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, Matt 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.In this episode, we discuss:Eddie Van HalenDantes Jazz ClubPunk Rock EthicsAssistingFalling BudgetsAcquiring GearVideo PeopleMailbox MoneyHandling CrashesGetting GigsLow OverheadManagersGetting Out of the ChairMatt's Rant: Gear ChatLinks and Show NotesPaul's Site: https://paulfigmusic.com/Paul on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulfigmusic/Paul on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulFigMusic/WCA Instagram: @working_class_audioGo Ad-Free! https://glow.fm/workingclassaudio/Connect with Matt on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboudreau/Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFwWorking Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TPCredits:Guest: Paul FigHost: Matt Boudreau WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell Announcer: Chuck SmithEditing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt BoudreauAdditional Music: The License Lab