The Mix Engineer's Business Library
Pricing, pipeline, positioning, and mindset for mix engineers building a business that lasts. Articles, interviews, and guides in one place.
What I Told 21 Mix Engineers at Mix With the Masters
Mix With the Masters runs five-day masterclasses. Four of those days are about mixing. One day is about business. Jon Castelli felt I'd be the right person to lead that conversation, so he invited me in and we ran it together. Three hours, …
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Sound On Sound Magazine
Why better work does not create stable demand, the two jobs inside every freelance career, and what changes when the technician stops being the only one on duty.
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Hypebot
Why artists are not only choosing a mixer but choosing who to trust with the record, and the technical, emotional and social signals they read before they send the files.
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Sound Discussion
Why "I need more clients" is usually a symptom, knowing your number before outreach, whether to quit your day job, and the myth of having no Plan B.
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Sound On Sound Podcast
Building a freelance audio career — when to go out on your own, why specialising helps, what a manager can and can't do for you, and how to set rates that hold.
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Inner Circle Podcast
Why mix engineers lose momentum and struggle to build it back — and why the slow month you're panicking about actually started months ago.
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Voyage LA
How The Business of Mixing started, getting comfortable with sales without being pushy, and why the constraint is almost never talent or ambition.
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Home Studio Hangout
All nine stages of the business of mixing, walked end to end — plus seasonality, preventable inconsistency, and why location is almost never the real problem.
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Mixing Music Podcast
14 things mix engineers need to know about business. Why talented engineers stay stuck, how selling hours keeps you broke, and what actually separates sustainable careers from hustle.
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Progressions Podcast
The internal narratives running your career, why talent alone isn't enough, and what building a real business looks like when you stop chasing credits.
WatchLive Sessions
Longer, unscripted sessions on the business behind the mixing.
You don’t have a business yet, you have a skill that gets paid
Why so many talented engineers feel stuck. Rates and financial reality, outreach that builds relationships, identity versus branding, and the ADHD, inconsistency, and avoidance running underneath it all.
Watch on InstagramTen things mixers think are the problem (that usually aren’t)
Talent is rarely the real issue. Clarity, confidence, follow-up, targeting, and consistency usually are. Why followers don’t automatically matter, why one ignored DM means nothing, and why systems beat silver bullets.
Watch on InstagramInterviews
On Speed, Trust, and Making the Leap to Full-Time
On Systems, Energy, and Building a Mixing Career That Lasts
oeksound on Soothe3, Trust, Taste, and the Future of Mixing
On Proximity, Consistency, and the Record Plant Years
On Mix With The Masters, Instinct, and His Hardest Year
On Mastering Hit Records, Building Systems, and Fatherhood
What Separates Pro and Amateur Engineers
On Self-Doubt, Templates, and Why Engineers Need to Leave the Studio
On Calhoun Studios, Community, and Mixing The Kid LAROI
On 8 Years with Daniel Lanois and Finding His Own Sound
On the 5% Approach and Transitioning from Producer to Mixer
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Frequently Asked Questions
Pricing, pipeline, mindset, outreach, positioning, and creative strategy for mix engineers and audio professionals building sustainable businesses.
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Yes, but it requires treating mixing as a business, not just a craft. The engineers who build sustainable careers have systems for pricing, outreach, and client management, not just great ears.
Through intentional outreach, network building, and positioning. Most engineers rely on referrals alone, which creates an unpredictable pipeline. Michael's articles cover specific outreach and growth strategies.
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