WCA #167 with Billy Decker
Working Class Audio #167 with Billy Decker!!!\n Billy Decker was born on August 28th, 1967 and raised in Nebraska. \xa0He got a BS in criminal justice at the University of Nebraska and then went on to be Salutatorian at Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts in 1992. In 1994, Decker moved to Nashville where he\u2019s been working ever since. He was the first engineer in Music City to mix a Billboard Country Chart #1 exclusively in Pro Tools. He\u2019s mixed 8 #1s to date - most recently, Parmalee\u2019s "Carolina".Billy Decker has mixed for Kenny Chesney, Darius Rucker, Jason Aldean. Jaime Lynne Spears, and Sam Hunt. Decker also mixed George Jones\u2019s last album before he died. Billy Decker made history in July of 2014 when Sam Hunt became the most added new artist of all time. Decker works in a unique way. \u201cI mix really fast. Most of my mixes are finished in between two and three-and-a-half hours. To be able to do this, I use a lot of templates in Pro Tools. Instead of spending two hours EQing a kick drum, I can do it in 30 seconds, because I\u2019ve set up templates for the album that outline all the basic parameters for each instrument. Then, I can focus on fine-tuning and bringing levels up and down\u2014working on the entire mix, rather than focusing on individual adjustments. It\u2019s a good way to work. It\u2019s real fast, efficient, and, most importantly, it\u2019s fun."\n About this Interview:\n Billy Decker joins me to talk about mixing hit songs in two to three hours, beating cancer and keeping it under wraps, the yearly slump, Facebook networking, endless revisions and mixing in the box. -EnjoyMatt\n Show notes and links:\n Billy Decker's Site:\xa0http://www.billydecker.com/\n MTM Wood: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWBTyvNhUXq0ofu6ta1EAaQ\n Prosperworks CRM :\xa0https://goo.gl/ca2wyg\n Close.IO CRM:\xa0https://close.io/\n Billy on Bobby Owsinski's Show:\xa0http://bobbyoinnercircle.com/tag/billy-decker/\n Billy on The Six Figure Home Studio Podcast:\xa0https://www.thesixfigurehomestudio.com/social-skills-helped-billy-decker-dominate-nashville-mixing-scene/