
Rock and metal producer, four instruments, 25+ years, mixes that come from playing the music first. Based at Nevermore Records in El Paso, I bring a musician's ear to every mix and production, built on weight and clarity, not just volume. Send me your raw tracks and I'll bring out the record you're hearing in your head.
I'm Paul, a rock, metal, and indie producer with over 25 years behind the board and 35 years as a multi-instrumentalist. That background shapes how I work: I don't just engineer a mix, I hear it the way a player hears a song, watching for where a riff needs room to breathe and where the low end needs to hit without burying the vocal. My primary service is mixing and production for rock, metal, indie, and alternative artists, working with local bands and with artists who send tracks in from anywhere. I run Nevermore Records in El Paso, Texas, a full studio built for tracking and producing complete records.
One indie artist I produced went on to reach 2 million streams, built on the same approach I bring to every project: shaping a record around what the song and the artist need, not a template. Years working across rock, metal, indie, and alternative bands taught me what each genre calls for.
If you hire me, you're not getting an engineer who treats every genre the same. A guitar tone built for a metal mix often needs different treatment in an indie or alternative mix, and knowing that shapes every decision I make. You're also getting a producer who plays the instruments in the songs he mixes and who will push back on a take if the song deserves better than what's recorded. Send me your tracks and let's build a record that sounds like the band who made it.
Contact me through the green button above and let's get to work.
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I’ve been working with Paul for a few years now, he’s recorded and produced my podcast and has been nothing short of professional. He takes the time to ask about our vision and helps execute. Couldn’t have picked a better studio/producer.

Paul was highly recommended to us and we discussed with him the fact that we had an inexperienced very young band. Paul’s abundance of knowledge starting from the recording process going thru to the mastering of the recordings made our experience with him extraordinary. He guided our talented young band every step of the way and ensured that our final product came out excellent. We were very satisfied with the results and look forward to working with him in the future.
- ProducerAverage price - $500 per song
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $400 per song
- Live drum trackAverage price - $150 per song
- Podcast Editing & MasteringAverage price - $150 per podcast
- Post MixingAverage price - $75 per minute
- Recording StudioContact for pricing
- Songwriter - MusicAverage price - $200 per song
3 revision rounds included, 5 business day turnaround. Extra rounds $75 each. Stems included at no extra cost. Additional versions (instrumental, edit) $50 each.
- Deftones
- M83
- Poison The Well
- Neve Preamps
- Warm Audio preamps and compressors
- Warm audio Fen-tones
- Lauten snare mic
- Lauten v220



