Ready to turn your sound into a masterpiece? With over five years of experience and a track record of mixing for Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Shunzo Ohno, as well as recording for Sammy Rae & The Friends, I've mastered the art of transforming high-profile projects into unforgettable audio experiences.
Yang is a recording, mixing, mastering, live sound engineer, based in New York since 2016. His work has been featured in major publications such as The New York Times, All About Jazz, Rolling Stones India, Alt Press, Flood Magazine and many others. His credits include Grammy award winning trumpeter Shunzo Ohno, Kinah Azmeh, international touring act, Sammy Rae and Friends, Nir Felder, established bands and artists such as Marcelo Maccagnan, Simona Smirnova, MX Lonely, Joel Young, John Timpanelli, Jacob Khalil and many more.
He was the staff engineer for established studios such as Virtue and Vice Studios, Rift Studios, and worked as an engineer for Jerry Barnes(Chic).
As a live sound engineer he has worked as a FOH, monitors and broadcast engineer for multiple music festivals such as, Montclair Jazz Festival, AAPI Jazz Festival, Queen City of The Sound International Jazz Festival, etc. He has worked with John Clayton, Herlin Riley, Donald Harrison, Davell Crawford, Cigarettes After Sex, and many others.
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Credits
- Category 9
- Satva
- Gregory Wilson
- Jerry Barnes (Chic)
- Doctor Delia
- ABRAM
- Career Boy
- Ghostbound
- Microcorgi
- Locations
- Mongaif
- Sherrod Barnes
- Goods & Services
- Shunzo Ohno
- Volper
- Mach Dharma
- Jake Schwartz
- Talha Alvie
- Summer Dennis & Rhymes
- Elif Sanchez
- Aimée Allen
- Martina DaSilva
- Dan Chmielinski
- Dhruv Bhan
- MX Lonely
- Simona Smirnova
- Marcelo Maccagnan
- Joel Young
- The Tangled Souls
- Heavy Feather and The Magic Word
- Hipsy Gap
- Dad
- Pseudobliss
- First President Of Japan
- Jacob Khalil
- Jonathon Timpanelli
- Emergence Collective
- Glimmer
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check_circleVerifiedMy 2nd song with Yang and he really captured the vision of my new song and understood the brief well. Easy to communicate with and quick with revisions. I know I'll be coming back again.
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Working with Jun Yang was really smooth! I was really happy with the mix and master. He's really friendly and was very responsive to my messages!
Amazing engineer! I worked with Jun Yang on many occasions; he recorded and mixed my solo folk album, he also worked on a handful of my full band pop/jazz recordings. Yang did an amazing job on recording, mixing and mastering. He is excellent in work ethics, he is very professional and delivers the highest industry standard. Yang always exceeded my expectations. He is my #1 mixing engineer and I will be working with him for many years to come!
I was lucky enough to work with Yang in NYC a few times before he moved back to Singapore to build his own empire! I got to experience Yang in his capacity of being a very talented drummer, audio engineer, and mix wizard. His technical skills and expertise are unmatched, and he's got a sense of integrity in everything he does. He's always looking out for the artist, and he's helped me think through doing what's best for me and my project. Super trustworthy human, with insane talent. I would highly recommend working with Yang on any creative endeavor!
Yang showed thorough commitment to mixing and mastering songs from my project. He was very flexible with adhering to the vision and provided helpful feedback and insight throughout the process. He is a joy to work with, balancing fun and humor with professionalism.
I have worked with Yang for 5 years and he’s always been my first choice for any kind of audio engineering and mixing work. He’s is very professional, easy to work with, and always goes above and beyond to enable my vision for a song to become reality. I have recommended his services to many, and will continue to do so. I can’t wait to work with him on my next project!
Easy to work with and high quality delivery in time! Have been working with Yang for the past 5 years. The final product is always what I want and he is also very flexible. Highly recommend.
Yang is an amazing engineer. He's very knowledgeable and able to facilitate ideas on-the-fly. We were extremely happy with how he almost intuitively understood what we were trying to accomplish. He's very easy and fun to work with - I'd highly recommend hiring him for your next project.
Jun Yang has been my go to engineer for many years, working on several projects I have been a part of. He is timely, easy to work with and most importantly, has great ears that’ll bring the best out of your music. He is also open to feedback and attentive to the client’s needs, highly recommend!
Yang helped both my production company with countless projects recording, mixing, and mastering tracks of varying styles. Regardless of the projects, he treated each one with the highest priority and patience. He is quick and effecient with his work, and takes pride in providing quality service. I would highly recommend him to anyone in need of a good mix!
Jun Yang is a really solid producer/engineer. He not only produce, record, mix and master good stuff but also really easy to reach out and communicate. You will really enjoy your time working with him.
Interview with Jun Yang Ng
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Multiple mixes. From jazz, rock to RnB.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: The many professionals on here. Everyone is good at something, listen to their samples and pick from who you think fits your music the best.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Sculpting a song from beginning to end. Seeing it evolve along the way.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Can I send you the Pro Tools/Logic session. Yes. I prefer the multi though.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: It takes hours and hours of practice to truly understand how to manipulate sound.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Be clear and communicative with what you want, provide descriptions, keywords, samples etc. I've learnt to be adaptative in this business and believe that should be the mindset of every mixing engineer. the ultimate goal is the blend your artist vision with my technical abilities.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: 5 jugs of water. Can't mix if I'm dead.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Russian circles. The dynamics and rhythmic drive of their songs encapsulates me.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I help bring clarity to the artistic vision of the artist and producer. I bring dynamics and complexity to the sonic quality of the song. I help to accentuate the storyline of the song.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Whoever mixes Plini. Crazy mixes.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: 1. Listening to the song and understanding what is the general feel/vibe of it. 2. Searching for references if not provided. 3. Developing a 'sound' in my head for the song. 4. Mix to achieve that 'sound'.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: This was my very first EP production that i was hired for after graduating. I was hired as producer, recording and mixing engineer by Category 9, a boston based rock n roll band. The reason why i was proud of it is, we definitely worked with what we had at that point, which was actually not much. But we made it work and I consider it as one of my proudest works.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Hybrid. I'm a firm believer in what analog can bring to the sound, but also believe in the efficiency of today's digital technologies.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: How do you envision the song? What's the vibe you're going for?
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've been based in New York since 2018 and have been lucky enough to be given the opportunity to work with notable producers and recording studios like Jerry Barnes and Virtue and Vice and Rift studios.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Smart and effective decisions. I always ask myself if this element serves the music.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I consider mixing my strongest skill set. Being able to craft a song sonically, so all elements are cohesive and presented as one.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I mix mainly ITB, but have a range of analog gear to choose from, essentially I mix using a hybrid set up. Gear includes, 1176, LA2A, Distressors, Neve 1081s, Chandler TG2 etc.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Communicative, mutual respect, and being able to deliver what was promised.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Adaptive. As an audio engineer, I believe my job is largely to serve the clients. Understanding their request and needs and delivering the product that best fits their project.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I primarily love the heavier stuff, progressive rock, hard rock, etc. But i do get request to work on alot of other genres like, RnB, Pop, Folk to Jazz.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Recording and mixing are what I'm most commonly hired for.
I was the Mixing Engineer in this production
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $200 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $50 per song
- EditingAverage price - $100 per track
I charge a flat fee for mixing, which includes revisions. Typical turn-around time is usually 3-5 days from projection confirmation. No additional cost, what we agreed on is what I will bill.
- Slowdive
- Bruno Mars
- Mastodon
- AMS Neve 1081s
- UA 1176
- Teletronix LA2A
- Empirical Labs Distressor
- Chandler TG2
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