Recording, Mixing, Mastering

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Simply that I chose to do it and therefore like doing it.

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

A: For the speaker side of things, my speakers were used as the main reference monitors for a week of Gavin James' rehearsal.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: An EP with two Irish bands on the rise and multiple client mixing sessions and mastering projects.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both, they can both do things better the other can't.

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

A: I am taking my work and your project seriously.

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

A: How can I get it to sound like X? Why don't we make it sound similar but different better?

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

A: That I am sitting in front of a computer all day...

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: How far do you want to take this?

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

A: Be specific with your requests and know exactly what you want and why you hire someone.

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

A: 1. PC 2. Great interface 3. A big 500 Rack 4. The EMI TG1235 5. Photovoltaic panels with battery storage

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

A: I wanted to go deep down the rabbit hole, that's why I did a three-year Audio & Music Technology college degree in Dublin. Books and papers from AES are still a daily thing for me, research never stops.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: It changes to adapt, my style is to apply what is needed.

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

A: The Olllam, they are a fusion of genres that I never saw merging and they seem to be great craic.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Good things take time.

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

A: I want to work on everything, challenges are welcome.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Focus

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: My swiss perfectionistic approach to everything, not wanting to compromise ;)

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Gather all the information I can about the project, take notes, setting up a session and then listening to reference tracks.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: We are rocking original Aesopian Acoustics Phi speakers which are a bliss. My home setup was measured and acoustically treated accordingly, it can fit up to four musicians at a time. It is an ever-changing setup that evolves over time, it's hybrid there's a wide range of plugins in Pro Tools to great outdoor gear from Elysia, Drawmer etc.

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

A: Oh, that list is long. Musicians, that would be Neo Geo and the Olllam and many more. I like different and new most.

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

A: The most common form of work for me would be to be there from pre-production to final master. Remote Mixing and Mastering have become a normal part of my daily work routine since the pandemic though.