Joe Chiccarelli is a ten-time Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer/mixer whose credits include such artists as Tori Amos, Beck, U2, The Strokes, The Killers, Elton John, The Shins, The White Stripes, Morrissey, Alanis Morrisette, Jason Mraz, Juanes, Julieta Venegas, The Raconteurs, Cafe Tacuba, and My Morning Jacket. Other projects through his twenty-year career have included music supervision of films such as Suicide Kings and Men with Guns, the TV series Cracker and Robert Altman’s The Gun. Joe is the studio designer for the state-of-the-art Royaltone Recording Studios (now Sphere) in Burbank, CA, and has served as an A&R consultant for several major and independent labels.

In this episode, we discuss:

Matt & Joe's Connection
Frank Zappa
Roy Thomas Baker
Joe's Approach to Producing
Inexperienced Managers
Psychology
Handling Disagreements
Fresh Perspectives
Working in Multiple Genres
Mix with the Masters
Getting the Most Out Of a Budget
Learning From Others
Sharing Knowledge
The Tonelux Mic Collaboration
Planning the Year

Links and Show Notes:

Joe's website: https://www.joechiccarelli.com/
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Credits:

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

WCA #290 with Joe Chiccarelli - Frank Zappa, Producing, Psychology, Budgets, Learning From Others, Sharing Knowledge, and The Tonelux Mic Collaboration