Mixing, Studio/Live Recording

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: A remix record from a hush hush artist in a completely different genre! Quite fascinating.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both. Analog soul with digital conveniences. If i had a completely analog studio, I would need 3 times the space. We love them both for they are.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: That it doesn't feel like work.

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

A: How much do you charge? It depends on the project, number of tracks and revisions. What is your favorite microphone? The one that is closest, but I have expensive, shiny ones too, if you really need those.

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

A: Drop down menu's and presets won't save your mix. They will help, but there is a lot more to it.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Who are you favorite artists? What are your favorite songs? What can I take from those? How can I best use what I know to create the mix that you hear? If you don't want too sound like any of that, it is a broader conversation we would love to explore.

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

A: The country music genre has been around a very long time. We pay honor and respect to it and love new challenges. Chances are, if you've written a song anything like this, you were inspired by your favorite artist who was in the studio with producers and engineers that inspire us.

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

A: A piece of flint, a piece of steel, sharp knife, handsaw and a thousand foot spool of rope.

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

A: Musician first, frustrated musician second. "Sound guy" out of desperation. Deep dive out of love. Analog to digital conversions, both live and in studio. Engineer for twenty plus years.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Radio ready with impact

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

A: Anyone in a hyper creative space with the time to explore and discover.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: It is all about the song - serve the song

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

A: 1990s to modern country.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Hyper attention to detail and use of saturation and compression.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: * Comprehensive knowledge of tones and their origination * Attention to detail and space * Radio-ready mix with impact

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Universal Audio ecosystem - LUNA DAW Download files, clean up any missed cross-fades and edits. As for the mix, very old school approach: build the rhythm section, put the solo's on top, then walk in the lead vocal like the CEO to a boardroom.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Hybrid analog and digital studio Sixteen Focusrite ISA preamps Neve, SSL, API, Helios emulations Plug-ins, plug-ins, plug-ins Universal Audio LUNA and Logic Pro DAWs Full Band Recording Studio

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

A: Vance Powell, Dan Huff, Dave Cobb

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

A: Radio ready mixing, specializing in the country music space.