Blackbird's useful attributes for a recording engineer

Our dear friend Ben has embarked on a studio engineering program at the legendary Blackbird Studios, and he sent me this pic of a slide in one of his classes:

On this twenty-item list, exactly two items are technical in nature — the rest are soft skills. Interpersonal skills. People skills.

Next time you see a producer-bro YouTube video, think of this.

With curiosity and wonder — jamie