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Steve "RockMixer" Hardy

Platinum award winning Red Bull fiend

About Me

I am a multi-platinum award winning recording and mixing engineer based in North Hollywood and New York City.

For more information, go to rockmixer.com

My Interests

Recent projects:

The Cringe
Sonic Playground
Vertical Horizon

Music:

Some of my clients:

Aretha Franklin, Big Tymers, Brother Love, Carlos Santana, Enrique Eglasias, House of Diablo, Jay-Z, John Petrucci, Lava Baby, Lyle Workman, Pink, Prince, Razorlight, Remedy for Ruin, Richard Marx, Rob Thomas, Ronny Jordan, Sonic Playground, Stef Burns, The Cringe, The Eightfold Way, The Goo Goo Dolls, The Primms, The Upwelling, Vertical Horizon, Whitney Houston

Books:

Gear:

SSL 4000E, Apple G5 Quad, Digidesign ProTools HD, Apogee converters, Yamaha NS-10s, Neve EQs, Neve compressors, API EQs, Chandler Limited stuff, racks full of vintage shit from Mercenary Audio and Ebay, way too many plug-ins, several cool lamps.

Heroes:

Tom and Chris Lord Alge, Steven Wilson, Andy VanDette

My Blog

Mixing a crazy band

I am currently in NYC mixing songs for the band, House of Diablo. My friend Shawn Pelton (Saturday Night Live drummer) is in the band.I am definitely diggin this stuff. It has to be some of the craz...
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:27:00 PST

Hello from Puerto Rico

So we have been down in Puerto Rico for a week now. The weather has been amazing and the ocean, unlike the Pacific, has been warm and clear. I'm off to enjoy the sun(burn).- Steve...
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:14:00 PST

Steve Hardy’s work with Razorlight available on iTunes!

A few months back, I worked with the band Razorlight.Steve Lillywhite and I went into Avatar Studios (the BEST studio in NYC) with the band and we recorded and mixed a new version of their song "Hold ...
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:17:00 PST

Fires in Paradise

Such a shame to see such a beautiful area ravaged by fire.San Diego is one of the many areas of the state I fell in love with. It (like much of Southern California) reminds me of Italy with the Medit...
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:32:00 PST

These 50 states

While there are many places in this wonderful country of ours that I have no desire to visit, I was surprised to see how many I have been to and how many I have lived in. A few were just in passing w...
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:53:00 PST

NY Relatives

NY RelativesEverything is relative. I have to keep that in mind when friends in NYC tell me:"Its a nice day outside""People are nice here""I got a good deal on my apartment""Its a quiet neighborhood"...
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:57:00 PST

rockmixer.com is all new!

Check out my website rockmixer.com!It has all new content and even samples of my work.Enjoy!- Steve Hardy
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:56:00 PST

Working with Steve Lillywhite

I had the opportunity to work with one of my all time heroes Steve Lillywhite last week. We were working at Avatar Studios in studio A recording and mixing a song for the band Razorlight.Steve Lillyw...
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Mon, 07 May 2007 06:29:00 PST

Back in NYC

I will be in NYC from March 1st through March 7th. I am planning to go to the CD release for The Primms at Pianos on the 1st. I had a lot of fun mixing the CD and anyone in the area should come out....
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:45:00 PST

Spring is here

The trees are in bloom, the hills are alive with the sound of muzak, and all that.
Posted by Steve "RockMixer" Hardy on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:52:00 PST