Location recording & mixing

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

A: I promise honesty. Some engineers will under estimate time budgets, the difficulties faced in a certain process, or the ability to make a track what is desired; that's just not my style!

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I love exploring new music and helping artists convey their message and emotion. I think audio professionals are the ultimate facilitators, helping artists realize their visions and dreams.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What are you looking for in your production? Do you want musical perfection, raw emotion, pristine audio? How can we maximize your time and budget? Where should we focus to meet your goals? Who or what do you want sound like? How can we work from the BEGINNING of the production process to get there '

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

A: Pair of DPA 4006A microphones, a Grace preamp, an RME Fireface UFX, and my laptop. I could record anything with that!

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

A: I've been working on audio productions professionally in some capacity since 2003, as an assistant, editor, engineer, etc. I've learned a ton through formal education at places like McGill and New York University, but I've always balanced that with amazing mentors who have run me through the professional wringer and taught me more than any book or class ever could!

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

A: I work on a lot of contemporary classical, jazz, and acoustic music, in general. I love getting my hands on a good rock or pop tune, though.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Listening! Both to the tracks AND to my clients.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I run a multi-platform setup with Pro Tools for most of my jazz and pop production, and Pyramix for classical work and mastering. Great monitors and solid acoustic treatment make the place, and a ton of great mics help get everything right from the start!

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

A: I love location recording for live concerts, but I've found myself mixing more and more lately. Classical editing has always been a specialty, as well.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I love analog outboard and large analog consoles, but today's workflow is so much faster in the digital realm. I typically do most of my work "in-the-box", but I definitely still bust out a Pultec now and again...