Brett Bullion on SoundBetter

Brett has mixed artists such as Margaret Glaspy, The Bad Plus, Bad Bad Hats, Lizzo + Caroline Smith, Polica, and Milkblood. He has worked on records for labels such as ATO, RCA/Sony, Sub Pop, Loud Robot, Mom + Pop. As an engineer and/or mixer he has worked for producers such as Noah Goldstein, Bj Burton, Howard Redekopp, and Chris Walla.

Based in Minneapolis, MN, USA, other artists and labels he has worked for as an engineer and/or mixer include Low, Halloween Alaska, Now Now, Allan Kingdom, Anthony cox, Dave King, Chastity Brown, Fog, Tickle Torture, Craig Taborn, Pieta Brown, Lissie, Chris Walla's Trans- Records, Lex Records, Side One Dummy, and Edition Records.

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by Kerry A
I have worked with Brett for almost one decade and can attest to his incredible mixing skill, creativity, and attention to detail. He has an amazing ear and is able to accentuate and highlight the best parts of your performance without it ever feeling overworked. I've entrusted him with my songs all these years (and will continue to) because he makes them the best versions of themselves every time. A Brett Bullion mix is the finishing touch your music needs.
by Huntley Miller
Brett is one of the finest engineers I get the opportunity to work with. His superlative mixes always seem to take a project to the next level.

Interview with Brett Bullion

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: any of the bad bad hats records i produced and mixed. i think they sound good. i like the roundness of the bad plus records i've done. i like the place i got the vocal on the ivers EP i mixed.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: not sure i can talk about it.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: connor davison is a great musician and producer.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: we're still hung up on this?
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: honesty.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: getting something to sound great and having everyone be stoked about it.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: too various to summarize. depends on the context of the art.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: not sure, people are pretty smart now about production and mostly understand what a good mixer can bring to a project.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: can i hear a rough mix? what sorts of presentation are you after? etc.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: probably start by emailing me.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: my family, my room, neumann kh80s, laptop, lynx hilo.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: i started as a session musician in high school / my 20s and learned from a bunch of great engineers through that process and eventually moved solely into production.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: round. tails. depth of field.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: anyone that wants to be themselves and let me be myself and find the unpredictable that comes out of that collaboration.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: less parts that are quality ideas and tones = bigger sound.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: mostly indie pop, pop, electronic leaning pop, and then also acoustic music like improvised music / jazz.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: mixing. i like where i can get a vocal, especially.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: density, depth, width, clarity.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: get the song set up in a session, check out a rough mix, make it better, walk the dog, see if i can make it a little better, send it to the artist!
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: i mix hybrid: pro tools feeding an API console with various outboard. the room was built during the pandemic and is a great translating setup designed by jeff hedback @ HD acoustics.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: there are too many of course, but i grew up a fan of lots of different studio musicians and that's how i got into production and mixing. all of the great pop mixers throughout eras are inspirations: van gelder to serban!
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: mixing singles, EPs, and albums!