I'm Emrah Alpat. I help artists turn ideas into finished records without a label budget even if they never produced a song, in weeks.

Modernist Music is the working name for the studio and the YouTube channel where I teach the physics behind a mix. The two feed each other. What goes on the channel is what I do for clients, and vice versa.
10+ years producing, 30+ as a guitarist and songwriter. I work with independent artists, end to end. We start with a voice memo or a rough demo. We finish with a master. I take a small number of records per quarter. Quality scales with attention, not headcount. I started talking about music production on YouTube in 2021 because the existing content was either too academic or pure marketing. I wanted something different: a fresh perspective, grounded in science, none of the astrology.
Production is the main thing. Mix and master are part of the package, or available as standalone work. Pick the entry point that fits the record. We talk about the rest on the call.
Full music production from the first idea to the final master. We co-write, track, comp, edit, and arrange together. I bring the room, the gear, the players when you need them, and the second pair of ears that decides what stays and what doesn't.
Co-writes, top-line passes, arrangement work, key and tempo decisions, demo translation.
Vocals, guitars, bass, keys. Session musicians on call. Re-amping and DI capture for remote sessions.
Vocal comping, tuning, timing. Drum replacement and quantize. Noise repair. The unglamorous half of a great-sounding record.
Every production receives the same attention to detail and care as a standalone project. No assistants, no outsourcing. One engineer, full attention, start to finish.
If you've already produced the record and just need an engineer for the back end.
I've developed a highly efficient workflow that allows me to provide the same level of attention to detail and care to all projects, resulting in high-quality mixes that are both unique and genre appropriate.
Stereo or stem mastering. Loudness targeted to where the music will actually breathe while still being genre appropriate, not a fixed LUFS number that doesn't serve the song.
A rotating selection of recent releases. Click through for credits, formats, and where to listen.
Four steps from your inbox to a delivered master. Most projects take 2 to 6 weeks.
Free 30-minute call. I listen to the demos, you tell me what you're chasing, I tell you whether I'm the right engineer and what the work would actually cost.
For productions: we lock arrangement, keys, tempo, and references. For mix/master only: you send the multitracks and I prep the session.
Tracking, editing, mixing, mastering. Heads-down work. You hear something every few days and we course-correct in writing, or screen and audio sharing sessions when needed.
Most projects land in two or three revision rounds. If it takes longer, we jump on a call and realign before moving forward. Final files delivered in every format you need.
I'm not a full-time YouTuber. My tiny Youtube channel exists because I kept explaining the same things to clients and figured a walkthrough beats a wall of text in an email. The work I do for clients is the same work I document on the channel. If you want to know how I think about a problem, watch a few. The studio runs the same way.
If yours isn't here, ask it in the contact form below. I read every message myself.
Tell me about the project. I'll reply within 24 hours, usually faster. The first call is always free.