WCA #173 with Jonathan Wyner

Published: April 9, 2018, 4:12 a.m.

Working Class Audio #173 with Jonathan Wyner!!!\n Jonathan Wyner is the Education Director at iZotope in Cambridge, MA, Chief Engineer\xa0 at\xa0 M Works Mastering, and Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston. \xa0He's mastered and produced more than 5000 recordings during the last 34 years.\xa0 Mastering, recording and mixing since 1983, he established M Works mastering studios in Cambridge, MA in 1991.\xa0 Among the artists\u2019 projects he has worked on are:\xa0 James Taylor, David Bowie, Aerosmith, Kiri Te Kanawa, Aimee Mann, London Symphony, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen and Nirvana. His project Invention and Alchemy received a Grammy Nomination in 2005. Jonathan has conducted seminars around the world and presented with George Massenburg, Doug Sax and Bob Ludwig among others.\xa0\xa0In January 2017 he presented the keynote talk for the NAMM TEC Tracks. \xa0He's authored a book, \xa0\u2018Audio Mastering: Essential Practices\u2019 published by Hale Leonard/Berklee Press. With the iZotope team he authored and developed \u2018Pro Audio Essentials\u2019, an online ear training site that garnered a TEC award in early 2017.\n About this Interview:\n Jonathan joins me to chat about the details of mastering and how he got into it, health, teaching, the bacon and chia seed diet , plus a double pun, a brilliant analogy and a few good laughs!\xa0 \xa0Enjoy! - Matt\n Show notes and links:\n M Works Mastering:\xa0http://www.m-works.com/\n Jonathan's book on Mastering:\xa0https://goo.gl/85jBFZ\n Deep Work: https://goo.gl/Jx7Vvt\n Cal Newport Blog:\xa0https://goo.gl/pX8FV8