Master Your Mix Podcast

Jon Kaplan is a Grammy award-winning Mixer, Producer and Composer who has enjoyed every minute of the past 25+ years working in the studio. Following a dream-defining stretch in the 1990s as a member of Atlantic Records’ band The Hatters, his career behind the glass began in NYC as an engineer on hit records for *N Sync, Jennifer Lopez, LL Cool J, Mariah Carey, and others. As a producer and mixer,...

Dana Nielsen is a Grammy-nominated mixer, engineer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work with Rihanna, Adele, The Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, The Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, and Kanye West. Nielsen also frequently works with music for picture, producing, recording, and mixing a growing number of film scores and soundtracks, such as Kristen Wiig‘s...

Born in Wolverhampton, UK and growing up in the Midlands area Alex Newport currently lives in Los Angeles. The owner of Future Shock recording studio, Newport got his start as the founding member of UK noise-rock band Fudge Tunnel. Moving behind the boards, Newport became a highly sought-after producer after producing hugely influential records for At the Drive-In ( In/Casino/Out , 1998 and Vaya ,...

Dean Hadjichristou has been making records for over 20 years and has worked on some world-class projects including Parkway Drive / Obey the Brave / Protest the Hero / Auras / Intervals / Four Year Strong etc. and has worked on material for clients across the globe. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT: Building your career: To do it on your own or take the “traditional” path The toxic hazing cultur...

Jesse Gander has been involved in sound and music production for over 20 years. In this time, He’s recorded about 600 releases by over 500 bands and artists from around the world. Jesse has worked with bands from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Italy, Japan, Scotland, Ireland, Mexico, Bulgaria, Thailand, Japan, Finland, England, Belgium, U.S.A., and of course Canada. These projects have been varied in...

Anton Delost is a fast-rising producer, writer, and mixer who has recently relocated to Los Angeles, CA from his hometown of Toronto, ON. He has become hugely in demand through his work with acts such as State Champs, The Story So Far, Silverstein, and Cleopatrick.  In the rock space, recent work with Highly Suspect, Saint Asonia and BRKN LOVE has seen his work crack Canadian Rock Radio Top 1...

Asher Laub began classical violin training at the tender age of 2 and had already performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic by age 13. Asher’s expertise in trans-genre improvisation has led him to a career as a soloist in demand, performing at venues such as Madison Square Garden, Hammerstein Hall, Lincoln Center, the Jacob Javitz Center, and across four continents. Asher has also been featured on P...

Scott Hull is a 39-year veteran mastering engineer and the owner of Masterdisk studios in Peekskill, New York. Scott started his career in 1983 and has mastered and cut major hit records in every genre, as well as many Grammy-winning titles. He is widely regarded as an expert in vinyl mastering. Scott Hull started his mastering journey at Masterdisk in 1983. He started as an intern and then became...

Stephen Kerrison is a mastering engineer based out of his Liverpool studio, Tall Trees Audio Mastering, whose credits include work for Moshi Moshi Records, Maple Death Records, PRAH Recordings, Rocket Recordings, and Human Worth Records. His many years experience as a working musician, coupled with an almost obsessive, life-long love of music has earned him a skill set that enables him to work emp...

Starting out, Mike assisted on major records for artists such as AC/DC, Cher, and Aerosmith. He also got to work with some of the biggest producers and engineers in the business such as; Bob Rock, Mutt Lange, Chris Thomas, Mike Fraser, Randy Staub, Bob Clearmountian, Tom Lorde, Chris Lord-Alge, and Bruce Fairbairn. Halfway through the recording of Aerosmith’s “Get a Grip” record, Mike was promoted...

Over the past two decades, Jesse Cannon has worked in nearly every aspect of the music business and now has had immense success in the podcast business. Most notably, making records with groups like The Cure, Animal Collective, The Misfits, The Menzingers, Man Overboard, Basement, Transit, Thank You Scientist, Somos, Leftover Crack, Brand New, NOFX and over a thousand more. He is also known for wr...

Roy Silverstein is the owner and chief engineer at Rarefied Recording in San Diego, CA. Originally from the Chicago area, Roy started his audio journey as a teenager, playing in basement bands and experimenting with 4 tracks. He quickly became obsessed with record-making and the technical aspects of audio. This led him to the University of Miami where he studied Electrical Engineering with an audi...

A broadly acclaimed engineer and producer, Ulrike Schwarz is a trailblazing audio innovator with more than two decades of experience across the film, television, radio, and recording industries. Born and raised in Germany, Schwarz discovered she had perfect pitch at an early age, and as a teenager, she became one of only three students to be accepted into the exclusive Tonmeister program at the Ho...

Jakob Herrmann works within a lot of different music styles and has earned a wide reputation for his skills in drum recording and album producing as well as his great ear for song arrangements and pre-production. Jakob has worked as producer, engineer, and drum tech on a large number of albums, and has provided material for plugins and software companies such as Superior Drummer/EZdrummer (Toontra...

Danny Reisch is a producer, engineer, writer, multi-instrumentalist, and studio owner. Originally from Texas, Danny built an incredibly successful recording studio called Good Danny's, where he established himself as a world-class producer, mixer, and engineer. Since then Danny has moved to LA to pursue more opportunities, including film score mixing. Recently, Danny just finished producing, engin...

As a professional mixing/recording engineer of over 30 years of experience, music is his life and passion. With numerous Grammy, Billboard Latino and Dove awards and nominations, and record sales in excess of 50 million units, Bob has been the one choice of many artists, project after project. His projects include work with Duran Duran, Collective Soul, Extreme, Black: Guayaba, La Secta All-Star,...

Susan Rogers holds a doctoral degree in behavioral neuroscience from McGill University (2010). Prior to her science career, Susan was a multi-platinum-earning record producer, engineer, and mixer. She is best known for her work with Prince during his peak creative period (1983–1987). Her discography also includes records with David Byrne, Barenaked Ladies, Geggy Tah, Nil Lara, Robben Ford, Tricky,...

Equally comfortable mixing in an arena or a recording studio, Shawn Dealey has spent the last 20 years developing his craft as an in-demand recording engineer, mixer, and producer. Recently he has been developing and pursuing new techniques for Dolby Atmos recording and mixing. Working with artists such as Counting Crows, Goo Goo Dolls, Animals As Leaders, Jared James Nichols, Propagandhi, Bootsy...

Matt Greiner is the drummer and a founding member of 2x Grammy Nominated band, August Burns Red. He is a founding member, starting the band in 2003 and performing in 45 countries, 6 continents, and playing over 1800 shows. He has worked as an ambassador for Zildjian Cymbals, teaching and performing in Southeast Asia and South America as well as throughout North America. Matt enjoys spending time a...

Björgvin Benediktsson is an Icelandic-American author, audio engineer, entrepreneur, and educator. He helps music, audio, and creative professionals level up their music and audio skills, transform those skills into income, grow their online business with digital products, and systemize their marketing so that they can make a bigger impact with their careers. He’s a coach and mentor to multiple bu...

Sherry Klein is an Emmy-nominated re-recording mixer and a pioneer of women in audio in both music and television. Sherry became a recording engineer at Larrabee Studios in the late 1970s – one of a handful of female engineers in Los Angeles at the time and possibly one of the only female re-recording mixers in town when she moved into post in the early 1980s. Sherry’s television credits include N...

Elaine Rasnake is a mastering engineer and the founder of Daughterboard Audio, a queer-owned and operated studio located in Philadelphia, PA. As a teenager, Elaine discovered that music was a way to connect with the world, the people in her life, and the artists she admired. This lifelong relationship with music led her to found Daughterboard Audio in 2019. Through her work as a mastering engineer...

Ian Stewart is a mastering engineer and audio educator from the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts where he's operated Flotown Mastering since 2011. Ian received his B.S. in Music Engineering Technology from the University of Miami in 2007 and has been a passionate advocate for audio quality, and for fostering a better understanding of the topics surrounding it, ever since. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’L...

For nearly 50 years, Jim Anderson has set the standard for acoustic audio engineering and production, capturing pristine, high-definition stereo and surround sound recordings that have garnered thirteen Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, two Peabodys, and a pair of Emmy nominations among countless other accolades. Born and raised in western Pennsylvania, Anderson attended Duquesne University on a mus...

Over the past decade, Matt Ross-Spang has emerged as one of the premiere record producers and engineers working today across country, folk, rock and roll, and R&B. Known for a philosophy of putting artists first and for a skillset that’s enabled him to capture a vintage warmth and energy without ever sounding stuffy or dated, Ross-Spang has a discography that encompasses production, engineerin...