Peter Craft: Intentionality is Everything

Peter Craft is the owner and chief engineer of Boxer Lodge, a destination recording studio in the hills above Napa Valley. A former software engineer and patent-holding tech architect, Craft left that career to build records full time, first from a San Francisco garage and now from a purpose-built studio centered on a 32-channel API 1608 console. He's engineered and mixed for Noelle & The Deserters, New Earth Farmers, and Strange Cities, and in 2024 hosted a session for reunited trip-hop pioneers Halou. A lifelong drummer, Craft often plays on the records he's running the board for.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

• Owning a destination studio
• Leaving a successful job to follow your passions
• Taking a chance on yourself to lean into your passions
• The importance of connecting to your community
• The pros and cons of niching down
• The one question he asks before touching a single fader
• Why copying a famous mixer's exact chain rarely works
• What two mixers with completely opposite styles taught him about staying in his lane
• The specific mistake that made his guitars sound thin for years
• Feeling connected to analog gear
• Knowing your genres before tracking
• Having a North Star to follow
• Creating contrast in a mix
• Choosing reverbs for vibe versus filling space
• Why piling on reverb can shrink your mix instead of opening it up
• Being intentional with every decision
• His parallel vocal chain

To learn more about Peter Craft, visit: boxerlodge.com

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