I have a deep passion and love for mixing. I find it fascinating how a mix can make or break a song. A good mix can increase and add energy, interest, and emotional impact.

Studio recordings, especially for music recorded live in the studio, can often have a very sterile and flat quality when compared to how the same band sounds playing live in concert. I seek to bring out as much life and spirit as I can in an attempt to make the listener feel the energy of the performance.

A perfectly balanced mix is not always what the music calls for, sometimes creative and unusual approaches can bring out the magic.

It’s important for me to find a common ground with the client and try to understand what they are looking for and is drawn towards. One thing I have learned for sure is that everyone hears things differently so I try to accommodate the clients’ vision while at the same time embracing bold moves and experimentation, if needed and desired by the client.

I do both in-person and unattended mix sessions as well as long distance collaborations.

The list of artists I have mixed for is long and diverse. I have done a lot of Jazz, acoustic, and experimental music, but also worked with singer-songwriters and electronic pop artists. I love it all and each new project is special and treated as its own unique thing. Also worth mentioning is that I mix all my own music including Opsvik & Jennings’ four albums (also recorded here), my solo music (A Thousand Ancestors, Emotional Switches) and the ‘Overseas’ records.

Mastering is a process often shrouded in mystery and abstraction. To me it’s simple; how can I bring the music, it being a single track or a full album, to its’ fullest potential and coherence? Most often that means doing a series of very subtle adjustments, but at times more heavy handed tweaking is called for. The audio will not be altered just for the sake of doing "something" and making it sound different. Every move I do has to be in the service of the music.

I have really learned to appreciate the fine art of mastering over the years.
I especially enjoy the sequencing and the matching (sonically and level wise) of the tracks in order to have the album play down like a small journey in time.

I have chosen to do all my mastering in the digital domain as I find plug-ins of today do a great and often better job than hardware for the very fine adjustments needed in mastering. This way I also avoid another trip through the converters (digital to analog to digital) which will inevitably cause a slight degradation of the audio signal.

If I’m asked to master a project I also mixed, I will offer discounts in pricing.