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About Bjorgvin Benediktsson
Björgvin Benediktsson is an Icelandic-American author, audio educator, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of www.Audio-Issues.com where he has taught thousands of musicians and producers how to make a bigger impact with their music. Björgvin has been an audio engineer since 2006 and has worked with hundreds of artists as an audio engineer, mentor and educator.
He is the author of multiple books, including the best-selling book Step By Step Mixing that simplifies complex audio jargon and transforms insecure musicians into confident mixing engineers. He has written over 1,000 articles on audio production and his training has been featured in publications such as MusicTech magazine, The Huffington Post, The Recording Revolution, SAE Institute, and Audiotuts+ to name a few.
When he's not helping entrepreneurs, audio engineers, and other creatives, he likes to hang out with his wife, daughter and dog in Tucson, AZ, drink craft beer, and read comic books.
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Titles By Bjorgvin Benediktsson
The 2nd edition of #1 Amazon Best-Seller For Home Studio Musicians, Producers and Engineers Looking to Skyrocket Their Mixing Skills...
Learn a Proven Step By Step Mixing Process That's Helped Thousands of Musicians and Engineers Like Yourself Make Amazing Mixes in Their Home Studio, Using Only EQ, Compression, Reverb, Delay, and Saturation
"This is the NO BS guide to taking your mixes to the next level! Björgvin has been teaching and writing about recording for a decade, and really understands that stuff that we all struggle with in the home studio. Step By Step Mixing takes you through the full process of making sure your mixes rock from ruff to radio-ready!"
-Lij Shaw, Award-winning Producer, and Podcaster of Recording Studio Rockstars
Let Me Ask You This:
- Do you fight to make all your instruments fit together in a busy mix?
- Do you struggle to EQ each instrument to sit in their frequency range without getting in the way of everything else?
- Do you tear your hair out finding the right compression setting for each track?
- Do you have a hard time using reverb and delay without cluttering up your mix?
- Do you get confused by saturation and how to use it to get a warmer sounding mix?
If you want to make better mixes immediately in your home studio that translate to every speaker system, whether you're working on demos for your band of mixing records for your clients, grab Step By Step Mixing right now.
Here's What's Inside:
- Learn to get organized and simplify your mixing process to create more mixes that sound better in less time
- Learn practical EQ tips to make all of your instruments fit in your mix
- Learn to use compression to create punchy and tight mixes
- Learn to use reverb and delay to add space and depth to your mixes without cluttering up the song and making yourself sound like an amateur
- Learn everything you need to know about saturation to add that secret sauce to your songs that make people take notice of your skills
- Learn an invaluable process to getting your mix to translate to any speaker or sound system
Every chapter is broken down as such:
- Explanations on the theory behind what the plug-ins do and how to use them: You’ll get a thorough walkthrough of the various regions of the frequency spectrum. You’ll understand exactly how to use your compressors. You’ll learn all about the various reverb and delay settings (some reverbs are just too complex!) and you’ll get very familiar with using saturation (without overloading and distorting your mixes!).
- Common Problems and Their Practical Solutions: After you understand how each processor works we’ll talk about some real world scenarios. I’ll give you some practical and easy to use tips to make your mixes jump out of the speakers.
"The “Go Giver” Meets Rolling Stone. A meaningful and fun read!" - Gina Catalano, Author, Fractional COO, and Business Coach
How to Quit Your Job and Kickstart Your Creative Career So You Can Do What You Love Every Day
If you want to transform your hobby into a profitable and sustainable career, this business parable will share what you need to succeed.
You Get What You Give will teach you:- How to find quality clients and customers that pay you what you're worth
- How to sell your products and services without feeling sleazy
- How to 10X your income and create a career you want with the right habits that make success inevitable
- How to understand and serve your customers so well they keep coming back for more
- How to diversify your income streams so that you can future-proof your success
You Get What You Give tells the story of Casey, an aspiring music producer who hates his day job. Every day he leaves his dream of being a successful music producer behind as he clocks in at the office. One day, he rage-quits his job to start his studio but realizes he has no idea how to find clients to replace his income. After a disastrous start and quickly running out of his savings, he meets a mysterious “musicpreneur” who teaches him the strategies he needs to succeed. Will he get his studio business off the ground or will he crawl back to his corporate marketing job?
Quotes from Colleagues
"Björgvin has been a real model to follow [for] ideas and direction on how to organize, monetize, and implement my online platform as an artist and entrepreneur. He helped me launch my first online course and that course sold over $14,000 in the first couple weeks." - Chris Selim, Music Producer and Creator of Mixdown Online "I tend to be a little more audio-nerd than entrepreneur. Because of this, I frequently have "small business blind-spots" which Björgvin has helped me overcome. When he speaks, I take notes. His advice has dramatically changed my business. The benefit to my business was just bananas. It was tens of thousands of dollars in extra business. It was weird how it instantly worked!" - Chris Graham, Mastering Engineer and Co-Host of the Six Figure Home Studio Podcast
Let me ask you:
- Do you already know the basics of mixing but you still waste time tweaking the mix long after it's done?
- Do you want to finish your songs faster so you can release more music and reach more fans?
- Do you have limited mixing time and want to get more clients and finally quit your day job?
- Do you want to be as productive as possible in the studio and produce faster without losing quality?
If you answered yes to any of these questions and want to learn how to mix fast and efficiently, then Better Mixes in Less Time is perfect for you.
Learning to mix quickly is incredibly important today. Whether you're mixing your band's new single or working on an EP for a client, you still want results fast!
Better Mixes in Less Time: The Productivity Playbook for Mixing Engineers teaches you how to create an efficient workflow that makes you a faster mixing engineer.
Inside you'll learn:
- How to think like a productive and efficient mixing engineer to save time and money
- How to make time for mixing music when you have a busy schedule
- The power of deliberate and deep practice, even if you only have 25 minutes to spare
- How to find pockets of time to improve your mixing skills
- Important productivity tools and methods to stay on task and finish faster
- How to use a mixing template to speed up the mixing process and eliminate distractions from too many plug-ins
- The exact mixing template I use, and the workflow I use to make faster mixing decisions because I don’t have to search around my DAW any more
- How to prepare for a mixing session and know exactly what to do when you start the mixing process
- An easy mindset for knowing how to EQ, compress and use effects
- My 9-step process for taking a mix from a rough recording to a finished song
- A special, step-by-step plan on how to schedule your time so you’re always creating new mixes (even if you don’t have any songs)
- See exactly how to group and buss your instruments for a faster workflow
- Learn what processors you should put on your master bus and your groups to get your rough mixes sounding good immediately
- What effects busses you should create in your mixing template so you can easily create punch through parallel compression, width through stereo widening and depth with reverb and delay
- How to create your own presets for your compressors so that all you need to do is to tweak the threshold to add tightness to your tracks
- How to use the right plug-ins to speed up your mix workflow and to avoid wasting time constantly browsing your plug-in folder
If you're currently taking forever to finish each mix, then the workflow inside Better Mixes in Less Time will help you save hours of unnecessary mix work so you can crank out quality mixes in no time.
Discover How You Find More Gigs, Perform for an Engaged Audience and Make Money Doing What You Love.
Get More Gigs is Your Step By Step Guide to Getting More Gigs and Making Money From Them.
How To Book Gigs: If you've ever struggled to get onstage, Get More Gigs gives you a systematic approach to researching and reaching out to venues and getting them to notice you without needing to use a booking agent.
How to Perform For More Fans: Learn to engage with your audience, get more people to your shows and create relationships with new fans to make the venue hungry to book you back.
Make More Money From Gigs: Create diverse income streams and learn to make as much money as possible from every gig by getting paid by the venue, its patrons and your fans.
You'll learn things such as:
- The Three Things You Need To Have Before You Ask For a Gig
- A Step By Step System on Reaching Out to Venues And Getting Them To Respond
- The Rule of Three to Be Booked Back
- Online Promotion Strategies to Get People To Your Shows
- A Crash Course in Live Sound So You Sound Great to the Audience
- How to Structure Your Show to Get the Audience to Remember You
- The 4 Basic Ways to Make Money At Your Gigs (And How To Implement Them)
- How To Get Paid As Much as Possible From Your Performance
- The One Unique Way to Get Paid Royalties From Your Live Show After the Show Is Over
- How To Make the Best Merchandise For Your Band
- How To Price Your Merchandise So It Sells!
- How To Make At Least 200% More In Tips Using This One Simple Tip Jar Trick
A Simple Approach to Finding the Right Venues
Don't know where to start getting gigs? Get More Gigs gives you a step by step approach on what to do to before you start searching, as well as a blueprint to find every venue in your area and how to get them to notice you.
Multiple Ways to Make Money From Your Shows
Learn how to create multiple income streams during your show. Increase the amount you make from your performance and your merchandise sales, in addition to my Tip Jar Trick that helped me make at least 200% more from tips every show.
How To Get Gigs Even If No Venue Wants You
If you're just starting out it might be hard to fill a 2 hour slots by yourself. If that's the case I'll teach you alternative ways to play gigs even if no venue wants you.
Create a Side Income From Recurring Shows
At the end of the book you should have a concrete path to create a side income playing live music regularly, increasing your exposure in your area as well as increasing your income.
About the Author
Hi, I'm Björgvin Benediktsson. I'm a musician, audio engineer and writer. I've played music in bands for over half my life, touring both my native Iceland as well as the United States as a guitarist, vocalist and bassist in various groups.
I help musicians make a greater impact with their music by teaching them how to promote themselves using solid business principles I learned through my business studies and "musicpreneurial" activities.