I’ve updated the about me page of my site to give you a better idea of who I am and what I do. Why being boring and boilerplate when you can put some personality into it? Just for fun, here’s what I wrote:

Hi! My name is Lilian Blair! I am a producer and engineer in the Seattle area, specializing in studio recording and album nurturing to help bring your musical dreams to fruition at the best possible level. A bit about me: I studied audio engineering at Shoreline Community College, receiving my A.A.A.S in 2016 (I also have a B.A in creative writing from the University of Washington which comes in handy during preproduction), after which I interned at Seattle’s legendary London Bridge Studios in 2017. There I learned all about big studio rock records and how to record drums with, some would say, too many microphones. I say you can never have to many microphones! After London Bridge I moved on to The Vera Project, where I am a staff engineer and audio educator, teaching what I know about studio engineering to the next generation of engineers!

While I have experience working with all sorts of genres, my main focus is on rock and roll, and everything that comes under that umbrella. Some artists I’ve worked with include Naked Giants, Left At London, Jason McCue, and King Sheim. You can see my full discography on my music page. While most of my work is done at The Vera Project, I’ve also worked out of Seattle’s Mysterious Red X, London Bridge, and Robert Lang. Big, fancy, and fun! 

I consider myself a love and support producer. My job is to help you be your very best, which involves everything from being the first fan to hear the songs, providing a sounding board and encouraging inspiration to take your art to the next level. I don’t tell you what to play, that’s your job. Mine is to help you find it. 

Here is a list of services I provide:

• Album Production – guiding the creative, technical, and logistical process of creating the record.
• Song Workshopping – providing an analytical and independent perspective on the music and lyrics of your songs, so they can reach their creative potential before we go into the studio.
• Studio Recording – choosing the best setup for your session, making sure things sound the way you want them to sound, problem solving as things come up, and guiding the session to ensure the best use of your time and money.
• Editing – everyone makes mistakes, so we put the songs through an editing pass after we’re done recording to make sure that we not only have the best bits of what we’ve recorded, but have smoothed out any problems that may distract the listener.
• Mixing – putting everything we have together and making sure all the instruments sound cool and play nice together. 
• Mastering – the final stage of the production process, putting on that final polish and making sure that it not only sounds good across listening environments, but also sounds competitive with other artists in your genre.

If you have any questions or thing you’d like my help on your project, send me an email to lilian@lilianblair.com.

My rates are flexible based on the scope of your project. I find it’s best to see if we want to work together first before talking business.

Finally, here are some videos of me talking about engineering.

I hope to hear from you!

Proof In Music – Episode 2

KEXP Mastering the Hustle 11 – Keynote