Riff to Radio

I never went to school for audio. I didn't intern at a famous studio. I was actually a physical therapist first. From the moment I seriously committed to learning audio production until I was finally able to quit my day job and mix metal bands full-time… it took almost 10 years.

This is the full story... the Tascam 4-track at 13, the "terrible mixes" era, the mobile studio years, the reset move to Vermont, connecting with 3x Grammy winning mastering engineer Alan Douches, and finally walking away from the day job in 2020.

If you're chasing this career, I hope this gives you a realistic picture of what it actually takes.

00:00 Not Overnight Success
00:38 Early Studio Spark
00:57 First Guitar and Four Track
01:28 Choosing the Safe Career
01:49 Learning Production from Scratch
02:45 First Paid Demo Reality Check
03:18 Mobile Studio Hustle
04:04 Basement Studio Grind
04:36 Move to Vermont Reset
04:53 Online Outreach Breakthrough
05:14 Quitting the Day Job
05:23 Three Lessons Learned
06:01 Thanks and Final Sendoff

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