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.
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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.
One-on-one production and mix coaching over Zoom. No fixed syllabus. We open real sessions from the first meeting and work the way a record actually gets made, adapted to your level, your DAW, and the music you make.
Packages start at six sessions, scheduled weekly. Each session runs one to two hours, paced to where you are as a producer or engineer.
Live on Zoom with screen share and high-quality audio, so you hear exactly what I hear in the studio.
Every session is recorded and shared, with written notes after each meeting. Nothing depends on memory.
Production and mix homework between sessions, plus a before/after assessment, so you can hear the progress instead of guessing at it.
We start with the physics of sound: how it is produced, how we hear it, and why that matters for every decision from arrangement to the final fader move. Everything after that is built on real projects, chosen together.
Built for producers and engineers who have finished a few songs or mixes and want to know why some work and some don’t. Multitracks are provided, or bring your own sessions. All genres welcome.
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.