Mixing for independent bands.

Bottle Rocket, and the rooms since

For years I ran my own studio, Bottle Rocket Recording, and worked out of a run of London rooms along the way. Early records came together at the Crows' Nest, and later I built The Soapworks in Bermondsey from the ground up with a fellow engineer, a space that ended up being a genuine pleasure to make records in.

These days I mix out of Floating Door in Sheffield, a nice room with accurate, trustworthy monitoring, which is the thing that actually matters for getting a mix right.

Some of what I've worked on

The Tubs – Dead MeatProduced · Recorded · MixedTrouble In Mind · 2023 The Tubs – Names EPProduced · Recorded · MixedTrouble In Mind · 2021 Career – ModeProduced · Recorded · Mixed · DrumsBingo Records · 2022 Career – Letting Out The SlackProduced · Mixed · Engineered · DrumsBingo Records · 2021 Ex-Vöid – Bigger Than BeforeRecording · Co-mix · DrumsDon Giovanni · 2022 Alfie Firmin – AbsenteeRecorded · MixedBobo Integral · 2023 Garden CentreProduced · Recorded · Mixed · MasteredFaux Discs · 2016 King of Cats – Working OutRecorded · MixedArt Reeks · 2014 King of Cats – Microwave OvenRecorded · MixedArt Reeks · 2015 Abattoir Blues – Dwell / What to FixMixedEchochamp · 2019 Orpine – Grown UngrownRecorded · MixedHeist or Hit · 2020 Phil Graves – Five Early PiecesRecorded · Mixed2019 Jelly Boy – Everybody Is A UniverseProduced · RecordedCannibal Hymns · 2019 Lazy Day – RibbonsRecorded · BassLost Map · 2017 Lazy Day – DisappearRecorded · BassLost Map · 2016

A selection, with more besides.

What I use

Mixing happens in Logic, with UAD and a large collection of plugins built up over the years. There's also a pedalboard with a few choice pieces on it, for adding a bit of creativity when a track calls for it.

Priced per song

I charge per song so you know the cost up front, and it drops the more you book at once. Booking a whole record together works out cheapest per song, and lets me mix everything to sit together as a set.

2 rounds of revisions included · 50% deposit to book · if it's an unusually big session, just check with me first

Working remotely

Most of my mixing is done offline, outside of booked studio time, so you're not paying for hours in a room and it doesn't matter where you are.

Usually it starts with you telling me about the record and sending a reference or two for the sound you're after. You upload your stems, I mix them, and we go back and forth over email or a call. Every project includes two rounds of revisions to get things sitting right. Once you're happy and payment has cleared, I send over the final mixes in whatever formats you need.

A note on mastering

I focus on mixing and leave mastering to a dedicated mastering engineer. When I send your mixes I'll include a test master, which is just a quick pass on the export so you can hear the mix at roughly the same loudness as other released tracks rather than something quiet and flat. It's handy for reference and for sharing around.

But a test master isn't a substitute for the real thing. A proper mastering engineer brings fresh ears to the record, which matters, because by the end of a mix I've heard it hundreds of times and I'm too close to it to catch everything. If you don't already have someone, I'm happy to recommend people I trust.

Get in touch

Tell me about your project and send a rough mix if you have one. I'll let you know honestly whether I'm the right person for it before you commit to anything.

Or email me directly at jonnyc-mixing@gmail.com.