For years I had been picking and choosing my battles as far as the music industry goes. For a time I had even left music to record other projects for other people (I don’t think any engineer should only seek music projects). During that time I learned something amazing, I learned that my people skills and my personality more often than not sold people on working with me. I have had the opportunity to book people before they even had the chance to hear a single thing I did. Was it based on reputation, ...