Audio & Music Technology graduate also working for an industry leading audio equipment manufacturer with access to lots of lovely gear.
I can track guitar, bass, acoustic, ukulele.
Editing tracks, mixing and mastering audio.
Tell me about your project and how I can help, through the 'Contact' button above.
Interview with Ed Fry
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Jack Cole
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital - why faff about with external gear when most plugins can do the same job.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Who do you want to sound like, why? What do you sound like live.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Give me lots to work with so I can pick and choose and find not only the best performances, but the ones that work well together.
Q: How would you describe your style?
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Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: My Martin acoustic, Clarett 2Pre, U87, Macbook Pro, headphones.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Playing and recording in bands, college, live sound engineer for 5/6 years, university, working for an professional audio company.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I'd love to work with Tim Vantol or The King Blues as almost everything is acoustic instruments other than bass which creates a very rich mix and great environment to record in.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Don't do to much soloing and concentrating on particular effects. Change most things in context of the track.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Acoustic punk, folk, metal, classical.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Balancing
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Good ears, a little rawness, I love raw sounding busy records so that comes through in my mixes.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Clarett 8PreX going into a set of Yamaha HS5s, Specced up 2012 Macbook Pro. Pro Tools, Ableton Live.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Get a solid balance and sounding track, make it sound great, go arty if possible and then finish off to the artists requirements
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Green Day, Brian Fallon, Butch Vig, Scheps, Cavallo, Zappa.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mostly mixing work, can do some session guitar, bass and BVs
I was the Recording, Mixing & Mastering Engineer in this production
- Focusrite Clarett 8PreX
- Novation Circuit
- Blackstar/Cornell/Wem/Vox amps
- Ableton
- Pro Tools
- ISA preamps
- loads of guitar effects
- Gibson/Fender/Martin/Ibanez/Tanglewood vintage and modern guitars/basses.
