Ethan Mott on SoundBetter

Ethan Mott, a talented metal mixing engineer hailing from the South of England, brings raw power and precision to his craft. With a keen ear for detail and a passion for heavy music, he elevates every track with his expert touch, delivering the perfect sonic balance that makes any metal track soar. - Lucy Smale

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The Stereomanic Symphony

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English

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Interview with Ethan Mott

Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: The freelance mixing and a lot of guest solos. Also my band's second and third EPs as well as my first solo indie rock EP.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital will always sound just as good as analog in most scenarios at a fraction of the cost so I'd have to give it to digital.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That it is an instant process. It takes many hours of re-listening to the same part over and over again and making the smallest adjustments to mix a track.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: 'Who are your favourite artists?' for reference of what they want the mix to sound like
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Most of the time, symphonic metal and metalcore.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Dialling in the perfect guitar tone for the specific song.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I start by just listening to the track as it is.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: In my mixing, I take inspiration from Taylor Larson and Joey Sturgis. Composition wise, it's artists like Jason Richardson and Hans Zimmer.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I mostly provide mixing and mastering services for metalcore and symphonic metal clients due to it being a genre I've self-produced for a long time now. I have also worked with other genres and I am quite pliable to most of them. I do prefer working on metal records though because guitars are usually the focus of the instrumental and I am good at getting these types of tones (being a metal guitarist myself)