WCA #389 with Carlos Castro - Falling in Love with Recording, Dealing with Hypocrisy, Bruce Swedien, Bilingual Opportunities, and The Bigger Picture Working Class Audio

My guest is a Grammy-Nominated Mixer, Engineer, and Producer, Carlos Castro. Carlos has worked with Shawn Colvin, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Luis Miguel, Shaila Durcal, and many others. 

In this episode, we discuss:

Raised in Mexico City

Family History in Music

Falling in Love with Recording at 16

Full Sail Center 

Dealing with Hypocrisy

Bruce Swedien

The Bigger Picture

Learning from Bruce

Understanding Sonic Personality

Avoiding Paralysis from Analysis 

Terry Howard 

Experience at Ocean Way 

Learning on the Night Shift

Ocean Studios & Mama Joes

Jerry Finn 

Checking Polarity with Galaxy Audio

Neve 5224 Compressors

Building WaterSound Studios

Built From the Ground Up

Maintaining Relevance in the Market

Bilingual Opportunities - Both language and cultural

Advice for Up and Comers


Matt's Rant: Well-built tools.
Links and Show Notes

Carlos Castro website

Voyager 1 Documentary

WCA on Instagram

Matt on Instagram 

Connect with Matt on Linkedin

Current sponsors & promos


Credits

Guest: Carlos Castro

Host: Matt Boudreau

Engineer: Matt Boudreau

Producer: Matt Boudreau

Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau 

WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell 

Announcer: Chuck Smith