Don’t polish away the good part.

Mixing, mastering, and music production from my hybrid studio in East Nashville. I work with artists locally and remotely to create records with depth, dynamics, character, and clarity—without polishing away what made the music interesting in the first place.

Selected Work

A selection of music I’ve mixed, mastered, produced, and created.

Mixing

I mix around what makes a recording interesting—not around a formula. Whether your song should feel intimate and immediate or wide, deep, and larger than life, I focus on depth, punch, dynamics, saturation, and clarity while leaving enough room for the music to breathe.

Home recordings don’t need to be sterilized to sound professional. Sometimes the unusual microphone, darker guitar, imperfect room, or unexpected performance is exactly what gives a record its identity. My job is to recognize those strengths and build the mix around them—not automatically replace them.

Mastering

I approach mastering as the final translation of the record, not a competition for maximum loudness. The goal is a master that feels compelling at low volume, comes alive when you turn it up, and translates naturally across headphones, cars, speakers, and streaming platforms.

Most importantly, mastering should preserve the aesthetic of the record. Whether that means protecting the intimacy of a basement recording or giving a polished production greater depth and impact, the processing serves the music—not the other way around.

Production

Production isn’t about adding more. It’s about figuring out what the song needs. I can help with arrangement, songwriting, guitars, bass, synths, sound design, vocal production and editing, programmed drums, recording, and additional musicians when a project calls for them.

Sometimes that means reshaping an arrangement or replacing a part. Sometimes it means recognizing that the strange little thing already in the demo is the best part of the song and leaving it alone.

20 Years of Making Records

I’ve been recording and producing music since 2006—as an artist, producer, mixing engineer, and mastering engineer. That experience has taught me that there isn’t one right way to make a record. The best decisions come from listening first, understanding what the artist is trying to say, and choosing the tools that serve it.

The Studio

I work from a hybrid studio in East Nashville built around high-quality conversion, analog character, and flexible digital workflow. The studio combines RME and Ferrofish conversion with outboard equipment from Burl, API, Chandler, Neve, and Elysia, along with Neumann microphones and monitoring in a professionally treated room.

For production, I keep a wide collection of guitars, basses, amplifiers, pedals, synthesizers, and instruments—including Moog, Access Virus, Novation, Nord, Roland, Fender, PRS, and more. The gear is there when it adds something. When it doesn’t, we don’t use it.

How It Works

1. Let’s Talk

Every project starts with a conversation. I want to hear what you’re making, what you’re trying to accomplish, and what you want the record to feel like. Just as important, we can make sure we’re a good creative fit.

2. References & Direction

Send me a few reference tracks and tell me why you chose them. Maybe it’s the depth of the mix, the intimacy of the vocal, the way the drums move, or simply the feeling of the record. The goal isn’t to copy another artist—it’s to understand what you’re responding to.

3. Send the Music

For remote projects, send your multitracks, stems, or stereo mix depending on the service. If you’re local, we can also work together at my studio in East Nashville. I’ll review everything before getting started and flag anything we should discuss.

4. Listen, Revise & Finish

I’ll send you a version to live with and we’ll work through revisions together. The process is collaborative: I want your feedback, and I’ll give you mine. Once we’re both happy with the result, I’ll prepare the final files for release.

Let’s Make Something

Whether you need a mix, a master, or help taking a song from demo to finished record, tell me what you’re working on. Projects are available locally in Nashville and remotely.