Mixing Engineer

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

A: They are going to have all of my attention and care with their project.

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

A: How long mix session is going to take? My answer is always the same, the mixing session will take as long as the song needs.

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

A: When we have a bad music production or a bad recording session, we never going to fix on the mix session. This need to be done before mix starts.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: If you are looking for someone to help you with your project and you are prepare to have someone working in your side, you are ready to have a professional mixing engineer in your project.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I work for the music, always. I give to my clients the best results in their view, with my artistic and technical knowledge.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Casa Worship (Gospel Music)

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

A: SM7, SSL 2+, Mac Book Pro, My iLok, My Headphones.

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

A: 25years.

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

A: Pop Music, EDM, Rap, Rock And Roll, Gospel.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Mixing

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

A: Aline Barros, Best Christian Album (Portuguese Language) in 2014 - Latin Grammy Winning.

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

A: Carlos Freitas, Felipe Tichauer, Andre Dias.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both, I think digital is good to edit, recall...But analog is always good !! Thats why I do a hybrid mix.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The Music.

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

A: If you want someone to work with that respect the music, you can call me.

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

A: Ed Sheeran.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Music First, always. (Bruce Swedien)

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I think "Music First" so I just make the song sound amazing, because the music it's already done.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: After I receive the files I import everything into Pro Tools and get all done to start a rough mix. Then I confirm with the client that we're either good to go, or there's something missing or that needs to be fixed. I then put the mix on my schedule and I send it to my client. Sometimes give it a night to finish with fresh ears.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a dedicate mix studio in Windermere, FL. With select gears like, Antelope, API, Solid State Logic (AWS 948), Urei, UBK Fatso, 1176, Teletronix, Bricast, Lexicon 480L, Burl, Dangerous, Adam, Yamaha NS10.

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

A: Bruce Swedien, Moogie Canazio, Torcuato Mariano, Manny Marroquin, Al Schmitt.

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

A: I'm primarily a mixing engineer.