I have more than a decade of experience to help your recordings sound the best they can.
Send me your files for your songs, I will spend 12 hours + on your mix. I also do mastering.
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Interview with Ecllipse
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Lebo Mathosa - Drama Queen Composed, produced and co-engineered 1 track. SAMA 2004 Best Dance Album
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Composing for personal synch library. Tracking EP and demos
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: No.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both. The best of both worlds. Digital - precise & clean Analog - warmth
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Together, we will get it right.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I meditate through work. I get to a place where nothing else exists.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: How did you do that? With great difficulty :-)
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That it's easy....
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Are you bigger than the music?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: I am just as concerned with providing a great service as you are with getting it.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: iPhone, MacBook Pro, Apogee Duet, Sennheiser HD headphones, UAD2 satellite
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I have been a sound engineer since 2001.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Clean and punchy with effortless vocals. Making love to the ear.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Pharell I think we would get along. I like the way he thinks.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Always monitor at low level.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Hip-hop, House, Gospel
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Listening.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: My unique & eclectic perspective.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I work 90% in the box then run my stems through the X-Desk, sum them and print the 2track back to DAW.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: MacBook Pro running ProTools HD Native, Logic Pro X, Reason 8 and UAD 2 Quad. Solid State Logic X-Desk & Mackie HR 626 monitors Avid Artist Mix & ProTools Dock M-Audio ProKeys 88
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Mick Gazauski, Phil Tan, Bryan Tyler.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Recording, Mixing and Mastering. I am also a music producer and music business consultant.
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $200 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $50 per song
- Vocal TuningAverage price - $40 per track
- Vocal compingAverage price - $40 per track
- Beat MakerAverage price - $350 per song
- ProducerAverage price - $300 per song
- Recording StudioAverage price - $450 per day
5 revisions, 48hr turn-around time
- SSL X-Desk
- AVID ProTools HD Native
