Jan 27, 2020
My guest today is Wayne Warnecke.
Wayne is an accomplished audio engineer, producer and co-owner of
Peaceful Waters Recording. As a young child, Wayne loved the drums
and owned his first snare drum and hi-hat at age 9. He played
guitar with his high school band, “Friction”, but
primarily played drums and percussion for the rest of his
performing gigs. Wayne was about 14 years old when we stepped
inside his first recording studio and knew immediately that he had
to do this with his life. He studied audio engineering at the
Institute of Audio Research in NYC and after 6 years of
working at Minot Studios in White Plains, NY, he opened
his own studio, producing records with his future wife, Vaneese
Thomas and high school friend, Ernie Poccia.
Wayne’s sense of humor, that pokes fun at himself, reminds me to
not take life too seriously. He appreciated his father-in-law’s
infectious sense of humor, the late great, R&B singer from
Memphis, TN, Rufus Thomas. In addition to music, Wayne has a
passion for tennis; I worked tirelessly to be able to return his
powerful serve. Wayne stepped up to the plate with such integrity
as his mother aged; I admired how beautifully Wayne helped his
sweet Mom die with dignity and respect. Check out the show notes
for links to Wayne’s studio and record label websites. Enjoy
the podcast!!
Links:
Peaceful Waters
Music
Segue
Records