WCA #491 with Bruno Barcella - Brothers Influence, Attraction of Tape, Laundry Room Recording, Importance of Family, and Music in Sarnico, Italy Working Class Audio

My guest today is Producer/ Recording and Mixing Engineer Bruno Barcella, based in Sarnico, Italy, who has worked with The Peawees, Bee Bee Sea, Faz Waltz, The Manges, Dahlmanns, Kurt Baker, Gluts, The Apers, Freez, and Zatopeks.
In this episode, we discuss

Sarnico, Italy

Brothers Influence

American Music 

Playing Drums

Recording in Middle School

Punk Rock Bands

The Attraction of Tape

Sense of Community

Vasco Rossi

60's Girl Groups

Power Pop

Laundry Room Recording

Becoming a Studio Partner

Mixing at Home

Big Tree Studio

Live Sound

The Weird Jungle Influence

Trading Sticks for Faders

Importance of Family

Grumpy Live Sound People

Rates

Steve Albini


Matt's Rant: Reflecting on Steve Albini

Links and Show Notes

Steve Albini on WCA

MX80 Sound (mentioned in Rant)

Bruno's Site

Bruno's Collective

https://wildhoneyrecords.bandcamp.com/

Big Tree Studio

Weird Jungle


Credits

Guest: Bruno Barcella

Host: Matt Boudreau

Engineer: Matt Boudreau

Producer: Matt Boudreau

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau 

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell 

Announcer: Chuck Smith