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.
We’re weird creatures… Sometimes, when we have a problem, we mistakenly think that we’re the only ones in the world that have ever dealt with it so nobody will understand how to help. Fortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth and in this video, we will talk about the easiest way for you to...
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If you want to grow your authority and succeed (online or off), you will inevitably face The Haters. I’m a big fan of The Haters. Especially when I hide their comments on my ads so that they don’t even know that they’re screaming into the void. They’re like the garage band that never plays a...
Did you know that the most popular food in Iceland isn’t some fancy delicacy? It’s actually just the simple Icelandic hot dog. It’s completely different from any of the American hot dogs. It’s made with lamb and has a variety of condiments “native” to Scandinavia. Here’s a picture: And the best place to get a...
I remember what it was like in the before times. Before my full-time career as an audio engineer, a touring musician, and a professional audio educator. I know what it’s like when you’re trying to make your tracks sound like pro records but you feel like you’re failing. I remember when my first band recorded...
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...