My guest is Grammy Nominated Mixing engineer Bryan Cook who has worked with U2, One Republic, Jeff Goldblum, and Switchfoot. 

In this episode, we discuss:

Early life in Philly

Studios - A thing that people did

Love for Jazz 

Saxophone

Recording as an exit strategy

Bluejay Internship

Chillin with Tom Dowd


Ryan Hewitt 

Deciding on a move to LA

Landing at A&M Studios

Moving up in the industry

Professionalism - Egos working together

Moving up the engineering ladder

Sensing upcoming burnout

Michael Andrews 

Nobody likes the bad vibe guy

Walk Hard 

Transitioning to flying solo

One Republic

How artists find an engineer

U2 project

Push them into the pool

Mixing from home

How to do pricing?

Handling disappointment

Ease with setup

Bounce Factory 

Doing non-music things


Matt's Rant: Audio File Management

Links and Show Notes

Bryan's Site

Download 15 Tips to Help you Survive as an Audio Pro


Credits

Guest: Bryan Cook

Host: Matt Boudreau

Engineer: Matt Boudreau

Producer: Matt Boudreau

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau 

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell 

Announcer: Chuck Smith