Studio Techniques

Learn mic placement, engineering fundamentals, and best practices for tracking.

Matt Bang

Matt Bang is a Los Angeles based music producer, songwriter, and engineer. As the son of a pianist and opera singer, he started his musical studies at the age of 3. Upon graduating The Berklee College of Music, he began his career as an intern for Interscope Records. Since then, he’s established himself working with world-renowned artists including Timbaland, Justin Bieber, and Missy Elliot, among many others. His productions draw from many musical styles with an emphasis on vocals. Currently, Matt’s focus is launching his own brand, The Way Muzic; music with purpose and a positive message.

Jasper Reeder

Mixing engineer and sound designer Jasper Reeder offers mentorship tailored to your needs. Specializing in out of the box approaches, he’s got a bag of tricks to take your songs from commonplace to extraordinary as well as get you out of writer’s blockage.

Alex Flores

Alex Flores is a seasoned audio engineer, studio manager, and music educator with over14 years of experience across some of the most respected music institutions in LosAngeles. Known for his hands-on approach and deep technical knowledge, Alex hashelped shape the careers of hundreds of aspiring producers and engineers.He’s held leadership roles at SAE Institute, Crē•8 Music Academy at Westlake Studios,and most recently ICON Collective, where he developed curriculum, mentored studentsone-on-one, and taught music production, studio signal flow, and digital audiotechnologies. Whether managing high-end studios or teaching complex concepts in ProTools, Logic, Ableton, or analog gear, Alex brings a rare mix of precision, patience, andpassion to every space he enters.With a strong belief in the power of music to empower individuals and communities, Alexcontinues to mentor the next generation of creatives while supporting studio projects andlive sound initiatives under his TopShelf Sound banner.

Jay-J Hernandez

Jay-J is a Grammy Nominee, a prolific producer andcollaborator spanning over 300 releases, a self-taught studiodemon, inventor and ambassador of the San Francisco sound,an immensely popular and well-travelled DJ, flying over a millionmiles playing clubs all over the world including many of the mostfamous brands like Ministry of Sound and Pacha. He foundedMoulton Studios, the West Coast’s most influential dance musicstudio, had his own Coke® bottle for the 2008 Beijing Olympics,was the DJ for the 2006 MTV® Australia Video Music Awardsand launched two comp series for Defected Records, UK. He’sremixed artists from Alicia Keys, Jill Scott to Joss Stone and hascollaborated with producers from Kaskade to Miguel Migs. Animpressive resume to be sure. More impressive yet is hiscontinuing self-imposed artistic development, which fuels hisceaseless obsession to learn new technical and creativeaspects of his work.Jay-J founded and built Moulton Street Studios in 1998 and in anew location Moulton Studios from 2000 to 2005. These studioswere a beehive-busy hit factory providing the public and theindustry with killer music. Their client-list reads like a who’s whoof dance music. Forever a slave to detail, Jay-J’s own studiowas a study in design innovation, aesthetics, coziness, andproduction possibilities encompassing tons of new and vintageoutboard gear and a huge, ready-for-anything digital back end,augmented by a gorgeous live recording room.Jay-J’s incredible production and engineering talents keep himin demand and his recognition in the trade comes from the techside as well as the creative side. Apple, Avid / Digidesign,Sonnox, SOL Republic and others have used his music to demotheir new products, tapped him as a brand ambassador or hadhim lead presentations at industry trade shows like AES, NAMMand the Winter Music Conference.

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