WCA #325 with Jason LaRocca - Mixing Music for Films and Games, Starting A Band, Fortnite, Working Smarter, and Breakfast with The Beatles

My guest today is producer, mixer, and scoring engineer Jason LaRocca. Jason has worked on films such as “Bad Boys for Life,” “Paddington,” “Aquaman,” “The Accountant,” “Joy”, “Godzilla: King of Monsters,” Blumhouse horror hit “Ma,” and the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary “Icarus.” Jason also mixed the music for the smash-hit video game “Fortnite" as well as “Cyberpunk” and “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.” Jason is formerly known as the singer/guitarist of the acclaimed punk band, The Briggs. In this episode, we discuss:

Mixing Music for Films and Games

Breakfast with The Beatles

Kids Choir with Toto

Music and Skateboarding

Starting A Band

Supportive Parents

Home Studio

Mackie 2408

DIY Mentality

Free Tape

Mark Isham

Curveballs

Cold Calling

Fortnite

Music Mixing

Economics of The Gig

Work/Life Balance

Working Smarter

Matt's Rant: Maintaining A Presence Links and Show Notes

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Credits:

Guest: Jason LaRocca

Host: Matt Boudreau

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell

Announcer: Chuck Smith

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau

Additional Music: The License Lab