About Tom Lavender Audio  

Hi, I'm Tom — a mixing and mastering engineer based in Brighton.

Before I worked in audio, I played. Trombone, French horn, piano — in ensembles where listening carefully to how parts fit together wasn't optional. That background is still the most important thing I bring to a mix. I hear how instruments interact rhythmically and emotionally, not just where they sit in the frequency spectrum. That's a different kind of listening, and it leads to different decisions.

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I hold a Music Production degree and have worked across mixing, mastering and studio support — but the heart of what I do is a simple conviction: a mix serves the song, not the engineer. My job is not to process music into shape or demonstrate technical range. It's to remove the obstacles between what an artist recorded and what they meant.

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I work specifically at the mixing & mastering stage — after the song exists and the performance is captured, when what's needed is clarity, space, and emotional focus. I tend to work by subtraction rather than addition. When something isn't landing, my instinct is usually that the arrangement is in the way, not that more processing is the answer.

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The artists I work best with are thoughtful people who've spent real time with their songs. They know what they're trying to say — they just need someone who can hear it clearly and help the recording catch up. They give feedback in terms of feeling rather than instruction. They're open to doing less when less is right.

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If that sounds like the kind of collaboration you're looking for — I'd be glad to hear what you're working on.