Hello Russel, warm greetings from the Netherlands. As many already have said; thanks so much for your time and your enthousiasm on this great forum site.
I'm working on a project where both the singer and I (producer) came with some examples of what the album should 'sound' like... most of the songs we individually picked were mixed by you
The reason was, apart from the great sound you get, that your mixes translate the emotion of the songs and performance so well that it sounds more like a statement than merely a mix (hope I'm not being too vague). I love what you did with Nikka Costa and Erikah's Mamma's Gun, which I didn't see mentioned a lot here.
Question: with those two records, was the emotional aspect in your mixes already present in the demo material and did you extend that vibe or did the artists hire you for your specific emotional input and give you a free hand with it?
Do you sometimes refer to classic recordings (i.e. old jazz records) when you mix?
Thanks for the inspiration! Although I'm restricted to the digital side of things I am on a mission to give the album that warm emotional vibe!
warm regards
Budy