Working Class Audio #202 Mixerman!!!\nMixerman, professionally known as Eric Sarafin, is a producer, mixer, and recordist with multiple gold and platinum sales awards to his name. After 25 years of operating out of Los Angeles, Eric currently resides in Asheville, NC, where he produces and mixes acts from around the world. Eric has worked with numerous National and International acts including The Pharcyde, Tone Loc, Spearhead, The Brand New Heavies, Ben Harper, Amy Grant, Lifehouse, Barenaked Ladies, Hillary Duff, Foreigner, and Australian phenom Pete Murray, just to name a few.\n\nMixerman gained notoriety as an author from his first work, The Daily Adventures of Mixerman, a satire of a Major Label recording session from the early aughts that delighted and surprised well over 150,000 unique visitors. In 2008, Hal Leonard picked up his Adventures, and since 2010, Mixerman has written 5 books including Zen and the Art of Mixing, Zen and the Art of Producing, Zen and the Art of Recording, followed by another music business satire #Mixerman and the Billionheir Apparent.\n\nHis latest book Musician's Survival Guide to a Killer Record (the only gear you\u2019ll need) is written specifically to help today\u2019s musicians get the engineering out of the way so that they can focus on what\u2019s important\u2013the music itself.\n\nAbout this Interview:\n\xa0Mixerman\xa0 joins me to discuss his journey in recording from New Jersey to\xa0 California to North Carolina.\xa0 We discuss his time at Capitol Studios, advocating for yourself, early internet forums, the creation of Mixerman, trolling, book writing and empowering musicians. Enjoy! \u2013 Matt\n\n\n\n\nShow Notes and Links\nCurrent sponsors & promos\xa0\nMusician\u2019s Survival Guide to a Killer Record :https://amzn.to/2Q4ilL9\nThe Daily Adventures of Mixerman: https://amzn.to/2JmY2Gg\n#Mixerman and the Billionheir Apparent: https://amzn.to/2yF26h4\nZen and the Art of Mixing: https://amzn.to/2Jpz5Km\nZen and the Art of Producing: https://amzn.to/2Q1FUnO\nZen and the Art of Recording: https://amzn.to/2DbxebN\nBlog:\xa0 Mixerman.net/word\nMailing list: Mixerman.net/list\nCourses: Mixerman.net/courses\nDiscography: Mixerman.net/discography\nFacebook: Mixerman.net/facebook\nYouTube: Mixerman.net/YouTube\nTwitter: @mixerman\nExplore Ashville, NC: https://www.exploreasheville.com/