Meet Ted Hutt

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Ted Hutt. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Ted below.

Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have Ted with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?

I would say a big part of that would be loving what I do, trying to help create situations that feel fresh and creatively stimulating.
Also, I gotta pay bills so there’s that, too!

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

For the past couple of decades, I’ve primarily worked as a record producer and mixer, making records with artists such as Gaslight Anthem, Dropkick Murphys, Old Crow Medicine Show, Lucero, Violent Femmes, Flogging Molly, The Devil Makes Three, Dom Flemons, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Tiger Army, and many more.

More recently, in addition to producing and mixing, I’ve been writing with various artists and writing and recording new music with a group I’m part of. The group features members and former members of the Pogues, Dropkick Murphys, and Flogging Molly. It’s called The Walker Roaders—we like to call it our Celtic supergroup.

I also run a small label, mostly as a platform for projects I love that might not otherwise have a way to be released.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

Be honest with yourself. Don’t second-guess or do something you’re not feeling just because you think it will please others.

Don’t miss a good opportunity—they tend to appear at the strangest and most unexpected times. Always say yes to them, and then figure out the hows later.

What would you advise – going all in on your strengths or investing on areas where you aren’t as strong to be more well-rounded?

Personally, I would say go all in on your strengths. First, though, you need to establish what those are.

Honesty, again, I think you’re probably going to be best at the thing you love the most. You’ve likely already spent time developing those skills—maybe even unknowingly.

Once you have a foothold, you can branch out a bit and evolve some of the things you’re not so confident with. I think that’s an important part of the creative process anyway: pushing the envelope and not getting too comfortable.

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