VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt shares questions and tangents with Emmy-winning recording engineer/composer Clarke Rigsby (Founder/Owner of Tempest Recording in Tempe, AZ). In various studio recordings and/or live performances, Clarke has collaborated with such artists as Joey DeFrancesco, Bo Diddley, Paul McCartney, Blake Shelton, Stevie Wonder, Trisha Yearwood, Tower of Power, and many, many other greats. Join Russ and Clarke in a spirited discussion as they explore the sense of occasion that can happen for musicians entering a recording studio, why system upgrades aren’t always evidence of progress, and even what is or isn’t lurking inside a tube amp. (Spoiler alert: Those aren’t light bulbs back there.)