Biography
Billie Thomason is a passionate audio engineer who will stop at nothing and try everything to make sure that projects that go through his hands sound as apt as possible. He completed Diplomas in popular music production as well contemporary guitar performance through the Academy of Contemporary Music in 2010. He then obtained a diploma in Advanced Audio Engineering at Cape Audio College in 2011.
After freelancing in studio recording for a few months, he did an internship in Mixing, Mastering and Music Business with Howard Butcher at Peace of Eden Recording Studio.
He enjoys using traditional recording/mixing techniques as well as combining them with experimental approaches for a more unique, distinguishable sound.He is a non stop learner and is constantly researching or practicing to improve his craft.
His most recent job is as recording mixer and final mix on an experimental film by Minka Swart called Awakening.
He has done post production on television productions with Ari Kruger (Witchdoctor Watts) and Animation SA (Love Quills).
He is proud of his Audio Restoration work and a good example can be seen in Sydelle Willow Smith's Documentary, Membership.
Before leaving Cape Town in September 2014, he was a Stand in Dubbing engineer at Waterfront Studios in Cape Town, filling in for David Houston on occasion.
He has also recorded, mixed and mastered tracks with the following artists:
After freelancing in studio recording for a few months, he did an internship in Mixing, Mastering and Music Business with Howard Butcher at Peace of Eden Recording Studio.
He enjoys using traditional recording/mixing techniques as well as combining them with experimental approaches for a more unique, distinguishable sound.He is a non stop learner and is constantly researching or practicing to improve his craft.
His most recent job is as recording mixer and final mix on an experimental film by Minka Swart called Awakening.
He has done post production on television productions with Ari Kruger (Witchdoctor Watts) and Animation SA (Love Quills).
He is proud of his Audio Restoration work and a good example can be seen in Sydelle Willow Smith's Documentary, Membership.
Before leaving Cape Town in September 2014, he was a Stand in Dubbing engineer at Waterfront Studios in Cape Town, filling in for David Houston on occasion.
He has also recorded, mixed and mastered tracks with the following artists:
- Mandla Mlangheni
- Claude Couzens
- Gavin Bonner
- Hysteria
- Tombstone Pete
- Mira Mathew
- Julian Schnehage
- Gareth Coetzee
- Sven Van Der Berg
- Resinous Bud
- Helio Eduardo De Lobo
- Farrah Schwabb