Derek Ali

Derek Ali
Background information
Born (1989-11-01) November 1, 1989 (age 35)
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationMixing engineer
Years active2010s–present
Websitewww.engineears.com

Derek Ali (born November 1, 1989[1]), better known by his moniker MixedByAli, is an American mixing engineer. His career began in Los Angeles in the late 2000s recording and mixing for Top Dawg Entertainment artists – first with Schoolboy Q, then Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, and SZA, then later on and more recently Bas, Nipsey Hussle, Snoop Dogg as well as many others.[2][3]

In 2018, he invented an online mixing program and community for mixing engineers called EngineEars which is aimed at teaching upcoming engineers techniques that will improve the quality of mixes they create and provide a world class mixing access to artists remotely.[4][5]

  1. ^ "18 Questions With 30 Under 30 Audio Engineer MixedByAli". Forbes. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "DEREK ALI, THE MAN BEHIND KENDRICK'S SOUND". OZY. February 10, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Inside Track: Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly". Sound on Sound. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "How Top Dawg Entertainment's MixedByAli Is Transitioning From Audio Engineer To Entrepreneur". Forbes. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Audio Engineering Pro Tips with Derek 'MixedByAli' Ali". NAMM. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2019.