WCA #493 with William Garrett - Stereo Under the Stairs, Tossing X-Rays, After Hours Recording, Producing for Spotify, Hugging Smokey Robinson, and Burt Bacharach's Jacket

My guest today is Producer, Engineer & Mixer William Garrett. William has worked with a LARGE amount of people! That's includes Esperanza Spalding, Grouplove, John Legend, The Head and the Heart, Migos, Zara Larsson, The Shins, Max Richter, Sting, Ed Sheeran, Zac Brown Band, Rascal Flatts, TLC, Arcade Fire, Miley Cyrus, Norah Jones, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, The National, Greta Van Fleet, St. Vincent, Iron & Wine, Luke Combs, Jack White, The Raconteurs, Cyndi Lauper, John Cale, Conor Oberst, New Kids On The Block, Michael Monroe, Jennifer Lopez, John Waite, Slayer, Brandi Carlile, Def Leppard, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Shawn Mendes, Mac Miller, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Bublé, Jon Batiste, Vampire Weekend, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alicia Keys, The Lumineers, Alanis Morissette, Black Pumas, James Blake, Finneas, Arlo Parks, Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, Samara Joy, Molly Tuttle, and Margot Price........to name a few! In this episode, we discuss

Winston Salem, North Carolina

Tobacco Leaves

A Great Childhood

Stereo Under the Stairs

Early Musical Influences

Wipeout!

Playing Coffee Houses

Tossing X-Rays

Sound on Sound Recording

Boarding School in Maine

The World of Jingles

Nashville Sessions

Political Science and Economics

Berklee College of Music

Networking

Working as a Janitor

Driving Cabs on the Side

Burt Bacharach's Jacket

Tape Copy Guy

Alpha Media Records

After Hours Recording

House Sound Guy

Recording band Demos

The Norah Jones Story

Changing Technology

Presence and Perseverance

Jolly Automatic

Slayer

The Black Crowes

Rick Ruben

Ed Stasium

George Drakoulius

Hugging Smokey Robinson

Producing Artists for Spotify

Getting Laid Off

Going back to Freelance

Being Grateful

Matt's Rant: Going the Extra Mile Links and Show Notes

William on Linkedin

William on Instagram

William's Linktree

Credits

Guest: William Garrett

Host: Matt Boudreau

Engineer: Matt Boudreau

Producer: Matt Boudreau

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell

Announcer: Chuck Smith