Audio Mixing, Audio Mastering

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

A: I am especially proud of my work with the band Transcend. Their music is a joy to listen to. The emotion was already there before I even touched the music. It was my first full album mixing and mastering for a client, and it will always be my favorite.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Currently I am working to find new clients.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: I don't know him personally, but I am familiar with the mixing engineer Noad Nevo. He is a famous mixing engineer whose work can be seen in many Waves Audio online seminars.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I prefer digital at the moment because it is more portable. However, if given the chance, I would love to work with analog gear!

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

A: I promise to you, the client, that I will deliver your music to you the way you would like to hear it. I promise I will do everything I can to ensure that your art is something you want to hear for the rest of your life.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I love that I can see how an artist constructed his/her songs from the ground up. I also love knowing that I helped make a song or an album sound the way it does.

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

A: Unfortunately most customers ask me if I'll work for PR. Most cases I will say no.

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

A: A big misconception is that I can fix a bad instrument take. Yes, there is some editing that I can do to align your drums to a click track, and I know how to edit a guitar, bass, vocal track and many more. However, that doesn't mean you had a great take. That just means that I can make your tracks play together perfectly.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Many times when a client is interested, ill ask for what music they enjoy the most as early as possible in order to connect with the client on a more personal level and understand how their music came to be, and how their music was inspired.

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

A: I would say the best advice I could give is to thoroughly research what the job of a mixing and mastering engineer is. If need be, I am perfectly happy to tell you. However, it happens when I am asked to work for a band and they think a mixing engineer is a recording engineer. Many haven't even heard of a "Mastering Engineer" before.

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

A: If I was on a desert island and I could bring any five pieces of gear I wanted, I would definitely bring with me a: Acoustic guitar a violin some hand drums a microphone and a laptop and hope I can find some power.

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

A: I am mainly a self taught engineer. However, I have had experience as an intern in recording studios.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I would say that my style focuses mostly on how clean a mix can be, but without compromising musicality.

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

A: I would love to work with an artist called Skyharbor at one point. Their writing and musical performances are beyond amazing.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Make sure that there is always something interesting happening in every moment of your song that can draw the focus of the listener.

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

A: Usually my clients are from metal bands, but I would love to expand my horizon's and work with other genres!

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I'd say my strongest skill is my ability to communicate with an artist to try and achieve exactly what they would like to hear out of their music.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I believe that, as an audio engineer, I can bring a more classical approach to mixing music, like a conductor does with a symphony. Just as a conductor can draw and audiences focus to the most important parts of a piece, it is my job as a mixer to help bring out the best parts of a song at any given moment.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: When I start mixing, ill generally take a few minutes to listen through and take notes on what draw's my focus. Then, I will take notes on what I'd like to accomplish in mixing a track.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work from a home studio. I use M1Active 520 studio monitors from Alesis, and I edit, mix, and master all clientele music in Reaper by Cockos.

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

A: I am very inspired by the work of Forester Savell and Acle Kahney's style of mixing and mastering.

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

A: In the past, much of the work I do for my clients is a complete package of editing, mixing, and mastering.