You love to mix?!?

So, with all the different avenues one could choose to travel down as a career path in the music industry, why would I put so much attention into just mixing?

I remember the very first real mix I ever did. It was a recording project that I was putting together while in college. I remember taking these different tracks that I had recorded and actually making them sound like a record! It was the coolest thing. I mixed it in a recording studio that was on campus at the time and remember feeling like I totally understood this space - this recording studio thing. Truth be told, the mix was pretty muddy and there was way to much compression on everything, but that didn't really matter at that point. For me it was about discovering an artistic medium that I never even knew existed!

I went on from college to produce a lot of indie albums, engineer in many genres, and collaborate with people in making all kinds of music. All along I kept coming back to the mix as my favorite place to "live" in the studio.

I've come to realize that a great mix is a key element in realizing artistic vision. It's the point when all your hard work up to that stage comes together. A bad mix that doesn't represent the artist's vision or support the songs or focus your attention appropriately can really wreck an otherwise great project! A great mix, on the other hand, makes good music sound amazing and really pulls you into the song. It's the art of this process that I'm so driven to perfect!