Lenise Bent is an American audio engineer who has worked in both the music and film industry. She was one of a handful of women working in the Hollywood recording studio business in a technical role during the 1970s, and was the first woman to receive an RIAA Platinum album for her engineering of AutoAmerican by Blondie.
In this episode we discuss:

The smell of tubes

Leon Russel's studio

Surviving as an assistant

Working with Mike Chapman

Working with Roger Nichols

Cancer

Working in post-production

Networking

Diversification


Links and Show Notes:

Lenise on Instagram: @lenisebent


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Credits:


Guest: Lenise Bent


Host: Matt Boudreau 


WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell 


Announcer: Chuck Smith


Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau


Additional Music: The License Lab