Recording and Mixing

It’s a known fact that great recording engineers are often excellent musicians, because they have the experience of being on both sides of the glass. They know how to communicate to musicians on a musical level.  This is what I bring to the table as a recording engineer.

Recording

With experience in a huge pallet of musical styles, I can improve your project during any step of the process. Whether it’s recording soloists, tracking bands, detailed editing and pitch correction, overdubs, mixing or mastering, just call for booking information.

Free estimates are given to produce commercial albums, demo albums, or smaller projects.  This can be done over the phone or in person, but there are many questions that need to be answered first. Before we record your project I will need the following from you in order to save time:

How many songs will you be recording?
Who is your targeted audience, radio play or demo?
Do you have a band and if not, do you need backing tracks or beats?
If you need backing tracks, do you require live musicians or Midi production?
What is the instrumentation for each and every song?
How many songs will have backing vocals and how many singers?
Do you need an arranger?
Have you made any demos to get an idea of how long it will take to record each performance? (…and feel pleased with it!)

It is also suggested that you first email a sample of any existing demos of your material. If the project seems like a good fit, then I will set up an initial consultation meeting to further discuss the project, the budget, and answer any other questions you may have before getting started.
Production agreements are signed for all music production work that are intended for public resale and typically billed at $50/hour or either an agreed per song flat-rate fee, plus an ongoing royalty from sales based on an agreed percentage.

Mixing

I normally do all mixing and editing alone in my studio then send it off to the client (Artist/band) for their input. I will re-mix up to 2 different times for each song, so it’s important for the artist/band to listen (together) to the first mix and make a collective list of things you’d like done differently. I want to give you the best possible product I can.