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