WCA #465 with Chris Athens - Mastering, Burning Out, Health, Outworking Others, Remote Rigs, and a Girl From Texas

My guest is a Grammy-winning Mastering engineer, Chris Athens, who has worked on projects for Coldplay, Blink 182, Coheed and Cambria, Drake, Rick Ross, and the Beastie Boys.  In this episode, we discuss New York Upbringing Listening to Music Songs in the Key of Life Playing Instruments Badly Wasn't a Joiner Primitive Electronic Music Working at Sony Discovering Mastering Keeping His Mouth Shut Tape Librarian Learning in Reverse Reissues Fit for Mastering Moving into Mastering Working at Sterling Sound Tom Coyne's Assistant Heavy Hitters Chris Muth Regional Gear Starting Late Outworking Others Attended Hip-Hop Sessions Getting a Room at Sterling Tom Coyne's Influence A Girl from Texas Burn Out Moving to Austin Working From Home Building at Home Health Balance Refusing Attended Sessions Shootouts Having a Remote Rig Matt's Rant: Saving for Retirement Links and Show Notes Chris's Site Chris on Muso Betterment Vanguard Glenn Schick Episode  Credits Guest: Chris Athens Host: Matt Boudreau Engineer: Matt Boudreau Producer: Matt Boudreau Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau  WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell  Announcer: Chuck Smith