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, CA06-2026
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