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I help you Hip Hop, RnB & Pop artists with love for detail to finally bring your songs to life. I have recorded, mixed and mastered hundreds of songs for independent artists.

No presets - every song is different. That's why I do what I think your song needs without using presets.
Best available gear - industry standard plugins by Izotope, Fabfilter, Universal Audio and so on help to enhance your songs.
Know-how - that's the key to good results. Let my experience work for you.
Commercial Volume - a requirement for listening to your music. You get a radio ready song.

Since 2013, I have mixed and mastered hundreds of songs by artists of Pop, Hip-Hop & RnB.

Feel free to contact me with any questions. :) I look forward to making music with you!

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Interview with Jabbo Heyne

Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Music is something you to forever. You can always remember and have access when you want it. That I like the most is you can share emotions with the audience. Music connects people... and I love supporting newcomers and seeing the progress they make!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: Engineering is really hard, important stuff. Its like the other steps in the industry: producing and rapping or singing - you can't get without. As an engineer you have to speak with everyone: the lable, the artist, the producer, sometimes the recording engineer and so on. So the communication is really the key for me.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Listen to your gut feeling. Also give people a chance who have only a few reviews. They often have faster delivery, cheaper prices and also very good quality.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Uh, thats hard. Definitely my U87 and Apollo X6. I would also take my old favorite headphones (they are 12 years old and I know them by rote). Then I would take a 1176 and of course: the Good Particle!
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've already mixed and mastered in the age of 15 years. By offering online services, I got to know in the german rap scene more and experienced a lot. After visiting an audio school in Hamburg, I worked for a well-known producer in Vienna. Also, I got to know a top ten rapper who is a fabulous songwriter today. In our common sessions I recorded and mixed him and learned a lot. Now, I have my own recording studio in lower saxony and work as a full-time engineer. I daily record, mix and master songs and give also workshops.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Harmonic, detailed and musical mixes. Detailed, punchy masters.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: There are so much artists that I love for their music. Really, I could already mention all of them
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Practice is the everything. Of course, knowledge is key. But without practicing you get nothing. It doesn't matter if you are an artist, producer or engineer, get the work done.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Hip Hop, Pop & RnB
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skill is efficient work
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I spend much time to understand the artists and the song to really know where I want it to be. I always checking the demo in the mixing and mastering process. Furthermore, I give the artists the time that he needed to feel his final song on his own familiar surroundings. Typically, it takes one or two days and that's totally fine - then we go back and make a few small changes or the artist is already happy ;)
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My studio setup is simple: good speaker, great converter in a well treated room. It gives me a fast workflow that allows me to mix and master like I always wanted to do
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Jaycen Joshua, Lex Barkey, Bainz
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Oh, that was a song production of some of the best rappers in my hometown. When I sent him my mix he said it was the worst thing he had ever heard.He no longer wanted the beat from the internet and had one made for him. when i got it i completely remixed the song and he said it was the best thing anyone has ever done for him. I recorded and mixed the song by the way.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital, because of the workflow. Plugins give me the opportunity to quickly exchange processors that is a major advantage. I want to can always use different tools for every song.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Balance, control and movement
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mixing and mastering of Rap, Pop & RnB type music