Meet Rachel Alina, a Brooklyn-based mixing engineer, poet, and instructor at Berklee College of Music. She's been in the studio with Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Katy Perry, King Garbage, Selena Gomez, Greg Wells, Helado Negro, Stephen Marley and others. She's worked in some of today's legendary studios and learned from the best in the music business.

The Question

What role has mentorship played in your development as a professional creative?

In this interview, we talk about Rachel's path from graduation from Berklee up through today, discussing her mentors along the way. Rachel's experience with mentors of all kinds has given her an open approach to receiving and giving mentorship.

Notes and Links:

• Visit Rachel Alina's website here: http://www.rachelalina.com/
• Preorder her book of poetry, Locals here: http://smarturl.it/locals-ifyouswim
• Follow Rachel Alina on Twitter: @rachalina : https://twitter.com/rachalina
• And on Instagram: @rach.alina http://instagram.com/rach.alina
• Learn about Berklee College of Music at: https://www.berklee.edu/ and https://online.berklee.edu/
• You can watch Rivers & Tides, the film Rachel mentions in the interview, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WP2AfqyOsI
• Find One Thing Real Quick on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook (@OTRQpodcast for all three)
• Subscribe and leave a rating and review at Apple Podcasts (or where ever you like to listen)
• Get audiobooks from Libro.fm (use the offer code OTRQ and get three for the price of one)