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

A: I'm in a duo called Kalligraphy and we are releasing a ton of new music over the next few months. I was the producer, mixing and mastering engineer on every song

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Releasing an EP under my artist name Kalligraphy

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

A: Blake La'Grange>My mentor and amazing mastering engineer Michael Shynes>Amazing vocalist for any genre Drew Tyler>Another top notch pop/edm vocalist

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both! They each have there own place in my process to deliver the best sounding song I can

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

A: Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you *I promise this will also be the last time I Rick Roll you too*

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Hearing the before and after of a song, it's like magic to me

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

A: I had a client ask me the other day "Why are you so nice and everyone else in the music industry is kind of a d*ck?" It really caught me off guard and I told him he either hasn't met the right people, or the people he has met, are doing the job they are doing for the wrong reasons. I do this job because I love music and I love the technical side of it

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

A: When I tell people I'm a mixing or mastering engineer and they assume its something to do with the construction or building industry

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What is the sound they are trying to achieve, it could be modern, vintage, retro, electronic, acoustic, etc. By knowing this it helps to use specific tools during the mix or mastering process to give it the desired feel they are looking for.

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

A: Make sure you find someone that cares about your music and would treat it like their own song

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

A: My computer Fabfilter ProQ 3 UAD Octo with all my UAD plugins(I know that's kind of cheating) Bettermaker Mastering EQ (I love pultec style EQ's) Rupert Neve Master Bus Processor (It has EQ, compression, saturation, and stereo imaging in 1 box!)

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

A: Producing, mixing and mastering for over 10 years now I started when I was 21 as a producer, then I started doing mixing and mastering for friends, now I'd say I'm definitely over the 10,000 hour rule and would consider myself an expert at this.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Mixing and mastering: is years of finding my favorite plugins and analog gear, giving me a modern sound by utilizing the best secrets from engineers from every decade, starting from the 1960's. Production style: is pop and electronic fusion with guitar and real drums

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

A: Odesza: they perfectly blend electronic and organic elements to create over the top productions that is unmatched with other artist. I really love their older albums more though than their new stuff

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Get the volume and panning right FIRST before applying any plugins to your tracks in the song! Also make sure it sounds great in mono not just stereo.

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

A: All categories and sub categories of: Rock Pop EDM

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Listening to the artist and applying what is needed to the song for a great final result

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Over a decade of knowledge that brings out all the details in my clients music

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Understand the vision of the artist Listen to similar songs to get the vibe Mix the song and listen on many different trusted speakers in my studio Polish the song in the mastering stage with the best analog gear available

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a perfectly treated room that utilizes a hybrid setup (Digital and Analog) for mixing and mastering. I use a Merging Hapi to start my chain off with great DA converter and that goes into a Dangerous summing box then into my chain of analog gear that ends with my Crane Song HEDD Quantum AD converter, before finally coming back into the DAW. All of this plays out of Focal studio monitors to give me an amazingly accurate stereo image and frequency response, allowing me to deliver A+ results for my clients

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

A: Bob Katz<Ive read his 500 page book on mastering he is a legend in the audio world Dave Pensado<Inspiring mixing engineer who gives tons of great knowledge for free And last but not least! Blake La'grange<My grammy winning mentor who taught me everything I know about mastering

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

A: I work 1 on 1 with my clients, truly understanding their vision as the artist. Resulting in a professional track that they can be proud of.