In the mid 2000’s I was really pushing hard to establish myself as a record producer, so hunted far and wide for great bands to work with who seemed like they just might have some momentum. This is how it was done if you wanted to establish yourself. It was a great time for raw British indie bands and Shoreditch was the epicenter of all things seedy and loud before it became hipster central for a while, filled with fixies, retro facial hair, skinny jeans and weird things like

When you go on the London Underground, and you take the escalator, on the way down, you’ll see rows of posters promoting everything from...

Some people get anxious when they think of working with an online mix engineer remotely, and I completely understand. Your music is precious! After all, if you’re not in the room, how is that going to work? Here’s the reality that most people don't consider: even if you sit in the studio all day while your song is mixed, you will eventually take it home to an environment you're familiar with... and it will sound different. We can get a better result by flipping that process.

This week, I finally got resolution on something that had been a thorn in my side for quite some time. Before I was a mixing engineer, I...