My guest today is engineer, musician Paul Fig. Paul has worked with Alice In Chains, Slipknot, Bush, the Def Tones, Rush, Stone Sour, The Mars Volta, and Johnny Cash. Paul's also worked alongside Joe Barresi,\xa0Matt Hyde, Don Smith, Matt Wallace, David Bianco, George Drakoulias, and Greg Fidelman. He's a former member of the band Amen. And when he's not working on other people's records, he's working on music for television and film, including the HBO documentary series Sonic Highways, Fox Sports, and MTV. Great guy. We hit it off immediately, and he comes to us via Joe Barresi. Once again. Thank you, Joe, for the referral.\nIn this episode, we discuss:\n\nEddie Van Halen\n\nDantes Jazz Club\n\nPunk Rock Ethics\n\nAssisting\n\nFalling Budgets\n\nAcquiring Gear\n\nVideo People\n\nMailbox Money\n\nHandling Crashes\n\nGetting Gigs\n\nLow Overhead\n\nManagers\n\nGetting Out of the Chair\n\n\nMatt's Rant: Gear Chat\nLinks and Show Notes\n\n\nPaul's Site: https://paulfigmusic.com/\n\n\n\nPaul on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulfigmusic/\n\n\n\nPaul on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulFigMusic/\n\n\n\nWCA Instagram:\xa0@working_class_audio\n\n\n\nGo Ad-Free!\xa0https://glow.fm/workingclassaudio/\n\n\n\nConnect with Matt on Linkedin:\xa0https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboudreau/\n\n\n\nCurrent sponsors & promos:\xa0https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw\n\n\n\nWorking Class Audio Journal:\xa0https://amzn.to/2GN67TP\n\n\n\nCredits:\n\n\nGuest:\xa0Paul Fig\n\n\nHost:\xa0Matt Boudreau\xa0\n\n\nWCA Theme Music:\xa0Cliff Truesdell\xa0\n\n\nAnnouncer:\xa0Chuck Smith\n\n\nEditing:\xa0Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau\n\n\nAdditional Music:\xa0The License Lab