Hi there! I'm a Multi-Platinum & Billboard #1 tracking engineer, mixer & producer. My credits range from Machine Gun Kelly, Halsey, Blackbear, Trippie Redd, Iann Dior, Yungblud (tracking & assistant engineer for "Tickets To My Downfall"), Chainsmokers (tracking engineer for "iPad"), RMR (assistant engineer for "Her Honeymoon") and more.
Hi there, I'm Jake Magness.
I'm a Multi-Platinum & Billboard #1 engineer, mixer & music producer now based in Los Angeles, CA. I moved to LA in 2018 and started to work closely with Grammy-nominated producer John "Feldy" Feldmann (engineering, additional production, editing). While working with him after a year and a half, I also became one of Travis Barkers in-house engineer for him & Machine Gun Kelly while making "Tickets To My Downfall". During covid, I relocated to Las Vegas where I was one of the lead engineers at the biggest commercial studio in Las Vegas, "Studio A Las Vegas". Where I did projects for The Chainsmokers (engineer - "iPad"), RMR (engineer - "Her Honeymoon") & Olivia Rodrigo (piano tracking engineer & mixer - "Drivers License" Live at BRIT).
I've engineered on projects for artists such as Machine Gun Kelly, Halsey, Blackbear, Olivia Rodrigo, The Chainsmokers, Yungblud, Iann Dior, DJ Mustard, The Used, Trippie Redd, Steve Aoki, The Hunna, Escape The Fate, New Politics, Garzi, ATREYU & more.
My mixing portfolio includes alternative, trap, country, electronic/dance, hip-hop, pop punk & more.
I've produced for artists of all genres such as Escape The Fate, Call Me Karizma, Jeremy Elliot, Blake Yung, MVRPHY, LostinVegas, & more.
Would love to hear from you. Click the contact button above to get in touch.
22 Reviews - 6 Repeat Clients
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Always awesome working with Jake. Super professional and super talented!
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Jake is a very flexible, talented mix/mastering engineer. He was very responsive and gave cogent advice on my mixes which yielded a much better end result. Will definitely work with Jake again.
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amazing as usual, great to work with and an all around great person.
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phenomenal engineer. completely blew my mind.
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TOP NOTCH!!!!!
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Jake is always amazing to work with. Great mix and the songs sound great!!
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Jake is one of the best. He is patient with the process and has a great ear. Brought my track to the next level. Will definitely be working with him again.
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Very fast and easy communication, great and fast delivery of the final product. Very pleasant to work with! Thank you, Jake!
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Great team player with a good musical ear. Jake is always positive and forward thinking! High level vibrations and super clean sounds. I recommend you get this well rounded pro involved with your project. He brings big energy to the work. 🔥
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Great mix as always
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I've used ALOT of engineers on Soundbetter and I can say for certain now that Jake is the best!! Very fast turnaround, quick responses, and he knows exactly what he is doing. Truly went above and beyond my expectations with the energy and life he was able to bring to my song through the mix and master... Very relieved that I finally found an engineer that gets it!!! If you're on the fence with your decision, don't be. JAKE IS THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB!!!
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Jake has nailed the mix once again for me. Super professional and fast. Highly recommended!!
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Perfect mix. Super professional. So happy with what I got!!
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Working with Jake was incredible. I took two songs to him and the care, detail, and hard work he's put into them have absolutely blown my mind. You can feel the passion he has for helping artists bring their vision to life and what he's done for these two songs have gone beyond my imagination. Highly recommend Jake and can't wait to work with him again.
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Jake is super professional. He made the perfect mix in only under 48 hours, including one round of small revisions. My song sounds amazing now. Thanks, Jake, looking to more collaborations in the future.
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Super fun to work with and incredibly talented! I'm excited to release this project with his help on the mix and vocal production!
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He seriously took this first song on my project to a new level. Fun and easy to work with. Knowledgeable on his craft, and very responsive. I'm working with him on the rest of this project, based on how this first song went! I one hundred percent recommend his mixing!
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second time with him, and he killed it once again ! definitely recommend 🤘🏼🤘🏼
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I was very new to this, and Jake made it easy! Super excited about my first single being released!
Jake is one of the talent producer, mixer and engineer that I ever worked with!
Super professional, care about detail, fast and a great person to be in the room with!Highly recommend Jake's service and can't wait to work with him in the future again.
Interview with Jake Magness
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I'm especially proud of the work I did on Machine Gun Kellys record "Tickets To My Downfall". I was Travis's personal engineer for all of that record.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: You'll be sure to hear it on the radio soon.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: They both have their places in the making of music. It's very symbiotic.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: That I've met amazing musicians, travelled the world, and have worked with some of my heroes.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: "Can you really record, produce, mix and master all off a laptop?" With samples and software. Yes. 100% percent. Most of what you hear on the radio today could only be possible on a laptop. "When should I book time at an actual recording studio?" For vocals and live instruments (if you have a medium-big budget). There really is no substitution for a vocal chain with analog gear, but if you don't have a budget, spend the money on an amazing engineer.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What are your influences and what do you want people to feel when they listen to your song? What vibe are you trying to get out of the song as well?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Don't be afraid to experiment. Have a general idea, but be willing to experiment. You might just stumble onto something greater and more creative than you initially had made.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Macbook pro. Apollo Twin X SM7B Fender Strat Akai Midi Piano.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've been doing this since 2011, it all just started out of my passion for making songs
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I would love to work with nothing, nowhere, or Post Malone. I love the sad, trap sound.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop - Alternative/Rock - Singer/Songwriter -EDM
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My attention to detail. Every note, every instrument, to the compression, eq, I look over everything and try to find how to make something unique and sound incredible.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring my taste, style, and professionalism to a song. I take songs from a demo, to incredible.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Max Martin, Butch Vig, Serban Ghenea and Skrillex inspire me.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: The most common work I do for my clients is either production or mixing and mastering for my clients!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That producers and engineers just sit and press buttons... when really do 1,000 things at once. EQ a snare while the singer is trying to show us their harmonies when we need to drag a piano vst in place of the synth patch we spent 5 minutes creating.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: always experiment.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: MacBook Pro Pro Tools & Albeton DAW's Apollo Duo Interface (2) Yamaha Studio Speakers Shure KSM43 Fender P Bass Fender Strat Guitar Komplete 12 NI UAD Plug Ins
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: That you'll walk away with an amazing piece of music that you'll be proud of.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Fun. Charismatic. Adventurous.
I was the songwriter, producer, engineer, editor, mixer & mastering engineer in this production
- Mixing EngineerContact for pricing
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $70 per song
- Ghost ProducerContact for pricing
- Post EditingAverage price - $75 per track
Turn around is usually 3 - 5 days.
Also does paid travel.
3 free revisions for mixes.
2 free revisions for mastering.
- Machine Gun Kelly
- blackbear
- The Chainsmokers
- Pro Tools
- Waves Plug-Ins
- Fab Filter Plug-Ins
- UAD Plug-Ins
- Auto Tune
- Ableton
- CL1B