Mixing/ Mastering

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

A: The more information a customer can provide the better!

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Organic for the most part.

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

A: Adam Duritz of Counting Crows. I think he's a phenomenal singer/song writer. I would love the opportunity to work with him on a song.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Always be recording.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Mixing, and being able to get along well with people.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: My goal is to serve the artist and their needs/wants. I want them to be able to listen to their song and say to me "Yes that is exactly how I pictured this song would sound in my head while being recorded"

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: First I try to find out as much as I can about the artist and what direction the song should go in. I listen to any available reference tracks and from there I dive in and begin the mixing process.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work out of my home on a Mac computer running Pro Tools Studio.

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

A: I owe a lot of what I know about mixing and audio production to Los Angeles producer Warren Huart and his academy Produce Like A Pro.

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

A: The most common type of work I do is recording/ mixing and mastering.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I love music, it's a passion of mine. What I like most about this "job" is being able to work in something I love doing. I like helping people, I love creating, telling stories. Music to me is all of those things.

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: That its fairly easy lol....

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What are some of the artists that inspire you? what song do you think would be a good reference to the song you want me to work on?

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

A: Yamaha AC3R guitar, Mac, interface, Lewitt Mic and a set of Neve 542's...ok so 6 pieces of gear lol.

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

A: I worked on a song called Elizabeth N' Me. It's an old song, I think I recorded it with a friend of mine about 18 years ago. It's gone through many different revisions over the years but the most recent one is the one I'm most proud of. I helped write and produce the song as well as did the mixing/ mastering.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Mixing a song from Steve Maggiora called "Through It All".

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

A: I'm not sure if Warren Huart is on SoundBetter but he would be my first call.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both... Digital because it's precise and analog because it brings the magic.

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

A: I want you to be satisfied. I want you to walk away from a project that you worked on with me feeling like "This guy gets it, he knew what I wanted and he worked hard to make it happen."