Dylan Barber

Hello!

I'm Dylan, an award winning freelance sound engineer with a passion for music and audio based in Norwich, UK. I work on a range of different live shows and projects on a day to day basis and have done internationally. I have spent almost seven years working in the industry.

Currently in a live sound capacity, I am Front of House & Monitor engineer for Scotland's finest in indie rock, Swim School. Since 2024 have handled audio duties for their shows, including their most recent tour supporting Pale Waves. Other artists, clients and venues I've worked with as a live sound engineer include:

• Pale Blue Eyes - UK/EU shows September 2024
• The BBC
• Production Bureau
• Norwich Arts Centre
• Ash Soan
• Production Futures (Panelist)
• UKMusic (Panelist)

I am confident with mixing for Front of House, Monitors and Broadcast.

When I'm not being a live sound engineer, I am in the studio as a mastering engineer. You can find out more information about that here.

Between 2019 and 2022 I completed an BSc. in Audio and Music Technology with Nottingham Trent University.
I taught live and studio sound as an Access Creative College tutor and acoustics as an Nottingham Trent University lecturer between 2022 and 2023.

Some of my other qualifications and achievements as a sound engineer include:

• Winner of the Total Production International Magazine 2019 Breakthrough Technical Talent Award
• Audinate Dante Audio Networking Levels 1 & 2 • Pass
• IPAF Certification for 3a and PAV • Pass
• RSL Rockschool Extended Diploma in Music Technology • Pass with Distinction Star