My guest today is Ryan Freeland. Ryan is a producer, songwriter, engineer, and mixer based in Los Angeles. He's also a five time Grammy award winner, and he's best known for his work with Bonnie Raitt, Ray LaMontagne, Amy Mann, Grant Lee Phillips, one of my favorites, Rodney Crowell, as well as Loudon Wainwright III. He talks to us from his Stampede Origin studio located in Culver City, California, and we have a fantastic conversation. And I'm really looking forward to having him on. Ryan Freeland coming up here on The Working Class audio podcast.

In this episode, we discuss:

Studio Building
Recording at Age 12
Working For Bob Clearmountain
Lessons Learned From Bob
Working with Mixing Clients
Leaving The Nest
Handling Slowdowns
Beepers At The Beach
Budgets
The Artistry Of Engineering
Useful Gear Designs
Tape Is Not Your Savior
Making Things Better In The World
The Importance Of The Engineer

Matt's Monologue: Perspective

Links and Show Notes

Ryan's Site: http://www.ryanfreeland.com/
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Credits:

Guest: Ryan Freeland
Host: Matt Boudreau
WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
Announcer: Chuck Smith
Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau
Additional Music: The License Lab

WCA #301 with Ryan Freeland - Bob Clearmountain, Making Things Better In The World, The Artistry Of Engineering, and Beepers At The Beach