I'm a Canadian/British freelance sound engineer based in London, England.
I specialise in live FOH concert sound mixing, broadcast recording/mixing, as well as studio recording.
This is brief outline of the work that I've done.
If you'd like to know more, please feel free to email me via the contact page.
Major Tours and Campaigns
Arctic Monkeys
Extensive global arena & stadium touring, international festival headline shows with one of the UK's most popular bands.
Campaigns
Glass Animals
Headline touring & festivals.
Campaigns
Niall Horan
Extensive international touring and promo activity.
Campaigns
Olly Murs
UK arena touring and international headline touring. Extensive promo activity.
Campaigns
The Last Shadow Puppets
Extensive worldwide touring and promo activity.
Campaigns
The White Stripes
Extensive international touring and promo activity. I was also Production Manager for a significant proportion of the time.
Campaigns
Extensive international touring and promo activity. Tour Manager & Production Manager in UK/Europe.
Campaigns
Flaming Lips
Extensive international touring and promo activity. Tour Manager & Production Manager in UK/Europe.
Campaigns
Marina & The Diamonds
FOH Engineer Worldwide (2012).
Newton Faulkner
FOH Engineer UK (2007)
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
FOH Engineer UK (2007)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
FOH Engineer UK (2006)
Rooster
FOH Engineer UK (2006)
The Datsuns
FOH Engineer UK & USA (2002)
Cibo Matto
Tour Manager & Monitor Engineer UK (2000)
Idlewild
FOH Engineer UK (1998)
Luna
FOH Engineer & Tour Manager UK & Europe (1998)
The Lemonheads
Tour Manager & Monitors (1996 - 1997)
Lisa Loeb
Tour Manager UK & Europer (1996 - 1997)
Kenickie
FOH Engineer UK (1997)
Live Sound
FOH | Extensive experience live FOH mixing at the very highest level, around the world, for over 25 years. In all sizes of venues from largest outdoor festivals and events, from to stadiums, arenas, all the way to theatres and more intimate venues. |
Styles | Familiarity with many forms of musical content including large symphony orchestras, choral and operatic performances, string sections, brass, woodwind and percussion, not only in their own context, but also in partnership with pop & rock music. |
Outdoors | Experience of numerous complex large scale outdoor events |
Systems | Advanced skills in design, implementation and optimisation of large modern sound systems including d&b J & SL Series, L'Acoustics K Series, VDOSC, Meyer, Adamson and many others. |
Tech | Advanced familiarity with most leading software & hardware technologies for loudspeaker management, optimisation, equalisation and audio distribution. |
Desks | Deep working knowledge modern mixing desks including Digico SD Series, SSL, Avid Live, Midas Pro, Soundcraft & Studer, Yamaha etc..., in addition to many classic & modern analogue desks. |
Immersive | Up to date on all currently emerging immersive surround techonologies |
Mixes | My own stereo mixes used for many live internet streams, TV & Radio broadcasts. Most recently including: TRNSMT, Austin City Limits, Lollapalooza, VPRO, P3 Sweden, Rock Werchter etc.. |
TV & Radio | Specialist experience mixing live sound in TV & radio broadcast environments. On staff for several shows including Top Of the Pops (BBC UK) (2004 - 2006) & TFI Friday (Channel 4 UK) (2015) John Bishop Christmas Special (BBC UK) (2015), Sir Bruce: A Celebration (BBC UK) (2018). |
Events | Extensive experience mixing both music and spoken word sound for large high profile corporate events. Clients include: Music Industry Trusts Awards, War Child, Jack Morton, George P Johnson, Best Buy, Intel, T Mobile, O2, Bjorn Borg, Etam, Burberry, Zumba etc... |
Systems | FOH audio tech for many events and music productions, including large scale outdoor events. These include: T In The Park, Download Festival, Reading/Leeds Festivals, V Festival, Give It A Name, Arctic Monkeys at Lancashire County Cricket Club etc... |
Links | Strong links with many professional sound equipment suppliers, hire companies and manufacturers. |
Recent Festival Headline Artists
Austin City Limits
Big Day Out
Bonnaroo
Coachella
Eurockéennes
Exit
FIB Benicàssim
Fuji Rock
Firefly
Glastonbury
Les Nuits...
Hurricane
Lollapalooza
Mad Cool
NOS Alive
Open'er
Osheaga
Primavera
Reading & Leeds
Rock Am Ring
Rock Werchter
Roskilde
Summersonic
Super Rock
Sziget
T In The Park
V Festival
Voodoo
Many others
Mixing large outdoor events
Finsbury Park (UK)
Don Valley (UK)
Foro Sol (Mexico)
Recent Live broadcast mixes from FOH
Antyradio PL
Austin City Limits
BBC TV & RADIO UK
Chicago
Canal 3 COL
Globo Brazil
Lollapalooza
M2 Hungary
P3 Sweden
RTVE Spain
Studio Brussel
SWR Germany
VPRO NL
Many others
Recent Coporate Events
Björn Borg
Best Buy
Burberry
Etam
GPJ
Intel
Jack Morton
Mastercard
Music Industry Trusts
O2 UK
T Mobile
War Child
Zumba
Many others
Live Concert Recording & Mixing
Record | Have successfully made studio/archive quality high resolution multitrack recordings of over 2000+ concerts |
Mix | Mixed hundreds of recordings for download including concerts, singles, live albums & dvds, live concert radio & television broadcasts and CD releases |
On Tour | Mixing recordings "on the road" as well as in the studio. |
Tech | Specialist knowledge and experience designing, implementing and operating mobile digital multi-track recording systems on many hardware and software platforms. |
Details | In depth working knowledge of Avid Pro Tools software/hardware platform, native MADI & Dante recording systems including Nuendo, Logic Pro, iZ Radar, Waves SoundGrid & Plug-ins etc.. As well as most pro audio hardware products & software for both mac and pc. |
Archive | Specialised knowledge of audio data management, duplication, backup and archival processes. |
Recent Mixes
ACL Live
Arte France
Columbia Records
Domino UK & USA
EMI UK
Global UK
Kerrang! Radio UK
Metropolis
Radio X
Sony BMG UK
Universal
VEVO
YouTube
Many others
Studio Recording & Mixing
Although most of my working life has been concentrated in live music, I have recieved extensive experience in studio recording techniques & have been involved in numerous studio recordings thorughout my working life, whenever the opportunity has presented itself.
I am uniquely familiar with many vintage analog recording techniques (especially with the involvement of magnetic tape), as well as most current digital recording platforms.I'm well-versed in Pro Tools HD, Logic Pro, Reaper, Studio One, RADAR and many other computer-based recording/mixing systems & audio production software.
If you would like to know more about this, please feel free to contact me for more info.
Recent Album Recordings
The Sea - Corinne Bailey Rae | Capitol EMI Produced by Corinne Bailey Rae, Steve Chrisanthou and Steve Brown Engineer | |
Welcome To The Walk Alone - The Rumble Strips | Island Produced by Mark Ronson Engineer | |
Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes | XL Recordings/V2 Produced by Jack White Engineer | |
Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs | XL Recordings/V2 Produced by Jack White & Brendan Benson Engineer |
Singles
- "Blue Orchid" by The White Stripes (XL Recordings/V2) - Recording Engineer
- "My Doorbell" by The White Stripes (XL Recordings/V2) - Recording Engineer
- "The Denial Twist" by The White Stripes (XL Recordings/V2 - Recording Engineer
- "The Denial Twist (Live)" (XL Recordings)- 10 live single downloads from UK concerts - Recording and Mix Engineer
- "Jolene (Live)" by The White Stripes (XL Recordings) - Recording and Mix Engineer
- "St Ides of March" by The White Stripes (B-side of "Hardest Button to Button") - Recording and Mix Engineer
- "You've Got Her In Your Pocket (Live)" by The White Stripes (B-side of "Blue Orchid") - Recording and Mix Engineer
- "Same Boy You've Always Known" & "Screwdriver" (B-sides to My Doorbell) - Mix Engineer
- "Steady As She Goes" The Raconteurs (XL Recordings/V2) - Recording Engineer
- "Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand" by The Greenhornes - Recording and Mix Engineer
- MANY OTHERS
Post Production Broadcast & DVD Mixing
I have both engineered and supervised countless broadcast mixes for film and television shows around the world.
Listing them all of them would be impossible - but I have supervised countless perfrmances on shows including David Letterman, Conan O'Brian, Jay Leno, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, James Corden, Jimmy Fallon, Ellen, Saturday Night Live, Top Of The Pops, Later with Jools Holland, MTV Europe and USA, The Grammy Awards, The Country Music Awards, iHeart Radio, The Brit Awards, MTV VMAs & Movie Awards, Live from Abbey Road, XFactor, The Voice, Summertime Ball, Jingle Bell Ball etc.. etc...
I regularly provide post production mixes for broadcasts & other special projects. Here are a couple of more recent highlights:
Arctic Monkeys - Les Nuits de Fourvière
Arte France TV
Domino
Recording and Mix Engineer
Arctic Monkeys - Austin City Limits
PBS USA
Domino
Mix Engineer
Arctic Monkeys - Live at The BBC
BBC UK
Domino
Arctic Monkeys Web Transmission - Humbug
Internet stream event
Domino
Recording and Mix Engineer
The White Stripes - Live In Manaus
MTV Worldwide
Mix Engineer
"Live Under Blackpool Lights" DVD - The White Stripes
XL Recordings/V2 America
Recording and Mix Engineer
Includes UK Single "Jolene (Live)"
Awards
2005 Grammy Award | ||
2007 Grammy Award Nomination | ||
2007 Grammy Award Nomination | ||
TPI Awards - 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2019 | FOH Engineer of the Year | |
TEC Award Nomination 2006 | FOH Engineer | |
Audio Pro International Awards 2011 | FOH Engineer of the Year |