Confidence Over Clarity: How to Talk to Clients
Podcast: Mixing Music | Music Production, Audio Engineering, & Music BusinessPublished On: Tue Jul 22 2025
Description: In this episode, Dee Kei and Lu unpack the common mistake of oversharing your process with clients — and why it can damage trust, reduce perceived value, and kill your confidence.This isn’t about keeping secrets or playing power games. It’s about curating a better experience, protecting your workflow, and communicating like a professional. From discussing mic placement and plugin chains to giving away discounts and doubting your own V1 mix, this episode covers the subtle ways engineers unintentionally sabotage themselves.They also share personal stories (including working with Jazze Pha and multi-platinum engineers), and draw comparisons to chefs, barbers, doctors, and even electricians — all to hammer home the truth: clients pay you for results and confidence, not explanations.🔑 Topics Include:Why showing how the sausage is made makes you look uncertainHow oversharing your workflow invites micromanagementThe power of silence in service-based businessesConfidence vs. ego: how to strike the right toneWhy you should never undercut your rates out of fearSetting boundaries without sounding defensiveCommunicating like a creative director, not a tech support repHow to get paid fairly and earn trust without over-talkingSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mixing-music-music-production-audio-engineering-and-music/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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