YCONN / James Grover was trained directly by the world's #2 most successful mix engineer, Manny Marroquin (who mixes for The Weeknd, Imagine Dragons, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Charlie Puth, Selena Gomez and many many more). This exclusive "Mix With The Masters" training event was conducted in-person for a whole week in a world class studio in 2019.

Since this training, James now uses the exact same mixing methodology and hence is capable of delivering world class mixes. Indeed he is currently looking to take on more work of this type, with the ability to match the quality of more-highly-credited engineers at a lower price point.

Also, since 2019 he has completed hundreds of vocal mixes for dance tracks / DJs, and is becoming a respected authority on vocal mixing techniques, recently being approached to teach his own masterclass to degree level production students for ThinkspaceEducation.com

Additionally James is a widely respected mastering engineer among the band scene of North England (where he previously served as in-house engineer at Peak Studios, Bradford UK). He has mastered records for platinum selling band Embrace, and for recently successful bands including Marsicans, Allusinlove, Talkboy, and many more, and is the go-to mastering engineer for indie labels such as ComePlayWithMe and Clue Records.

Previously, he founded a company called ProTracks Production Ltd, which was for a time the world's leading producer of karaoke versions and ringtones, employing up to 10 full-time producers. During this time, James would complete the final mix and master for each track before sending to the clients... it was this experience of mixing literally 5000+ pieces of music that really refined his ear to the point where he began professionally mastering for bands, artists and other professional producers.

Mix rate is £750/song or £100/hour (demo mixes available as hourly).

Mastering is £50 per song, with discounts for over 5 songs.