NicoLeBlanc

Mixing/Mastering, Songwriting

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🎶Top Engineer For Indie Artists Looking For Industry Sound Credits: Dae Dae, YK Osiris, Iman Shumpert, Good Music, & Many More

I Specialize In Songwriting And Salvaging Damaged Recordings , I Can Mix Both 2 Track Wav. Files & Track-out Session files. I offer songwriting from subject to flow . I offer free consultations by phone.

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Interview with NicoLeBlanc

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

  2. A: That it is easy and anyone can do it . Anyone can do it but it’s not easy at all. Also engineers are still fighting for publishing royalties.

  3. Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

  4. A: What’s your inspiration ? How long have you been recording? What is your Budget ? What is your expected turnaround time ?

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

  6. A: Be as clear about your vision as possible so we can understand what we’re doing. Also trust the process and use your revision

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

  8. A: A zoomh6 with a solar powered battery A Ukulele Fire starter A machete And a pot

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

  10. A: I have been making music for 8 years and engineering for 7 I’ve been from top to bottom but , I started in school for media , dropped out began an internship in Seattle Washington at Pyramid Studios. From there I’ve honed my craft. I recently moved to Atlanta and broadened my skill set 100% independent

  11. Q: How would you describe your style?

  12. A: Eclectic and inspiring

  13. Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

  14. A: Kid Cudi , he is the a goat in my eyes he’s inspired me a lot and shaped how I approach things even outside of music.

  15. Q: Can you share one music production tip?

  16. A: Youtube

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

  18. A: R&B , and Hip hop / Trap

  19. Q: What's your strongest skill?

  20. A: Writing

  21. Q: What do you bring to a song?

  22. A: Over the top performance necessity. I push artists to have the best recordings as possible so we can have a great mix and even better master . I make the process easy so that your confident in your next song or project or this project . When you can just sit back, relax and create YOUR art YOUR way and I bring it to industry standard that’s what I bring to a song the industry itself.

  23. Q: What's your typical work process?

  24. A: Listen to reference or beat . Open pro tools + find tempo + find key. Load the beat into the session if we are doing a recording session or I load the stems into the session if we are doing mixing. This is where I can be as transparent about pricing with mixing as I can be. Once the stems are all loaded into the pro tools session I organize the tracks by category (Hook, Verse one and two, Dubs/backing tracks and adlibs) once the tracks are organized by category I can now begin mixing (and this order goes for recording as well) I start with whatever the song begins with usually the hook I first clean up the vocals and bring out more clarity , then I move to dynamics , i use compressors , limiters and gates all together to get you industry quality levels and clarity . Depending on your genre/Vocal tone I will use certain amounts of reverb , delay no mix is the same and I have had a lot of different sounds on my plate.

  25. Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

  26. A: Pro tools + Waves Plugins + Auto Tune + Apollo Twin + Krk monitors + Neumann Tlm 103 .

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

  28. A: Eddie Kramer , Chris Lord Algie, Jimi Hendrix , Kanye West, Chris Brown , Kid Cudi , Prince

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

  30. A: Recording , Mixing and Mastering

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Terms Of Service

I allow up to two free revisions , turn around time 24 - 48 Hrs per song

GenresSounds Like
  • Future
  • Drake
  • Chris Brown
Gear Highlights
  • Apollo twin mk II
  • Pro Tools
  • 20k in waves plug-ins
  • industry standard Mixing Template / Mastering Template
  • 11+ combined years of experience .
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