Strings Magazine – An A-list Producer & Engineer Offers Tips on Effective Post-Production

Producer and Engineer, Ryan Hewitt offers effective post production tips in this Strings Magazine interview.

By Greg Cahill

“In making records, everything informs everything else,” says Ryan Hewitt, when asked about what considerations go into a successful post-production phase. Hewitt is an A-list producer and mixing engineer who has worked on rock, pop, and country projects by Johnny Cash, Brandi Carlile, the Dixie Chicks, the Lumineers, the Avett Brothers, and many others. Most recently, he produced, engineered and mixed the critically acclaimed When You’re Ready (Compass) by bluegrass guitarist and Americana artist Molly Tuttle. The album features fiddler Brittany Haas and a host of other string players.

Successful post-production, he says, starts before the artist even enters the studio. “The first time I heard Molly play live was at a 2017 Christmas party for her record label, Compass Records. It was in a small…READ THE COMPLETE INTERVIEW