Engineer Marcella Aracia (who typically works with Danja & thus has mixed tracks for Britney, Justin, Madonna, Pussycat Dolls, etc.) did some interview & she was mixing a Beyoncé track. o_O
When engineer and mixer Marcella Araica steps into the recording studio tonight to mix Beyoncé’s latest track, chances are she won’t be thinking about producers, record labels or the millions who will soon hear her sonic craft. More likely, she’ll be too busy channeling Pablo Picasso. “I always compare mixing to painting,” she says, resting in her New York hotel lobby less than an hour before the session. “I take what’s been given to me and I three-dimensionalize it. I lift it up. I splash on colors—compression, EQ, effects. I’m always painting the sound of the song.”
Araica began her career in Orlando, Fla., graduating from the Full Sail Production and Recording Program and winning the school’s Advanced Recording Engineer Award. After landing an internship at Miami’s Hit Factory recording studio, she earned her stripes as an assistant engineer for artists like Missy Elliott. Araica has become accustomed to working with A-list stars, but she admits that at the moment her mind is on tonight’s Beyoncé session. “I’m a huge fan and I haven’t worked with her, so this is very important to me,” she says. “It’s a pinnacle.” Though she didn’t hint if the creative spirits of Picasso or Monet would be guiding her tonight, Araica did speak to us about her painterly adventures behind the board so far.
http://mmusicmag.com...arcella-araica/
no one knows when the interview was taken however its interesting