Mix Engineer/Producer

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I gravitate towards bass and drums for a solid foundation.

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

A: I would love to work with Wyclef Jean, Usher, Jay Z, Coldplay, Adele... Blake Shelton!

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: I like boosting frequencies, and not worry too much about cuts.

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

A: I work a lot of electronic music (Hip Hop, EDM etc...) but I also like working with live elements, especially drums!!

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Listening for subtle elements, and enhancing tracks

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: If a mix job, I try to enhance the material, and work with what's there. If I need to add some elements to the song/track, I always want to complement what's there

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: If its a mix process, I load it into protools, listen to the track a few times and get going. If the song needs additional production, then I would choose Ableton. Either way I try to keep the emotion of the song alive.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I mix in the box, using an apollo twin, Focal speakers+heaphones, Blueberry Mic for vocal takes. For mixing I usually go through protools, though I use more Ableton to produce

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

A: Producers such as Dr Dre, the Neptunes, Timbaland and others have influenced me a lot. Mix engineer size I have to go with Jaycen Joshua, Manny Marroquin, and Andrew Schepps

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

A: The most common are: producing and mixing songs