Mixing/Mastering/Production

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

A: A full album project with an indie pop artist where every mix had to hit differently while still feeling like one cohesive body of work. Getting that balance right across ten tracks without losing the individual character of each song was the most satisfying technical and creative challenge I've had.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: A pop single releasing May 29th that I wrote, produced, mixed, and mastered myself. It's the most personal project I've ever finished and the one I'm most proud of.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital, but I think in analog. Logic Pro with plugins that behave like hardware. The workflow is modern but the philosophy behind every decision comes from years of playing music in real rooms.

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

A: I stay in it until you're proud of it. Communication is clear, feedback is easy, and your music gets treated with the same care I'd want on my own.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The moment a client hears the mix back and says it finally sounds the way it felt in their head. That's the whole job right there.

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

A: "Will my song sound professional?" Yes, and more importantly it will sound like itself at its best. I don't have one sound I stamp on everything. I serve what the song already is.

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

A: That mixing is just making everything louder and cleaner. The real job is emotional translation. Getting the right frequencies to sit right matters, but what I'm actually doing is figuring out what story the song is trying to tell and making sure the listener feels it.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What artists do you want to sound like? What does this song need to do to the listener? And what does a win look like to you? The answers tell me everything I need to know before I open a single file.

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

A: Listen to their samples and ask yourself if the mixes feel like something or just sound clean. Clean is easy. Feel is the job.

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

A: MacBook Pro, Ollo X1 headphones, a solid interface, and an internet connection to deliver the files.

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

A: I've been playing drums for over 30 years and DJing professionally for 17. I transitioned into mixing and mastering engineering in 2023 after years of understanding music from the inside. The live performance background is the foundation everything else is built on.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Punchy, dynamic, and emotion first. I mix for feel before I mix for frequency. The technical side is there but it exists to serve the song, not to show off.

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

A: Andrew McMahon. His songs are emotionally precise in a way that most pop music isn't. Every production choice has a reason. Working with an artist like that pushes you to bring your absolute best.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Listen to your mix at very low volume before you call it done. If the energy and emotion still come through at near silent levels, you've built something real. If it falls apart, the arrangement or the balance is lying to you.

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

A: Pop, alt rock, indie, electronic, cinematic, and progressive house. The common thread is that every genre I work in is built around emotion and energy.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Making mixes feel like something. Technical translation matters and I nail it, but the thing clients come back for is that the mix actually moves them.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Thirty years of drumming and seventeen years of DJing taught me what makes people feel and move. I bring that instinct into every mix. I'm not just balancing levels. I'm figuring out what this song is trying to do to the listener and making sure it does it.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Client sends files, I do a full listen before touching anything. Then I build the mix around the emotional core of the song, groove and low end first, then everything else serves that foundation. Feedback happens through a private Samply link with timestamped comments. We go until it's right.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work in Logic Pro with Yamaha HS8 monitors and Ollo Audio X1 headphones as my primary references. Room is treated and tuned. I cross reference everything before delivery.

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

A: Andrew McMahon, ILLENIUM, and Tommee Profitt all do something I deeply respect: they make music that hits emotionally first and sonically second. That order of priority is exactly how I approach a mix.

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

A: Full mix and master on original songs. Artists come to me with their final recordings and I take them from raw to release ready. Most of my clients are independent artists who care deeply about how their music sounds and feels, not just how loud it is.