about me

Originally from Porto, Portugal and based in Tallinn, Estonia - multi-award winning, Gold & Platinum awarded recording, mixing & mastering engineer - José Diogo Neves has successfully transcended genres through working with a diverse array of artists, including Grammy & Latin Grammy award winning and nominated artists.

With a hybrid analog-digital approach and a rare sound-to-color synesthesia, José brings depth, character, clarity and emotion to every record — always serving the artistic vision first.

José is officially endorsed by Universal Audio, Flock Audio, Vanguard Audio Labs, msonic Baltic & Retrosonic Pro Audio.

José is officially managed and represented by Tier Music.

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process

Interview with Michael J. Morgan: What Separates Amateurs from Professionals (It's Not the Gear)

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teaching

Currently, José is a Lecturer in Music Production & Recording Arts and the Coordinator & Curriculum Coordinator of the Micro-Degree in Music Production & Songwriting at the Eesti Muusika – Ja Teatriakadeemia ( Estonian Academy of Music & Theatre), in Tallinn, Estonia.

José has given numerous workshops & masterclasses in different Universities and institutions around the world such as Tweed Recording Audio Production School in Athens, Atlanta, USA, at Colorado State University Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, at CPM – Music Institute, Milan, Italy and at TAI Escuela Universitaria de Artes (TAI University of Arts), Madrid, Spain.

At MUBA - Tallinn Music & Ballet School, in Tallinn, Estonia, Georg Ots Tallinn Music School, in Tallinn, Estonia; Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Tamk), Tampere, Finland; Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy Of Music (Jvlma), Riga, Latvia, Lithuanian Academy Of Music And Theater, Vilnius, Lithuania, Escola Superior de Música e das Artes do Espectáculo (School of Music and Performing Arts) in Porto, Portugal. José has also been an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Communication at The University of Southern Mississippi, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA, in 2020.

He was also a Lecturer in Music Technology and Visiting Lecturer for 12 years at the Tartu Ülikooli Viljandi kultuuriakadeemia - University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, in Viljandi, Estonia.