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Charlie Hartwell

Calabasas,CA

Summary

Dynamic audio engineer, music producer, and song writer, with a proven track record of freelance work achieving over 6 million streams in just 2.5 years. Expert in professional-level mixing and vocal recording, I thrive in collaborative environments, prioritizing the essence of the record over anything else.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Audio Engineer / Music Producer / Songwriter

Freelance
07.2023 - Current
  • Record vocalists / instrumentalists across a variety of genres, in both professional-scale (Palm Villa Studios, The Mix Room, Create Music Group), and more intimate studio environments (bedrooms, Air BnBs, smaller studios etc.)
  • Record, produce, mix, and master music to be utilized for commercial placements (most notably for Truly seltzers)
  • Collectively garner over 6 million streams across platforms for artists within my first 2.5 of years of professional work
  • Develop artist's sound / branding and assist in creative direction of project releases (produced and wrote the records that took an artist from 2 figure listenership to getting signed to Soundcloud, and played heavy role in their following album creation and rollout strategy)
  • Both live and on-call session guitar and bass work (notably, session work for Grammy-nominated producer J Gramm)

Education

Bachelor of Science - Audio Engineering

The Los Angeles Recording School
Los Angeles, CA
06-2026

Skills

  • Excellent ability to work collaboratively with a team and assume any role necessary to aid in the creative process
  • Transparent understanding of what direction best suits a record at any stage, most notably within pop and pop-adjacent genres
  • Professional level audio mixing
  • Professional level vocal / instrumental recording
  • Proficient understanding of signal flow both digitally and with analogue units
  • Proficient with recording and mixing in Pro Tools
  • Fluent with all aspects of Logic Pro
  • Reasonable proficiency with Abelton
  • Proficient knowledge of music theory as it applies to music production, composition, instrumentation, and songwriting
  • Multi-instrumentalist (guitar and bass)

Affiliations

Calvin Sunday Studios

Timeline

Audio Engineer / Music Producer / Songwriter

Freelance
07.2023 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Audio Engineering

The Los Angeles Recording School