Club Driven Track Mixer

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

A: During my first year at PBMS I met a producer called CONFLUENCE and performed a mix & master on his track Dreamer and it became his first track to get over 1000 streams on Spotify and even got promoted on the YouTube channel Wanderlust.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I aim to bring versatility to a song and by that I mean make sure the song sounds as intended through each speaker it's played through.

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

A: Upon leaving secondary school at 16, I took an extended diploma in music production and technology. During that time I was doing occasional shifts as a live sound engineer at a small, local venue. After achieving my extended diploma, I began my bachelor's degree at Point Blank Music School where I will graduate in June 2022.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Getting fooled by loudness is a common mistake for beginners, especially when learning things like compression. To fix this you should gain stage all of you audio and perform a fader mix to set your volume before hand. So when you start adding FX you will see on your level meter if you're just making the sound loud or actually mixing it.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Definitely being around creative people and seeing their passion for what they do, their enthusiasm definitely rubs off on me and inspires me to do their work justice.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: As a lover of Club music, I've worked especially hard on getting a defined low end and high end. Those are the ranges that make people move on the dancefloor.

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

A: EDM from the early 2010s is what got me into music production. The pop and electronic blend that producers like Avicii, Martin Garrix and Calvin Harris produced at the time was so uplifting.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I like to have a clear structure when it comes to instrument placement within the mix. I go through a gain staging process which allows me to get an accurate volume balance. I also use this process to get what elements I want to be the loudest and place other supporting elements beneath them.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I mix primarily in the box. I use Logic Pro X which I have sat a 3-month module for so I have a good understanding of its features which allows me to work quickly. For monitoring, I use Ollo S4 semi-open back headphones for a flat response and use low budget headphones to test and reference on.

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

A: I work regularly with a progressive deep house artist called CONFLUENCE as well as vocalists within pop.

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

A: Clients tend to send all their stems to me for a full song mix, once the mix has been revised and the client is happy with the result I am asked to master the track.