My guest today is Grammy-nominated engineer, Steve Genewick. Steve is making a return appearance on WCA. With 30 years of experience and 20 of that spent working alongside Al Schmitt, Steve has worked all over the world with artists such as Paul McCartney, Diana Krall, and LL Cool Jay as well as games such as Apex Legend. Lately, Steve is deep into remixing classic records for release in ATMOS.

In this episode, we discuss:

Preparing Capital for COVID
Mixing Atmos from Home
Setting up for Atmos
Working Independently
Working with Al Schmitt
High-Level Gigs
Diverse Sessions
Learning from Peers
Learning from Everybody
Being Prepared
High-Pressure Sessions
Sacrifices
Cancer
Saying No to Gigs
Knowing What’s Important
Shrinking Budgets
Mix Revisions
Mixing for Video Games
Home Studio Future

Matt's Rant: Revisions

Links and Show Notes

Steve's Site: http://stevegenewick.com/
Steve on Instagram: @steve_genewick
WCA #070 with Al Schmitt & Steve Genewick
WCA #112 with Frank Wolf
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Credits:

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

WCA #324 with Steve Genewick - Mixing for ATMOS, Al Schmitt, High-Pressure Sessions, Saying No to Gigs, and Cancer