Producers and recording engineers get a lot of credit for how a record sounds, but much of that credit should really go to mixing engineers, who transform raw performances into the polished final product. Two mixing engineers in particular – the brothers Chris and Tom Lord-Alge – deserve a lot of credit for crafting the sound of hundreds of influential and chart-topping records over the last 25 years or so. Between the two of them, they mix an average of about 60 to 70 records a year (that’s more than one a week) for everyone from pop stars like Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brother and Pink to perennial legends like Santana, Tina Turner and Steve Winwood to today’s biggest bands like Green Day, the Dave Matthews Band and U2. This month at Guitar Center we had the chance to sit down with Tom and Chris Lord-Alge at GC Hollywood on Sunset Blvd to chat about what has made them two of the most accomplished mixing engineers in the business and what you can do yourself to improve your sound. Click HERE for the full interview.
