UnStruktured, Ep. 6: Lenise Bent, Audio Engineering Blondie's Autoamerican

Michelle Rose, visionary apparel designer and music tastemaker behind STRUKTUR and the UnStruktured Podcast, invited the legendary Lenise Bent to share her memories of recording Blondie’s Autoamerican.

Accolades aside, both women happen to be two dear friends from the pro audio world. So when Michelle shared that she’d interviewed Lenise and needed an extra pair of hands to edit the footage, I felt lucky to have a front row seat to the conversation.

The first half of the interview was a straightforward conversation-style edit, full of great nuggets of wisdom from Lenise’s memories of getting her start as an engineer. The second half was where the uniqueness began; together, Michelle and Lenise went song by song, listening to each track and breaking down the process. I cut the bits of each track that meant the most for their discussion to create a cohesive experience for the listener to experience the play-by-play of Lenise’s memories of recording the classic album Autoamerican.

You can find more of Michelle’s work with UnStruktured on her Substack.