216: Ken Lewis & Dom Rivinius (Mixing Night Audio, Taylor Swift, Kanye, Bruno Mars, Drake, BTS, Alicia Keys, Eminem)

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Episode show notes:
Ken Lewis is a Mixer & Producer with 114 gold records under his belt. On his credits list you'll find BTS, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Drake, Bruno Mars and many more.
Dom Rivinius is a producer, writer and mix engineer with credits on projects for artists like Eminem, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift or BTS.
So both got quite the list there and now they also own a plugin company together. It's called Mixing Night Audio and offers really unique tools that you won't find anywhere else! So powerful and fun to use!
KEN LEWIS CALLS HIMSELF A MIXER, PRODUCER AND "FINISHER".

And he also says he has the weirdest resume in the music industry. So, naturally, we needed to hear more about that.
DOM RIVINIUS MET KEN A FEW YEARS AGO AND BECAME PART OF HIS TEAM.

First as an assistant and then he got involved more and more on big projects for artists like Eminem, Alicia Keys, Taylor Swift or BTS.
Dom started out as a drummer, and after he started working with Ken he got to play drums on a few Taylor Swift songs, for example.
A FEW YEARS INTO WORKING TOGETHER THEY'VE STARTED THEIR PLUGIN COMPANY, MIXING NIGHT AUDIO.
We had a chance to play with their tools and use them on a few projects. And wow! These are really powerful and so much fun to use! And... a little different in many ways. 😉
On this episode, Ken & Dom share details about how they came up with those plugin ideas, the philosophy behind them and why they are a great addition to your mixing tool kit.
AND FINALLY, THE TWO HAVE BUILT AN ONLINE COMMUNITY DOING FREE MONTHLY LIVE STREAMS ON YOUTUBE STRAIGHT FROM KEN'S STUDIO.
So overall, we thought this was such a cool partnership between Ken and Dom that we wanted to know everything about how they met, how they got to where they are, what it takes to get that kind of projects and how they balance their insane work loads with other areas of life.
And the answers were super interesting, although not surprising if you've ever met one of them in person.
We hung out with Dom at Studioszene in Hamburg last year, then again at Namm in LA earlier this year and we immediately knew we had to introduce him and Ken to our audience.
So here we are!
And this episode is only the beginning:
ON APRIL 16TH 2024 KEN AND DOM WILL DO A "VOCAL MASTERY" WORKSHOP FOR OUR COMMUNITY!
It's going to be a free live event and if you are not on our email list or in our Facebook group, yet, please sign up or join now because you don't want to miss this!
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