In this Podcast Extra Interview, Technical Editor, James Ivey chats with Matt Boudreau, host of the Working Class Audio podcast.
Matt has been involved in music for 33 years. First as a drummer then moving behind the class as a mixing engineer, recording engineer and producer.
Matt Boudreau grew up in Southern New Mexico, moving to San Francisco in the late 80’s. As a drummer, he experienced some success with his first two bands, The Sextants, then Seven Day Diary, touring all over Europe and the United States. this exposed him making records on a high level with producer/engineers Larry Hirsch (Los Lobos, John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt), Joe Chicarelli (Frank Zappa, Tori Amos, American Music Club, White Stripes) and Gil Norton (Echo and the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Counting Crows). These are the guys who got him excited about the record making process.
In 1994 Matt took to the other side of the glass. That journey has taken him through a series of fantastic recording experiences. Working with a combination of artists, some you will know, as well as many who you may not.
Now Matt uses his experience of record making and drumming daily in the creation of content for the Working Class Audio website and the interviews he records with the great and the good who continue to make their living at the coal face of the music and recordings industries.
The Interview