This week's guest is producer, mixer, podcaster, and musician Ben Wallick. Ben is currently based out of Jerusalem, Israel where he has worked with an array of talented acts in both the studio and on the stage. Before the pandemic, Ben was most recently handling bass duties on tour for artist Alex Clare in Israel and throughout Eastern Europe. Ben is also the creator and host of Secret Sonics, a podcast where he interviews a wide range of producers and audio engineers. We have a great chat about embracing delegation, fighting perfectionism, and how starting our podcasts plays into our music careers.
In this episode, we'll dig in on...
Embracing delegation
Take aways from talk to over 100 producers and engineers on Secret Sonics
Bass playing as a bridge between harmony rhythm
Avoiding a perfectionism mindset as you charge more for a job
Building community in the digital realm
Being a self-taught producer and engineer
Essentialism
Growing up in New York City and moving to Israel
Starting and managing a successful wedding band
Branching out from a smaller music scene and out into the broader world

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Website: https://www.benwallick.com/ (https://www.benwallick.com/)
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Credits:
Guest: Ben Wallick
Host: Travis Ference
Editor: Travis Ference
Theme Music: inter.ference