Mixing Engineer

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: I was really happy to have Mixed a single someone made, which was my hardest yet. He had an especially difficult voice that was so unique and I had to make sure that the vocals were just as important as the instrument. This mix took me 5 months to complete. I was the Mixing Engineer.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Trying to create a system and shape my own style of mixing.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: No.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Analog. I believe that the authentic nature and accuracy which Analog can provide is something that Digital cannot replicate. The warmth or Cold feeling an amplifier can offer, compared to a digital compressor which has no "imperfections".

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

A: That I will try my best, to make their vision a reality.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The people I come across, the vast differences in music and personalities.

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

A: N/A`

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

A: The biggest misconception is that we have an easy job.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What do you want your Music to be? Who is your music? Tell me about your song as if it was a person.

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

A: I want experience, but also to be rewarded for my work. Leave a review, please! Give us feedback, and recommend us to other artists.

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

A: Pro Tools, Avid S3, Pair of Adam Audio AH8's, Waves L2 Maximizer and a Tape recorder.

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

A: I have just started, mixing for about 3 years so far. I started playing around using Ableton, until I took classes for Sound Production, leading me to study it currently.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Present vocals which are surrounded by rich, vivid and deep feeling orchestra, articulated and planned in intricate styles to emphasize emotion and being in the world of the song.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: This is tough! I think if I had to choose one artist, I would choose Yame, a french musician who has incredible presence and control over his music. He can make a song feel warm and pose a question. Although I do not speak French, his expressionism and emotion behind his voice and songs makes the songs easy to understand.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Its important to be comfortable with your speakers, and get to know them really well. Also, don't use visual EQ's, as you will try to make an EQ look "right", when it doesn't help your mix.

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

A: All kinds, mostly Indie Rock, Pop, Funk and Electronic music.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My knowledge of frequencies and ability to know which frequencies are causing issues.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring my simple and present Mixing style forward, with a well situated main vocal and spaced components in a song. My Mixing style is one where you are listening for a story, and you can pick apart each change in that story, being each instrument.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Listen to the song first, and shifts the volume as I listen. Then I will go back and do a simple EQ and staging, when I then listen to the mix and work along the scope, focusing on spots where the song may lack depth or doesn't meet the scope.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My studio setup is humble and not close to finished. I hope to purchase more equipment and create a better space to Mix in. I use Pro Tools on 2 displays, with a rack of over 15 outboard processors.

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

A: Susan Rogers, the Mixing Engineer for Prince.

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

A: Mixing content.