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LANCE POWELL

Mix Engineer

lance@soundguylance.com / @soundguylance

Recording and Mixing Engineer based in New York City.

Miguel, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Blxst, Sabrina Carpenter, Wu Tang Clan etc etc etc

Paris for the spring. Big thanks to all the old and new friends/colleagues that made it a memorable one.

Paris for the spring. Big thanks to all the old and new friends/colleagues that made it a memorable one.

Charlie: A series of portraits that should make your day better too.

Available for adoption but secretly (ok not so secretly) I want to foster him as long as possible.

@nycscr

Charlie: A series of portraits that should make your day better too.

Available for adoption but secretly (ok not so secretly) I want to foster him as long as possible.

@nycscr

Mel had bought us tickets to see Leon Bridges tonight, he was one of the first artists we bonded over and shortly after we met I was privileged enough to do a little early studio work on what became his most recent album. Just the nicest camp of people, Leon included. We invited each other to some special shows and I really looked forward to this one. A special thanks to Rachel Mandel who pulled some serious strings to make this happen, you’ve no idea how much this meant to me. Anyway Mariela and River had me bawling my eyes out, I really felt Mel smirking in the room with us at that point. Shes somewhere here now embarrassed by my post about her so I’ll stop now. See you all soon.

Mel had bought us tickets to see Leon Bridges tonight, he was one of the first artists we bonded over and shortly after we met I was privileged enough to do a little early studio work on what became his most recent album. Just the nicest camp of people, Leon included. We invited each other to some special shows and I really looked forward to this one. A special thanks to Rachel Mandel who pulled some serious strings to make this happen, you’ve no idea how much this meant to me. Anyway Mariela and River had me bawling my eyes out, I really felt Mel smirking in the room with us at that point. Shes somewhere here now embarrassed by my post about her so I’ll stop now. See you all soon.

If you’re interested in other people’s shallow self-promo then find this interview in VoyageLA. And yes I know I live in NYC but the Santa Monica hotel circuit has basically been my place of residence this year 🤷‍♂️
#LifeOfLance
📸 @michelleshiers

If you’re interested in other people’s shallow self-promo then find this interview in VoyageLA. And yes I know I live in NYC but the Santa Monica hotel circuit has basically been my place of residence this year 🤷‍♂️
#LifeOfLance
📸 @michelleshiers

@madridjules EP out! Was largely born out of one of my favorite ever camps/sessions late last year in upstate NY with @mumfordandsons @clairo @maggierogers @lucyrose @thevaccines @joepthehyena @chelseacutler and producers @djbroc @flanimal_kingdom @robbisel and engineers @causalaudio @brandon_bost and Beatriz who’s insta I don’t think I know. And by a divine coincidence permanent custodian of my Botero print @mrevansutton mixed the thing 👍👍. What a cool bunch of people and cool to see some of the stuff done that weekend being shared with the world.
#studiolife #LifeOfLance

@madridjules EP out! Was largely born out of one of my favorite ever camps/sessions late last year in upstate NY with @mumfordandsons @clairo @maggierogers @lucyrose @thevaccines @joepthehyena @chelseacutler and producers @djbroc @flanimal_kingdom @robbisel and engineers @causalaudio @brandon_bost and Beatriz who’s insta I don’t think I know. And by a divine coincidence permanent custodian of my Botero print @mrevansutton mixed the thing 👍👍. What a cool bunch of people and cool to see some of the stuff done that weekend being shared with the world.
#studiolife #LifeOfLance

Blxst - I’ll Always Come Find You.

Too many to tag but had a ton of fun working on this album. Started in the Rocky Mountains early 2023 and continued on around Europe and finished in LA. Mixed the whole thing, and was horrified and ready to throw in the towel when I checked it on Apple Music today only to realize my Airpods had gone into Fixed Spatial Mode. Don’t let that happen to you.

We mixed it in sequence and paid special attention to how the album flowed so do yourself a favor and listen from top to bottom. We didn’t crank the top end and we let the album breath a little so you can turn it up loud without fear of exhaustion in the first 5 minutes:

Shoutout to all involved, too many to tag but extra props to Blxst for steering the ship and CB for making everything happen. Thanks to the additional engineers for getting features etc over and in largely good shape, and the assistant engineers at each studio for doing great work despite all of you being totally overqualified for being assistants. Cheers to the producers for doing an incredible job and for letting me do my thing when it came to mix time. Team at Evgle and Red Bull for organizing the production camps and sessions and taking such good care of me. And a big fuck you to the three pieces of shit that broke into Blxst’s house yesterday while his kids were sleeping, during what should have been a time of celebration and relief.

Anyway I’ve listened to it 7000 times and won’t be able to listen to it again now that it’s out so it’s yours to turn up and enjoy and tell me how you could have done it better.

#LifeOfLance #studiolife

Blxst - I’ll Always Come Find You.

Too many to tag but had a ton of fun working on this album. Started in the Rocky Mountains early 2023 and continued on around Europe and finished in LA. Mixed the whole thing, and was horrified and ready to throw in the towel when I checked it on Apple Music today only to realize my Airpods had gone into Fixed Spatial Mode. Don’t let that happen to you.

We mixed it in sequence and paid special attention to how the album flowed so do yourself a favor and listen from top to bottom. We didn’t crank the top end and we let the album breath a little so you can turn it up loud without fear of exhaustion in the first 5 minutes:

Shoutout to all involved, too many to tag but extra props to Blxst for steering the ship and CB for making everything happen. Thanks to the additional engineers for getting features etc over and in largely good shape, and the assistant engineers at each studio for doing great work despite all of you being totally overqualified for being assistants. Cheers to the producers for doing an incredible job and for letting me do my thing when it came to mix time. Team at Evgle and Red Bull for organizing the production camps and sessions and taking such good care of me. And a big fuck you to the three pieces of shit that broke into Blxst’s house yesterday while his kids were sleeping, during what should have been a time of celebration and relief.

Anyway I’ve listened to it 7000 times and won’t be able to listen to it again now that it’s out so it’s yours to turn up and enjoy and tell me how you could have done it better.

#LifeOfLance #studiolife

A very fun side-quest this month fostering doggo Oreo from @itsyogishouse while I had some time in LA between sessions. Taking her to maybe her forever home tomorrow and will probably have a trembly lower lip, she’s been pretty special. She was a stray who ended up on a euthanasia list at a shelter and Yogi House saved her and needed fosters while looking for a permanent home. If you’d like to do a cool thing hit up Yogi House and keep a dog alive for a little while or long while!

A very fun side-quest this month fostering doggo Oreo from @itsyogishouse while I had some time in LA between sessions. Taking her to maybe her forever home tomorrow and will probably have a trembly lower lip, she’s been pretty special. She was a stray who ended up on a euthanasia list at a shelter and Yogi House saved her and needed fosters while looking for a permanent home. If you’d like to do a cool thing hit up Yogi House and keep a dog alive for a little while or long while!

Lil AirBnB setup by the beach.

Lil AirBnB setup by the beach.

New favorite console I think 👍 @villagestudios

New favorite console I think 👍 @villagestudios

If you want to feel like you’re being punched in the gut and smacked in the face in the nicest way possible pop this one up on the mains and turn the volume to 11. Super fun song to mix. Thanks to Blxst and Feid and the production team behind it. Too old to be doing shots these days though but some good toast is always nice.

If you want to feel like you’re being punched in the gut and smacked in the face in the nicest way possible pop this one up on the mains and turn the volume to 11. Super fun song to mix. Thanks to Blxst and Feid and the production team behind it. Too old to be doing shots these days though but some good toast is always nice.

Mr Miyagi reminding me not to impulsively do something outrageous right before printing mix passes. #DistortionOnDistortionOff #StudioLife

Mr Miyagi reminding me not to impulsively do something outrageous right before printing mix passes. #DistortionOnDistortionOff #StudioLife

One of my favorite recording sessions in my whole career, thanks everyone you know who you are. Regardless of role, status, fame etc every single person was so cool, I had a blast from the moment I dragged myself out of bed til the moment I dragged myself back to bed each day. Special shout-out to the dream team of engineers that made it run so smooth and made the most of the limited resources we had across four makeshift studios running all day and night, everything sounded unreal. Anyway here’s exhausted me feeding the donkeys grass even though they have tons of grass to eat already.

One of my favorite recording sessions in my whole career, thanks everyone you know who you are. Regardless of role, status, fame etc every single person was so cool, I had a blast from the moment I dragged myself out of bed til the moment I dragged myself back to bed each day. Special shout-out to the dream team of engineers that made it run so smooth and made the most of the limited resources we had across four makeshift studios running all day and night, everything sounded unreal. Anyway here’s exhausted me feeding the donkeys grass even though they have tons of grass to eat already.

Fire sale items all sold, thank you please come again! LA studio is cleared out, now I have to slum it in rooms like this when I�’m in town. #Studiolife

Fire sale items all sold, thank you please come again! LA studio is cleared out, now I have to slum it in rooms like this when I’m in town. #Studiolife

Kitts discovered just how much warmth comes off the Vari Mu and then gave me the death stare and then snobbed me after I took her photo without consent.
#SoundCatKitts #studiocatsofinstagram

Kitts discovered just how much warmth comes off the Vari Mu and then gave me the death stare and then snobbed me after I took her photo without consent.
#SoundCatKitts #studiocatsofinstagram

Only downside to Miami is that it’s in Florida (yeah I said what I said). Good luck to the studio staff in finding the motivational coach business card my Uber driver gave me. By the time you find it you’ll be asking yourselves those questions too (if you don’t already daily). Back to NY for a solid 10 hours ✈️ 🗽
#LifeOfLance #studiolife

Only downside to Miami is that it’s in Florida (yeah I said what I said). Good luck to the studio staff in finding the motivational coach business card my Uber driver gave me. By the time you find it you’ll be asking yourselves those questions too (if you don’t already daily). Back to NY for a solid 10 hours ✈️ 🗽
#LifeOfLance #studiolife

Mixed a thing, it’s pretty cool. Props to @blxst and @binorideaux cheers to the producers and engineers and everyone involved. No thanks to radio people that request super clean edits though #YeahISaidIt

Mixed a thing, it’s pretty cool. Props to @blxst and @binorideaux cheers to the producers and engineers and everyone involved. No thanks to radio people that request super clean edits though #YeahISaidIt

Found a new preset for my mix bus, don’t try copy me.
#Lancecon480L

Found a new preset for my mix bus, don’t try copy me.
#Lancecon480L

AirBnB studio vs the non-AirBnB studio. Good times today people even if you did accidentally get me high for a few minutes there and I didn’t know where the mic was.

AirBnB studio vs the non-AirBnB studio. Good times today people even if you did accidentally get me high for a few minutes there and I didn’t know where the mic was.

Paris always delivers! Special shout-out to Flo at @le.ditvin who thought it was hilarious my luggage got lost for three days so despite being fully booked added a seat to his friends and family table and got them to hang out with me. And the mini Wilcrew hang was good fun too. Off to Londontown next 👍🏻

Paris always delivers! Special shout-out to Flo at @le.ditvin who thought it was hilarious my luggage got lost for three days so despite being fully booked added a seat to his friends and family table and got them to hang out with me. And the mini Wilcrew hang was good fun too. Off to Londontown next 👍🏻

Italy! Food and wine and hospitality undid the bulk of the trauma that comes from working on shows in that country, which is nice. #Italiawhat #romeing

Italy! Food and wine and hospitality undid the bulk of the trauma that comes from working on shows in that country, which is nice. #Italiawhat #romeing

Hawaii as always has been super cool 👍🏻. Massive thanks to all involved and your hospitality, you know who you are. Back to the mainland for hopefully a little while 😅.
#LifeOfLance

Hawaii as always has been super cool 👍🏻. Massive thanks to all involved and your hospitality, you know who you are. Back to the mainland for hopefully a little while 😅.
#LifeOfLance

Guess which one of these mixers is functional (hint: it’s not the one I was hoping to use).
#LifeOfLance

Guess which one of these mixers is functional (hint: it’s not the one I was hoping to use).
#LifeOfLance

Pretty great week out near the Rockies with some of my favorite people to work with, hospitality was amazing thanks team. Filled the Mini Cooper to the brim with recording rigs and drove up from LA, rented a PA system and did everything in the house, good fun. Couple days in Vegas with Mel now then to LA and Hawaii for more sessions then back to NYC where maybe I’ll finally get to unpack my suitcase after 11 months of moving around. And I turned 38 yesterday god damn.

Pretty great week out near the Rockies with some of my favorite people to work with, hospitality was amazing thanks team. Filled the Mini Cooper to the brim with recording rigs and drove up from LA, rented a PA system and did everything in the house, good fun. Couple days in Vegas with Mel now then to LA and Hawaii for more sessions then back to NYC where maybe I’ll finally get to unpack my suitcase after 11 months of moving around. And I turned 38 yesterday god damn.

#LifeOfLance

#LifeOfLance

Calm after the storm! Next up for the weekend: two mixes, one Grammy party thing then a flight to Fiji for three days of thunderstorms with @melmel313 en route to New Zealand for catch ups with everyone. #LifeOfLance

Calm after the storm! Next up for the weekend: two mixes, one Grammy party thing then a flight to Fiji for three days of thunderstorms with @melmel313 en route to New Zealand for catch ups with everyone. #LifeOfLance

New Sam Smith record out today. Every single person that came to Malibu and got involved with this record were an excellent hang, couldn’t have asked for a nicer bunch to spend time with. Especially little doggo Beatrix, Sam was the last person to give her a little pet on the head 🐩. Special cheers to @samsmith @jimmynapes @dodlum @guspirelli @stargate @loshendrixx and everyone else who’s insta I don’t know.

New Sam Smith record out today. Every single person that came to Malibu and got involved with this record were an excellent hang, couldn’t have asked for a nicer bunch to spend time with. Especially little doggo Beatrix, Sam was the last person to give her a little pet on the head 🐩. Special cheers to @samsmith @jimmynapes @dodlum @guspirelli @stargate @loshendrixx and everyone else who’s insta I don’t know.

Alright final day in Australia, let’s make it a bogan one 🪃
(Sorry @melmel313 please don’t leave me)

Alright final day in Australia, let’s make it a bogan one 🪃
(Sorry @melmel313 please don’t leave me)

Bad Boys taking the private jet to the Holiday Inn Express. #glamourshot
📸 Rachel 👍🏻

Bad Boys taking the private jet to the Holiday Inn Express. #glamourshot
📸 Rachel 👍🏻

Next stop: New Zealand! Packing the essentials obviously. Coming into town for just a few days people, come say hi. 🇳🇿

Next stop: New Zealand! Packing the essentials obviously. Coming into town for just a few days people, come say hi. 🇳🇿

Control rooms > vocal booths.
#studiolife

Control rooms > vocal booths.
#studiolife

Twerking. Volume knob on the SSL working well, couldn’t tell you a thing about the rest of the Origin.
#studiolife

Twerking. Volume knob on the SSL working well, couldn’t tell you a thing about the rest of the Origin.
#studiolife

Happy birthday @nickcaveofficial! Hope you get to do absolutely nothing all day.

Happy birthday @nickcaveofficial! Hope you get to do absolutely nothing all day.

Doing edits to soundtracks on a tiny table in a mouldy building with shitty internet in a forest somewhere on the outskirts of Istanbul. It’s a glamorous life sometimes being “soundguylance from Instagram”.
@thewarrenellis @nickcaveofficial @blondethefilm
#studiolife
@mergingtech 💪

Doing edits to soundtracks on a tiny table in a mouldy building with shitty internet in a forest somewhere on the outskirts of Istanbul. It’s a glamorous life sometimes being “soundguylance from Instagram”.
@thewarrenellis @nickcaveofficial @blondethefilm
#studiolife
@mergingtech 💪

Bad Boys (and Girls) in wherever we were today. Kept thinking it was Austria but was somewhere in Germany. Hashtag blessed.
#NickCaveAndTheBadCrew

Bad Boys (and Girls) in wherever we were today. Kept thinking it was Austria but was somewhere in Germany. Hashtag blessed.
#NickCaveAndTheBadCrew

Oh yeah been doing a thing with @nickcaveofficial & The Bad Seeds in Europe. Day One was pretty cool, we almost lost Nick to the Danes at one point. One of my favorite things I’ve experienced was 30,000 people unexpectedly singing along to the chorus of “Waiting For You”, a ballad off of Ghosteen. Cool seeing those songs really come to life.
@thewarrenellis @carlyparadis @georgevjestica 💪💪💪

Oh yeah been doing a thing with @nickcaveofficial & The Bad Seeds in Europe. Day One was pretty cool, we almost lost Nick to the Danes at one point. One of my favorite things I’ve experienced was 30,000 people unexpectedly singing along to the chorus of “Waiting For You”, a ballad off of Ghosteen. Cool seeing those songs really come to life.
@thewarrenellis @carlyparadis @georgevjestica 💪💪💪

Went to a thing and met my hero. Well done team, pretty cool launch campaign! Good to see everyone.
@blxst @redbull @evgle 🦅

Went to a thing and met my hero. Well done team, pretty cool launch campaign! Good to see everyone.
@blxst @redbull @evgle 🦅

Mobile Tower Of Power racked and ready to head to a creative space near you (but preferably near me).
Not pictured: Lexicon 960L (but let’s be honest I’m not lugging that thing anywhere.

#💪💪
#studiolife

Mobile Tower Of Power racked and ready to head to a creative space near you (but preferably near me).
Not pictured: Lexicon 960L (but let’s be honest I’m not lugging that thing anywhere.

#💪💪
#studiolife

Excellent evening watching and catching up with Nick and Warren last night. And pretty cool hearing songs off Ghosteen played live in the Beacon.
@nickcaveofficial @thewarrenellis

Excellent evening watching and catching up with Nick and Warren last night. And pretty cool hearing songs off Ghosteen played live in the Beacon.
@nickcaveofficial @thewarrenellis

First time on the @solidstatelogic Origin console today. External 2 input and the blue volume knob work as expected but couldn’t tell you a thing about the rest of the desk. @mergingtech and @manleylabs doing the heavy lifting for me this morning, made life a breeze 👍🏻.

First time on the @solidstatelogic Origin console today. External 2 input and the blue volume knob work as expected but couldn’t tell you a thing about the rest of the desk. @mergingtech and @manleylabs doing the heavy lifting for me this morning, made life a breeze 👍🏻.

Today’s template. #studiolife

Today’s template. #studiolife

Beautiful day to sit inside and hit cmd-spacebar over and over ☀️ 🎶

Beautiful day to sit inside and hit cmd-spacebar over and over ☀️ 🎶

Pew Pew!

Pew Pew!

#studiolife

#studiolife

Mexico as always has been cool! Good times with @wilco and Wilcrew and @melmel313. Back to LA today and back to the studio 💪

Mexico as always has been cool! Good times with @wilco and Wilcrew and @melmel313. Back to LA today and back to the studio 💪

Mexico is cool! 🇲🇽 ⚽️ 🎸

Mexico is cool! 🇲🇽 ��⚽️ 🎸

This one has a different type of smell, and albeit a more pleasant one old-school windowless Neve rooms tend to definitely have a smell too.
#studiolife

This one has a different type of smell, and albeit a more pleasant one old-school windowless Neve rooms tend to definitely have a smell too.
#studiolife

If instagram pictures were scratch-and-sniff all my regular friends would understand the LA studio smell. All my engineer friends will know exactly what this room smells like.
#studiolife

If instagram pictures were scratch-and-sniff all my regular friends would understand the LA studio smell. All my engineer friends will know exactly what this room smells like.
#studiolife

Recorded and Mixed “Go To War” on the new @snoopdogg album for Snoop and @blxst. It’s pretty cool. Producer by young hitta @jaymillianofficial. @manleylabs Gold Ref and VoxBox sounding sweeeeet.
@defjamsnoop

Recorded and Mixed “Go To War” on the new @snoopdogg album for Snoop and @blxst. It’s pretty cool. Producer by young hitta @jaymillianofficial. @manleylabs Gold Ref and VoxBox sounding sweeeeet.
@defjamsnoop

Would have been way better without the SSL if I’m honest 🤷‍♂️
#studiolife

Would have been way better without the SSL if I’m honest 🤷‍♂️
#studiolife

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