About this episode

Mike Nikou discusses his journey in music production, focusing on mixing and mastering techniques.

Mike Nikou is the owner of Mic Nix Productions, a studio based in Adelaide, South Australia. He specialises in mixing, mastering, and full song production. Mike and I discussed how he began playing in rock bands and found his love of recording and production. We discussed how music making has changed and continues to evolve. Mike spoke in-depth about his mixing and mastering workflow and philosophy. This episode comes with a free download courtesy of Mike! Click here to get Mikes Mixing and Mastering Checklists, as well as his own presets for the Slate Virtual Mixing Rack plug-in . This episode is dedicated to (not sponsored by!) Darwin Audio and his awesome vintage soda/beer can microphones: https://darwinaudio.net Listen on Apple , Spotify , YouTube Links: Mic Nix Productions - https://mnproductions.com.au Mike's YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPWr4L6nQq1YGU1-JK9XLnQ Mike's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/micnixpro/ Free Download - Mike's Mixing and Mastering Checklists plus Slate VMR Presets - https://brianfunk.gumroad.com/l/ycmpj Brian Funk Website - https://brianfunk.com Music Production Club - https://brianfunk.com/mpc 5-Minute Music Producer…

People in this episode

Host: Brian Funk

Guest: Mike Nikou

Topics covered

• mixing
• mastering
• music production
• creativity
• recording
• workflow

Keywords

• mixing
• mastering
• music production
• recording
• workflow
• creativity
• Adelaide

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mic Nix Productions, Darwin Audio

Places: Adelaide, South Australia

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