Studio Mixing engineer.

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

A: How much is it to mix a Song. My answer is it depend on the session and many many multitracks there are and if there will be needing any vocal tuning.

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

A: The current children's Project I am working on now. It is my first full album I mixed.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I am just Finishing up Mixing a Children's album for an artist in Vancouver BC

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: I am new to the site so I haven't looked around. So at the moment no.

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

A: I promise to give you the best possible mix to your exact liking. The Mix is not finished until you are 100% satisfied.

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

A: Biggest Misconception is when I Tell people I mix music, They assume I am a DJ.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: How do you want your track to sound? How much creative control am I allowed to have? What is my timeline for this project?

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

A: Find someone who is willing to work with you but also allow to have some creative control. Make sure they Mix Genres your song is in. Are they wanting to really push your sound forward to the next level or are you just another pay cheque to them?

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

A: SH8 Monitors, Yamaha E1010, 1176 compressor, LA-2A Compressor, SSL 4000G series Consol.

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

A: I use to work manual labor and DJ'd at a few clubs as a side hustle. Ive been mixing my own music for a little over 5 years and I made then decision to go to school for audio engineering and have really found my niche in being a Mix engineer. So I can say I've Professionally mixing music for just under a year.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Not sure how to answer this. I think Im quite versatile. Id say I like my mixes to sound really wide and clear. To be able to really visualize and point out where each instrument is sitting in the mix. This is a question Id like my clients the answer. Let my Mixing speak for itself.

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

A: Honestly any Mainstream Country singer or Pop radio artist. I have the most fun when I mix Country. But at the end of the day I would really like to work with any artist that has a deep passion for their music to show the world. Nothing better than helping someones vision come true.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Don't Over do the reverb! Use FX to accent and enhance the Vocal not change the sound. Remember to always be and EnginEAR not an EnginEYE. And a good mix all starts with the rough balance. If it sounds good, it is good.

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

A: I prefer Pop-Rock or Country but not limited to anything. Open to mix all Genres

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: The ability to get a good solid instrumental balance done and put each instrument in it's own place on the stereo field.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I try to make your song sound BIG, WIDE, and FULL. Bring Clarity to each instrument. With nice and upfront clear Vocals. I always treat every song as if it's going to be on the billboard top100

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I like to Listen to a rough mix (if available) Do some quick organization. I like to mix quick and not get stuck and think about things for too long. I'll start out with a quick Rough Balance. Don't spend too much time on it, just going off by gut instinct. Then from there I will slowly start to shape and mold each instrument to there needs. I usually like to start off with the drums, then Bass, Then Guitars. Then shape the vocal in. Then Vox Tuning if it needs to be done. Print my Mix then reference it in as many places as possible. After I will make adjustments where and if needed.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My DAW of choice is Pro tools, but I also have ableton. Running of a MacBook Pro. I have a Pair of HS8 for Monitors. A Apollo Twin Interface. Sennheiser HD 280 Pro Headphones. PreSonus Faderport 8 Production Controller Many Plugins From Waves Audio And UAD

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

A: Chris Lord-Alge and Toni Maserati are two Mix engineers inspire to be.

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

A: I mainly Mix Tracks, but can Engineer and Produce. I can also do Drum edits, Vocal comping and tuning.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Hybrid. Its faster and convenient to mix digital but I also love the process of mixing analog. Plus analog has a unique character and sound to it that you just cant get with digital.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I love that I get to listen to new music all the time. I also love being able to take someones song idea to the next level and give their song life.