Hi, I'm Björgvin Benediktsson. I'm a musician, audio engineer and best-selling author. I help musicians and producers make a greater impact with their music by teaching them how to produce and engineer themselves. I've taught thousands of up and coming home studio producers such as yourself how to make an impact with their music through Audio Issues since 2011.
My longest-running habit is my morning smoothie. It’s so ingrained in me and I feel so positive about its contribution to my success that it even made an appearance in You Get What You Give. The template for the smoothie is simple: Protein (powder and yogurt) Seeds (variation of chia, hemp hearts, flax) Assorted fruits Spinach...
You can have the best, most top-of-the-line, highest-rated tool in the world. But if it’s the wrong tool for the job, it’s about as worthless as a pebble you kick down the street. When you’re cooking and your dish needs a bit of something to make it pop, many beginners reach for the salt. If...
I was hanging out with my Insiders yesterday and the conversation turned to which famous producers we like watching on Youtube. During last year’s COVID lockdown I got really into the Mix With the Masters web series. And my favorite guys on there were: Andrew Scheps for his general music production philosophy Greg Wells for...
After my rant yesterday, I needed to chill so I went for a float in a sensory deprivation tank. It takes meditation to a whole ‘nother level as you float in pitch-black darkness. You can’t see a thing and you sometimes don’t even know whether your eyes are closed or not. You also have earplugs...
Jay is an Insider who has shown considerable improvement in his productions since he first started attending Feedback Friday as an Audio Issues Insider. However, he had follow-up up questions regarding some of my feedback from last week and I thought it would be a good opportunity to answer them in public so others may...
Got a question from Peter regarding my ultimate guide to starting your mix that’s adapted from my Step By Step Mixing book. “You start your mixing in mono and go stereo on step 8. In step 3 you do levels and panning. Do you change from mono to stereo so early in the mix? Or...
It was such a huge issue that I was scared to act on it for four years. I thought, “producing an audiobook seems like a huge task, and I don’t have time to figure all that stuff out now.” All these roadblocks popped up every time the task crossed my stressed-out mind: “I don’t know...
I’m really excited to announce that the audio version of my best-selling mixing book is now available as an audiobook! And even better, I’m giving it away for FREE to anybody who purchases the Step By Step Mixing digital bundle this week. Here’s what you’ll get: Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only...
Join us for a fun listening party this Friday, June 18th at 1 PM PDT where we’ll listen to an Audio Issues student album all the way through while discussing the production in the chat. Come join us live and ask any questions about the songs and how they were made as you’re listening to...
This is an open letter to a recent email reply I received from a subscriber regarding our Pride Shirts. Dear Paul, I received your email correspondence to my new merch store recently. Thank you for your message. It seems like you were upset about the special shirt designs I made for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate...