Matt Wallace on Maroon 5, Risk & Producing Without Ego | Dangerous Liaisons

Producer, mixer, and engineer Matt Wallace joins Marek Stycos for a conversation about creativity, risk, and the hidden work of producing records. In Part 1, Matt talks about early experiments with sound, arranging, pre-production, working with artists, and the delicate psychology of helping a band change direction without taking ownership away from them. He also digs into the making of Maroon 5's Songs About Jane and the long road a record sometimes has to travel before it becomes what it needs to be. Watch or listen: dangerousmusic.com/podcast Chapters: 00:00 The GI Joe walkie-talkie wireless guitar 00:23 Welcome to Dangerous Liaisons 00:28 Introducing Matt Wallace 01:32 Beautiful and brutal musical roots 02:46 Building a studio while going to Berkeley 05:46 Arranging as a producer's strength 06:50 Pushing things until they break 08:00 The Jedi mind trick of producing 10:47 Maroon 5 and Songs About Jane 11:58 The band, the demos, and the missing bridges 13:46 Pulling the record back from the edge 15:13 Why the band had to take the journey 16:13 Backing the artist 100% 20:29 The Replacements and making a classic record 23:00 Remixing the record the way it was intended 24:43 Surviving volatile sessions Presented by Dangerous Music. #DangerousMusic #DangerousLiaisons #MusicProduction #AudioEngineering #ProAudio