WCA #493 with William Garrett - Stereo Under the Stairs, Tossing X-Rays, After Hours Recording, Producing for Spotify, Hugging Smokey Robinson, and Burt Bacharach's Jacket

My guest today is Producer, Engineer & Mixer William Garrett. William has worked with a LARGE amount of people! That's includes Esperanza Spalding, Grouplove, John Legend, The Head and the Heart, Migos, Zara Larsson, The Shins, Max Richter, Sting, Ed Sheeran, Zac Brown Band, Rascal Flatts, TLC, Arcade Fire, Miley Cyrus, Norah Jones, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, The National, Greta Van Fleet, St. Vincent, Iron & Wine, Luke Combs, Jack White, The Raconteurs, Cyndi Lauper, John Cale, Conor Oberst, New Kids On The Block, Michael Monroe, Jennifer Lopez, John Waite, Slayer, Brandi Carlile, Def Leppard, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Shawn Mendes, Mac Miller, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Bublé, Jon Batiste, Vampire Weekend, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alicia Keys, The Lumineers, Alanis Morissette, Black Pumas, James Blake, Finneas, Arlo Parks, Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, Samara Joy, Molly Tuttle, and Margot Price........to name a few!  In this episode, we discuss Winston Salem, North Carolina Tobacco Leaves  A Great Childhood Stereo Under the Stairs Early Musical Influences Wipeout! Playing Coffee Houses Tossing X-Rays Sound on Sound Recording Boarding School in Maine The World of Jingles Nashville Sessions Political Science and Economics Berklee College of Music Networking Working as a Janitor Driving Cabs on the Side Burt Bacharach's Jacket Tape Copy Guy Alpha Media Records After Hours Recording House Sound Guy Recording band Demos The Norah Jones Story Changing Technology Presence and Perseverance Jolly Automatic Slayer The Black Crowes Rick Ruben Ed Stasium George Drakoulius Hugging Smokey Robinson Producing Artists for Spotify Getting Laid Off Going back to Freelance Being Grateful Matt's Rant: Going the Extra Mile Links and Show Notes William on Linkedin William on Instagram William's Linktree Credits Guest: William Garrett Host: Matt Boudreau Engineer: Matt Boudreau Producer: Matt Boudreau Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau  WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell  Announcer: Chuck Smith