Fried.Mix

Drumming, Mixing, Mastering, and all things music. Click below to book some time with me today!

About Me

Who is Fried.Mix!?!

As a Drummer, Mixing Engineer, and Mastering Engineer, my goal is to sonically elevate your song, EP, or Album. 

Throughout my career, I have accumulated over 215 song credits for roughly 50 different artists! My work with Indie-Pop band 'Peach Luffe' has led us to achieving over 9 million streams and 180,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, playing South By SouthWest as one of 21 Canadian acts accepted, performing for CBC Live, playing a headline show in Los Angeles, and accumulating 2 million overall likes and 30,000 followers on our TikTok.

Throughout this website, you’ll be able to navigate through my: Resumé, Services, Testimonials, and portfolio. With my expertise and collaborative approach to music creation, I hope to add drums to, mix, or master your next studio project!

Michael Friedman at studio set up
Fairytale album cover
Fairytale
Peach Luffe
Golden Parachutes album cover
Golden Parachutes
Peach Luffe
Bloom album cover
Always
Peach Luffe
Catherine Colleen Album cover
Orchid Child
Catherine Colleen
Patrick DeBelen Album cover
Fear Write
Patrick De Belen
Pretox album cover
Haywire
Pretox
Your blue album cover
Your Blue
Peach Luffe
Cereal album coer
Cereal
Peach Luffe
Sanserif Album Cover
Rosemary
SANSERIF
Maybe album cover
Maybe
Victoria Marie

My Services

Drumming

I will drum on your track! From pop to hip-hop to heavy metal, I will lay down some sick beats for you or perform live for your project! Special rates for full albums and EPs.
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Mixing

Mixing is the process of taking a recorded song, and using sonic processes to make it sound cohesive, professional, and ready for the final stage of mastering.
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Mastering

I will master your music for you. Give your mixed track the shine, shimmer and shimmy it neads to be radio ready. Special rates for full albums and EPs.
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Grant Writing

I have procured over 25k in grants from TAC, OAC, CCA, FACTOR and Socan Foundation. Contact me today to talk about your granting project!
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My Resumé

Some of the highlights from my work
Fried.mix
• Accumulated over 220 song credits offering Production, Mixing, and Mastering
services for various indie musicians in Toronto
• Active member of indie-pop band Peach Luffe
• Fulfill Audio needs for Patrick De Belen as a music supervisor, post audio producer, and composer
Peach Luffe
• Over 9 million streams and 200,00 monthly listeners

Production: Assisted in production for 3 EPs and 1 album

Mixing - Co-Mixed 2 EPs and 1 album

Songwriting - Co-writing lyrics and musical arrangement for ‘Everything is Peachy’ album, including Fallen (1.2 Million streams).

Drum Recording/Performing - running backing tracks for
multiple shows at SXSW. Live Drummer for Peach Luffe (CBC Music)

• Programmed/Performed drums for 4 EPs and 1 Album

Touring - Played SXSW as one of 21 Canadian acts accepted, Played CBC Live, Headline show in L.A.

Social Media Content - active member in social media strategy, accumulating 2 million profile likes and 30K followers (6.8M)

Mastering - mastered every song in portfolio (9M streams)

Grant-writer for Peach Luffe, achieving over 25K in grants
from
: Canada Council For The Arts (10K), Ontario Arts Council (2 grants at 8K), Toronto Arts Council (4K), FACTOR (2K), and SOCAN Foundation (1.5K)

• Supported by Spotify Canada (Billboard at Yonge-Dundas Square)
Patrick De Belen
• ‘Last Note' Documentary - Post-Audio Production, Music Composition and
Supervision for 1.5HR feature-length documentary to be released
• ‘Tell Me About Someone You Miss’ - Music Supervisor, Top 10 finalist for TVO
Today Short Documentary Contest

Testimonial Section

As a new producer, Michael made the mastering step super simple and easy easy for me. I'm an independent artist and I was not very familiar with the mastering process. Michael is very knowledgeable and extremely friendly. He helped make the process much less daunting. He is super responsive and turns out excellent polishes to my mixes. Cheers Michael!
Carl Meschino
Michael came highly recommended from a professional in the industry (who is also a friend) when I needed help with my own home recordings. It couldn’t have worked out better. He is a great guy to work with but most importantly his knowledge and expertise and problem solving is excellent. He’s also patient and creative ... very happy with the results and look forward to doing more :)
Mitch Starkman
Mike was recommended to me by a friend who is a music professional, and I was so glad we connected! He helped mix and master my first recorded song and made the experience so delightful. He went above and beyond by passionately answering all my questions and giving me an in-depth view into his process. I learned so much from him. I also appreciate how patient he was with my many requests for tweaks. Mike is warm, friendly, professional, and a joy to work with! Highly recommended.
Jessica Fan
Great working with Michael. He's kind, patient and does what YOU want!
Peach Luffe
Patient, polite, and as genuinely nice as a person can be--a true professional in every sense!
I sent Fried.Mix a 9-song album to work on. He was highly collaborative, respectful of the original musical vision, and a knowledgable resource with reliable (and correct!) decision-making choices. He even mixed and mastered the project while moving houses during the holidays in the midst of a global pandemic!!!!

Throughout the entire process, he repeatedly checked in on my opinions and was quick to reply to my texts, emails and calls. Once completed, he also walked me through the distribution process and the next steps, as well as tips for future recording sessions.I felt hugely respected as an artist and as a person-- he is also very quick with a joke during times of distress and worry.

Even though this was my first release, I have no doubt in my mind that this is the platinum standard of how musical work should be done!HIGHLY recommended!
Allen Mahabir
Michael is a personable and talented person and his skill is easily showcased by his work. You can’t go wrong working with him and he will blow past whatever your expectations are. Keep up the amazing work Michael!
Mathieu Mina
SIR THIS IS THE SHIT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR MORE THAN A DECADETHANKING GOD FOR YA. I listen to my own songs in the shower because you made them sound so nice.
Growing Golden
Jheeeeze Yesssssss, Omfg this BUMPS LMAO
Patrick De Belen
Michael is super reliable, responsive and crazy fast at completing anything I've asked (remixes and also adding drums to a mix). He's finished everything early and is super enthusiastic about what he does. He's very creative and has a great ear for what works. Super easy and pleasant to work with. I vote Michael!
Catherine Colleen
Michael helped produce, mix and master my album, Subwoofer. I can say with absolute confidence that he made my music better. If you are looking for someone with wonderful ideas, keeps to timelines and is easy to work with, then look no further! Don't have enough good things to say about Fried.Mix!
Small Dog Barking
 Michael mastered my whole album beautifully.  He takes his work very seriously.  I would love to work with him again.
Davrielle
Fried.Mix is one of the most easy going but determined minds I have encountered in the music industry. His thorough knowledge of recording, production, mixing and mastering techniques allows for a convenient workflow where you can truly feel confident in the fact that your art is in good hands.
Jairo
Professional and friendly. Gives honest, sound advice (and the puns come free). No egos here, just good work and good vibes.
Johanna Lyn
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