Audio Mixing

The Monthlies – Come on Eileen

For about two years now I’ve been working with a fantastic LA based indie/pop band named The Monthlies. Over the past few weeks we’ve been putting the finishing touches on their upcoming EP titled “Horror Flick“, which will include a very cool version of Dexys Midnight Runner’s ‘Come on Eileen’. If you search YouTube for this song [...] Read more »

Waves Vocal Rider – Genius or just plain lazy?

So Waves came out with a new plug-in called Vocal Rider and I have one question. Is this plug-in really necessary? I guess this may work well in the broadcast world, but they’re pitching it as a mix tool for vocals. To me that means mixing, as in mixing music. Does anyone else feel that [...] Read more »

We are what we repeatedly do…

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle My heart and soul belongs to music. I mix and master records. It’s all I want to do. The more records I mix the better I get. The better I get the better it is for the artists [...] Read more »

The concept of FREE.

It may not be glaringly obvious, but my real mission right now is to help musical artists launch their careers. I want to help musicians who don’t have much experience or much money get a better handle on their sound. Since I’m not a manager or agent or record executive my role is to help [...] Read more »

You are not your audience.

Apologies up front because this is a rant… Stop concerning yourself with the minutia in the mix and start thinking about what’s important. It’s the song. The song. The SONG. THE SONG! Your fans don’t care if the hi-hat is a tad too low in the last bar of the third verse. They don’t care [...] Read more »

Izotope Ozone 4 kicks arse!

In case you are not familiar with Izotope Ozone it’s a mastering processing suite made by Izotope. As I just stated, it’s made for mastering, but I use it all the time on an insert on channels when I’m mixing.  This app is so sweet and for only $250, in my opinion, it’s a steal. [...] Read more »

The Monthlies new music video- Hip Girl

The Monthlies “Hip Girl” – from MONTHLIES, ASSEMBLE! from Chris Hall on Vimeo. Read more »

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