Manon Grandjean: Mastering Your Own Mixes and Recording Like There's No Demo

This week's guest is London based mixer and mastering engineer Manon Grandjean. Manon has spent much of her time lately working with UK chart topping grime and hiphop artists such as Stormzy, Dave, Fredo, and AJ Tracey. Some of her other credits include London Grammar, Craig David, Birdy, and Nao. In 2017 she was named "Breakthrough Engineer of the Year" by the Music Producers Guild and then followed that with "Recording Engineer of the Year" in 2018. We chat about freelancing in London, realizing the power of templates, and how career perfectionism is different from project perfectionism.In this episode, we'll dig in on...How smaller budgets change the way young engineers learn to recordMastering your own mixesCareer spanning perfectionism vs project based perfectionismFreelance engineering and assisting at multiple studios to pay the billsPicking a good manager that is on the same page as youRealizing the power of having a recording templateBeing classically trained on guitar and harp growing upGrowing up interested in science and discovering recording as the combination of music and scienceThe importance of having a setup that is ready to go at all timesWinning Breakthrough Engineer of the YearTransitioning from engineering to mixingAlways pushing yourself and learningLearn More About Manon Grandjean...Website: https://www.manongrandjean.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grandjeanmanon/📢 Our Sponsors 📢Listen to Secret Sonics!Sign Up for Complete Producer Network!⬇️ FREE 2025 PLANNING WORKSHOP ⬇️https://www.travisference.com/2025plan📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspodConnect with Me:📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/appleSpotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotifyCredits:Guest: Manon GrandjeanHost: Travis FerenceEditor: Travis FerenceTheme Music: inter.ference