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b'Long before I started doing this for a living, I had the notion that I was going to be a record producer\\u2026after all, I loved music and the idea of being able to help record it would be a great job\\u2026\\n\\nSo as high school wound down, I started to look around for schools that taught music production\\u2026and that\\u2019s when reality set it\\u2026all of them asked for a portfolio of past work\\u2026I was 18 years old and from a small prairie town\\u2026how was I supposed to have a portfolio of past work?...\\n\\nThey also made it clear that I had to be musically adept\\u2026I was a pretty good drummer, but that wasn\\u2019t enough\\u2026and I had seven years of accordion lessons, but that didn\\u2019t really cut it\\u2026I couldn\\u2019t play guitar or any other type of keyboard\\u2026\\n\\nLong story short, I gave up on that dream after a few rejection letters and here we are\\u2026but I\\u2019m still fascinated by the talent and equipment that goes into making records\\u2014which is why anytime I get a chance to talk to anyone who does that, I\\u2019m in\\u2026\\n\\nDavid Botrill is one of those guys\\u2026he\\u2019s a Canadian record producer who has worked with took, muse, peter Gabriel, the smashing pumpkins, rush, and a ton of others\\u2026he\\u2019s got three Grammy\\u2019s and has worked in some of the most famous recording studios from here to the UK.\\n\\nAnd I\\u2019ve got a chance to talk to him about being a record producer?...let\\u2019s go\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'