EP 321: 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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