Mixing/Mastering Engineer

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I strive to get the best possible sound out of my system, so I trust Antelope Audio's Zen Tour Synergy Core to do the job. I use two separate pieces of hardware, the G-Buss Compressor from Audioscape, and the SilverBullet mojo amp from LouderThanLiftoff via custom-made Klotz cables, an arsenal of plugins from the most famous brands including UAD, and McDSP, and a Raven MTi2 for faster workflow when mixing. In regards to my monitoring, I rely on different systems: VSX, CLA NX, SIENNA, small consumer-based devices

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Right now I'm working on a full new EP for a band, an EP for a singer-songwriter, and a couple more singles. New arrivals every week.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Reference before working.

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

A: Honestly, I've been loving to work on some Salsa projects lately that still haven't come out. I'm very versatile because I work off of references and I love a challenge. It's very hard for me not to like a professional producer's work, so I've rarely turned a project down for those reasons.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I use both, and I'm in service of the music, not my ego. I use what I have and make it sound good. =)

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

A: No matter what, we're gonna kill it.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I love making people happy when they listen to their music after a few days and their jaws hit the floor. I can't describe that feeling. I'm just blessed to do what I love.

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

A: Q: "How did you fking do that?!" haha. A: All you need is love. Q: Do you mix&master? A: I prefer to send it to another mastering engineer that I trust. But I can do it for sure. Just give me another day or 2 to refresh my ears. Q: What do you mean when you say you "premix" the mix? A: I like to assess the quality of the recordings that I get. That includes looking for issues, and fixing them. Also, I like to "predict" the future and save time, so I have developed a series of steps for harmonic enhancement at the track level so that the song sounds richer and fuller when it hits the mixing session. Q: Someone told me that your mix prints sound better for some reason. Why is that? A: I took the time to analyze and listen very carefully to the differences between the sound I monitor in real time within the session versus the sound you monitor after the mix is exported...and the findings were disturbing. We lose a lot of movement, so I spent a week figuring out how to compensate, and now I have applied said solution to every single print since. Love it. I went from say a 20% difference to around 5%.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: - How long have you been sitting on this project? - What is your intended use/goal for it? - What are your sonic references? - What is your deadline?

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

A: File management upon delivery. 1. Deliver mono sources as mono tracks when possible. It saves a lot of premixing time. 2. Organize your tracks by type in sub-folders. 3. Add a note that includes bit-depth, sample rate, bpm, song key, song name. 4. Send a compressed folder via WeTransfer. 5. Make only ONE send, and make sure you are not missing any files.

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

A: 1. Jet Back Pack 2. Gasoline 3. Gasoline 4. Gasoline 5. Gasoline

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

A: It's been 7 years since I've been doing it professionally, slowly upping game.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I'm probably the most organized when it comes to preparing for mixing. During the revisions stage we get together online, they see my main screen, they see my face, we talk, laugh, but we work super fast I work as they speak. By the time they're done explaining their idea, it's done and we listen to it. We move really fast and efficiently, but most importantly, we have a lot of fun while at it.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I think I make its soul be shown. I always try to make the best possible version of it.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: 1. Meet Up We do a videocall so that we can get to know each other. This is also where I learn how I can best be of service to your project. 2. Planning Here's when we discuss details, budgets, deadlines, deliverables that best suit your goals, and we make a deal. 3. Execution I will do my thing and send you my results so that you can take your time, make notes, and have some other people give you feedback. We will then schedule a real-time revision session where we're gonna have a lot of fun finishing the project. Once we are done, you can take another day to listen to your project before I send you the final print. 4. DELIVERY After we are all settled, I will send you a link where you can download your project from. Should you require various formats, each file will be conveniently labeled. I will also keep a backup copy of the project session and deliverables for up to 12 months for emergencies only.

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

A: CLA, Jaycen Joshua, Dave Pensado, Timbaland, Charlie Puth, Josh Gudwin

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

A: Music Mixing, and Mastering.

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

A: I'm specially proud of a brand new song from Peruvian artist Mazuré, called "Luces de Adentro" that I got to mix and master. It's an amazing mixture of blues/soul/R&B beautifully performed by him on bass, guitar, and vocals. All brilliantly produced by my great friend, and Latin-Grammy winner, Santiago Diaz. This song was particularly challenging because it took them about two months to come to an agreement as far as where the song should point to sound-wise, so I had to do all of my premixing shenanigan that I always do to all of my projects but still being careful enough to preserve the soul of the song. It was all about understanding what they had in mind and following it to an undeniably better version of it. Loved it, and I hope others will love it as much. It should be out sometime during Aug-Sept 2021. There's also this new single for artist "Shana" called "Sacame Las Palabras" that is a mixture of a Peruvian rhythm, "Lando", and r&b. I can't wait for people to hear it! So slick!