WCA #490 with Joe Bagale, AKA Otis McDonald - Music with Family, San Francisco, The Creation of Otis McDonald, Hyde Street Studios, Pandemic Recording, and Working 9-5 Working Class Audio

My guest today is artist, producer, engineer, mixing, and mastering engineer Joe Bagale, AKA Otis McDonald, who has worked with Aloe Blacc, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Eric Krasno, King Canyon, Nicholas Payton, Son Little, Nigel Hall, and Adam Deitch.

In this episode, we discuss

Growing up in Rochester

Music Teacher Dad

Attic Studio

Music with Family

Playing Drums

Bill Clinton on Sax

Recording Lessons from Dad

Home Recording

Steve Gadd

Eastman School of Music

Moving to San Francisco

Intro to Pro Tools

Coast Recorders

Jazz Mafia

Connecting the Dots

Becoming a Producer

Micky Hart Band

YouTube Library

Identity Crisis

The Creation of Otis McDonald

Facebook Sound Collection

Pandemic

Royalties

Song a Week

Hyde Street Studios

Working 9-5

The New Music Industry

Financial Philosophy

Pandemic Recording


Matt's Rant: Another Habit Talk
Links and Show Notes

From Matt's Rant Mike Seniors Multitracks


Joe's Site


Sebastian Richard on WCA


Michael Romanowski on WCA


Alberto Hernandez on WCA


Alan Evans on WCA


Nino Moschella on WCA


Pedal mentioned in interview


Credits

Guest: 

Host: Matt Boudreau

Engineer: Matt Boudreau

Producer: Matt Boudreau

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau 

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell 

Announcer: Chuck Smith