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Nick Poortman

Nick Poortman

Nick Poortman spent a few years working in the UK alongside engineers including Clint Murphy before returning home to New Zealand. He has since moved to L.A. and has been been busy recording stacks of great new features there so hopefully, if you're out there, you can have him visit you!

https://www.nickpoortman.com
All Nick Poortman features

Interviews

Brent Fischer - Composer, arranger and producer
Brent Fischer - Composer, arranger and producer
Nick Poortman visited the fabulous NRG Studios and spent a few days with Brent Fischer taking in Brent's workflow and recorded this 30 minute interview. This video was only made possible with the help of Claris Dodge and StudioExpresso.
Mark Rankin - Music producer and engineer interview
Mark Rankin - Music producer and engineer interview
Mark Rankin is a British record producer and recording engineer currently based and working in Los Angeles - Mark has numerous awards (see further down this page) including a pair of Grammy Awards for his work with Adele.

Techniques

Mark Rankin talks about recording drums
Mark Rankin talks about recording drums
Mark Rankin discusses his approach to recording drums. Nick Poortman visited Mark to meet up and chat about some of the unique working methods and approaches, this is a short snippet out of the longer video, click here to watch the full interview.