Pedro Calloni on Mixing Alex Warren, slimdan & Why He's Never Lost a Gig for Doing Too Little

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In this episode of Producer Points, Justin sits down with Pedro Calloni, a mixer whose work has been stopping him in his tracks lately. Every time a song hits different in a playlist, Pedro's name seems to be on it. Credits include Chris Stapleton, Bella Kaye, Stella Lefty, Ashe, Amy Allen, Nick Jonas, Joy Oladokun, Sasha Alex Sloan, LANY, GAYLE, Debbii Dawson, Alex Warren, Sadie Jean, and slimdan. In Justin's opinion, he's quietly becoming one of the top mixers to watch in the entire industry.

🎶 Song deep dives:

• "Fever Dream" by Alex Warren — the three-day Hail Mary call, taming a powerful voice without touching its tone, the parallel vocal weight channel, sidechained multiband on the instrument bus, and keeping the groove untouched
• "problem solver" by slimdan — keeping the vocal dry, the room hiss decision, that too-loud fuzz guitar, and going back in for the Medium Build version (full deep dive on Patreon)

🎛️ We explore:

• Growing up in Rio, the Berklee scholarship audition, and realizing he wasn't going to be a jazz drummer
• Landing at Village Studios and how end-of-session rough mixes made him a better mixer than he realized
• Getting Sasha Alex Sloan's debut album by saying yes to a tour he had no business taking
• His philosophy on restraint and why he's never lost a gig for not making enough moves
• The Cezanne analogy: finding the shape of a song and making sure it never gets lost
• Why plugins aren't necessarily getting better, and working fast without working in a rush
• Plug or Unplug: Kazrog True Iron, Goodhertz Megaverb, AudioPunks Great British Spring, Dangerous BAX EQ, Tube-Tech CL 1B, CLA Vocals

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