David has worked with artists in the Jazz, Punk, Classical and Experimental genres, working with Snow Nerds, Ethan Marks, Ted Taforo, Scot Ray, Masc4Masc and King Britt. With Snow Nerds he performed electronics on their EP It’s Really Rampart (2018), and mastered their most recent album Midnight Masquerade (2020). Working extensively with saxophonist and composer Ted Taforo, Aguila has had his been involved in the recording, mixing and mastering of the albums You Are (2018) & Belief in Reality (2021). Aguila mastered What is Beauty (2020), the incredibly virtuosic duo of guitarist Scot Ray and Ted. In 2020 Aguila did a remix for King Britt’s A Re-Discovery album, recording trumpet outdoors at Balboa Park in San Diego. In their duo, Laptop+Trumpet, Aguila on live electronics and trumpeter Ethan Marks released Blended Metal (2018) on Cosmic Primitive Records. Currently serving as the mastering Instructor for Point Blank Music School Los Angeles, London Online and US Online.
Approaching audio production through the training received during music conservatory training and as a trumpet player. My goal is to highlight the artists work to the fullest potential by transferring the knowledge, skill and understanding into the work I achieve. My curiosity for understanding the musical puzzle of each artist, allow me to amplify the incredible qualities of the work while ensuring it is ready for today’s competitive market. I treat each client as an artistic endeavor, looking at the big picture as well as the finer details, just as I would do with any piece I prepare on the trumpet. I believe this attention detail & dedication to the artist, my unique musical background and training, along with my curiosity & understanding which set me apart from typical engineers.
David now offers Mixing & Mastering services & lessons.
*Discounts are available for clients with multiple tracks, albums, client references and for students*
“David Aguila is an extremely talented, passionate, and versatile sonic sculptor. His unique artistic perspective and deftly honed technical skills allow him to aid artists in the discovery of new musical treasures.” - Ted Taforo
“David is extremely talented, highly personable, and willing to do everything he can to make a project succeed. It is a pleasure to work with him.” - Masc4Masc
In the Studio with Pigimichi
Equipment
Hardware
EQ: Elysia XFilter Mastering Edition
Compressor: BSS DPR402
Computer: Apple Macbook Pro 16inch M2 MAX
Interface: RME Fireface UCX II
Preamp: Focusrite OctoPre
Speakers: Neumann KH120 ii
Software
DAW: Ableton Live Suite 12
FabFilter Complete plug-in suite, Waves, Universal Audio
iZotope RX 10
A Re-Discovery
David Aguila Remix - Trumpet, Mixing
King Britt - Piano, Mastering
The Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale
International Trumpet Seminar
David Aguila - Recording and Live Sound Engineer
Ready Play
Mark Dresser (double bass) & Paul Nicholas Roth (alto saxophone, composition)
David Aguila - Recording Engineer
Bodies of Water
Duo Refracta (Michael Jones, percussion and Shaoai Ashley Zhang, piano) with Ilana Waniuk, violin
Recording Engineered by David Aguila
Configurations of the System
David Aguila - Performing, Recording, Mixing, Mastering
Philine van den Hul: Voice (track 2)
in^set; Ilana Waniuk: Violin, Teresa Díaz de Cossío: Flute, David Aguila: Trumpet (tracks 3 & 4)
Natalia Merlano Gómez - Recording (track 7)
Doug Osmun - Recording (tracks 3 & 4)
Kiki LaPomme - Album Art
What is Beauty
Ted Taforo - saxophones, flute, synth, vocals, beats
Scot Ray - lap steel guitar, fx, beats
David Aguila - Mastering
Midnight Masquerades - Snow Nerds
Sax, Synth - Ted Taforo
Guitar, Bass - Jake Sucher
Drums (Tracks 5, 6, 10) - Kevin Valko
Drum Loop (track 2) - Efa Etoroma Jr.
David Aguila - Mastering
Afrofuturism: Black Lives Will Exist in the Future
Theresa May - Trumpet
Megan Denman - Piano
Shanyse Strickland - Composer
David Aguila - Mixing & Mastering Engineer
Blended Metal
David Aguila - Laptop Processing, Mixing, Mastering
Ethan Marks - Trumpet
Belief in Reality
David Aguila - production, mixing and mastering, trumpet (3, 10), motor (5, 11), drum programming and synths (5), river foley (8, 11)
Ted Taforo - production, mixing saxophones, fender rhodes, keyboards, drums, vocals (6, 11)
Kevin Valko - drums and percussion (7)
Matt Honor - drums (10)
You Are - Ted Taforo
Jake Sucher: guitar (7, 9)
Cari Stevens: vocals (9)
Kevin Oliver: vocals (9)
David Aguila: live laptop processing (2, 11)
Ted Taforo: saxophones, vocals, keyboards, drums, drum programming, pepper shaker
David Aguila & Ted Taforo - Mixing, Mastering
DEFUND THE POLICE
Clinton Patterson: vocals
Ted Taforo: woodwinds, keys, vocals
Efa Etoroma Jr: drums, percussion
David Aguila - Mixing and Mastering
Masc4Masc - Not Another Queer Movie
Sadie Hochman-Ruiz - Guitar
Hillary Jean Young - Vocals
David Aguila - Recording, Mixing and Mastering