Grammy Nominated Engineer on Building a Career

Make better music, faster. Plugins by Musik Hack 👉 https://www.musikhack.com/podcast/ What happens when you drop everything and move to LA to pursue music? Is being a tracking engineer the weirdest form of customer service? How do you navigate so many different personalities to build a career as an engineer at the highest level? In this session, we talk with Mark Parfitt, who engineered for Poo Bear, ran Justin Bieber’s tour bus sessions, and has collaborated with artists like Snoop Dogg, Meghan Trainor, and Kehlani. 0:00 Intro 1:31 Psych Wall & Studio Design Vibes 1:53 Building Midas Collective 3:21 Early Days – High School Bands to ReBirth 5:37 Audio School, Big Three, & Meeting in Tampa 7:55 Advice to Move to LA & Working with Jason Pennock 10:17 Navigating Personalities – The Hardest Part of Recording 13:09 Hustling in LA – Day Jobs to Pooh Bear Opportunity 16:53 First Session with Pooh Bear & Meeting Harv 20:14 Chain of Relationships & Referrals 22:59 Transition to Bieber & Tour Bus Studio Setup 24:55 Recording on the Move – Bus Challenges & Stories 27:41 Coming Back from Tour & Rebuilding 29:03 Reconnecting with Harv & Expanding Midas Collective 30:58 Shifting Focus to Mixing & Thoughts on Producing 34:15 Staying in Your Lane vs. Blurring Lines 37:27 Mixing Approach, Speakers & In-the-Box Philosophy 40:04 Gear, Phone Recordings & Old vs. New School Producers 43:03 Views on AI in Music – Stem Splitting, Suno & Future Impact 53:00 Choosing an Intern & What Makes a Great Studio Person 57:58 Networking, Relationships & Worst Advice in the Industry 1:01:11 Closing Thoughts – Moving Quietly & Socials Sponsors: None - we do this because we love music and the people behind it, and we want to share our experience in the room with you... but we DO make tools for artists, musicians, and audio engineers. Support us by picking up the best sounding music tools in the industry at https://www.musikhack.com/podcast/ Musik Hack Instagram: @musikhack_ X: @musikhackllc Discord:   / discord   Mark Parfitt IG: @markparfitt_