The Business of Mixing
Helping mix engineers build sustainable careers.
"Working with Michael has been the best investment I've ever made in my mixing career. Better than any piece of equipment or any tutorial."
Alex Krispin
Mixing Engineer, Miami, FL
How this actually works
Three months covers the full Business of Mixing system: pricing, positioning, network, outreach, pipeline, client process, rhythm, and maintenance. But we do not move through it evenly. We diagnose where you most need depth, go hard there, and move lighter through what you already have handled. Same system. Your business. Not a template.
You already produce. You already mix. You already solve creative problems. You already know how to sit in the chair and work. The part we are building is different. We are building the owner of the business. The person who can price clearly, follow up consistently, make decisions before panic hits, choose the right clients, handle slow weeks, and keep the business moving without needing a crisis to create momentum.
This is not for engineers who want to casually explore business ideas. This is for engineers who are ready to make decisions. Rates may change. Offers may change. Client boundaries may change. Your relationship to outreach, money, visibility, control, and consistency may change. That is the point.
The three months
Phase 1
We stop guessing what the business needs to earn. You leave with a clear monthly target, a realistic capacity model, a rate floor, and a pricing structure that gives clients a decision instead of a negotiation.
We build:
Phase 2
We turn your existing network into an actual business asset. You leave with a mapped contact base, outreach scripts that sound like you, a follow-up system, and a visible pipeline you can work every week.
We build:
Phase 3
We make the business repeatable. You leave with a weekly owner rhythm, a project and client operating board, and a maintenance plan for slow weeks, rejection, inconsistency, and the moments where you normally disappear into the DAW.
We build:
Between sessions
The large, hard questions get answered in real time during sessions and asynchronously through the direct line in between. Things like:
You do not have to bank them up. You do not have to wait.
Client results
Rates up 28%. Team runs projects independently. ADHD diagnosis changed everything.
"I went in thinking I needed more motivation or better habits. What I actually needed was structure. External, clearly defined structure that other people could help me hold."
Best financial quarter ever. And just getting started.
"I just had my best ever quarter financially, and my reaction after doing this program is: with what I've learned, I can do so much better than this next quarter."
From regular burnout to calm, focused systems.
"Not only has my workflow improved, but I've also noticed a significant decrease in stress and overwhelm. The insights about my thought patterns and boundaries have completely changed how I approach both work and life."
Biggest transformation in 16 years. Family dynamic shifted.
"I have known my husband for 16 years and this is the biggest transformation I've ever seen in him. The work he put in with you has shifted the dynamic of our family for the better and I'm forever grateful."
The Intensive is one focused session that gives you the map: your constraint named, your numbers, scripts, and the first moves. The Private Practice Mentorship is where we build, test, and refine the whole system together over three months, with weekly pressure, accountability, custom feedback, and direct support between sessions. The intensive points the way. The mentorship walks it with you while the terrain is changing.
The course gives you the system. The Intensive helps you diagnose and plan. The Private Practice Mentorship is where we build the system around your actual business with weekly pressure, accountability, custom feedback, and direct support between sessions. It is the difference between having the map and having someone help you walk the terrain while the terrain is changing.
This is for mix engineers, producers, and audio professionals who are serious about making the business more stable, intentional, and sustainable. It is especially useful if you have enough real activity to work with, but the business still feels unclear, reactive, inconsistent, underpriced, overdependent, or too dependent on your memory and mood.
You get outside diagnosis, prioritization, pressure, feedback, and a custom build around your actual business. Most engineers technically could learn this themselves. The issue is not access to information. The issue is knowing what matters, what to do first, what to stop avoiding, and how to keep going when the business gets uncomfortable.
It depends on what the current problem is costing you. If the business is costing you thousands through undercharging, inconsistent pipeline, weak follow-up, unclear positioning, bad-fit clients, or decisions you keep avoiding, the work can be extremely valuable. But it is not magic. The value comes from making real changes and actually operating differently.
Then we adapt the work. That is one of the reasons private mentorship exists. If your client load shifts, a big opportunity appears, a manager situation changes, a move happens, or a major decision comes up, we use the system to respond instead of pretending the original plan is sacred.
You leave with the core system built and a rhythm for continuing to run it. Some engineers continue with additional support. Some take the system and run it themselves. Some move into a lighter maintenance rhythm. The goal of the three months is not dependency. The goal is to make you more capable as the operator of your business.
The first month is usually about making the business visible: numbers, rates, offers, project flow, and where the pressure is coming from. The final month is usually about making it sustainable: weekly review, pipeline rhythm, follow-up, maintenance, and how you keep making good decisions after the program ends. The middle depends on where the business needs the most work.
Engineers I have worked with have raised rates, improved client quality, built clearer systems, gone full-time, booked larger projects, reduced stress, created better follow-up habits, and become more confident operating as a business. Results vary because every business is different. The goal is to identify what is actually limiting yours and build the system needed to change it.
Yes. Financing may be available through a third-party provider, subject to approval. Monthly payment amounts, approval, rates, and terms may vary.
Great. The intensive gives us a head start. If we already identified the constraint and built your 2-week plan, the mentorship can move faster into implementation.
Start with the Business Reality Check or the free writing. This offer is for people who are ready to make real changes with direct support.
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This is not a fit for everyone. Not everyone is accepted. I read every application personally and only take on engineers I believe I can genuinely help.