Josh Schroeder is a Billboard #1 producer from Midland, Michigan.

He has produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered breakout albums for Lorna Shore, King 810, The Plot In You, Dayseeker, Varials, In Hearts Wake, Tallah, Ghost Bath, The Color Morale, and many others. Nail The Mix invited Josh to demonstrate the mix techniques he used on several of his acclaimed records, including King 810, Tallah, and Lorna Shore. His work spans hundreds of millions of streams across Spotify and YouTube.

Josh’s production philosophy in his own words:

“Identity is the most important quality you have as an artist. It’s what separates great artists from merely competent ones. My first goal as a producer is to understand where that identity comes from, and while there are many goals afterwards in terms of establishing great drum tones, guitar effects, vocal production, mixing, etc., the final goal is to make sure that core identity doesn’t get lost along the way.

Too often, bands chase some unattainable perfection of sound at the cost of polishing away all of the interesting little quirks that make them unique as artists. I’ve found that the more comfortable I can help make an artist feel in the studio, and the more confidence we can foster in each other as a team, the more they will open up and express themselves freely in their music. This is where pure identity is captured.

As someone who plays guitar, bass, drums, piano, engineers, mixes, masters, and writes music and lyrics, I have a broad perspective on my records that is sympathetic to everyone’s role, value, and voice in the process. It is that coalescing of musical personalities that creates something greater than the sum of its parts.”

Josh Schroeder started “Random Awesome! Recording Studio” in 2008 after a friend said, “you could take any random band and make them sound awesome.”