Good studios cost money most independent artists do not have. That gap is real and it is where this exists.
The records that come through here get treated like they matter, because to the people making them, they do. That means someone actually listening. Not just to the technical problems, but to what the song is trying to be.
Passionate, curious, flexible. You might not know you need that in an engineer until you have had it.
It starts with a conversation. Not a long one, but an important one. The honest outcome of that meeting is figuring out whether we are a good fit for each other. That part matters more than most people expect.