The Story · Est. 1997
The mixer
behind the hits.
Grammy-winning ·
Twenty years ·
Four hundred artists ·
One philosophy:
serve the song.
01 · The Manifesto
A great mix doesn't sound mixed. It sounds inevitable.
For two decades I've been the engineer artists turn to when the song has to land — when the difference between a good record and a smash comes down to taste, judgment, and the thousand tiny decisions no plug-in can make for you.
I've shaped global hits across pop, Latin, K-pop, J-pop, film, and television. But the music doesn't care about your résumé. Every session starts at zero. Every record gets the same conviction: this one has to move people.
4B+
Streams
1,296
Tracks Mixed
450+
Releases
1
Grammy Win
16
Platinum
73
Gold
40+
#1 Hits
115M
Super Bowl Viewers
20+
Years In
02 · The Story
From a New York jazz room to the world's biggest stages.
I cut my teeth recording jazz musicians in New York City in the late nineties — chasing the sound of a great band in a room. That decade taught me to work fast, listen harder, and never let the gear get in the way of the take.
The move to Los Angeles flipped the genre book wide open. Pop, Latin, K-pop, R&B, soundtrack, choir — the format kept changing, but the work was the same: find the magic in the tracks and amplify it until the whole world hears it.
"My job is to be the last set of ears between the artist's vision and the audience. I take that seriously."
Today I'm the lead mixer on FOX's The Masked Singer. I produced studio vocals on 50+ American Idol singles. I mixed for Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga & Ricky Martin's 2026 Super Bowl LX Halftime performance, Karol G at Coachella, the Emmy-winning Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic, and Robbie Williams's biopic Better Man. I've placed records in Korea, Japan, Mexico, the U.S., and across Europe.
I've also won a Grammy. (I do not lead with that. The work has to do that.)
↳ Grammy night · LA studio · NYC roots · with Andy Grammer
03 · How I Mix
Three principles.No exceptions.
The decisions that drive every record I touch — pop, K-pop, Latin, soundtrack, indie. Same conviction every time.
Principle 01
Serve the song. Always.
Every decision answers one question: does this make the song better? If the answer is yes, it stays. If it's vanity, it goes. The song is the boss.
Principle 02
Taste over tools.
I have the gear. Everyone has the gear. What clients keep coming back for is the judgment that turns a thousand technical choices into one record that feels right.
Principle 03
Indie or major — same conviction.
I take fewer projects per quarter than most. The artists I say yes to get the same level of care whether they're on a global label or releasing their first single from a bedroom.
04 · The Resilience Chapter
In 2025, I had a brainstem stroke.
I told almost no one. Instead, I taught myself to code — deliberately choosing something hard enough to force new neural pathways. I came out the other side with a software company and one of the year's biggest mixes on my desk.
The first thing I built was FreshFoodNetwork.org — a free directory of 85,000+ food resources across all 50 states. The second was FluxCode Studio, building developer tools at the intersection of AI and software.
All while mixing the music for Bad Bunny's halftime show.
I share this for one reason: when you hire me, you're hiring someone who has already proven what he does under pressure that does not relent.
FreshFoodNetwork
85k+ food resources · 50 states
FluxCode Studio
AI & developer tools
9StarMedia
Spiritual creative services
HearTheWritings
Bahá'í audio archive
05 · The Next Record