Recording/Mixing Engineer

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I have been working for 5 years in Lisbon. My path..move to USA.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Songwriter Album.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: Personally, i dont know anyone.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both. Nothing like having all the ease and speed of digital, along with the analog warm.

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: If they pay me 100€, I have to make them win 300€

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Every day its different. Different projects, artists, songs...

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A: "Sounds good for you?" Sounds Good, but i know you can do this awesome!

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Musical questions. What kind of work they want from me.

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: Be serious.

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: Neumann U47, Shure SM57, Urei 1176, Neve 1073, NS10

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: Panda Bear - Meets the grim reaper Album. Was my first international album (Domino Records). I was engineered and assisted.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: My work always depends on the song and artist . Every time is different. For me, everything has to sound like what the song calls for. Always looking for "that sound ".

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: Michael Jackson. My all time favorite artist.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Bass guitar trick! Copy, distort, crank mids, mix in subtly. Send to stereo aux, hi pass @ 300Hz, wide chorus, mix in subtly

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: Rock, Jazz, Pop, Fado, a little bit of everything.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Record and Mixing Process

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I leave the song decide what i need to do.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Record, mix and ready to master.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Neve 8028 Based Studio, with a lot of vintage gear (microphones, compressors, preamps, tape-machines...)

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: Quincy Jones, Bruce Swedien, Dr Luke, Max Martin, Tony Maserati, Dave Pensado, Manny Marroquin, Mutt Lange, Glyn Johns, Andrew Scheps, Jack Joseph Puig, Joe Chicarelli, Chris Lord-Alge, Bob Clearmountain..etc etc..

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: Recording and Mixing