
I'm an experienced producer, mixing engineer and songwriter with a decade and a half of experience. My strong suit lives in the synth rock, art rock, alternative pop world, but I can produce and mix just about anything.
With around 15 years of experience playing, producing, and mixing music for various artists, I'd love to mix for you! I'm a lover of quirky eclectic music but I'm just as comfortable mixing straight up rock and roll or vibrant pop tunes.
I use industry standard software and outboard gear to achieve high quality mixes that will hit hard and leave listeners wanting more!
Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.
Languages
- English
Interview with Michael Robert Chadwick
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I love working with Weyes Blood. We've been friends for a long time and playing synth on their records is always a fun experience, and a pretty good resume point as well!
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Just finished an EP for a client who makes guitar pop, getting ready to mix a post punk record and release a third solo album of my own.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both. They both have strong points and weak points and I've always found the debate to be a bit pointless.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: That working with me will be easy and you'll be happy with the results.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I like that it's like solving a complicated puzzle made of sounds.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Can you fix it in post? Yes but it's better to rerecord something critical like vocals if there's a big mistake or poor recording.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That you need a million dollars worth of equipment to produce good music.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: It's ok not to know exactly what you want, we can figure that out together.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Polyend synth, yamaha sk50D, drum kit, electric guitar, neuman tlm 103
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Ive been playing various instruments since I was 7 years old, writing music since I was 17, and producing and engineering since I was in my early twenties.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Eclectic vintage pop
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I'd love to work with someone like Blood Orange. I love the production and songwriting on their tracks.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: I love to double or even triple vocals in the chorus and sometimes the verses of a song, with the main vocal in the center and the doubles hard to the left and right with reverb and other effects, creating a lush and wide vocal sound that fills the space but is still focused in the center.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I work on a variety of genres including; indie rock, folk, pop, electronic, and more
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I'm very good at editing both instruments and vocals, as well as effective and transparent vocal tuning.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring a great ear for balance, width and depth as well as a creative and unique approach to creating cohesive and vibrant mixes.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I like to start with drums and percussion, then do vocal treatment, then I like to fit the vocals, drums and bass together as the core of the mix, blending and shaping additional instruments around those three elements.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have 3 sets of monitors that I work from, Yamaha ns10's, yamaha hs5's and mackie mr6's. I Have a Scarlett 18i8 4th gen interface and various outboard gear including shure m267's, Dbx II 128, Lexicon mx200, Roland DEP5, and many hardware synths.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I love Prince's work ethic, his creative output and incredible ear for writing and production are a huge inspiration to me. I'm also inspired a lot by Brian Eno's production techniques and his approach to creative composition.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I do a lot of performing synth and percussion parts, a lot of producing and a lot of mixing usually. I also do additional engineering on quite a few songs.

I was the Mixing / Mastering Engineer in this production
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $300 per song
- Bass ElectricAverage price - $100 per song
- EditingAverage price - $100 per track
- Keyboards - SynthAverage price - $100 per song
- PercussionAverage price - $100 per song
- Live drum trackAverage price - $200 per song
- Vocal TuningAverage price - $50 per track
Send me a track you want me to work on, let me know what you want and we'll get it started. I have very reasonable turnaround time which depends on what services you need.
- Brian Eno
- YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
- David Bowie
- ProTools
- Ableton
- Izotope Ozone
- Sy35
- Minilogue XD
- Yamaha NS10
- Pultec Clone Plugins
- Yamaha HS5
- DBX 128