WCA #380 with Nick Raskulinecz - Rock Star Dreams, From Runner to Grammy Winning Producer, The Foo Fighters Story, Connecting with people, and Living on Taco Bell

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My guest is Grammy Winning producer, engineer, mixer Nick Raskulinecz who has worked with Rush, Alice In Chains, Foo Fighters, Deftones, and many more.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Growing up in Knoxville.
• Rock Star Dreams.
• Falling in love with the guitar.
• Instrument knowledge helps speak the language.
• Drummers are a different breed.
• College money bought an 8-track.
• Switching gears - Dreams of Rock stardom to Recording Guru.
• Brian Bell
• Opportunity at Sound City.
• Living on Taco Bell and loving it.
• From runner to assistant.
• Leaving the nest - quitting the band.
• The recording obsession.
• Greg Fidleman
• Transitioning beyond assistant.
• Odd jobs to engineer.
• Danzig
• Duff McKagan
• Barely surviving but doing well.
• The Foo Fighters Story.
• Working on One By One
• Matt Hyde
• Connecting with people.
• Logistics on getting paid.
• Alice and Chains and the new singer.
• Breaking the ice with a new group.
• Working with Rush.
• What decisions made this career possible?
• Work-life balance.
• Moving back to Tennessee - Family matters.

Matt's Rant: Perseverance

Links and Show Notes

• Nick's Management
• Nick on Instagram
• Atomic Habits
• Paul Fig on WCA
• WCA on Instagram
• Connect with Matt on Linkedin
• Current sponsors & promos

Credits

• Guest: Nick Raskulinecz
• Host: Matt Boudreau
• Engineer: Matt Boudreau
• Producer: Matt Boudreau
• Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau
• WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
• Announcer: Chuck Smith