Released today is this wonderful debut single from singer/songwriter Veronica Drozdowski – Merry Go Round. Merry Go Round by Veronica Drozdowski I had a hand in helping Nikki McGuinness on some of the mixing (she also organised everybody with the production of this song. Recorded & Produced by Nikki McGuinness Read more…
Another fun and collaborative online mixing session with composer Joanna Karselis for a pre dub mix. This time working on a lovely feature film that she’s been writing the soundtrack for. She was accompanied throughout by her wonderful little four-legged audio assistant! As well as traditional music writing, I love Read more…
The Music Room community is run by the fantastic Gareth Davies and includes it’s lovely podcast, The Music Room! I got to join him on Episode 31 for a fun chat talking about mixing, mastering and life. Was a lot of fun and thanks to Gareth for making it all Read more…
Here’s a behind the scenes chat I had with composer Oleta Haffner. She recorded this chat of us going through some of the things I did in the mix of her fantastic epic fantasy video game style track Whispers of Eloria. Listen to the full track below! Whisper of Eloria Read more…
Here’s what I did to tweak the mix for Sam Paul Robinson‘s instrumental track Nothing Grows Like Greed. He sent this through to me as the Logic Pro session to see how I could help and improve the mix. Main focus for the track is electric guitars, drums and bass. Read more…
Do you know when your drum/percussion tracks just aren’t cutting through your orchestral mix? Here’s a walkthrough of what I did whilst mixing this track to solve the problem for me. Hope you find it helpful 🙂 Mixing Punchy Orchestral Drums TRACK INFO Reckoning Action by Kyle McCuiston on Filmstro Read more…
“Blueland Tales” is a wonderful track by Frank Pfeiffer and “A musical adventure through a world of tales and fantasy”. This atmospheric track features the ethereal and dreamy voice of the awesome Zefora Alderman. I really enjoyed mixing and mastering this track for Frank. Have a listen below and see Read more…
I was doing some mixing over the weekend and, due to seeing one of Waves’s often sales, I thought I’d give the Waves Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter a shot at it’s bargain price. (I may have also bought a couple of more toys in the sale!). Here’s the Waves blurb Read more…
I’ve had an excellent week with having Ant in the studio for his work experience. We’ve been able to do a variety of jobs to give him an idea of what music studio work can involve. Ant has had a full introduction to the studio environment, the room treatment, and Read more…
The rooms we perform, record, mix, and master in, should be the best they can be for the required role to help us achieve a great sound and performance. I was accompanying Trinity Guildhall exams today at St.George’s Church in Worcester and it reminded me of how important our surroundings Read more…