Steven Lee Tracy is the owner, producer, and mixing engineer at Saint Cecilia Studios in Tucson, Arizona. Before he was behind the board, he was on stage: a decade as guitarist and songwriter in Seattle indie-rock band The Myriad, whose single "A Clean Shot" became MTV's most-played video in spring 2008 after the band won MTV2's Dew Circuit Breakout. That artist-first background shapes his mixing today; a self-described "production-style" approach built for records that sound like the artist's favorite albums, not just a polite balance of tracks. At Saint Cecilia, Tracy has worked with acts spanning Seattle indie rock to Tucson's Latin-music scene, including Orkesta Mendoza and the Morrissey tribute act Mexrrissey, alongside sync and commercial work for MTV, Adobe, and Axon.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
- Why your 50th listen is lying to you about what's wrong with the mix
- The one thing Steven does in the first 30 seconds of every new song
- Why he builds drums, bass, and vocals in the same order every single time
- What separates a song that needs help from a song you just need to get out of the way of
- The mistake Steven made early on that he'd undo if he could start over
- Why lower overhead led to better work, not less of it
- What changed the moment he stopped saying “yes” to every opportunity
To learn more about Steven Lee Tracy, visit: https://www.saintceciliastudios.com/
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