I've worked in the music industry for over 5 years as a professional audio engineer and producer across different studios in the country and I've had the pleasure to collaborate with artist across various styles of music such as Hip Hop, Pop, Latin, House and Alternative Rock.
In 2016, I pursued music professionally and earned a music business degree with an emphasis in music production. I have lived both in the U.S and Ecuador and have been privileged to learn much from both cultures, their music, and very talented musicians across all genres. My focus is to take the vision of my clients and translate that idea into reality in the best possible way I can with experience, good taste, cutting edge technology and superior sound.
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Interview with Bryan Encalada
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Storms of Euphoria, it is a song I composed, recorded, mixed and mastered on my own. I have an emotional attachement to it because I wrote it during a pretty difficult time in my life.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: A lot of house music, rap and reggeaton.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Luis Cancion, he introduced to me to soundbetter.com and great at what he does!
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both because being able to combine the best of both worlds is what take my projects to the next level.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will offer you my full expertise, passion, experience and skill to make your project be the best it can possibly be.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: When my clients are happy with my work.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Do you need expensive gear to make good music? no, you just need a good song and the necessary tools to make it happen.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That it's easy.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Who are some of your favorite artist? What are you trying to achieve with your music? By when do you plan to release your new project?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Be sure of what you want and have your projects, folders and tracks labeled correctly.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Laptop, interface, speakers, keyboard and my hard drive.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started playing guitar in high school, played in a couple of bands, then I started djaying and learning about DAW's and fell in love with the process of producing, mixing and mastering and helping others make their music.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Upbeat, modern and elegant.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Tame Impala, I think we have similar taste in music and I would love to be in the studio sharing ideas together and working on something unique.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Be organized and disciplined.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Hip Hop, Reggeaton, Alternative rock and House.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Being objective and goal oriented.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Excitement, cohesiveness, space and completion.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I use templates for mixing and production that are designed from experience and have been polished throughout my career. Instead of being worried on the technical aspect of it, I can have more time to be creative.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Currently I am running my faithful Yamaha HS8's along with an HS8s subwoofer, calibrated with Reference ID in a very nice acoustically treated studio room. I am also running a powerful iMac with 64GB ram, Apollo Twin X, the latest version of Pro Tools, Ableton and industry standard plug-ins from Universal Audio, Antares, Waves, Soundtoys and more.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Rick Rubin, Dr. Dre and Dave Pensado.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mixing, mastering and music production.
I was the Mix and Mastering Engineer in this production
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $200 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $50 per song
- Vocal TuningAverage price - $50 per track
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- UAD
- Waves
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- Antares
- Pro Tools
- Ableton Plugin alliance
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