My guest today is engineer, musician Paul Fig. Paul has worked with Alice In Chains, Slipknot, Bush, the Def Tones, Rush, Stone Sour, The Mars Volta, and Johnny Cash. Paul's also worked alongside Joe Barresi, Matt Hyde, Don Smith, Matt Wallace, David Bianco, George Drakoulias, and Greg Fidelman. He's a former member of the band Amen. And when he's not working on other people's records, he's working on music for television and film, including the HBO documentary series Sonic Highways, Fox Sports, and MTV. Great guy. We hit it off immediately, and he comes to us via Joe Barresi. Once again. Thank you, Joe, for the referral.

In this episode, we discuss:

Eddie Van Halen
Dantes Jazz Club
Punk Rock Ethics
Assisting
Falling Budgets
Acquiring Gear
Video People
Mailbox Money
Handling Crashes
Getting Gigs
Low Overhead
Managers
Getting Out of the Chair

Matt's Rant: Gear Chat

Links and Show Notes

Paul's Site: https://paulfigmusic.com/
Paul on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulfigmusic/
Paul on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulFigMusic/
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Credits:

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

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