live/ recording studio

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: rock festival

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

A: Happy every time an artist say my job is good and it happen to be more and more often. So, I can say I'm proud of what I do in general.

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

A: No, sorry. I didin't remember where I founded the site. Just fell on a note for myself to have a look at it one day.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: digital. Recall, room, heat, transport... tracking with a good analog class A (Cadac), some outboard to "color" than mixing ITB (with the less outboard possible, just recording it to a new track asap).

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

A: at least as good as their live.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: thankfulness from artist

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

A: I can't thing of something appeal. They are all with different will.

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

A: Not a lot of my client don't understand my work. But sometimes, they are hoping too much from what they give.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Do you want people to know how you're good on live stage?

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

A: meet them, talk with them (shooting in my foot, that's not how this site work). Try to feel the trust. Hear what they've done before. If it's your genre.

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

A: A laptop with protools, a, IDR32 with Dante, a pair of speaker, mics and cables boom, a recording studio! Ahah, no, I wouldn't do it for myself so rather my Leatherman, good shoes,a lighter, medical kit.

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

A: continue live mix but slow down a bit and refuse some gig and doing more studio stuff. 12 years.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: realistic

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

A: Tedeschi trucks band. Big band with a lot of acoustic instruments, excellent musicians, a perfect start for a mix.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Distortion on almost everything.

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

A: Blues, live.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: analytical mind. Fast, work on pressure.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I am quite classical and natural mixer. No big FX or production before artist. I just enhance it. Everything is there, and zoom on details when needed. Also, work on EBU128 norm.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I organise the tracks, do group, aux send etc than fixing problems with EQ, comp, than enhance some part, make a scene, a landscape.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: For now, I already have a small mixing room with a protools HDX, outboard, genelec, TC m6k and so one (visit my site please). I am building a recording studio, will be ready next year (Northward acoustics design).

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

A: They are the purpose to do that.

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

A: Live recording, live mixing, mixing. Blues and world music almost.