WCA #485 with Andy Nelson - Recording Friends, Financial Realities, Wedding Invitations, Getting Serious About Audio, and Postal Jobs Working Class Audio

My guest today is Producer/Engineer/Mixer Andy Nelson. Andy has worked on projects for Pain of Truth, 200 Stab Wounds, Fireworks, Primitive Man, Never Ending Game, Full of Hell, Dead in the Dirt, Gridiron, Harms Way, Weekend Nachos, and Inclination. 
Andy is also the guitarist of Weekend Nachos, Singer/Guitarist of Dust Muscle, and bassist of Like Rats, a self-described art education dropout and a former synthesizer tech.

In this episode, we discuss

Early Days

Middle-Class Western Household

School band 

Columbia College

Getting Serious About Audio

Recording Friends

Pricing 

Music Industry's Challenges

Financial Realities 

Postal Workers

Imposter Syndrome

Partnership with Pete Grossman

Chasing Other Sounds

Wedding Invitations

Navigating Financial Waters

Future Plans 

Financial Tips


Matt's Rant: Pricing
Links and Show Notes

Bricktop Recording

Weekend Nachos


Credits

Guest: Andy Nelson

Host: Matt Boudreau

Engineer: Matt Boudreau

Producer: Matt Boudreau

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau 

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell 

Announcer: Chuck Smith