I’m Björgvin Benediktsson. I’m the author of the #1 Amazon best-seller, Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only 5 Plug-ins, the creator of the Audio Issues EQ plug-in, and the founder of Audio Issues. I’m also a venture advisor for the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship at the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona.
I’m an audio engineer turned writer, and I’m on a mission to help musicians overcome their imposter syndrome, create great-sounding music, and release their work.
I’ve worked as a live sound engineer, a broadcast recording engineer, a professional touring musician, a freelance mixing and mastering engineer, and an audio educator in both Iceland and the United States.
Since 2009, I’ve been helping people like you turn your rough recordings into finished records you can be proud to release. If you want to create radio-ready and release-worthy music that jumps from the speakers, you’re in the right place. My dream is for you to email me out of the blue one day and tell me you won an award for your music because I helped you make it sound successful.
Thousands of home studio producers like yourself have learned from my training, and my work has been featured in publications such as MusicTech magazine, Audiotuts+, The Pro Audio Files, and Recording Revolution, to name a few.
You may know me as the “five plug-ins guy” because of my book Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes With Only 5 Plug-ins. But do you know why I chose these five plug-ins/processors? What’s so special about: EQ Compression Reverb Delay Saturation Why should you pay so much attention to them? Simple. It’s...
If you’re looking for a solid system for taking your song from a rough recording to a finished mix, I’m doing a free masterclass this Thursday that you don’t want to miss! Here’s what I’ve got in store for you: Your 3-Part Process to Confidently Finish Your Mix, Proudly Release Your Record and Go Pro...
Today is the DAY! We’re having a party on the Audio Issues Youtube channel to stream the new album “Hush” by Splitting Stations! If you like music (and if you don’t why are you even here lol?!?), then you should join us at 1 PM PDT, 4 PM EDT) today through this link! It’s been...
Yesterday I told you about Nic from the U.K and how he’s released 13 songs in 12 months since becoming an Insider. Today I wanted to tell you about Neil from Australia who is working on releasing his first album. He became a Mix Finisher Formula student and an Insider last fall and since then...
On Monday I told you the story about Splitting Stations, a brand-new band that sprung out of our Insiders community. We’re live-streaming their debut album on Youtube this Friday and YOU’RE INVITED! But today…I wanted to tell you about another Insider. Nic Hamilton is a self-proclaimed “old punk” from the U.K. playing a fun melodic...
Have you ever wondered who your music is for? Who would listen to the music you produce? Who is your Dream Listener? Anybody who likes music? Hardly. Humans have too many different preferences. Even a book with 20,000 five-star reviews will have a handful of haters hanging out in the one-star category. Or if you’re...
Let me tell you a story about two of my Insiders. Simon is an electronic music producer from the UK. He creates these electronic productions in Logic Pro that are really melodic, and his “beats” have some amazing movements and harmonic structures that ebb and flow so well. He’s originally a drummer, so all of...
If you’re curious about what the BB29 mic sounds like that we’re giving away this week, we made a fun video for you to check out. Watch the video here to learn more about the mic and hear how it can benefit you as a new addition to your home studio mic locker! The giveaway...
This week I’m excited to team up with JZ Microphones again to give you a chance to win their $1,299 microphone, the signature series BB29! The giveaway is only open THIS WEEK, so make sure you take advantage of all the ways you increase your chances to win once you enter. Enter Below!
Are you focusing on the wrong questions and worrying about irrelevant problems when it comes to leveling up your music? I’m teaming up with Ryan Waczek of Indie Music Academy for a brand-new live stream chat where we help you overcome Your Indie Music Issues! Get it? Indie Music Academy and Audio Issues…Indie Music Issues! Anyhoo…stream...