New York City
Samuel
Pickens
Podcast engineer, music producer & guitarist
Recording · Production · Mixing
I engineer and post produce podcasts, record and mix in the studio, and capture concerts in film and audio.
I engineer and post produce podcasts, record and mix in the studio, and capture concerts in film and audio.
Audio Engineer and Media Consultant with an extensive background in broadcast grade podcast post production, spectral restoration, and live event media coordination across Switzerland, New York, and North America.
Over a career that includes 14 annual World Economic Forum (WEF) summits in Davos, I've engineered a wide variety of podcasts, live concerts, and studio records, while coordinating live broadcast captures for major international networks like CNBC, BBC, Bloomberg, France 24, Euronews, and NHK.
Holding degrees in Audio Engineering from the Recording Connection and Music Technology from McGill University, I combine deep technical precision (Pro Tools, Logic, iZotope RX, AES loudness compliance) with creative media execution, spanning album launches for Sumerian Records to international event consulting for the Aga Khan Foundation.
Fully bilingual in English and French. Available for executive podcast mixing, audio repair, and end to end media production.
Engineering and post production for interview and panel formats. Location recording, editing, spectral restoration, and mastering to broadcast loudness standards.
Recording, production and mixing, from single vocal overdubs to full band tracking.
Montreal · New York · Los Angeles · London · Brighton
I'm comfortable being the engineer, the producer, or the player, and knowing which one the session actually needs.
Concert and event capture in film and audio, plus media coordination for international networks. Crew and kit logistics, signal paths, scheduling.
World Economic Forum, Davos
Getting clean audio out of rooms that were never built for it. Knowing the venues and the failure modes before anyone unpacks a case.
The Aga Khan Music Awards recognize musicians working across the Muslim world and its diasporas. The 2018 to 2019 laureates included Oumou Sangaré, Ballaké Sissoko, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Dariush Talai and Mustafa Said.
My own project. Writing, playing, producing and mixing. Nine releases since 2020.
Tracking through to finished record. Full band or overdubs, in person or remote.
Records, singles and EPs. Mixed to translate on real speakers, not just in the room.
Parts written and played for your record. Guitar and piano, remote or in the room.
Location recording through to finished master. Single episodes or full series.
Spectral restoration in iZotope RX for noise, hum, clipping, bleed and room tone. Salvaging recordings that cannot be shot again.
Concert and event capture in film and audio for conferences, festivals and awards.
Tell me what the project is, when it is, and where. I'll tell you straight whether I'm the right person for it.