Mixing & Mastering

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

A: A song called Thanks YouTube that I engineered that earned 3 Billboard charts as high as #3, I also worked on an album Letters to the Church that was #1 on iTunes and Amazon and #50 on the Billboard charts. I also worked in an album Us Vs The Industry that also charted on 4 different Billboard charts.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Stitches & Rocky Luciano 2nd album called Last Of A Dying Breed which I fully produced, mixed & mastered.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I like to get the best of both worlds. I have a hybrid studio with the best analog hardware and the best digital plugins.

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

A: They will always be happy with the results.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Being creative and bringing peoples music to life

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

A: How much for a mix/master? $75 for first time clients.

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

A: That anyone can do it, or artists mix their own music using templates, but the reality is there's a lot more to it than that to get the best out of your music.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: If they have any reference tracks they want their songs to sound like and what they envision for the end result.

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

A: Invest in your music, invest in yourself.

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

A: Is started in high school in audio engineering classes and never stopped since. I've built a couple top of the line studios for other owners and worked at them before I built my own studio that I run now. I've been doing this professionally 15+ years.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Clean, creative and high quality.

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

A: I wish I could have worked with Young Dolph more just because I like his music and his style.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Less is better, don't overdo it and take breaks to let your ears rest.

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

A: Rap, hip-hop, R&B and rock.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Mixing and mastering.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I give the artist the sound that they didn't even know they could get.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I usually work on vocals first, de-ess, eq, compress, etc., then I work on the beat, mesh it all together and then add delays, reverbs, drops and any other fx I see fit.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have Pro Tools, full suite of plugins from Waves, Fabfilter, Soundtoys, UAD and many more. Hardware includes a modded Phoenix Audio DRS Q4 mk2 EQ, mix pre, and bus processor, A Designs Hammer 2 Mastering EQ, Custom made Regular John Recording Quad VCA master bus compressor with Lundahl and Cinemag transformers, a custom made master transfer console with modern Edcor and vintage UTC transformers and Bettermaker Mastering Limiter. APS 2020 Klasik monitors and subwoofer in a sound corrected room.

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

A: Produce, mixing and mastering.