Make A Living As A Mixing/Mastering Engineer (Step-By-Step)- RecordingRevolution.com

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Musical Income contains in-depth blueprints on how to create a freelance income as a Mixing/Mastering Engineer, Producer, Session Musician, Live Sound Engineer or Recording Engineer.
Today I want to share with you the blueprint on becoming a freelancing Mixing/Mastering Engineer, and show you real-life examples of how much you can charge for mixing/mastering services as a freelancer.

[@MixChecks]

My favorite revision I've ever received: Client: "Can you make me sound more like a doctor?" Me: "What does a doctor sound like?" Client: "Intelligent."

[@panama1942]

Give me that medical vibe bro

[@MixingGBP]

Yeah, I’m gonna need more stethoscope in my sound. Can you do that Mr. Mixing engineer?

[@emtech7457]

He should have put on some glasses when recording

[@mixedbykonstantine]

@@emtech7457 bruh 😂

[@BrendaK66]

WOW!!! This was so monumentally helpful, I have trouble imagining how much more can be packed into the actual course. Can't wait!!

[@danymalsound]

These guys are bulk-mixers who should probably be charging double what they are. If you have those kinds of accolades and only charging $250-300/song, you're devaluing the market for people with almost zero street cred but competitive talent. Just my take

[@Nikthehermit]

good observation

[@noahreineke9569]

I 100% agree

[@noahreineke9569]

I pay 200 for a mix and master to a guy with no placements on any of the songs he’s worked on. He does a great job, but this means someone who has a legitimate legacy should be charging $500-1000 especially working with billboard topping artists

[@nytro8027]

Absolutely agree.

[@beatbone96]

bruh I can mix almost professionally and these people really want me to do it for 100, sometimes even lower, I‘ve been mixing beats for 10 years everyday and vocals for at least 5-7 years now 😂

[@XRezinated]

Thanks Graham looking forward to the course!

[@themotivatedmusicmaniac2439]

Hi Graham, Your lessons have been very helpful. I recently started a youtube channel and still a lot to learn. This video is like a heads up for the future :) Thanks for all the videos!!

[@LoveDad7]

This is so good. God Bless you bro.

[@brianramnarine1527]

My son (NYC Lingo) Graham really the big goat of KZbin as far as audio engineering and music production, genuinely happy for the man i've been watching him since graduating audio school :) 10 yrs plus

[@davejohnsonmusic]

Good stuff man, thanks!

[@Martin-kn6vc]

This is honestly so huge, Graham! Thanks so much for your generosity in sharing these info gems!

[@zaicliff3010]

Signed up!

[@irayt1517]

Hey Graham, Hope all is well. Been watching you for years. Love the content. Will you be running this course again in the future?

[@markusmartinez]

@@8hunnidbands do you still need help?

[@EnricoDePaoli]

Having been in the business all my life, I can say this has been the best video with the best collection of useful tips I've seen. Congrats and above all, thank you! Best to you, Graham

[@Bazzguit]

So hyped by this course but I haven't been able to even buy the EP Blueprint course :/

[@recordman555]

Hi, Graham. I will use PM to follow through with this query. In regards to "who is your client?", my client would be newbie Christian singer-songwriters, of whom I will search my local churches for talent. I have a plan on how these artists might fund the production cost of their debut into CCM. Look for a PM from Jon Usry. Thank you, brother.

[@moomtones8156]

"Fat communication" 😆 that dude sounds legit.

[@chadhowat3392]

This is a great video, Graham! The fees for these mixers are shockingly low. I'm a professional mixer in Nashville and even when I started out I don't think I made less than $300 per mix. Your methodology of mixing is really great and I like how that would bring consistency to your mixes. Cheers man!

[@ElwinZepar]

What a coincidence, i was thinking about the same and our mentor came up with the solution already. Speed = 10G ❤🤣

[@norfsyq9660]

Do you process your submix in mono as well?

[@newarra_]

thanks bro just took sum notes

[@sgfdancecompany]

SoundBetter is tricky, only works for get clients; if you pay a rate every month.

[@sonnybrasco9735]

Very nice Graham

[@rahuljordy5825]

Second to sign up✌️😌😌

[@transformationgeneration]

Hi Graham, after spending thousands at various local studio's and having to work on their schedules, I am finally going to dive into my own Home Studio. I am going to follow your advice and start low costs per your $350 studio from 2017 (unless you have any updated suggestion) however, I do want to start with the best computer. As I upgrade in the future, I don't want to be concerned about the computer itself. If you were able to go now and purchase a new computer used specifically for, Home Recording Studio only; what would you buy? Thank you

[@sfundawge]

seriously thinking of a Mac Mini 2020 with the maximum configuration; that is , 64 gigs of ram , 2 tb storage , and the 6-core 8th generation I7 processor.

[@transformationgeneration]

@@sfundawge Thank you very much.

[@Justanothermusicproducer]

For the price of a Mac mini 2020 with an i7 (I believe the higher cpu is a 6 core i5) you can custom build a monster for music production. If you need to go Mac... Yep, maybe thats the best choice... But if you want performance per $ go for a custom build pc with windows 10 and an amd procesor, the 3900x 12 core/24 threads is amazing for the price (I use its big brother 3950x 16 cores/32 threads and I couldnt be happier), 16 to 32 gigs of ram, nvme for the OS, and now that the prices of ssd and hdd have lowered you can take all the storage you need pretty cheap. Also, if you need mac you can build a hackintosh pretty ez right now with intel cpus. Best wishes, if you have any question feel free to ask... I will try to answer as best as my spainiard english can!

[@Flyingfullback]

Hi Graham, I used to be in Dueling Mixes. Can we share some of those mixes on our SoundBetter profiles? Thanks, Kelvin

[@endlichjura]

You share can - any of them.

[@gidybosstv2824]

Great....

[@edgarivancastillogaytan8931]

Will it be another course? Looking for this but the webpage does not work

[@givejonnythelight]

how is it possible that i work for big artist for album how do i get this projects and how much can you charge if you make a mix like mixed by ali

[@MacReviewzOnline]

well said

[@SLlNKl]

I was in a private college for about a year learning to record before I realized i could learn in other ways. I don't have any degrees, and the only experience i have is recording my band and side projects. would you still recommend your course for me? I'd really love to be able to work from home and use audio as a career

[@AriJordan]

You don't need a degree. Your experience should be more than enough, take it from a guy who attended and completed college for this and several other fields. Use those sessions that you previously recorded as your stepping stone to gain more experience. Use those sessions for your portfolio.

[@Desiqnify]

I dont have a degree in audio engineering, but I hope in next years I could get to a professional level in mix/master. I'm decent but not professional level

[@KingFlexxo]

How do I sell my mixing templates online? I can’t find the answer anywhere?

[@137meta]

Graham, blessings to you bro!!! God has made you a savage in this industry!!! I know you hear it a ton, but thank you for all that you do!!!

[@MixingGBP]

My problem is the clients I usually attract are total noobs who don’t even know the value of using a pop filter. One client gave me 500 short snippets of stems and expected me to put together a lead vocal from all of them. Each stem was literally one or two words or a part of the phrase. He also wanted me to re-record his full instrumental as the mixing engineer. I need a way to get higher quality clients. And I am on all of the usual freelance sites.

[@SLlNKl]

how do you deal with that? like will you do it and just get paid, and how do you deal with unhappy clients unwilling to pay for unreasonable expectations?

[@MixingGBP]

@@SLlNKl I deal with it on a case by case basis. I truly try to be patient with my clients and teach them everything I know because I remember when I was new to this and literally didn't even know what a DAW was let alone a parametric eq. For clients that have a great attitude and are pleasant to work and talk with, I remain patient and teach them. It's fun for me. For clients like the 500 stem client, I had to cancel the gig quickly because he was trying to milk my talent in a very bossy and pushy manner. He was trying to push me way beyond what a typical mixer would get paid to do, plus the arrogant attitude and terribly verbose communications about abstract musical concepts he tried to get me to understand was way overboard for the time he paid for. I usually don't care how talented the client is or is not, but let's just say that some singers simply should not have access to microphones and DAWs, lol.

[@SLlNKl]

@@MixingGBP yeah that sounds like it'd take a lot of restraint. Can I ask how you learned and when you felt confident enough to start charging people?

[@MixingGBP]

@@SLlNKl I learned by watching Graham and several other youtubers. I also read a few books and talked with people about music and mixing. I was new to mixing when Graham put out his 30 mix tips in 30 days series. I think he did 2 of those series. I watched every one. I also learned by making song after song, after song...mostly covers of songs and a few originals of my own. I tried mixing those songs to sound like the pro versions I covered. I never came close, but that wasn't the point of what I was trying to do. I was trying to have fun and find my voice as a mixer. I didn't start charging for my mixing until I wrote and released about 3 of my own original albums where I wrote, played, mixed and mastered everything. They got some positive feedback from people, so I then started to think about how to make a little cash from this and put myself out there on the usual freelance sites. After that, it was just a waiting game for clients to approach me and trust me with their song based on what they heard from my work on my own songs. I also think that my patient attitude and being professional in all situations good and bad has helped me.

[@SLlNKl]

MixingGBP WoW that’s crazy, so pretty much self educated through this platform. That’s really cool how you made 3 albums of your own too

[@elektrikshaman1212]

3 months late darn! Are their going to be more courses avaliable in the future?

[@jehwhite1582]

I’m so mad 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@LynzCrichton]

First to sign up 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ 😂😂😂

[@PtakunDamianShow]

Can i do this bussiness if i am an amateur without school?

[@comicbookjerk]

30 seconds into this video...and I'm like Take my money!

[@sbarullasbonderi9577]

Is possible to make it as side hustle job?

[@Loizoficial]

You think it’s okay if I charge for mixing even tho I’m still learning ? My doing pretty good ! I had a friend laugh at me and said it was disrespectful for me to say that … I don’t believe that tho

[@grepcactus]

Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@christiancarcamo96]

Will this program be back?

[@xnathanhx412]

What program do you use to mix or do you know a free mixing program

[@MartinFellerMusic]

Before mixing for clients you should probably have done mixes for several years. If you are still figuring out which program to use you are not ready yet. That aside, I'd recommend Pro Tools, FL studio, Logic or ableton. Reaper, Bitwig and Studio One are awesome as well

[@ashtonblackwell3152]

How much would you charge to mix and master a song?

[@tugbadogan4338]

Hello, I am using Akg headphones while i am recording and mixing after that when i listen from my computer or phone the sound is not the same with headphones.Like not only eq, compressor vs. Every little detail like panning, or just the level of sound is a mess and different from headphones. How can i fix this ? Please help.Thank you 🙏

[@dwaaaiii8757]

Plugging in any headphones to laptop directly without and audio interface make headphones sound hollow. And in case of the phone.. it's probably not powerful enough to power the headphones properly or has a bad audio output.

[@ZipSnipe]

well as glass installer, I can tell you the studios(which I have installed glass in just about everyone that opened up in my town) that survive are the ones doing video. The ones that do just music don't last long at all

[@sergiocruz6416]

what do u mean w doing video?

[@taylorstep8135]

@@sergiocruz6416 film music videos

[@spacemanpope1805]

Graham, if you are ever need an extra Christmas dinner, you're invited to the Pope house. You're family. 😁Thank you for all you do for the community.

[@MixChecks]

Thanksgiving too? :)

[@spacemanpope1805]

@@MixChecks For sure 🦃

[@eranddroory9987]

Turn on the lights Graham , don´t be shy..

[@MixChecks]

Gotta save money on that electricity bill. Then you won't have as much income to replace becoming a full-time mixing engineer :)

[@peterwalsh5068]

What happens if you haven’t got a portfolio?

[@davidlandivar5387]

So does this course makes "the audio income" course seem not as useful?

[@endlichjura]

I think this is just a fully updated version.

[@dafingaz]

Fat communication! I love it. LOLOLOL

[@muscularclouds]

This is literal gold..

[@xMARIO16x]

How much is the course?

[@endlichjura]

147.

[@toremp1]

WHEN do you estimate to answer this: In your video «4 Laws of Acoustic Guitar Recording» at 5:50 you advice to put the mic «one foot» away and then you add «a meeter and a half» away. As I understand it, "one foot" is nowhere near saying that "one foot" = 1.5 meters ... So what do you really mean? ™ Pettersson

[@endlichjura]

He isn‘t answering KZbin comments. Shoot him an email.

[@Eric-dd8bk]

Someone who'd worked with those names charging only $300 persong? So, new comers can never increase their rates any higher than that no matter how hard they work? I liked the third guy's hair btw.

[@kevinsmusicroom1362]

It’s a race to the bottom dollar.

[@KevinK-fk5qu]

he didnt start with " HI IM MARTIN" oh wait he did| lmao"

[@JustLeonOfficial]

FAT communication it is :)

[@syspence2948]

NEED YOUR SONG MIX AND MASTERED MESSAGE ME!