I’m a sound engineer and music producer with over 20 years experience mixing many styles of music for the BBC and commercial album projects.

Andrew Smillie

I’m a sound engineer and music producer with over 20 years experience mixing many styles of music for the BBC and commercial album projects.

Available to hire

I’m a sound engineer and music producer with over 20 years experience mixing many styles of music for the BBC and commercial album projects.

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Technical Producer at BBC Radio
June 1, 2003 - Present
Senior Technical Producer responsible for planning and mixing all recordings and concerts, advance planning of recordings, staffing and budgets, resource planning and procurement, and management of AOIP-based studios. Primary technologies include Lawo mixing desks, Merging Pyramix, Avid ProTools and Reaper DAWs. Involved in live studio and outside broadcasts, mixing music from intimate to large-scale acts, travel worldwide to record world music, and balancing the station sound for national BBC networks. Lead teams, manage schedules and training, and ensure coherence with production guidelines and public service broadcasting responsibilities.
Producer at BBC Radio 3
January 1, 2011 - September 30, 2011
Producer for drivetime In Tune, including live music, guests and pre-recorded material; produced documentary features, music news, and live Proms concerts. Responsible for story selection, music choices, script writing/editing, budget management, rights clearances, and coordination with international orchestras. Led a major project commissioning and producing a new series of daily Proms podcasts (58 episodes) with multiple presenters.
Video Producer at BBC Radio 3
January 1, 2013 - Present
Producing video and audio content for the Radio 3 website, including on-location world music videos, studio films for events (Hear & Now), music videos for Latitude Festival sessions, and Ravel Day projects. Responsibilities include pre-production planning, camera/audio operation, lighting design, media management and video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro.
Station and Operations Manager at Green Man Festival, SWN Festival, and Big Chill Radio
January 1, 2006 - Present
Overall management of festival music radio station, including recruitment/training of up to 20 crew, budgeting, artist/DJ scheduling, studio hire/build, licensing from Ofcom, rights clearance, and producing/engineering programs and live music across a five-day broadcast.
Freelance Producer/Sound Engineer at Universal and Warner Music
January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2015
Travelling around Europe with new music teams, producing, recording and mixing multitrack live sessions for Sinfini Music; coordinating up to a 5-camera video shoot and assisting director with video edit. Venues included Barrowlands, Concord II, Paradiso, Iceland, Paris, etc.
Lecturer in Music Recording at Hammersmith College, London
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2010
Guest lecturer in classical and world music recording techniques.
Program Transfer Assistant at BBC Maida Vale
June 1, 2002 - June 30, 2003
Transferred material from BBC archives, digitising for rebroadcast, restoration and preservation of the BBC Sound Archive; extensive SADiE work and audio quality control; prepared Radio 1 and 6 Music live sessions.
Producer/Post-Production at Evolutionary Productions
January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2015
DVD production company producer; plan camera shots, scripts, interview questions; sound recording and audio post-production editing and mixing; quality control of video editing/DVD production.
Presenter/Producer, Podcast and Internet Audio
January 1, 2004 - December 31, 2008
Presenter and producer for new music podcasting; script writing, music research, CMS management, web design and publishing.

Education

Bachelor of Music at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
January 1, 1998 - December 31, 2000
Master of Science in Systems Thinking at University of Exeter
January 1, 2025 - February 11, 2026

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

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