WCA #319 with Michael Brauer - Total Clarity, Mixing From Your Heart, Transcendental Meditation, Forgetting Balance, and Having a Great Team

My guest today is Grammy Award-winning mix engineer Michael Brauer. Michael has worked with Coldplay, John Mayer, The Rolling Stones, My Morning Jacket, and Bob Dylan, to name a few.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Speaking French with Mom

• Playing in Bands

• Drummer/Soundman

• Total Clarity

• Working in Shipping

• Being Ready to Help

• Regional Sounds

• Daytime Jingles

• Luther Vandross

• Dancing

• Going to England

• Shaving the Mustache

• Producing

• Fear of Sounding Like Others

• Greg Calbi

• Self Evaluation

• Focusing on Mixing

• Audience Acceptance

• Forgetting Balance

• Mixing From Your Heart

• Mix Revisions

• Having a Great Team

• Bike Racing

• Transcendental Meditation

• Eating Well

• Work/Life Balance

Matt's Rant: Client Communication

Links and Show Notes

• Michael's Site: https://www.mbrauer.com/ •

• WCA on Instagram: @working_class_audio •

• Go Ad-Free! https://glow.fm/workingclassaudio/ •

• Connect with Matt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboudreau/ •

• Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw •

• Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP •

Credits:

• Guest: • Michael Brauer

• Host: • Matt Boudreau

• WCA Theme Music: • Cliff Truesdell

• Announcer: • Chuck Smith

• Editing: • Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau

• Additional Music: The License Lab •