01/28/2016
Hello folks, and good evening!
I've got a rather lengthy but necessary post that I need to share, and I've prayed about it and I feel this is where God is leading me (and what He's leading me to).
Ever since I started working with music, both personally and professionally, I've always "lent a helping hand" to those who were in the same boat as me. I've worked with an untold amount of artists since I was a senior in high school, and I've taught a lot of them some of my "tricks of the trade", per se, and I've done a lot of mixing and mastering (Audio Engineering) for them as well. I've helped structure and perfect some of the most awesome projects, like singles, EPs, and even full albums! And I've learned so much over the years and am still continually perfecting my craft both as an artist and an audio engineer. That being said, lots of things have change. 1) Just like most Americans, I work a job where I go to work 40+ hours a week, with a 1 hour 20 minute total commute (there and back), and 2) I've been married for going on 2 years (sans a few months) and have a home to take care of, and 3) my wife and I recently had a baby boy (Sept. 11th) and while my wife takes care of him very well, I still have to fulfill my duties as a husband and father. Not to mention, I still do music when I can find the time to do so. There are other things that take my time up, but these are the biggest ones. That being said, I want to clear this up in preparation for the launch of my website www.WrecktifyMusic.com.......
With the priorities in my life, I cannot continue being an audio engineer for free. I just literally can't do it. Yeah, the whole "bills to pay" things gets old to hear, but I typically dedicate anywhere from 10-15 hours of my time a week to doing music for others (not even my own stuff, The Breakdown was supposed to be done at the end of this month) and I'd be dedicating more time if I had it. That time spent on perfecting all of the music that I love to work on comes at a cost, and that cost is time with my wife and son, and even the rest of my family. I come home, grab a bite to eat, spend about 30 minutes with my son and wife together, then head to the dungeon to work on tracks. And honestly, while I don't like it, I'm okay with it because it's what I love doing, and I want to continue doing it. But I can't keep doing it when the cost of time lost isn't gained back.
That being said, I am no longer doing audio engineering for free. It pains me to say that, and I hope that those who have me do their music can see this from my perspective, but I cannot continue doing what I'm doing, because it's not worth it to me.
Please message me for any future projects (big or small) and I'd be extremely pleased to work with all of you on the "business" end of what I do. You can ask for examples of projects I've worked on to hear the quality that I personalize for every single song I touch. I spend a great deal of time making sure every track sounds as good as it can be, I send samples along the way so you can hear progress and make suggestions for anything that needs to be changed, I am an extreme nerd and I make sure all of the technical details of what I'm sending you matches the highest standards in the industry (such as, I send 24-bit PCM WAV files at 48,000khz as a standard/default, but I can send up to 32-bit PCM WAV files at 96,000khz. If you don't know what that means, just know both of those are better than CD quality).
Again, I hate having to even post this, because I value creating a quality product more than I do making money for it, but I can't keep doing what I'm doing and it be worth the time and effort I put in. If anybody has any questions, feel free to message me and we can talk it out.
Thanks to all of you, artists and listeners a like, for all you do,
-Wrecktify
