Versatile, multi-DAW literate Producer/Sound Engineer – First-Class Music and Sound Recording Graduate from the University of York, with expertise spanning a wide range of audio disciplines including editing, recording, mixing and mastering. I am also a Composer and Session Musician, majoring in piano and guitar as a soloist and ensemble member. Now seeking studio and assistant engineering roles alongside freelance work.
Experience
Experience
Producer / Sound Engineer / Composer
Extensive experience in analogue and digital recording, production and mixing, honing advanced skills in the stereo capture and treatment of sound, working collaboratively with fellow musicians, composers and engineers throughout my three-year undergraduate studies.
Location recording: mic’d a full church session with spot, stereo, overhead and ambient arrays via a portable 8-channel Neve 1073 preamp rig, and recorded solo piano in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall using a range of stereo techniques.
Key projects include Mercurialscape, a film-score EP produced with a hybrid analogue/digital workflow and printed largely to tape.
Session Musician / Teacher
Worked as a paid and volunteer session musician as an ensemble member in a jazz big band (pianist), a commercial band (guitarist) and as a solo pianist, playing at a variety of functions such as weddings, musicals and events. I have also delivered private instrumental lessons.
BA (Hons) Music and Sound Recording — University of York
2023–2026 (First Class Honours)
Grade 8 Piano — ABRSM
2023 · Distinction
Secondary Education
A Levels — Kimbolton School
2021–2023
GCSEs — Kimbolton School
2016–2021
Additional Qualifications
Grade 5 Theory — ABRSM
2020
Grades 1–6 Piano — ABRSM
2010–2021
Full UK Driving Licence — Clean
Dissertation
Dissertation
BA (Hons) Music and Sound Recording — University of York (First Class Honours)
The Economics, Accessibility and Influence of entirely Analogue and Digital Mix Practice on the Creative Output of mix engineers
A Practical Development Project
Research question: To what extent does the choice of entirely analogue or digital mix practice and the economics of different mixing environments influence the decision-making process and creative output of the mix engineer?
The practical component comprises ten mixes — five completed entirely in the analogue domain and five entirely in the digital domain — plus an appendix of alternate mixes and reference material.
Read the dissertation
Read Appendix A - Recording Studio Equipment List
Playlist
The Analogue Domain
5 tracks · 22:49
Mixes completed entirely in the Analogue Domain using an SSL Duality Delta mixing console and analogue outboard hardware inserts — the computer served as a playback engine only.
Tracklist
1
Good Time - The Louis Cressy Band
The Analogue Domain
4:52
2
Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude - Asam Classical Soloists
The Analogue Domain
3:18
3
Much Too Much - Bill Ashton (The Selwyn Jazz Big Band)
The Analogue Domain
4:28
4
Same Kind Of Life - Finlay
The Analogue Domain
3:41
5
Whiptails - Albert Kader
The Analogue Domain
6:30
Playlist
The Digital Domain
5 tracks · 26:13
Mixes completed entirely in the Digital Domain exclusively using a combination of the computer, DAW, Plugin, emulation insert and FX Software.
Tracklist
1
A Little Late - Sören Bounce 2
The Digital Domain
3:22
2
If I Were A Bell - H-owl Project
The Digital Domain
4:38
3
Joe's Bar - Slimy Soul Suckers
The Digital Domain
4:27
4
Piano Concerto No. 12 K414 - Mozart (Andrey Yaroshinsky + Gnessin Academy Orchestra/Alexanda Rein) Bounce 2
The Digital Domain
10:26
5
Shela Ya Marhaba - Mustafa Albazy Bounce 1
The Digital Domain
3:20
Playlist
Appendices
8 tracks · 47:15
Alternate bounces, masters and an original mix submitted alongside the final mixes.
Tracklist
1
Appendix B - A Little Late - Alt Bounce
Appendices
3:22
2
Appendix C - Piano Concerto No. 12 K414 - Mozart (Andrey Yaroshinsky + Gnessin Academy Orchestra/Alexanda Rein) Alt Bounce (Quieter Woodwind)
Appendices
10:26
3
Appendix D - Piano Concerto No. 12 K414 - Mozart (Andrey Yaroshinsky + Gnessin Academy Orchestra/Alexanda Rein) Bounce 1 (POW - R#3)
Appendices
10:26
4
Appendix E - If I Were A Bell - Alt Bounce
Appendices
4:38
5
Appendix F - Good Time - Alt Master
Appendices
4:54
6
Appendix G - Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude - Alt Master
Appendices
3:18
7
Appendix H - Whiptails - Alt Master
Appendices
6:30
8
Appendix I - Same Kind Of Life - Original Mix
Appendices
3:41
Facilities
Studio & Recording Spaces
Trevor Jones Studio
Richard Orton Studio
Ben Clark Studio
Ralph Vaughan Williams Studio
Lyons Studio
Ron Cooke Hub
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
Trained in professional studio etiquette and session procedure across seven industry-standard studio and recording spaces at the University of York.
Experienced across fully analogue signal chains, hybrid analogue/digital workflows, DAW-centred production, hardware synthesis and electronic sound design, and mix suites built around classic preamps and console automation.
Thorough understanding of analogue and digital signal flow – my dissertation comprised five fully analogue and five fully digital final mixes, plus a series of alternate mixes.
Used to long, demanding sessions, having regularly worked extended studio hours throughout my degree.
Equipment
Equipment Experience
Consoles
SSL Origin (32-channel)
SSL Duality Delta (24-track)
Audient ASP4816 (16-track)
Tape machines
Otari MX-80 2-inch 24-track
Studer A807 quarter-inch 2-track
Preamps
Neve 1073 (portable 8-channel rig)
Focusrite ISA 828
Grace 201
Audient ASP800
Focusrite Red 8Pre
Hardware EQ & dynamics units
Neve 8803 EQ
API 2500
UA LA-2A
UA 1176
Warm Audio WA76
Drawmer DS201
Aphex Aural Exciter Type B
SSL, API, Manley, Abbey Road & Neve outboard
500 Series rack
Hardware effects units
Bricasti M7
Lexicon PCM-80
TC System 6000 Mk2
Yamaha SPX-990
Tape Echo EF-X2
Kemper Profiler
Microphones
Neumann U87
Neumann TLM 103
Neumann KM184
Sennheiser MD421
Sennheiser MD421 Kompakt
Sennheiser MD441
Electro-Voice RE20
AKG C414 XLS
Shure SM57
Shure SM58
Rode NT5
Rode NT55
Rode NT1
Rode NT2-A
Sontronics Sigma ribbon
Coles 4038 ribbon
Schoeps CMC 6 (MK8 & other Colette capsules)
DPA 4006A
DPA 4011A
Telefunken ELA M 260 stereo set
Stereo microphone techniques
ORTF
Spaced pair
Decca tree
Blumlein
XY
Mid-side
Monitoring
ATC with Trinnov room correction
Genelec 1037C
Genelec 8351A/B SAM
Genelec 8020B (5.1 & ambisonic arrays)
Genelec 7060A sub
B&W 801
Adam A7X
Yamaha HS5
SPL Volume 8
Conversion & interfaces
Antelope Orion 32
Ferrofish A32 Pro Dante
Focusrite RedNet (AM2, MP8R, Dante artist monitoring)
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