Child of God ππΎππΎ | Founder of @_MadeSongs π²πΆ | Audio Engineer of @GeniusMusicUKβ’οΈ ποΈ | Bookings: reiss@rttheengineer.com
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Been building something behind the scenes.
Started as notes for myself.
Became a framework for my students.
Then became something much bigger.
Dropping it 22nd May.
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If you could go back and change one thing about how you started β what would it be?
Most common answer: learned fundamentals more deeply before collecting tools.
#audioengineering #musiccareer #reflection
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How do you get your first professional client?
Not through cold pitches or social media campaigns.
Through a relationship built before the professional context existed.
#audioengineering #musiccareer #networking
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"I don't read."
A producer said that when I mentioned a useful book.
The engineers who read have vocabulary for what they do and why.
Instinct transfers within the context that built it.
#audioengineering #learning #craft
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Micah 6:8 β "Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly."
Three requirements. None technical. All professional.
#audioengineering #faithatwork #christiancreative
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The business of music is changing faster than the craft.
Most engineers are more prepared for the sessions than the contracts.
Read your contracts. Actually read them.
#audioengineering #musicbusiness #musicindustry
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The mixing decisions you make in the first 30 minutes determine most of what happens after.
First 30 should always contain:
β Raw listen
β Gain staging
β Rough balance
β Mono check
β First reference comparison
#audioengineering #mixing #workflow
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"Is that a real instrument?"
She couldn't tell it was a synthesiser.
Same question is now being asked about AI music.
The ethical questions in AI aren't about whether it sounds real.
#audioengineering #AImusic #ethics
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Pricing creative work β the honest version:
"What feels comfortable to ask for" is not pricing.
It's anxiety with a number attached.
#audioengineering #freelance #pricing #AIInMusic #MusicEngineering
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The sync opportunity most engineers ignore:
Film, TV, advertising β clean stems, professional mix, commercial quality.
A well-placed sync can exceed an album's streaming income.
#audioengineering #synclicensing #musicindustry
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7 habits of engineers whose careers last:
1. Keep learning β actually
2. Build non-transactional relationships
3. Protect your standard when nobody's watching
4. Say no clearly
#audioengineering #musiccareer #craft
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"I just need it to sound professional."
The most common brief. The least useful.
What sounds professional:
β Dynamic precision
β Frequency clarity
β Purposeful spatial dimension
#audioengineering #mixing #clientwork
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Proverbs 4:23 β "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything flows from it."
Comparison erodes creative output.
Cynicism erodes the care in sessions.
#audioengineering #faithatwork #christiancreative
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"I'll know it when I hear it" is not a brief.
It's an absence of brief dressed as open-mindedness.
The engineer who accepts it takes on all creative risk.
#audioengineering #clientwork #studiolife
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What stems SHOULD tell you:
β The arrangement
β The performance quality
β The producer's intent
What stems DON'T tell you:
β How the record should feel
β What processing was applied
#audioengineering #sessionprep #mixing
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Teaching changed how I understand knowledge.
As a student: absorbed by observation.
As an educator: had to reconstruct the learning journey from a position of knowledge.
#audioengineering #education #craft
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"I'll sort the mix once the arrangement is done."
Mixing and arrangement are not sequential. They're concurrent.
Every arrangement decision is a mixing decision.
The best mix starts in the arrangement.
#audioengineering #arrangement #mixing
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Deuteronomy 31:6 β "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified, for the LORD your God goes with you."
The moment before sending work to someone whose opinion matters.
#audioengineering #faithatwork #courage
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AI tools actually changing post-production RIGHT NOW:
iZotope RX β audio repair standard
Melodyne β most musical pitch correction
Adobe Enhance β broadcast-quality voice from anywhere
#audioengineering #AImusic #postproduction
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"I can hear the room in your mix."
A mastering engineer said that early in my career.
The "warmth" I was hearing was my room adding 280Hz resonance to everything.
#audioengineering #homerecording #acoustics
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What's the record you go back to when you need to remember why you do this?
Not the most successful one commercially.
The one that had something in it.
Drop it in the replies. I want to know. π
#audioengineering #musicproduction #studiolife
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