Producer, Mixing and Mastering

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital.

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

A: That we can make a trash song sound good just from mastering.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What sound are you going for? How long have you been making music for? Whats your ideal concert to perform at?

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

A: If you want me to master your track, I cant fix the mix and cant make something bad sound good just from mastering it. And if you are wanting me to also mix down your track I will have specific requirements for what I require to get started.

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

A: My career path started with music when I was in high school, i excelled in percussion and after that i detoured into the world of finance after studying mathematics in college. After that I devoted myself to just music. Ive been working with electronic music since 2012.

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

A: I would like to work with Porter Robinson because he seems like he has an interesting outlook on music and execution of it.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Make sure that when you are producing that you have a hierarchy of important elements in the mix and work around those top few elements in the track. For example, if you're making a house track , you will probably want your kick drum as the forefront driving element in the track, so its smart to work and mix around that.

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

A: I usually work exclusively with dance music. Very rarely do I venture outside of this area.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My strongest skill is mixing down tracks.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: It depends on what i am doing for a client. If I am mixing down a track I can bring clarity to the mix and let as many elements shine as possible, and also ensure that it you will have a professional sound for whatever platform you will be releasing on. If I am including a mastering on the track, that is the last 10% of the completed track process where I ensure that it is commercially ready for wherever it will be posted, at the appropriate loudness, and make sure that you have a copy of an MP3 on top of the wav or aif.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work out of multiple studios, all with different acoustics and different monitors but then do final mixdowns on either Mackies or Genelec monitors. All rooms acoustically treated.

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

A: Artists that inspire me are Porter Robinson, Lorn.

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

A: Mixing and mastering.