Mixing & Mastering

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

A: I worked six months on a Pop/Rock album. I was the recording engineer, but they involved me partially in the production while being really open to try different options regarding instruments choice and arrangement of the song. I ended up mixing the album too.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Mixing a lo-fi beats type album.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Hybrid. Because I can have the best of both worlds.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I'm really sensible to music, since it's been part my whole life so when I hit play I instantly feel and connect with the core of a song and I find moments of my life or feelings that relate to what I'm hearing.

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

A: That I use magic.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Anything related to the emotions of the project, the meaning of the lyrics, and I always ask about other artists that inspired them.

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

A: Take all the time in the world to explain to me the artistic vision, the sonic landscape and the emotions involved with the project.

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

A: Started as a musician at 9 years old (my mother was a piano teacher). Took clases and self-learned guitar, bass and drums. Started producing and recording in home. Meanwhile I attended to two institutions to learn sound engineering and production. Ended up working in studios as a recording engineer. Now I have my own mixing environment with an hybrid setup.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Open, clean, dirty, punchy.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Place a 4 inch paper speaker on the snare (or re amp the snare if it was crafted in the box) capture that to get an amazing "snap".

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

A: Indie Rock/Pop, Rock, Acoustic, Urban.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring my experience as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and mixing engineer. I focus really hard in the sonic statement to make sure that the vision of the artist gets captured in the final mix.