GRAMMY-winning mixer/audio engineer Chris Lord-Alge spoke with Advanced Session Recording Course Director Darren Schneider during a presentation at Full Sail Live. Over the course of his twenty-plus year career in the music industry, Chris has racked up mixing credits on more than 725 records, including notable ones from Prince, James Brown, Green Day, Paramore, and the Smashing Pumpkins.

In this Q&A, Chris talks about his start in the music industry as a studio runner at the age of 13, finding his niche in mixing, and how to be successful as a mixer.