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

A: The result is not a fixed thing, which was determined from the start, but an result of many tiny steps during the mastering process. At the end we see how this worked out. In most cases, it works out very well. Nevertheless, it's also not possible for me to gurantee any result. The final master is a result of carefull work over more than one hour on the material, which can bring things and sound at foreground, which might not be noticeable in the first place. If the mix is sounding already great, there is not much that can go wrong in the mastering process.

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

A: Mastering Engineer for the song "Akela" by MojoJojo, done here on soundbetter. One of the best sounding songs I ever worked on and know in general.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Besides the usual mastering stuff I am more into playing the piano again, and having a little band project on the side.

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

A: To be aware of the time and emotions they spend into a project and therefore doing my work like it is deserved.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: To contribute to something that remains. To hear a client is gratefull and happy for the result. To meet new people from different countries. To listen to good music. To work from home. To do the things I am really good in: hearing, music, sound

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

A: Turnaroundtime is as fast as possible but in regards to the commited deadline. Usually a few days should be set for mastering, to make revisions possible or any circumstances that might occur. If your deadline is urgent, let me know.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I like having everything I need always visible. With patience and skills, it is incredible what sound can be created in the box. Although I use analog hardware, the development in the plugin industry, by creating such great plugins, leads to the challenge to create a setup, which allows a fast and efficient workflow. Therefore I have several Monitors. My trackball is essential for my workflow.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: The background that I was once a musician. That helps me with a lot of decisions I make during work because it gives me the possibility to jump into a perspective based on intuition and instinct.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: You send me a Mix of your song and we will decide if a stereo master or a stem mastering is needed. After you get the first version of the master, we can go ahead and make some changes you might want. If you are happy with the result, I will prepare some final files, including some extra files for the upload on spotify or creating a youtube video.

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

A: Don`t set release dates before you have a product you like. So take your time for the final step of your production. If you are not sure, that your mix is ready for mastering, just drop me a message and I will give you a short feedback on your mix.

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

A: Trackball, Steinberg AI Controller, Sceptre S6 Monitors, Sub, Audio Interface

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Modern & Exciting

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

A: Hans Zimmer. Because I love the way his soundtracks for interstellar and last samurai sound.

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

A: Electronic, Ambient, Future Garage, Hip Hop, World

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I am not having the time to answer this question adequately. Please be lenient with me. ;)

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I can not answer this question in general. I can only bring something to a song, which is already in there. Surely there are many creative things, which can be done by mixing. For example a simple Delay. But the possibilities for such things are dependent on the potential of a song and its musical quality.

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

A: Nitin Sawhney, Charlie Winston, Tony Maserati

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

A: Stem-Mastering. A Mix can be split into several tracks containing the single groups of instruments, like Drums, Bass, Instruments, and Vocals. A Stem Mastering gives the possibility for deeper changes to the Mix but I prefer to do a Mastering, only with one file of the stereo sum. Nevertheless Stems giving me a great possibility for changes due to your revision requests.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Get yourself under pressure if you need to be creative.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: To send me a Rough Mix of their song, so I can hear the quality of the recordings and the music itself.

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

A: Most of my experience I got within the last 4 years due to the amount of Music Productions I was involved in. Mostly I did Mixing & Mastering.