Sound mixing is all about blending the expected and the surprise to create something soothing to the ears. Mixing is not just about the background music of a song or movie—it is a more meticulous art ...

Mixing engineer Spike Stent is one of modern music's most accomplished sonic architects, having worked with an array of artists that includes Harry Styles, Frank Ocean, Madonna and Coldplay. Most of ...

It's a dream job for an engineer. Rob Stevens tells us how he brings out the best in John Lennon's solo work. Steve Guttenberg Former contributor Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has ...

The winner of 2024’s Rising Star accolade at the Music Producer’s Guild Awards, Amy Sergeant balances many production roles alongside being an in-studio creative asset When you purchase through links ...

Mixing is one of the most undersung jobs in music. While the artists and producers get the credit, the engineer’s work — taking a song’s raw materials such as vocal tracks and instrumentals, and ...

Artists “It was a terrible record to make. The arrangement’s so weird”: How John ‘Cougar’ Mellencamp created a classic '80s No.1 Tech Is it finally time to stand up to the tech taking the very soul ...

The award-winning, Los Angeles-based mixing engineer, musician and producer Keith Lewis (alias Qmillion) was in Johannesburg recently to do engineering work on jazz musician Ndabo Zulu and his Umgidi ...

There is an aspect of music production which many people so blindly ignore. It has to do mainly with technicalities of sound so not many people really understand it. Have you listened to good music ...