My Journey So Far…
Fast forward to January 2025 while I was still working full time in Singapore, I stumbled upon Fix The Mix free event from Mastering.com. This is an ongoing event where they would mix multitracks live on Zoom and talk about their philosophies on mixing. I was very attracted to the charismatic energy from Jake Kodweis and watching him mixing was very fun and I knew this is something that I can do and want to do it right away.
The event was promoting their flagship program on teaching production, mixing and mastering, but in a reverse manner. In 25 March 2025, I took the huge gamble and enrolled in “The Reverse Engineering” program (short for TRE) from Mastering.com for a whooping $5,800 US Dollar.
On 30 June 2025, I officially left my second job as an environmental engineer in Singapore. Reading Simon Squibb’s “What’s Your Dream” has been eye opening for me and make me brave enough to quit my job and pursue my dream, living life with no regrets. This is a bit cheesy but it’s what fuels me to live a purposeful life without the constant pointless slavery to lifeless corporate job.
So during the next few months (July to November), just like a child discovering a new toy, I was really eager to take on this new chapter of my life. I’ve submitted my own spin for the stems provided for numerous challenges:
Andrew Huang’s Landscape Noon Sample Flip Challenge (Lost But Hopeful)
Andrew Huang’s Messenger Sample Flip Challenge
In The Mix’s Discord #10 Community Challenge (Crash)
KSHMR’s Wide Ride Remix Challenge
Lofi Girl x Native Instrument Study Beat Challenge (Perplexed)
Madonna’s Ray of Light Global Remix Challenge
At that time, it was a very good start but I lacked direction. I was firing random shots without a target in mind. The fact that I only have one track on major streaming platform enhanced my previous statement. I choose “Lost But Hopeful” to be distributed as this was the most polished song I had at that time to show case to the public. Not long after, the thought of myself being an artist doesn’t really click for me.
On 30 August 2025, I started posting mastering practice video almost daily on major social media platforms. It’s a popular format where I titled my video as “Day X Mastering Practice Until I Turned Pro”. The idea came up as I was thinking if I have to practice mastering everyday, I might make a video and put it out there for people to judge my work. Most of the unmastered stereo track came from Cambridge Music Technology and a handful of them are from my program curriculum and even few of it were from pixabay.com.
On 6 October 2025, I landed my first client who agreed to credit me for the master. A stranger which I approached in Discord was kind enough to trust me with his music. I’ve never felt so fulfilled and happy in my entire life.
Soon after that, I realised my dependence on my MacBook Air was greater day by day until it no longer can stands my workflow. I need a more powerful machine so that I can continue with my work. Therefore, I invested in a MacBook Pro on 22 October 2025. Not a wallet friendly decision but still a wise decision made.
On December 2025, I had the opportunity to collaborate with a fellow student at TRE community challenge to show case our collaborative effort on Holiday music. It was rather rushed and I think we did our best to make it sound as good.
I took a small break during the holiday season as posting almost daily on social media has taken too much of my time. This is all on me as I still took too long to master a track.
Updated last on 31 October 2026.