photo by Garret Lobaugh business . Of all the tours I ’ ve done in the last 25 years this has been the most special and memorable by far ! If you ’ ve had the opportunity to see one of our live shows you will know what I am talking about . These are friendships that I will have for many years to come .
[ WM ] Over the years you have picked up another skill and that is in mixing . Both albums , live performances for TV as well as producing and mixing music for TV series and film . How did that come about and what is your role in mixing ?
[ Dwayne ] I ’ ve been producing since the late 90 ’ s and by default you kind of end up doing some mixing to a degree . You have to put together rough mixes for the label and just to be working with while recording the project . For me that ended up growing into finishing the mixes myself for certain projects . I never thought about putting that info out there really but over time people started hearing stuff I had done and they were like “ you never told me you mixed as well ’. I guess I didn ’ t think that much of it . People ended up calling and asking me to mix projects for them and it has kind of grown from there over the last five years or so . I have really loved spending more time mixing projects other people have recorded as opposed to just things I have produced . It is really across all genres as well . It ’ s from indie singer-songwriter , country , pop , hip-hop , indie rock , modern worship , film , TV shows etc . It ’ s been really good fun !
[ WM ] All the while over this long and still active career , you have been walking with the Lord . What has that faith walk been like and what do you do to still keep yourself fed spiritually ?
[ Dwayne ] A major key for me has been keeping strong relationships with Godly people that you can be open and vulnerable with . Having friendships where you know the other person loves you and is committed to holding you up and holding you accountable is so important , especially in an industry like this where things are fast-paced and high stress . Being grounded and surrounded by others who are pursuing Jesus as well is irreplaceable !
[ WM ] Sometimes we see other believers stumble and fall - not just in the music industry - but in life itself . What do you do to encourage yourself to keep pressing forward with “ hands to the plow ”?
[ Dwayne ] Life is just plain hard a lot of the time . We have really seen that this last year dealing with the pandemic and entire industries shutting down , people losing jobs , losing their businesses built over years and years . It has