I recently had the pleasure of sitting down (over skype) with pro mixer and producer Mark Endert of Madonna, Maroon 5, and Fiona Apple fame. Originally from California, the now Floridian has worked with so many top artists and continues to mix major projects in his own studio. His discography spans even more people like Gavin DeGraw, Train, Five For Fighting, The Fray, Adam Lambert, and the list goes on. For a more complete list of his credits please visit his site.
This Guy Knows Mixing
If you want to make great recordings and mixes then go to the source, someone who does phenomenal work. Mark is one of those guys and his work speaks for itself. In this interview Mark was gracious enough to answer a lot of my questions and shed some light on the world of making hit records, including:
- How breaking the “rules” is crucial to being creative
- Capturing the right vibe is more important than sound quality
- Mark’s mixing workflow, finding what makes a song tick
- How to know when your mix is done
- How keeping separate mixing sessions is a life saver
- Your levels are like your first “EQ” in the mix
- How committing to sounds in the recording phase is crucial
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Wow! Amazing. I feel like a brain sponge when listening to You and Mark back and forth. Thank you for making this available for us, I enjoyed it and learned a lot. Thanks for all the other videos too.
Great interview Graham. Thanks for setting this up. Quality post.
Thank Mark for us.
Philip
Great advice and unique ideas! Thanx for this.
Graham, what a killer interview! Wish you guys had some more time, 40 minutes just flew by. What Mark says is so spot on and helpful. Thank you both, gentlemen.
just another great offering from Graham and friends! awesome
The show just keeps getting better and better , tons of cool info and interisting thoughts .
Thanx mate
Criss
Awesome interview Graham – and to Mark as well ! It’s fantastic to see you guys share such invaluable experience.
Truly a great interview Graham!
I recently subscribed to the newsletter and for this alone it was already well worth it.
So refreshing to get quality material directly to your email for a change.
Thanks.
Thanx a milion..god bles..keep up d gud wrk..
Great interview! Loved how he was talking about getting and keeping the “vibe.” How he made changes and changed it back because it lost an important part of the music. Sometime we’re so busy getting music to “line up with the grid,” it loses the impact it was supposed to have. Not saying that timing isn’t important, but don’t crush the emotion and feeling out of the music. Keep the VIBE! Learned a lot that I can use my own music! Thanks Graham for getting interviews with all these wonderful people that can offer more insight to the “home producer!”
thanks so much for taking the time to do this both of you…. I sit here in my pseudo studio many times wondering how to go about things? What should I do? How do I do it?
More and more now, I just try stuff….there is no proper way…..you do need a certain amount of gear/plugin knowledge, but after that, just get some vibe going and go to RED! It truly is art…..and fun. if something sounds good, who cares why, just go with it…..and print it!
Awesome stuff once again.