WCA #490 with Joe Bagale, AKA Otis McDonald - Music with Family, San Francisco, The Creation of Otis McDonald, Hyde Street Studios, Pandemic Recording, and Working 9-5

My guest today is artist, producer, engineer, mixing, and mastering engineer Joe Bagale, AKA Otis McDonald, who has worked with Aloe Blacc, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Eric Krasno, King Canyon, Nicholas Payton, Son Little, Nigel Hall, and Adam Deitch. In this episode, we discuss Growing up in Rochester Music Teacher Dad Attic Studio Music with Family Playing Drums Bill Clinton on Sax Recording Lessons from Dad Home Recording Steve Gadd Eastman School of Music Moving to San Francisco Intro to Pro Tools Coast Recorders Jazz Mafia Connecting the Dots Becoming a Producer Micky Hart Band YouTube Library Identity Crisis The Creation of Otis McDonald Facebook Sound Collection Pandemic Royalties Song a Week Hyde Street Studios Working 9-5 The New Music Industry Financial Philosophy Pandemic Recording Matt's Rant: Another Habit Talk Links and Show Notes From Matt's Rant Mike Seniors Multitracks Joe's Site Sebastian Richard on WCA Michael Romanowski on WCA Alberto Hernandez on WCA Alan Evans on WCA Nino Moschella on WCA Pedal mentioned in interview Credits Guest:  Host: Matt Boudreau Engineer: Matt Boudreau Producer: Matt Boudreau Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau  WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell  Announcer: Chuck Smith