How Did You Build Your Studio Career?

People & Music Industry

MixBus Live @ GearFest UK 2025
Four top London-based Producer Engineers take part in this lively roundtable discussion with MixBus host Kevin Paul. Talking about how they got started in the industry and revealing how they got to work with some of the world’s top artists such as Ellie Goulding, Placebo, Coldplay, Kylie Minogue and London Grammar to name but a few.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:53 - Reasons For Getting Into Music Production
19:09 - The Reality Of Working In A Studio
20:59 - Working Your Way Up In A Studio
22:39 - Employing Studio Staff
25:55 - More Females In The Industry
28:05 - Making Yourself Indispensable And Networking
41:00 - Managing A Successful Career
Tim Bran Biog
Tim Bran began his production career in his own studio in Guernsey where he grew up. He then worked in the legendary Fallout Shelter Studios at Island Records in London where he collaborated with artists such as Julian Cope, Mica Paris, Omar and ex-Big Audio Dynamite band Screaming Target (with whom he formed an alliance and created the seminal dub/ambient band Dreadzone later on). He toured for ten years then decided he needed to be in his home from home- the studio - so gave up touring and dedicated himself to production and writing. He co-produced London Grammar’s debut album If You Wait with his production partner Roy Kerr as MyRiot and has worked with artists such as Birdy, Paul McCartney, Rae Morris, La Roux, KT Tunstall, Halsey, The Verve, Imelda May and Primal Scream. Recently his work includes Haevn, Abby Sage, Axel Flovent and Wild Rivers. Today, Tim Bran continues to make waves in the music scene, working with both established and up-and-coming artists. With each project, he brings a fresh perspective and a dedication to pushing musical boundaries, ensuring that his influence on the industry remains as vibrant as ever.

http://www.echobeachmanagement.com/artist/tim-bran/
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Danton Supple Biog
Danton is a London based Record Producer and Mixer with almost 40 years experience in studios and studio production with a diverse and successful range of artists as engineer, mixer and producer including work on 3 Grammy Winning and 5 Grammy Nominated projects. Having trained as a recording engineer at the legendary Sarm Studios under producers Trevor Horn, Steve Lipson and Julian Mendelsohn he moved to Westside Studios to work with Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. Going freelance in 1994 he worked with producers Phil Spector, Steve Lillywhite, Gil Norton, Mike Hedges, Steve Osborne, Flood, Ken Nelson, Paul Oakenfold, Brian Eno, Hugh Jones, Chris Hughes, Mark Saunders and Ian Stanley. He moved into production and mixing soon after with projects including Amy MacDonald, Soulsavers, Coldplay, Ian Brown, Morrissey, Oceansize, Starsailor, Lucie Silvas, The Devlins, Kylie Minogue, Patti Smith, Electric Soft Parade and The Doves. Recent projects include Alabama 3, Skinny Living, The Horn, Autoheart, Canadian band Around Joshua, Glowie, Deco, Oh Baby and Waiting For Smith. Danton is now based at RAK Studios (https://rakstudios.co.uk), St Johns Wood, London
https://www.dantonsupple.com/
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Shelby Logan Warne Biog
Shelby Logan Warne is a London-based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, studio engineer, producer and the frontwoman of the progressive rock and synth-pop band Kyros. She is also the co-owner and managing director of Sensible Music - a premium multi-studio complex in King’s Cross with a rich musical history comprising of world-class recording and mixing facilities, rehearsal spaces and long-lease studio and production rooms. She was nominated for Breakthrough Producer of the Year, Breakthrough Engineer of the Year and Self Producing Artist of the Year at the 2025 Music Producers Guild Awards. In addition to her self-producing work with Kyros, Shelby has worked closely with the likes of Placebo, Hurts, Gary Go, Steven Wilson and Haken as well as assisting on audio post-production and recording projects for Aardman Animations, Nike, the BBC and Sky.

https://shelbyloganwarne.com/
http://instagram.com/hereisshelby
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Julian Kindred Biog
Julian Kindred is a Canadian musician, producer, engineer and Grammy award winner. He started recording by working in many of the iconic studios of Nashville's Music Row, where he worked alongside a “who’s who” of the city's great musicians and producers. After moving to London in 2002, he set up his own Nonsuch Park Studio where he continues to produce, record, mix and write with established and new artists alike. He's worked with Ellie Goulding, Aimee Mann, Nao, Hammock, The Magic Numbers, Max Cooper, Avicii, BT, and legends such as Little Richard and Steve Winwood.
https://www.juliankindred.com/
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Kevin Paul Biog
Kevin Paul started his career as a DJ but quickly found his passion was sound engineering. His first audio job was at Soho Studios in 1991, moving to Konk Studios six months later, where he worked alongside successful producers and engineers such as Bob Clearmountain, Adam Mosley, Pascal Gabriel and Gil Norton, as well as bands such as The Kinks, Galliano, Terrorvision, UFO and Elastica.
After working on archiving the Depeche Mode back catalogue in 1994, he was offered an engineering role at Mute Records’ in-house studio, which eventually lead to a position as Head Engineer, which gave him access to the entire Mute Records roster. Highlights include mixing Goldfrapp’s “Felt Mountain”, David Bowie’s “Hours” and Nick Cave’s “No More Shall We Part”. He also worked in 5:1, mixing Moby’s “Hotel”, Goldfrapp’s “Black Cherry“ and more for DVD.

In 2004 Kevin went freelance and re-mixed the entire Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds back catalogues for SACD/DVD. Since 2008, Kevin Paul has been in charge of mixing and remixing performances at the iTunes Festivals in the UK and Germany. He has mixed over 100 artists to date, including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The XX, Calvin Harris, Foo Fighters, Jack White, Linkin Park, Florence & The Machine, Deadmau5, David Guetta, Jessie J., Norah Jones, Oasis, Mumford & Sons, N.E.R.D., Lykke Li, James Blunt, KT Tunstall, Hot Chip, Paul Weller and many more.

He continues to record, engineer, produce and mix many projects in music and film, runs the mixing and surround mixing modules for the Masters Degree course at UK’s Westminster University and divides his time between London and Berlin. Recent works include the International selling new album by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and mixing the latest album of ...