Mix Engineer

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both, analog gives that sound that we all love and digital makes it easier sometimes to achieve under a budget.

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

A: "We will make sure you are completely happy with the work"

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Seeing the client's reaction when they listen to their mix and how they're happy to share it.

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

A: How does your process work? (answer in previous question)

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

A: That I can only work 1 genre of music.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What do you look for in this song, what have been your experiences with other mix engineers?

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

A: Make sue you hire somebody who understands what you need and what you're song is about.

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

A: Laptop, Monitors, interface, headphones and a good mic.

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

A: Been doing this for about 8yrs, started out as a guitar player, then studied Audio Engineering.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Versatile

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Make sure you can distinguish every element of the song, if you like bass guitar you should be able to hear the bass guitar during the song and pretend to play along with it, same with every other element, nothing should get buried in the mix.

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

A: Rock, Rap, Latin, Regional Music, Pop

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: An ear for detail

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I try to bring the feel the artist is looking for, the feeling the song whats to transmit, whether its a heavy or slow song, the listener needs to connect with the song.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I first start on organizing my session, then do a static mix balancing faders and then proceed to add processing where needed, after a mix is finished I review the mix on many listening sources.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work out of a professional studio in town where I have an Amek Neve Media 51 Console, Adam Audio Monitors, Pro Tools and Analog gear

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

A: Chris Lord-Alge, Andrew Sheps, Tony Maserati

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

A: I work a lot on Mixing and editing, everything from Music to Podcasting