When creating music, two crucial stages shape the final sound: mixing and mastering. Independent artists, musicians, and bands can sometimes confuse these steps or underestimate their importance. Understanding how mixing and mastering differ can help you make better decisions in your music production process and improve the quality of your tracks. Audio Outboard Gear showing knobs and switches What Happens During Mixing Mixing is the stage where individual recorded elements c

Artist Renegade Royalty Genre Prog-Rock Services Mixing, Mastering Completed 2026 Listen Spotify The Artist A progressive rock band called Renegade Royalty, based in Denver, Colorado got in touch for me to a mix a couple of their songs. One of which was a 14-minute epic! The Challenge Mixing Prog-Rock This was a home studio recording with multiple scenes and tempo changes, different instrument arrangements and tones throughout, a selection of things I had to tackle: Creating

Artist Peech Trees Genre Alt-Pop Services Recording, Production, Mixing, Mastering Completed 2025 Listen Spotify The Artist I had the pleasure of joining forces with Peech Trees in the early stages of their music career. They came to me with a song idea for their very first release, and trusted me to help develop their idea all the way through to the final mastering. The Challenge The demo was made in Garageband on the artists iPhone, the fundamental chord sequence and vocal