Remote Mixing & Mastering

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Understanding the space from where the music is created and to make a bridge between the client and myself from the beginning and throughout the process.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Unless it is not flowing freely it is not worth doing

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a private studio space called Awakened Sounds Studio. I am using Audient iD 44 with some additional pre amps for all my inputs and outputs, KRK for monitoring, Beyerdynamic DT 770s for tracking monitoring, NT2a, Slate ML-1, Shure SM57s, SM58s, Rode M5s and a couple of other mics. Plugins: Waves, Slate digital, Spitfire, Native Instruments, Softube, Izotope etc. Since I am also producing music so the studio has range of musical instruments: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Upright Acoustic and electronic piano, Keyboards, hardware synths, many Indian and oriental instruments etc.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Analog or digital, just know the gears you are using.

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

A: Honesty and commitment to my work.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Almost everything.

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

A: Turnaround time

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

A: Always discuss and know the complete process very well and try to communicate the sound expectations you have with the final product.

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

A: Well! just a guitar is enough.

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

A: I graduated as an Electronics Engineer and later moved totally into music. Have been associated to all different forms of music activities like, songwriting, performing, teaching, production and mixing for nearly 10 years now.

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

A: I have no specific choice here. I am equally excited to work with whoever comes to me with the passion for their music.

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

A: Rock, Progressive Rock, Pop, Experimental, Country, Electronic, Acoustic.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: All that is needed to sound its best.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: For me clear communication is "the most important" part of the process. I do effective discussions with the client, gather all the information required and set expectations before we begin. Then starts the process of mixing and bringing the best out of the sounds and ends with delivering satisfying results to my clients.

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

A: There is a long list of amazing people and artists from all different times, places and creative professions that have inspired me throughout my journey. Artists that i have grown up listening: Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Radiohead, Steven Wilson.. many more. Professionals that I have learned from and all the artists that I have worked/ am working with. All of them inspire me.

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

A: My major work is mixing and mastering the sounds that the clients record in different studios and then bring to me. Apart from this I also record and produce small bands and singer-songwriters in my own studio.