I am the Grammy award winning producer/chief engineer of Echo Mountain Recording and have worked with the Avett brothers, Steep canyon Rangers, Mandolin Orange/Watchhouse, Charles Wesley Godwin, The Steel Woods, and many others. I have a natural aesthetic but I love to get heavy and psychedelic. www.juliandreyer.com www.echomountain.net
I have 18 years of experience tracking and mixing all styles of music including rock, bluegrass, country, jazz and classical orchestral music. I work at Echo Mountain Recording for tracking and production projects. I have my own mix room for mixing projects which is a hybrid digital/analog system consisting of a Pro Tools system with UA converters that is summed through a Dangerous 2 Bus. I have 2 Grammy nominations and 1 Grammy award for recording and mixing the best children's music album in 2017. I work across all styles of music and have worked on a long list of audiobooks for major publishers including Simon & Shuster, Penguin Randomhouse, Scholastic, and Audible.
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Credits
- The Avett Brothers
- Charles Wesley Godwin
- Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- The Steel Woods
- Mandolin Orange
- Watchhouse
- ismay
- asheville symphony orchestra
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Rising Appalachia
- Town Mountain
- christie lenee
- Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
- Empire Strikes Brass
- Jim Lauderdale
- Chatham County Line
- Samantha Crain
- Songs From The Road Band
- BJ Leiderman
- Amy Ray
- The Jon Stickley Trio
- Acoustic Syndicate
- The Get Right Band
- simon & schuster
- Scholastic Inc.
- Penguin Random House
- Audible INC
- Amythyst Kiah
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Asheville Symphony
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Asheville Symphony
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Asheville Symphony
- Jim Lauderdale
- Jim Lauderdale
- Casey Kristofferson
- Rachael Kilgour
- The Steel Woods
- Kishi Bashi
- Mandolin Orange
- Beth Snapp
- Parker Millsap
- Chuck Lichtenberger
- Monster Truck
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Steve Martin
- Edda Glass
- Max Hatt
- White Denim
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Steve Martin
- Edie Brickell
- Widespread Panic
- Mandolin Orange
- Mandolin Orange
- Town Mountain
- Zac Brown
- Zac Brown Band
- Cardinal Sons
- Cardinal Sons
- Monster Truck
- The Avett Brothers
- Acoustic Syndicate
- Dawes
- Ponderosa
- The Avett Brothers
- Blackberry Smoke
- Zac Brown
- Zac Brown Band
- Zac Brown
- Zac Brown Band
- G. Love
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Steve Martin
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Steve Martin
- Toubab Krewe
- Band of Horses
- Day of Fire
- Chatham County Line
- Electric Owls
- Electric Owls
- Electric Owls
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- The Avett Brothers
- Polvo
- Samantha Crain
- Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers
- Samantha Crain
- Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers
- The Parlor Mob
- Amy Ray
- Chatham County Line
- William Jackson
- Zac Brown
- Zac Brown Band
- Tyler Ramsey
- Band of Horses
- Band of Horses
- The Avett Brothers
- The Avett Brothers
- Stephaniesid
- Stephaniesid
- Stephaniesid
- Stephaniesid
- Angi West
- Chris Jamison
- Eliza Lynn
- Eliza Lynn
- Amythyst Kiah
- Barrett Smith
- Shannon Whitworth
- Fareed Haque
- Garaj Mahal
- The Broadcast
- Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
- Fireside Collective
- Amythyst Kiah
- Amythyst Kiah
- Amythyst Kiah
- Kev Rowe
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Eleanor Underhill
- E Normus Trio
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Rayna Gellert
- Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
- Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Amythyst Kiah
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Empire Strikes Brass
- Various, Daniel Meyer (11), Asheville Symphony Orchestra
- Chris Jamison (3)
- GFE*
- Aaron Price (3)
- Rick Harrington (2) With Emily Truncellito
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo*
- G-Love*
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo*
- Adam Strange (3)
- G-Love*
- Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
- Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
- Jon Stickley Trio
- The Get Right Band
- Mandolin Orange
- Rising Appalachia
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Jon Stickley Trio
- Various, Daniel Meyer (11), Asheville Symphony Orchestra
- Kingdom Kome (2)
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- Parker Millsap
- Firecracker Jazz Band
- Josh Blake
- Christopher Paul Stelling
- Andrew Marlin
- Kate Rhudy
- Watchhouse
- Stephaniesǐd
- Firecracker Jazz Band
- Chris Jamison (3)
- Band Of Horses
- The Avett Brothers
- Josh Phillips Folk Festival
- GFE*
- Aaron Price (3)
- Rick Harrington (2) With Emily Truncellito
- Tyler Ramsey
- The Parlor Mob
- Amy Ray
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo*
- Polvo
- Samantha Crain
- G-Love*
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo*
- Adam Strange (3)
- Band Of Horses
- Band Of Horses
- The Avett Brothers
- The Reason (2)
- Chatham County Line
- G-Love*
- K's Choice
- Chatham County Line
- Steve Martin (2) And The Steep Canyon Rangers
- New Beard
- Shannon Whitworth, Barrett Smith
- Josh Phillips Folk Festival
- Daniel Bernard Roumain & Laurelyn Dossett
- The Avett Brothers
- Ponderosa
- Rayna Gellert
- The Avett Brothers
- The Honeycutters
- Zac Brown Band
- Acoustic Syndicate
- Red Honey
- Monster Truck (2)
- The Avett Brothers
- Dawes (2)
- Blackberry Smoke
- Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
- Jon Stickley Trio
- Town Mountain
- The Get Right Band
- Mandolin Orange
- Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield
- Steve Martin (2) & Edie Brickell
- Widespread Panic
- Rising Appalachia
- Steep Canyon Rangers
- Good Old War
- Max Hatt / Edda Glass
- Various, Daniel Meyer (11), Asheville Symphony Orchestra
- Max Hatt / Edda Glass
- Band Of Horses
- White Denim
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
- The Avett Brothers
- The Resonant Rogues
- Jon Stickley Trio
- Steve Martin (2) And The Steep Canyon Rangers
- The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown
- Beth Snapp
- Monster Truck (2)
- Parker Millsap
- The Avett Brothers
- The Steel Woods
- The Resonant Rogues
- Mandolin Orange
- Rising Appalachia
- Firecracker Jazz Band
- Fireside Collective
- The Avett Brothers
- Tennessee Champagne
- Ian Herchenroder
- Sarah Asher
- Amythyst Kiah
- Rising Appalachia
- Andrew Marlin
- Kate Rhudy
- Watchhouse
- Charles Wesley Godwin
- Band Of Horses
Interview with Julian Dreyer
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Steep canyon Rangers with Boys II Men and the asheville symphony. Tracking and Mixing Engineer. It was such a great mixing of genres and a pleasure to be a part of and mix
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Fiona Apple. She seems so creative but also is a next level musician
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Rendering the artist's vision without ego. I am a good communicator as well.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I think that I am pretty intuitive so I do my best to follow the song where it wants to go instead of forcing something on it. I have been around art in various forms my whole life so my goal is always to make and enhance good art.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: As a mix engineer, I usually talk with the client about what they are trying to achieve and their desired aesthetic and then do a pass of the mix. After the first pass of the mix I will make sure we are on the right track and then we go back and for until the client is happy which is on average 1-3 revisions.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Beck, Nigel Godrich, T bone Burnett, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple, Tchad Blake
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: both
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: That I will always be doing my best to make your music sound to others the way it sounds in your head
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Creative Collaboration
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That everything can be fixed in the mix
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: coles 4038, Supro Royal Reverb, echoplex, sm7, and a fender rhodes
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: 4 years in live sound and then the last 17 years working at Echo Mountain Recording.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: I try to stay out of the way of the art, but left to my own devises, then it usually goes to a psychedelic place.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I am a Tracking and Mixing engineer and Producer.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Country, southern Rock, contemporary classical, hip hop, Indie Rock
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Josh Blake
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Don't Be a Dick
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: All Kinds. As I type this I am working on a Hip Hop record, a Country Record, a southern rock record, a contemporary classical record,
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Echo Mountain has 2tracking rooms with a Neve 8068 in one room and a 1978 API 3288 in the other, and a smaller over dub suite with Neve and Helios mic pres. I have my own mix room that is a hybrid digital/analog system consisting of a Pro Tools System Summed through a Dangerous 2 Bus. I can also mix in Logic if needed but Pro Tools is my preference. Asheville has an incredible wealth of musical talent to draw from and I can help you find musicians if needed.
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $400 per song
- EditingContact for pricing
- Recording StudioContact for pricing
- Vocal TuningAverage price - $75 per track
- Vocal compingAverage price - $75 per track
- Podcast Editing & MasteringAverage price - $150 per podcast
- ProducerAverage price - $400 per song
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