Bamdad on SoundBetter

I’m a London-based mixing engineer and producer with years of studio and live experience. I specialize in creating clean, detailed, and powerful mixes that translate across all systems. My focus is on delivering the best possible sound for your music, and I’ll always point you toward the right people if you need services outside my scope.

Music is all about emotion, and my job is to make sure your tracks capture that feeling with clarity and impact. I approach every project with care, balancing the technical side of mixing with the creative vision of the artist.

I’ve spent years working with different genres and environments, which taught me how to adapt to each project’s unique needs. Whether it’s polishing vocals, tightening low-end, or making every element sit just right, I focus on delivering mixes that sound great everywhere — from headphones to festival speakers.

If you’re looking for someone who treats your music with the same dedication you put into creating it, I’d love to work together.

Tell me about your project and how I can help, through the 'Contact' button above.

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Interview with Bamdad

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The same song that you can hear on my profile. The Grey. I wanted to make a modern metal song that everyone could get connected to, to a degree. I recorded the vocals and the instruments, programmed the drums, mixed and mastered it.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I'm working on my own EP, and I'm really excited for it! But it's a lot of work!
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Need a Rock mix that sounds like Nothing but Thieves and Royal Blood? Alessandro Favero is your man! https://soundbetter.com/profiles/195320-alessandro-favero-%7C-fauve
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: There’s nothing impossible in the digital world — we’ve brought tools into the box that used to be impossible. But sometimes, too much freedom can hold you back. With analogue, you commit. You’ve only got that 5-band EQ instead of a Pro-Q with 24 bands, and that limitation forces creativity. Digital is powerful, but analogue is way more fun.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: My promise is simple: I’ll treat your music with the same care I treat my own. I’ll listen to your vision, keep communication clear, and deliver a mix that feels professional, creative, and true to your sound. No shortcuts, no ego — just a partner who wants your track to shine.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: What I love most about my job is that: 1. I get to be creative every single day. 2. I go through your thought process in detail, writing your song
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: 1. How long will my mix take? -Usually around 3-5 days unless your track has 200 layers of synths, then I might need an extra coffee or two. If you’ve got a deadline, just tell me and I’ll do my best to hit it. 2. Can you make my song sound like [insert famous artist]? -I can definitely use references to capture the vibe, but the goal is to make your track sound like you — just polished, punchy, and release-ready.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That I just push a magic button and—bam—the mix is done. In reality, it’s hours of balancing, tweaking, and fine-tuning tiny details so your song hits the way you imagined. Good mixes come from good productions, and good productions predict the mix. So there's no magic button. The real magic is patience, good ears, and lots of coffee.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: 1. What inspired this track — is there a story or vibe behind it? 2. Are there any songs or artists you’d like me to use as references? 3. What’s the must-have element in your mix (the thing that has to shine)? 4. Do you have a deadline, or is this more of a passion project?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: I would say pick your references realistically.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: My laptop, My Guitar case (that has my guitar, picks and necessary items in it), a Quad-Cortex, a headphone, and probably an SM7b (because let's not break an expensive U87 on a desert island)
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started playing the guitar when I was 6 years old. I started singing in my teenage years, and started producing right when I found out that doing music full-time gives me something that architecture doesn't. I've been producing and mixing since that time. About 7-8 years.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: It's a constant tension and release. You know it gets heavier but you don't know where and how heavy.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Nolly for his phenomenal problem-solving skills in engineering, Rabea Massaad for his creativity on Guitars, Misha Mansoor for his outside-of-the-box perspective when producing.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: When producing, think about layers instead of instruments. It's an easy misconception when you are producing a Rock or a Metal band. Everyone thinks about the parts and the riffs, but have you ever recorded your low string with an amp and the rest of the chord with another? No? Try it sometime.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Modern metal! I love how it sounds and I love the challenge of making it sound good with all the dense instruments fighting their way in the mix.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I would say understanding what people want from their music and, even more importantly, good ears!
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Connection to the listener! I think there's nothing more important than a song connecting to the listener in a way that it actually makes them 'move' to it. I always pay attention to this indicator; if it moves you physically, it can move you emotionally.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: For mixing, figuring out the low-end, once that's settled, everything else just goes to its spot like pieces of a puzzle. For production, it's more complicated. I would say a music producer does what a director does in a movie. It starts with an idea, then determining what form it fits in and then shaping every other instrument and layer around it, then moving on to the next idea for the next form.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have my setup at home that I work in comfortably, I also do have access to commercial studios if it's needed for the mix.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I love modern metal music so I would say all the bands that are or have been impactful on this genre. Including Meshuggah, Periphery, Tesseract, Monuments and more recently Sleep Token!
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I usually do Production, Co-Production (including recording guitars, programming drums etc.), Mixing, and Mastering for my clients. I basically do anything I can to make a record sound better, one step at a time. If there's a tiny possibility that something is going to make a song sound better, count me in, I'm experimenting on it.