WCA #426 with Pete Droge - Seattle Punk Rock, Boombox Multitracking, Investing in Career, Diversifying in all Directions, and Staying Mellow

My guest is Producer/Engineer, Singer-Songwriter & Media Composer Pete Droge. Pete has had a diverse career as a solo artist and producer, working with Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam and Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America. He's had movie cameos and hit songs. Produced, engineered, and mixed national broadcast ads. Composed, produced, engineered, and mixed scores for three feature films and several shorts, including Sam Jones' "Miles to Go Before I Sleep" for Showtime. He's also had Film and TV placements, including Dumb & Dumber, Zomblieland, Grey's Anatomy, Nashville, and many more. He's also a member of the band The Thorns with Matthew Sweet and Shawn Mullins. In this episode, we discuss Cassette Machines Moving Around Dad's Group Homes Washington State Piano Lessons Guitar March of Crimes Seattle Punk Rock 25th Hour Mellow Vibe Going Solo Boombox Multitracking Mike and Stone from Pearl Jam Brendan O'Brien Comping Learning Recording as an Artist Southern Tracks Surviving How Music is Made Playing to the Venue Doing Well Producing Building a Studio Investing in Career Moving into Audio Arrangement vs. Mixing Working on Commercials Diversifying Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Meditating Matt's Rant: Automation Links and Show Notes Zapier Typeform Calendly Pete on Letterman Pete's Site Substack Credits Guest: Pete Droge Host: Matt Boudreau Engineer: Matt Boudreau Producer: Matt Boudreau Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau  WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell  Announcer: Chuck Smith