JJ Smith.Audio Engineer
Mix Engineer·Live Sound·Producer·Recording
Records that translate everywhere. Shows that hit from the first downbeat. One engineer, both sides of the glass.
Mix Engineer·Live Sound·Producer·Recording
Records that translate everywhere. Shows that hit from the first downbeat. One engineer, both sides of the glass.
The Mix Selector
Four unreleased mixes on the board right now, straight off the desk. Every one mixed by JJ.
Settle Down
Colton Gleghorn · Mixed by JJ Smith
Services
Four ways to put JJ on your project. Pick the one that fits & the others are right there when you need them.
Mixing, recording & production for records that translate, in the car, in earbuds, on the radio. Remote-friendly, with fast & clear revision rounds.
FOH, monitors, playback & RF for tours, churches, festivals & one-offs. One engineer for the whole chain, calm before soundcheck.
A second set of ears for artists, engineers & rooms. Clients include members of Counting Crows, Barenaked Ladies, The Cadillac Three & Saosin.
Audio systems that fit the room & the budget, from Peoria Players Theatre to Concordia Lutheran. Right on day one, built to scale later.
Selected Credits
No deep dive needed. Here's what JJ's done, who he's worked with & where the work happened.
Colton Gleghorn·HONEY·Sonic View·Prone To Wander·Arc Transient·Alizah·Saharra·Outpour·Brian Wells·Montany·Brandon Brown
Elevation Church·Pathway Community Church·The Wldlfe·TREY·Trevor Hunt·Mean 38·Radio Replay·Petrol Station·SideQuest·Greenville University
Brandon Lake·Wilco·Winter Jam·Rend Collective·Colony House·The Wldlfe·TREY
David Bryson Counting Crows·Ed Robertson Barenaked Ladies·Jaren Johnston The Cadillac Three·Jamison Scott Saosin·Peoria Players Theatre·Concordia Lutheran·3300 Event Center
About JJ
Four job titles sounds like a lot. It's really one job, make the song hit the person standing in the back of the room. JJ does it from Fort Wayne, Indiana, & he's done it across eight states' worth of stages, studios, churches & theaters. Why does the studio side make the live side better? Easy. An engineer who lives at front of house knows what real speakers in real rooms do to a mix, & he mixes your record accordingly.
Pick a hat. That's exactly what you get when you book it.
A mix isn't finished when it sounds good on studio monitors. It's finished when it holds up in the car, in earbuds & on a loud PA on a Friday night. JJ mixes at front of house all year long, so he already knows what the real world does to a record before yours ever leaves the desk.
Front of house, monitors, playback & RF, handled by one person instead of four vendors pointing fingers. JJ shows up advanced, patched & calm before soundcheck, then mixes the show like it's a record.
Good records don't get saved in the mix, they get built in the room. JJ tracks & produces with the finished record in mind, so the takes are right, the tones are right & nobody's fixing things later that should've been caught live.
Some rooms fight the band every single week. What actually fixes it? Usually not more gear. JJ designs & tunes systems that fit the room & the budget, then trains the team running them, & he consults one-on-one for artists & engineers who want a second set of ears.
Booking
Currently booking studio mixes & live dates. Send a track, a rough or a rider, you'll get a straight answer fast.
