Mix Engineer|ATMOS|SoundEditor

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

A: My opinions and I answer honestly. as an opinion.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Lestening and interpreting - being an empath and also being creative is a superpower in itself.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Experience as a songwriter, Producer, Music exec and an understanding that my way isnt THEE way but I can make suggestions based on my history of releasing great songs with an understanding what also fails.

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

A: Getting ready to release a Cuban group I've been developing called Los Kabbiociles. We flew to their hometown of Holguin, Cuba a few times to record and shoot music videos. I travelled with a mobile recording rig to work on songs then we hit the streets to do photoshoots and videoshoots. I'm looking forward to seeing these songs finally come out on my label Fierce Music.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Scoring and mixing a Caribbean Feature film about the love of Carnival, doing Sound Design for the Sister Nancy - BAM BAM documentary which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival in June2024, Producing and mixing songs for Latin group Los Kabbiociles and female Dancehall artist Hawt Grabba.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both, because they're just so amazing and both add to each other. Some music can benefit from digital processing but some music just sounds better analog especially bass heavy music. My studio is a hybrid analog/digital setup so I have the choice of both worlds. My workflow allows me to mix totally in the box or through analog summing and processing so I can present the client with either an analog or digital mix.

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

A: 100% satisfaction. I want my clients to trust and love the work I do and what I bring to their project. It's not my vision so I have to have a clear understanding of their vision and simply elevate it beyond their expectations. I do unlimited revisions and will keep working to get it right.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Everything. Developing artists and watching them grow, creating projects and global collaborations or receiving other peoples art and massaging it into another piece of art.

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

A: That we can turn bad quality into something it's not.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: their expectations. their influences and passions etc.

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

A: Ask questions, get clarity and understand expectations.

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

A: laptop, microphone, headphones, midi keyboard and _____??

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

A: 20+ years. I started as a touring musician then got into scoring music for TV and being promoted to Head of Audio at a film and television production company for 10 years. Then I left and started my own company, moved to LA and focused on developing artists and producing records for 10 years while travelling throughout the Caribbean. Now Im back in Toronto full circle doing both commercial music for radio and Post Production audio and mixing for film and tv.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I start with a conversation with the artist about their vision, what they were thinking when creating it and now what their final vision is. Then I execute it.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a hybrid studio that's mostly digital and incorporates analog gear and analog summing so the best of both worlds. I have a 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos setup with 12 Genelec SMART speakers, Spendors and more. I compose in Logic Pro and Ableton then do tracking and mixing in Protools Ultimate. I have with a wide range of plugins from the film and tv world that I utilize when mixing and mastering music.

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

A: Quincy Jones, Timbaland, Level 42, Sade etc

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

A: Music Production, Mixing, Mastering, Co-Production and Dolby Atmos music mixes. I'm also a Post Production Sound Editor and Sound Mixer for film, television and documentaries. I can assist with additional production to bring tracks to the next level and broadcast ready or re produce tracks that are no longer usable by the artist.

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

A: Pop, Urban, Caribbean, Latin and African