WCA #313 with John Baffa - Cal Arts, Stable Shows, Forecasting, Creating a Reverb Chamber, and The Hardest Thing About Teaching Audio

My guest today is Grammy award-winning recording engineer John Baffa. He's worked with a wide array of people, including Mike Patton, Henry Rollins, the Melvins, as well as the Los Angeles percussion quartet. He joins us from his home in Southern California, and we talk about many things, including his work at Cal Arts as an instructor. John Baffa, coming up here on the working class audio podcast. In this episode, we discuss:

John's Diverse Upbringing

Live Sound

Touring

The Troubadour

FOH

Paying Attention

Introduction to Recording

CAL ARTS

Late Nights

The Hardest Thing About Teaching Audio

John's House Studio

Going Solar

Socially Distanced Sessions

Remote audio instruction

Creating a Reverb Chamber

Ghosts in the Building

Diversification

Stable Shows

Forecasting

Matt's Monologue: DIversification, again! Links and Show Notes

Cal Arts: https://calarts.edu/

John's Studio: https://tvtrayrecording.com/

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Credits:

Guest: John Baffa

Host: Matt Boudreau

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell

Announcer: Chuck Smith

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau

Additional Music: The License Lab