Alex Tumay is a well-known successful American audio engineer and DJ across the American hip hop industry. He has worked with famous artists like Young Thug, Travis Scott, Future, Kanye West, Drake, and 21 Savage.
Tumay learned how to play some musical instruments like piano and guitar at a very tender age. His father was a classical pianist so he encouraged him to listen to hip hop and heavy metal. He has worked and assisted quite a number of recording studios. He got more experience after he worked with Ben H. Allen a record producer. Allen taught Tumay more about recording and mixing for a few years.
Here Are 7 Things You Want To Know About Alex Tumay
1.Alex Tumay Is of Armenian and Puerto Rican Descent
Tumay was born on July 19, 1986, in Queens, New York City, New York. Alex Tumay was raised in Fort Lauderdale and he is of Armenian and Puerto Rican descent. While growing up, Tumay began listening to heavy metal and even wore FUBU clothing which was associated with hip hop. When he was in high school, he formed a band that was after he joined the school’s band and he also occasionally played in small garage bands.
2.He Dropped out Of School To Pursue His Career
After Alex Tumay graduated from high school, he tried his best to get a major for college to satisfy his wants so he went through almost nine majors before he eventually dropped out. He later enrolled in full sail university in winter park again to study audio engineering. He graduated from the university in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Recording Arts. He also scored an internship at Maze Studio in Atlanta, Georgia.
3. Alex Tumay Has Worked as a Pizza Delivery Driver
Tumay began searching for work in different restaurants after he dropped out of school. He was doing this to support himself as he hustles and makes his way into the music industry. He worked with domino’s pizza as a delivery driver for some time before he was introduced to a digital audio work station program, Logic Pro.
4. Alex Tumay Is The Personal Recording And Mixing Engineer Of Young Thug
He became Young Thug’s personal and most trusted recording and mixing engineer. After they met in 2013. Their first work together was ‘some more’ from Metro Boomin’s debut mixtape 19 & Boomin’. Alex Tumay mixed and produced most of the songs. Tumay was introduced to thug after the latter had issues with his former recording and mixing engineer. Since then, Alex Tumay has been working with the artist very closely. He has also worked with the likes of 21 Savage recently.
5. He was Made The Head Of Engineering And Tech At DARP Studios
Alex Tumay has worked with several recording studios in Atlanta but he got an internship as a technician at DARP Studios because of the work he did with Allen. While at the studio, he got more opportunities with great artists like T.I. Waka Flocka Flame and a few others. He became the head of engineering and tech at DARP studios in 2013.
6. Alex Tumay’s Achievements and Credits
Alex Tumay’s hard work has been recognized and he has not only won an award but also nominations for his several engineering works. He won a Grammy Award for his work with Childish Gambino in his song ‘This is America’ in 2018.
Alex Tumay recently began to provide solutions to aspiring engineers, producers, and musicians through the lecture series he created. The audio engineer has been in the industry for close to eight years so the lecture series would be like an intensive day-long class that will prepare aspiring engineers with the necessary information they need before they begin their work properly.
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Tumay’s lecture series will each include multiple guest lecturers who have experience in the field. Alex Tumay believes that the lecture series would help improve the mixing techniques of those who are interested in audio engineering and recording engineers alike. In light of this, he has been invited several times to share his indebt knowledge and experience with the students of the red bull music academy.
Alex Tumay has continued to share posts about his work with his fans and followers on his social media accounts.
7. Alex Tumay Loves Poker
Since at the age of 16, the sound engineer cum DJ would sneak into casinos to watch how poker is played. After he watched Chris Moneymaker at an event, he began to nurture his love for the game and while he was still in college, he got involved with the Poker Association where he made some money while he was still doing internships at music studios.
