About

JJ Smith

Mix Engineer · Live Sound · Producer · Recording

JJ Smith is a mix engineer, live sound engineer, producer & recording engineer out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Most weeks that means a Sunday at front of house, a session on the desk & a room somewhere that needs fixing, sometimes all three.

Why does one engineer do all of it? Easy. Living at front of house teaches you what real speakers in real rooms do to a mix, & that’s exactly the ear a record needs. The studio work makes the shows tighter, the shows make the records honest.

The work has carried him across eight states’ worth of stages, studios, churches & theaters, from Elevation Church in Charlotte to theaters in Peoria, with consulting calls from members of Counting Crows, Barenaked Ladies, The Cadillac Three & Saosin along the way.