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Interview with Your Uncle
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Simply that I chose to do it and therefore like doing it.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: For the speaker side of things, my speakers were used as the main reference monitors for a week of Gavin James' rehearsal.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: An EP with two Irish bands on the rise and multiple client mixing sessions and mastering projects.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both, they can both do things better the other can't.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I am taking my work and your project seriously.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: How can I get it to sound like X? Why don't we make it sound similar but different better?
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That I am sitting in front of a computer all day...
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: How far do you want to take this?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Be specific with your requests and know exactly what you want and why you hire someone.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: 1. PC 2. Great interface 3. A big 500 Rack 4. The EMI TG1235 5. Photovoltaic panels with battery storage
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I wanted to go deep down the rabbit hole, that's why I did a three-year Audio & Music Technology college degree in Dublin. Books and papers from AES are still a daily thing for me, research never stops.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: It changes to adapt, my style is to apply what is needed.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: The Olllam, they are a fusion of genres that I never saw merging and they seem to be great craic.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Good things take time.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I want to work on everything, challenges are welcome.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Focus
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: My swiss perfectionistic approach to everything, not wanting to compromise ;)
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Gather all the information I can about the project, take notes, setting up a session and then listening to reference tracks.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: We are rocking original Aesopian Acoustics Phi speakers which are a bliss. My home setup was measured and acoustically treated accordingly, it can fit up to four musicians at a time. It is an ever-changing setup that evolves over time, it's hybrid there's a wide range of plugins in Pro Tools to great outdoor gear from Elysia, Drawmer etc.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Oh, that list is long. Musicians, that would be Neo Geo and the Olllam and many more. I like different and new most.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: The most common form of work for me would be to be there from pre-production to final master. Remote Mixing and Mastering have become a normal part of my daily work routine since the pandemic though.
