making Beats

The Forest Gump Effect

Super VHS/Beta Max Recording

Engineering Out of Spite

Omega Recording School

SSL Plasma Meters

DC to NYC

House of Sound

Bob Rosa

Tackling the Tape Library

Sleeping on Trains

Befriending The Homeless

The One Page That Changed His Life

Working with Sean Diddy Combs

Not Leaving the Studio

Golf

Teaching

Sons Man Cave

Matt's Rant: Self Evaluation Links and Show Notes

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Credits:

Guest: Stephen Dent

Host: Matt Boudreau

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell

Announcer: Chuck Smith

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau

Additional Music: Cordova