As a singer myself, I understand the frustration of not being able to deliver your vision to your fans, get in touch and we can change that now!
I've been writing, recording & mixing for over ten years and I am 100% committed to bringing more great music into the world. I've worked in studios throughout the UK and I'm now mixing from the comfort of my own home studio. I have no doubt that you are writing amazing songs, so send me a message and let's get your song to where it deserves to be!
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Interview with Jacob Bush
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: My personal EP and a bunch of songs with clients.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Ted Skolits for anything country, that's my genre as an artist and he mixes all my stuff!
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Hybrid, I like the analog grit while the flexibilty of digital.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: We will get your song write... See what I did there. We will work on your song until it sounds the same in your speakers and in your head.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The freedom to work from home for sure.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Prices of course, but also what kind of takes they should do. Also what I think of their music from the point of view of an engineer.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That it's the gear that's important. It's not, you can get great sounding songs with limited gear if you know what you're doing.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What are some of their influences. What are they looking to achive with their song. What is the feeling they're trying to bring across in their song.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Go with the person who you feel understands you the best.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: My adam A7xs My computer My bluebird Mic My Apollo Twin Interface My Arturia Keyboard
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Ten years, I started just mixing for myself as I didn't have the money to hire anyone and then decided to go to college to study music engineering. Have since then had a bunch of clients and made some awesome songs.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Laid back but switched on, I figure out where I need to go with a song pretty early on.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I'd love to work with Kane Brown as a songwriter and The Kid Laroi when it comes to mixing.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Dont mix with numbers, mix with feeling.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Mainly Pop or Hip Hop, those are my comfort genres for sure.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I believe songwriting is my strongest skill, with mixing not far behind.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: A unique vision and ability to look at a song from an artists point of view.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I tend to listen to the song a few times and try to develop a vision that also runs alongside the artists instructions. I will then get to work on the most important element in the mix.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I'm running cubase on a windows 10 desktop, using mostly Waves, Fab Filter and Soundtoys plugins.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Many engineers inspire me and many artists do to, all for different reasons.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I usually mix song they've either purchased or produced themselves.
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $250 per song
- Vocal compingAverage price - $40 per track
- Vocal TuningAverage price - $50 per track
- EditingAverage price - $50 per track
- Singer - MaleAverage price - $100 per song
- Songwriter - MusicAverage price - $100 per song
I offer up to three free revisions of mixes and unlimited revisions for songwriting.
Fast 3-5 day turn around.
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