
Mixing & Mastering Engineer. Credits: Spoon, !!!, Tennis, Future Islands, Parquet Courts, The Preatures, Etc.
Matt Gerhard is Mixing & Mastering Engineer/Producer based in Austin, TX. Matt has worked with artists such as Spoon, !!!, Tennis, Future Islands,Parquet Courts, The Preatures, Etc.
Every project is different, so please do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions. No matter how simple or complex your undertaking may be, we will work out what is best for you.
Mixing can be done at my studio Zona Park Studios or Jim Eno's (Spoon) Public Hi-Fi
Mixing at Zona Park Studios is done in Pro Tools and summed analog through my API summing mixer
Mixing at Public Hi-Fi is a done mostly in the analog domain on a custom Fred Hill design Neve 8016/API hybrid console. Additional rates apply*
Mastering and editing is done at Zona Park Studios
Contact me through the green button above and let's get to work.
Credits
AllMusic verified credits for Matt Gerhard- Sun June
- Walker Lukens
- Night Moves
- Spoon
- !!!
- My Jerusalem
- Dana Falconberry
- Dana Falconberry & Medicine Bow
- Parquet Courts
- Shearwater
- Walker Lukens
- Summer Moon
- The Preatures
- The Preatures
- Ximena Sariñana
- Spoon
- Har Mar Superstar
- Telekinesis
- Shearwater
- The Relatives
- !!!
- Spoon
- Los Texmaniacs
- I Am the Albatross
- I Am the Albatross
- I Am the Albatross
- I Am the Albatross
- I Am the Albatross
- Hillary Reynolds Band
- The Kickback
- Willy Moon
- Bear's Den
- Walker Lukens
- The Eric Bee
- The Eric Bee
- Israel Nash
- Mighty Tiny
- I Am The Albatross
- I Am The Albatross
- Knife In The Water
- Mighty Tiny
- Emily Elbert
- I Am The Albatross
- I Am The Albatross
- Quin Galavis
- Hey Cowboy!
- Bobby Stevens (2) / Carondelet Guy
- Hey Cowboy!
- Knife In The Water
- Jana Horn
- American Friend
- Joel Mullins (2)
- The John-Pauls
- Slow Motion Blue
- Semihelix
- Emily Elbert
- Danny Elfman
- Emily Elbert
- Hillary Reynolds Band
- My Jerusalem
- Sondre Lerche
- !!!
- Har Mar Superstar
- Telekinesis (2)
- Shearwater
- The Relatives (5)
- Dana Falconberry
- Spoon
- Ximena Sariñana
- Lucius (5)
- I Am The Albatross
- I Am The Albatross
- Future Islands
- Spoon
- The Kickback
- The Preatures
- Parquet Courts
- Shearwater
- Okkervil River
- My Jerusalem
- Dana Falconberry And Medicine Bow
- Summer Moon
- !!!
- Spoon
- Hey Cowboy!
- Night Moves (3)
- ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
- Hey Cowboy!
- ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
- Jana Horn
- American Friend
- Israel Nash*
- Alex Dupree
- The John-Pauls
- New Berlin
- Emily Wolfe (2)
- Slow Motion Blue
- Semihelix
- The Moles (2)
- Israel Nash Gripka, Eric Swanson (4)
- Spoon
Endorse Matt Gerhard53 Reviews - 13 Repeat Clients
check_circleVerifiedJust finished a whole record with Matt and start to finish he was phenomenal. Incredibly patient with my feedback and requests for revisions and delivered a phenomenal finished product. Will definitely work with him again.
check_circleVerifiedMatt was very easy to work with and did an amazing job mixing the song. Killer bass guitar sound :) Everything was done professionally and in a timely manner. I couldn’t recommend him enough.
check_circleVerifiedOnce again, Matt takes a a mess of ideas and STEM files and turns it into musical genius! (Not my songs, but his terrific arrangement) He has fantastic attention to detail, and patience that could seemingly only come from having triplet toddlers. Thanks again Matt!
check_circleVerifiedAnother great mix from Matt! His patience and attention to detail is much appreciated :) I would happily trust him again to bring another track over the finish line.
check_circleVerifiedMatt is awesome and quick. He got it just right within 1 mix session which blew my mind. Really looking forward to getting to work with him again. I highly recommend.
check_circleVerifiedMatt is truly great! This was our first time working with him and we've already got him mixing more of our songs. Matt communicates well and is quick to respond. His intuition and excellent mixing skills are exactly what our project needed. We're very grateful to have Matt working with us to complete our project. If you need someone to take your tracks to the next level, look no further!
check_circleVerifiedThanks, Matt. You rule!!!
check_circleVerifiedThis was my 3rd song with Matt! He knocks it out of the park every time, and is a true master of his craft. Looking forward to working with him again in the future!
check_circleVerifiedMatt killed it again. It’s amazing what he can do with my home recorded vocals.
check_circleVerifiedMatt is incredible! Super experienced, easy to work with, quick turnarounds on everything. Definitely looking forward to doing more work with him and would highly recommend!
check_circleVerifiedMatt was fantastic and worked his magic as always
check_circleVerifiedMatt always goes the extra mile and is super attentive to drilling down to the problems of my stems until the whole mix sounds great.
check_circleVerifiedIt was great working with Matt. He is easy to work with and was very attentive to all of my requests. He made my music sound better than I ever could.
check_circleVerifiedMatt's experience and attention to detail really came through in our band's stellar mix! Working with him was easy and he resolved any concerns we had throughout the process. We also appreciate how patient he was with our limited experience doing DIY recording and producing. We'd happily work with him again :)
check_circleVerifiedHis mixes and masters? Flawless. He acts as your musical safeguard. No one else shall touch my music except, for Mr. Matthew Gerhard!
check_circleVerifiedMy wife doesn't care about musical quality at all, she listens to music on her iPhone speakers... but after hearing Matt's mixes of my music she said, unsolicited... "you're music sounds a lot better."
Need I say more?
check_circleVerifiedAwesome as always. Keep bringing my music back to Matt every time.
check_circleVerifiedThey say you can't polish a turd, but Matt sure can! Whatever I send him, he immediately makes it sound terrific. Matt is a total pro. He has patience, high-level expertise, and attention to detail - all which make him an ideal musical collaborator. So yes, my music still sucks, but thanks to Matt, it now SOUNDS amazing!
check_circleVerifiedMatt crushed it again and was great to work with. On to the next song with him!
check_circleVerifiedSecond time working with Matt and again, very please and awesome to work. Already sent him song three!
Interview with Matt Gerhard
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: For mixing, I try to learn as much about the song as I can. I have a detailed conversation with the artist and try and get an idea of the vision for the song before I start. A rough mix is always helpful I listen to that a couple of times and right down my ideas and notes. Once I feel like I'm at a good place with the mix I'll send it to the artist for notes and then revise based on any notes they have until they're happy with the mix.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Most mixing projects lately are a combo of the two. I mix in the box and print outboard gear and effects. Then the mix is printed through my API 8200 summing mixer. I would love to do more all analog tape sessions, because it's a fun and different workflow but realistically the budgets and time constraints are limited.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Getting to work with all kinds of people and personalities in many different styles of music. I think that really keeps me fresh.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That mixing and mastering is magic and everything can be fixed. Don't get me wrong a lot can be fixed, but there is no substitute for great source material. The job of mixing and mastering is to enhance the song.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What direction do you want the mix to go? On a 1-10 scale, 1 being pretty close to the rough mix but a little more polished/hi-fi or 10 pretty unrecognizable from the rough mix?
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Listen! Be fearless and experiment. Turn that delay all the way up maybe it'll work, maybe it won't? You don't know unless you try. Also don't be afraid to kill your darlings.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: All kinds, thats my favorite part of the job
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Fresh ears and a new perspective
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Oh boy, lots of people. I really love people like Tchad Blake and Dave Fridmann who are making wild sounds you've never heard before. As well as folks who came up more in the "documentarian" engineering world. People like Sam Phillips, Tom Dowd, Steve Albini who are trying to capture the performance in the room.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mixing, Mastering, Editing.

I was the Engineer, Mixer in this production
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $250 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $70 per song
- Vocal TuningContact for pricing
- EditingContact for pricing
- Time alignment - QuantizingContact for pricing
- Full instrumental productionContact for pricing
- Electric GuitarContact for pricing
50% up front, 50% upon approval of the mix. No masters will be released until paid in full. 2 revisions included. Additional studio rates apply for mixing at Public Hi-FI.
- Spoon
- Tennis
- Parquet Courts
- API
- Retro
- Universal Audio
- Neve



