Professional Mixing & Mastering for Psych Pop & Dream Pop Artists
Release your best music yet that attracts the attention of fans, agents, and labels with hand-crafted, non-destructive mixes
How I Help
I will handle everything in post-production for you, from raw recordings to a ready-to-stream audio file
Mixes Fans Love
Whether you record in your bedroom or a pro studio, I’ll transform whatever you have into cohesive, expressive, and engaging mixes that you (and your fans) will be addicted to.
Intentional Masters
Each track is mastered with care - ensuring your music is competitive, balanced, and warm across every platform and playback system.
‘Wavy’ Pop Focused
Work with someone who actually understands how to work with lush reverbs, hazy textures, and hypnotic grooves.
Buy Back Your Time
Skip the endless tweaking & second-guessing - reinvest that time into writing and producing more great music.
Stress-Free Releases
I stay up-to-date on streaming specs and loudness standards, so your music always uploads clean, clear, and professionally optimized for every service.
Clear Collaboration
From a day-one creative direction call to a smooth revision process, I keep communication transparent so your final mix always matches what you pictured in your head.
How My Process Works
Step 1 - Direction Alignment
We’ll hop on a call, and brainstorm the direction of your project.
Step 2 - Mixing & Mastering
Starting from your DAW session, I'll begin shaping your sound.
We’ll go through as many iterations and revisions as we need to get to a point where your music blows you away.
Step 3 - Revisions
After we land on a version you love, I’ll bounce streaming-ready file(s) for you that are optimized for all platforms.
Step 4 - Delivery
Selected Works
Support weathervanemusic.org
“Charlie is a modern day Rick Rubin.
He’s the guy for any job. Not to mention, he has an insane turn around time. Super easy to work with, it is a pleasure going to Charlie to get all my songs sounding polished”
- Jason Bocklage
NY-based Songwriter/Multi-instrumentalist
About Me
I know firsthand what it’s like to try to do it all on your own
Hi - I’m Charlie Ferree, an independent audio engineer based in PHX, AZ. Psychedelic/Dream Pop is my personal obsession, and I know just how hard it is to get it sounding, and feeling, like your favorite records.
Songwriting and production for this style of music is tricky enough as it is - and when you try to teach yourself to mix at the same time, it gets ugly, fast:
Does my room actually have a flat frequency response?
What compressors are best in this style of music?
What compressor techniques are best here?
How aggressive should I be EQ’ing my vocals?
Is YouTube just teaching me how to mix generic pop songs?
Did I go over-board on reverb/delay?
Can I trust myself to make un-biased decisions?
Should I get a second opinion? Who could I even trust?
How loud should this song be? Compared to what?
Why does this sound different than how I had it yesterday?
Are the songs I'm referencing even mixed well???
I could be writing more songs right now instead of this…
The good news is, through years of practice, I've gotten to a skill-level that allows me to quickly blow through all these problems and others that pop up in post-production, and I’m here to help!
And with the time you’d save on this, it should be well-spent honing your skillset in songwriting and production. After all, that’s your signature sauce as an artist.
If you’re ready to invest in your music, or if you have any questions at all, feel free to click the button below, and we’ll set up a call to discuss if I’m a good fit for you.
FAQs
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If your goal is to grow a dedicated, obsessed fan-base - then yes. You can spend hundreds or thousands promoting a song, but if it doesn’t sound great, ads won’t help. A good mix is the foundation that enables every other dollar you spend on marketing to actually work.
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Even if you’re a fantastic mixer, it’s nearly impossible to stay objective about the music you’re making, because you’ve already spent days, weeks, or months working on it. This will lead to a mix that sounds great to you, but does a poor job connecting to first-time listeners. My job is to be that fresh perspective.
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Not at all, and this is why I specifically love working in Psych/Dream Pop. My number 1 priority is preserving that strong feeling in your demo, but also creating vivid, lush, and warm atmospheres and textures for your emotion to live with. But, I can only guarantee preservation of that raw feeling for myself, I cannot vouch for other engineers.
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Mastering is the final polish for your music, and it’s an important step to get right. A good master will balance the whole track so it sounds amazing everywhere (in your car, through a Hi-Fi setup, nice headphones, phone speakers etc.), and sounds great next to other songs in your genre (for streaming/playlists).
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Every client receives clear and constant communication throughout the whole process, and I require us to have a vision alignment meeting at the beginning to make sure we’re on the same page. On top of that, I offer unlimited revisions, and I will not stop working until you have a master you LOVE!
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Absolutely. We can still discuss the details of the project first, and you can book whenever you’re ready.
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Click the button below, and we can set up our first call to see if we’re a good fit for each other!