Mixing Engineer and Producer

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both. Working together.

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

A: Very proud of the serpentwithfeet album, "soil", released this year on Secretly Canadian records. It's a beautiful album that I mixed, engineered, and provided some production for, which has been met with a lot of great critical response. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/serpentwithfeet-bless-ur-heart/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/arts/music/best-albums.html?fbclid=IwAR1YOZzzaEvCo-xX4shzoUBeaDsnq_h1CcIumySSoeCqjuxT83iWJlTU5fw

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Records by Vagabon, Serpentwithfeet, Ty Dolla $ign, Lola Kirke, Wet.

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

A: I began in the music business playing in bands, recording and performing on the other side of the studio glass. In 2003, I began working as a studio assistant in Sony Music Studios, working my way up to become staff engineer on many amazing records by Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West, Ozzy Osbourne, and more. After Sony closed the studio, in late 2007, I went freelance, and have been working independently since. Notable projects since then include: a stint working for Prince at his Paisley Park facility in Minnesota, and here in NYC throughout 2010-2011. Mixing, engineering, and producing for John Legend since 2011, working on his most successful major releases and tours. In 2018 I've worked in the studio on Kanye West's "Wyoming" series of albums by himself, Kid Kudi, Nas, and others. I continue to make records in various studios with artists, and mix records both remotely and in-studio.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What are your goals with this song? What were the influences behind it?

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: My mix process begins by building a solid foundation - organizing and structuring the mix files and session routing schemes so that I may engage with the song's fundamental elements while maintaining the producer's overall view of the production.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: DAW (Pro Tools or Logic), Apogee Symphony I/O, Dangerous Summing amplifier/mixer, and Neve Portico Master Bus Processor for dynamics, eq, saturation, and imaging on the mix. For production I have a nice collection of microphones, preamps, compressors, analog synths, guitars, pedals,amps, etc.

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

A: Most commonly, in this forum, I mix songs remotely. However, a great deal of my work involves engineering and production in-studio with artists and musicians. I bring my knowledge of the production process to my mixes.