Brendan Dekora - Finding the Right Studio Clients and Building a Freelance Mixing Career

Progressions: Success in the Music Industry

09/18/24 • 46 min

Brendan Dekora is an engineer and mixer with credits with artists such as Trent Reznor, Foo Fighters, Steven Wilson, and Muse.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

What You Need to Know as a Freelance Engineer to Align with your Clients
Why “Vibe” is More Important than Skills
How Authentic Content can be One of Your Best Tools
Tips for Remote Mixing and Collaboration
How to Navigate Moving into the Co-Production Role
Drum Tuning and How to Get Great Drum Sounds
How Being in a Major Music City Can Shape Your Career

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Credits:

Guest: Brendan Dekora

Host: Travis Ference

Editor: Stephen Boyd

Theme Music: inter.ference

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09/18/24 • 46 min

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Progressions: Success in the Music Industry - Brendan Dekora - Finding the Right Studio Clients and Building a Freelance Mixing Career

Transcript

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The ultimate goal is for your clients to become your friends, to work on projects that you would listen to their music whether you worked with them or not. That's engineer and mixer Brendan Decora. Brendan's worked with some of the biggest names in rock, including artists like Trent Reznor, Foo Fighters, Stephen Wilson, and muse. Since Brendan and I both started our careers at iconic Los Angeles studios and have since moved to be freelance, I thought that could be a g

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