WCA #333 with Alex Crescioni - Doom Metal, Peter & The Wolf, Bad Intern Experiences, and Garage Sale Four-Tracks

My guest today is producer, engineer, mixer Alex Crescioni. Alex is based in Los Angeles at his studio Stygian Sound, located in the legendary Sound City studio complex. He works with a wide variety of rock & metal bands on Nuclear Blast Records, Napalm Records, Wind-Up Records, Craft Recordings, Cleopatra Records, Metal Assault Records, Steamhammer Records, Sliptrick Records, EMP Label Group, Gore House Productions, Frontiers Records, Danse Macabre Records, and Minotauro Records. I've followed Alex's career for a long time and am happy he's here to join me for a chat. Alex Crescioni, coming up here on The Working Class Audio Podcast.

In this episode, we discuss:

Mothers Musical influence

The Suzuki Method

Musicians Institute

Peter and the wolf

Garage Sale Four-Track

Home base

Wanting To Give Up

Bad Intern Experiences

Sound City

LA Studio Complexes

Getting Work

Client Vetting Process

Rates

Mentors

Guitar Pedals

Doom metal

Matt Wallace

Tim Palmer

Chris Collier

Assistants

Struggling

Financial Awakening

Matt's Rant: Sharing Your Knowledge

Links and Show Notes

Alex's Site: https://www.alexcrescioni.com/

Alex on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexcrescioni/

Alex on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexcrescioni/

WCA on Instagram: @working_class_audio

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

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

Credits:

Guest: Alex Crescioni

Host: Matt Boudreau

Engineer: Matt Boudreau

Producer: Matt Boudreau

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell

Announcer: Chuck Smith

Additional Music: The License Lab