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Studio Philosophies

Jon Castelli

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Duration:04 min / 1h05 Subtitles: English, Spanish

Description

Confidence, emotions, ego

What role does confidence and ego play in your professional life?

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01 min

Trailer
05 min

The role of the mix engineer
04 min

Respecting the rough
06 min

Starting a new project
02 min

Signature sounds
03 min

Genre experimentation
03 min

Trends and taste
04 min

Mix revisions
01 min

Creative disagreements
04 min

Focus and perspective
03 min

Industry competition
04 min

Overcoming self doubt
02 min

Success and failure
04 min

Making connections
02 min

Setting boundaries
01 min

Meeting deadlines
04 min

Reflecting on the past
01 min

Mastering process
02 min

Navigating uncertainty

Comments

(10)

Lily "SwampRootLil" Anderson March 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM

What a great series. Definitely a topic not touched on enough, so thank you!
James Bullock March 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM

Thanks Jon, for sharing your journey, experience and tips! This video series is very helpful!
Paul Viapiano March 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM

This is one of the best series that MWTM has offered lately...great real-world insights.
Lars Andersson March 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM

At -32 short term LUFS. This video needs some good mastering!
Diogo Tigre March 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM

🤣

Gonçalo Costa March 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM

🤣🤣🤣

Devansh Dalal March 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM

i was literally just thinking the same thing

Paul Viapiano March 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM

That's what your volume control is for...
Boi BOI March 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM

Whats an Spec mix?
Russ Clark March 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM

I'm guessing he means a shoot out, like when an artist asks you to mix a song for free to see if they like your work. Labels often ask a number of engineers to mix the same song and see which one they prefer.

About Jon Castelli

Jon Castelli is a 15 x GRAMMY nominated mix engineer based in Downtown Los Angeles. He began his career engineering for small bands in NYC. Since then Jon has become one of the top mix engineers in the industry, collaborating with artists such as SZA, Billie Eilish, Khalid, Halsey, Harry Styles, The Kid LAROI, Nicki Minaj, 6LACK, Summer Walker, Ariana Grande, Leon Bridges, RAYE, Omar Apollo, Camila Cabello, Tate McRae, FINNEAS, Lil Nas X, FKA Twigs, SAILORR and many more. In 2019, Jon mixed Khalid’s...