Recording · Mixing · Production

Honest Recordings,
Human Touch

Making a great record should feel like you're discovering something new about yourself. When artists work with me, the feeling comes first, and the stress stays out of the way. I've been on both sides of the glass — I know what it feels like to play, and I know how to make it sound that way.

Mor Mezrich at the mixing console in a wood-paneled control room

(01) Approach

What it feels like to work together

The gear matters. But what you'll notice first is that someone's actually listening.

You'll be heard as a musician

Before anything else, the question is whether the groove feels right and the emotion is coming through. You won't have to fight to be understood as a player. That part's a given.

You don't need the jargon

Tell me the feeling you're chasing: a record you love, a moment that gives you chills, a vibe you're after. Translating that to levels and signal chains, that's where I come in. You'll focus on whether what's coming out of the speakers is hitting right.

You'll feel welcomed

Coffee's on. You're understood. You have the space to be exactly who you are. You've got an engineer in your corner who took the time to understand what you're really after.

(02) Listen

Press play. Listen close.

A short playlist of different artists, different rooms, different genres.

(03) The Sonic World

Real drums. Real rooms. Real air.

If your record lives or dies on feel (drums that breathe, guitars with a player's hands on them, vocals you can sit close to), you're in the right place. Live instrumentation is the foundation: guitars, bass, keys, strings, horns, vocals. What ties it all together: real performance, players reacting to each other, the sound of something actually happening in a room.

Expect a record with some grit, some forward motion, some risk in it, a little ear-candy, and lots of emotion. The kind of mix that sounds like a place, not a plug-in.

Drum kit set up on a Persian rug in a wood-paneled live room

(04) Working Together

The conversation starts before anyone hits record.

  1. i.

    Pre-production conversation

    We talk about the record you're trying to make. No tech vocabulary required: feeling, intent, the thing you keep coming back to.

  2. ii.

    A reference playlist

    Send a handful of tracks you love and a sentence on why each one matters. It gets me inside your head faster than any technical term or specs (you don't want to think about that anyway!).

  3. iii.

    The session

    We're focused on one thing: the truest intent of the song, and whether it's landing. Everything else is in service of that.

  4. iv.

    Results

    We chase the feeling until it's in the speakers.