Who is Rusty Smith?
Rusty has been in the entertainment industry since the age of 12. His first band, “The Impacts”, played school dances starting in the 6th grade.
He became a professional musician in Dallas Texas and at the age of 23 began doing studio work as a bassist. By the age of 31 he was making his living as a recording engineer at Dallas Sound Lab, a state of the art recording facility.
There he was lucky enough to work with the likes of Leon Russell, ZZ Top, Phil Collins, David Byrne and several other icons from the era.
At the Sound Lab Rusty learned the skillset of mixing sound for picture and he knew this was his future life’s work. He moved his young family to Los Angeles in 1987 and by 1992 was mixing the Simpsons and Northern Exposure, two of the biggest television shows of the day.
His mixing for TV paid the bills but Rusty wanted to get back into recording music. He built a studio in his house in 1998 and has produced several music projects since.
Rusty retired from mixing television in 2020 and now devotes his time to writing and producing music. He also is busy producing content for his You tube channel, Record Mix Repeat, which this website supports.
Early Years
Rusty 1980 in Austin, Texas
Rusty 1980 in Austin, Texas
Rusty Playing in Studio in the 80s
Rusting Working with Phil Collins
Rusting Mixing for Phil Collins
Later Years
Accepting the 1998 Emmy for Outstanding Sound Mixing
Rusty with Executive Producer of The Simpsons –Mike Scully and his mix partner Bill Freesh.
Rusty at Universal Studio Mix Stage 2
Rusty at Universal Studio Mix Stage 2
Rusty at Sony Pictures Studios
Rusty & Bob at Westwind Media
Rusty at Work
Rusty Mixing at Universal
Band Geek 123 - Mixing a TV Show
With Richie Castellano
LA audio mix engineers Rusty Smith and Robert Edmondson talk to Richie via Skype and walk us through what it takes to mix an episode of the Marvel comics TV show, The Gifted, currently airing on Fox.
Television & Film Mixing Credits
Notable credits:
The Simpsons, Raised by Wolves, Ray Donovan, True Lies, Masters of Sex, Justified, Bottle Rocket, Big Love, Deadwood, Rome and much more.
Awards:
Wins: 1 Emmy for sound mixing | 4 CAS Awards for sound mixing
Nominations: 17 sound mixing award nominations between Emmys and CAS