Puremix Mentor Andrew Scheps talks shop with some of the industry's greatest:
Tinariwen
"The feelings and the emotions that the band managed to capture on record have never been so vivid... All that potential has been wonderfully honed by the album's mixing engineer Andrew Scheps."
[www.anti.com]
Green Day
"Green Day recently scored their third U.S. number-one album... For such a high-profile rock project, there are notably very few engineer credits on the record: Chris Dugan for tracking, Andrew Scheps for mixing, and Eric Boulanger for mastering. Scheps personally recommended Boulanger and The Bakery for the project."
[https://thebakery.la/]
artwork by: Bruno Gallo (Buenos Aires)
The Duke Spirit
Q: "You spent time in beautiful Los Angeles recording the new album with Andrew Scheps, who's been behind the board for some pretty big bands. How did that go?"
A: "It was literally a god-send. Or rather he was. He found time for us very much at the last minute and made stuff happen quick, spontaneously and he kept the stress down! Good vibes dude. We totally enjoyed his methods."
[www.blabbermouth.net]
The Duke Spirit
"We felt like we wanted LA's wizard pair of ears, Andrew Scheps. Every time we played in LA, he was there, which is really important... Other producers we've worked with hadn't been to see us live... they hadn't been trying to capture that fire. And Andrew seemed impressed with that [fire], and really brought it into the studio."
[www.shockhound.com]
The Duke Spirit
Q: "You guys worked with Andrew Scheps on the album to strip back the sounds. You say you've put the songs on a diet. How did he get your sounds leaner?"
A: "Several things: In one song, he wanted just voice and piano... he wanted it to be fluid... And he's such a relaxed person... he'll tell you what he thinks, but his temperament is perfect. He'd challenge me about words or phrasing and ask, "Why are you putting extra words in there?" He's like the cool teacher at school. He gets you to do shit, but you don't realize it."
[www.shockhound.com]
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