Chaz — Held

Chaz is a producer, songwriter, rapper, and mixing engineer from Genk, Belgium. He started making music in 2012, and his main genres are hip-hop and rap. He is also the first Belgian mixing engineer to join Enginears, the mixing platform started by MixedbyAli. Chaz is working on his first rap album, which he wrote, recorded, produced, and mixed himself. 'Held' is one of the singles he is working on.

Mix engineer Richard Furch has worked on some of the most iconic albums of the 2000s, including Grammy winners Confessions by Usher and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast. He listened to Chaz's mix of 'Held' and provided extensive feedback on what he felt Chaz could improve to take the song to the next level.

You can hear the version of the song Richard was sent (above) and read Richard's SongChecks notes here.

Chaz says this about his experience using SongChecks: "It's an amazing opportunity to let your mix be heard by such iconic people in the mixing industry. SongChecks is a unique way to reach out to people you would not be in contact with through normal media outputs. The feedback I got from Richard was very extensive and honest. I love that the engineer actually tries to help you reach higher levels and doesn't just say 'good mix' if it isn't."