Tony AFX, a California native born in Los Angeles, has been involved in music since he was a child.

Tony AFX has expanded his skills to producing a wide range of genres. These genres include Rap, Hip Hop, Funk, Rock, R&B, Jazz, Reggae, Techno, House, Scoring, and a little Salsa. Being of a bi-racial background, Black & Puerto Rican, he has been exposed to a wide range of music growing up, fueling his constant journey to learn more and more musical styles.

"My main focus is to keep building my skills to reflect the different types of music I listened to growing up.", says Tony AFX.

Tony AFX's music and skills definitely make a statement to those who hear it. The statement is that he is here to stay and shows longevity in this industry. He's definitely got skills and he definitely will make a statement!

MAKE SURE YOUR MIXES ARE THE BEST THEY CAN BE! : Make sure the mixes of your songs are the best they can be! This is very important! You only have one time to give a first impression and you don't want to blow it. A bad mix can make an awesome song sound like trash while a great mix can make an average song sound awesome.

Since there are a lot of novice engineers out there, I figured I would give some advice on how to do a good mix. The most important element of a good mix is balanced volume levels. That means how each element of the song balances with each other volume wise. Certain instruments should "fit" in a mix at certain levels compared to others. For example, a string sound is not going to be as loud as vocals. That is b...

CONTROLLING VOCALS IN A MIX!: I know that a lot of people use various ways to record their vocals as well as use various microphones. But, this is something that I have learned a long time ago to control vocals in a mix.

YOU HAVE TO USE COMPRESSION!

If you don't know what that is then it's time to get on board. A compressor squashes down or quiets the vocals based on a ratio. For example, a 3:1 ratio means that for every 3 decibels the signal goes pass the set threshold, the compressor compresses the signal by 1 decibel. What this does is control fluctuations in the recording. The higher the ratio, the more compression is applied.

I use a compression ratio of 9:1 to 15:1 depending on the artist. This gives me a ...

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