I Am An Audio Engineer. I Mainly Focus on Mixing & Mastering. I Am Whom You're Looking For - Hip-Hop, R&B/Soul, Pop, Alternative, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter.
I am a Professional Audio Engineer and Record Producer. I primarily focus on Mixing & Production; and I've also mastered the art of Mastering from both the scientific point of view and the rarely creative side of the trait. So, you can count on me on all ends of audio.
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Interview with J-B-M Audio
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: In my experience; that we can somehow perform "magic" and make a bad recording sound great.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What goals do you have for the art that you create?
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Laptop, Distressor, SM-57, Audio Interface and a heavy-duty Solar Power adapter😊
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Alessia Cara. And, I don't know how to explain great.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Capture; Mix, then Master.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Just Pro Tools and the necessary equipment for both capture and processing.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: David Foster
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: My first Beat-tape. which can be checked out here: https://music.apple.com/za/album/last-request/1657958550 I was the Mixing and Mastering Engineer, and Producer/Composer.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Another genre to specialise in - Metal & Jazz
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Yes. Me😊
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both. They both have their benefits.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: We will get the song to "the promised land", I can make certain of that. It will sound great, if its already a great song. I will never led a great song as astray.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The relationship between subjectivity and objectivity.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: How did you do that? Well, I'm a nutcase friend, what can I say. Just doing what I think will best suit the song sonically when needed/required.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Always package your audio files with a reference track. That's if you really really need your track to sound as close as the reference sonically.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: A lot of traveling to clients... can't really make the story short. But I've been doing this for more than10yrs.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Unorthodox. It's just taste🤪
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Try Not To Always Quantise Notes, that's If you can help it!🤐
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Hip-Hop; R&B/Soul; Pop; Indie Rock; Alternative and EDM
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I can always find a way to retain dynamics and still maintain a certain level of loudness (that's if loudness will still be of concern once I'm done).
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: A clear mix, and mastering processing/lift that doesn't destroy dynamics for the sake of loudness.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: The usual works of Mixing and Mastering.
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $250 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $125 per song
Mixing: 2 Revisions; for $25
Mastering: 2 Revisions; for $25
- Skylar Grey
- Kendrick Lamar
- Kehlani
- Pro Tools
