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For episode 619, Matt talks with Marc Urselli, a producer, engineer, live sound mixer, and sound designer based in New York City. Born in Switzerland and raised in Italy, Marc built a studio in his parents’ basement at 17 and recorded punk and hardcore bands through the late ’90s. At 20 he took his first plane ride, landed in New York, and started as an unpaid intern at EastSide Sound, paying for a flooding $250 basement apartment by designing websites. Nearly 30 years later he’s EastSide’s chief engineer, and in 2025 he opened his own studio, Audio Confidential, in Chelsea. They talk about working both studio and live sound, managing a nonstop travel schedule, Jojo Mayer’s three M’s rule for taking a gig, and the MU-1, the ribbon and condenser hybrid mic Marc designed with JZ Microphones.
In This Episode, We Discuss:
- Born in Switzerland, Raised in Italy
- First CDs: Appetite for Destruction and Dark Side of the Moon
- Recording Demos at Pure Rock Studios in Brindisi and Buying the Console
- Building a Room-Within-a-Room Studio in His Parents’ Basement at 17
- Recording Punk and Hardcore Bands From 1995 to 1999
- Running a Music Magazine Since 1994
- Pen Friends, a First Plane Ride, and Landing at JFK
- Two Years as an Unpaid Intern at EastSide Sound
- A $250 Basement Apartment, a $15 Inflatable Mattress, and Web Design to Pay the Bills
- Why Engineering Beat Being a Rock Star: Variety Across Genres
- Rising to Chief Engineer at EastSide Sound
- Opening Audio Confidential in Chelsea and Bringing the Neve Genesis Out of Storage
- Offering Artists Two Studio Options at Two Price Points
- How Live Sound Started as a Byproduct of Ignorance
- Playing Tetris With a Confetti Explosion Calendar
- Self-Management, Fast Replies, and Filtering the Noise
- Staying on Top of Invoices While Always on the Road
- Jojo Mayer’s Rule of the Three M’s: Music, Money, and Mates
- Over 300 Microphones and Asking Whether You Need One More
- Long Distance Relationships and a Life of Travel
- Travel Tips: One Carry-On, Airport Lounges, and Melatonin
- The MU-1: A Ribbon and Large Diaphragm Condenser in One Body
Matt’s RANT!: AES 2026 Debrief
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Credits:
- Guest: Marc Urselli
- Host/Engineer/Producer: Matt Boudreau
- WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell
- The Voice: Chuck Smith
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