Working Class Audio - WCA #402 with Arne Frager - The Plant Studios, Finding a Path to Recording, Studio on the Beach, Lessons for Aspiring Studio Owners, and the Best Gig He Never Did

WCA #402 with Arne Frager - The Plant Studios, Finding a Path to Recording, Studio on the Beach, Lessons for Aspiring Studio Owners, and the Best Gig He Never Did

08/29/22 • 89 min

My guest is Grammy-Winning producer and engineer Arne Frager. Arne is known for his run as owner/operator of The Plant Studios in Sausalito and his work with Paul McCartney, Prince, Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Santana, Dolly Parton, and Clare Fischer.

In this episode, we discuss:

Growing up in Cleveland
Lifetime musician
Selling computer systems
Finding a path to recording
Recording in the 70s
Spectrum on the beach
Having no fallback, so you have to succeed
Ray Brown
Sony Digital 2 Track
George Winston
Eric Prestidge
Learning to survive
Mars Studios
Almost arrested for picking up gear
The best gig I never did
Al Schmitt
The story of The Plant
The Plant in the 90s
The dark times
Seeing mistakes from the past
Lawsuits against home studios
Lessons for aspiring studio owners

Matt's Rant: Book RecommendationsLinks and Show Notes

Credits

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

Explicit content warning

08/29/22 • 89 min

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