NFL PRODUCTIONS

About Njål Frode Lie

Hi! My name is Njål Frode – welcome to my website! Whether you need mixing, mastering, or production – I always strive for the best sound and expression to fulfill your vision! I respect all music styles and work with everyone from beginners to super professionals. Think of me as your personal chef – but for music! 🙂

Njål Frode Lie in his studio, April 2023 — Njål Frode posing in his studio, April 2023, after having the previous picture here for 12 years…

Njål Frode as a serigraph, September 2023 — Njål Frode as a serigraph – September 2023

Picture from the new studio in August 2015, check out the view of the water! (I call it my new studio, but I’ve been here for a few years now…)

Hydroparken Studio with a view of the water — From my studio in Hydroparken with a view of the water 🙂

Pictures from the old studio, where I was located from 2008 to summer 2015:

Njål Frode Lie in the old Hydroparken Studio, 2010 — Njål Frode in the old Hydroparken Studio, Notodden, 2010

Ready to smile for the photographer: Njål Frode Lie in the old Hydroparken Studio, February 2010

Njål Frode Lie mixing in Hydroparken Studio, February 2010 — Pulled up a mixing session to get an ‘action shot’. Njål Frode Lie in the old Hydroparken Studio, February 2010.

Also, here’s an action shot from when I worked at Studio Staal in Strømmen as a 19-year-old (or something like that)! I worked there for several years, creating music for – I think it was 12 informational videos, and eventually a bunch of radio commercials, in addition to recording and mixing many local bands. I’m also linking to a Facebook post where I talk more about it!

So, I have much more experience with mixing than just the last 17 years, but those are the years I’ve run a commercial mixing service! I actually made my first mixes on a Tandberg reel-to-reel tape recorder as a 13-14-year-old 🙂

Follow the Facebook link for a longer story about the time when this picture was taken, with analog tape machines and “flying in” choruses, it might be fun to read!

And here’s the Facebook post 🙂 See the post

Mastering and Customer Reviews

And I have done a lot of mastering:

New customer testimonial from Hallgeir Rustan, Stargate Studios, Trondheim:

“It’s been 10 years since I had my first mixes mastered by Njål Frode, and I will continue to do so. It’s easy to upload files, the turnaround time is short, and I’m always satisfied with the result.”
Hallgeir Rustan, Stargate Studios, Trondheim – September 21, 2023

“I just had an album mastered by Njål Frode at NFL Productions, and I am very satisfied with both the result and the process! The customer service was great, everything was met with a ‘we’ll fix this’ attitude, and nothing was a problem even though the deadline was moved up. The mastering was delivered before the deadline, and the result was very good.”

“I can therefore recommend mastering with Njål Frode Lie and NFL Productions.”
Hallgeir Rustan, Stargate Studios AS, Trondheim – June 10, 2013

“In my career as a producer, I have never experienced such service and eagerness to achieve the same goal. Namely, to get the best possible result on the final product. Njål Frode gives his all in his work. Here, there is knowledge of technique and genre understanding where dynamics and sound vary across different productions. I can confidently recommend everyone to use the services of Njål Frode Lie and NFL Productions.”
Ronny Wikmark, Nidaros Studio and Touchdown Music AS – September 18, 2013

“Njål, I am very satisfied with the mastering you have done, it sounds fresh and lively! Thank you for a great job!”
Haakon Graf, Los Angeles/Oslo

Check the mastering page for prices and info

Music styles I work with for mixing and mastering: Blues, Rock, Pop, Folk, Techno, RnB, Metal, Country, Reggae, Jazz, Singer/Songwriter, and similar.

Rival Sons — Recording, Mixing, and Mastering

Video with Rival Sons, “Where I’ve Been” now ready! I recorded to tape at Juke Joint Studio on July 31, 2014, and mixed and mastered (digitally) in my own studio, Hydroparken Studio.

“Scott Holiday (guitarist): ‘The end result speaks for itself. The final mixes are very warm and well balanced ..a feeling of being in the room right next to us. We believe it came out pretty darn nice…’”
Rival Sons, August 2014

Twitter message from Earache Records, Rival Sons’ record label, to me, March 27, 2015:

Twitter message from Earache Records to Njål Frode Lie

Selected Clients and Projects

Artists and clients I have worked with include:

Rival Sons – Recording, mixing, mastering: 3 tracks on official release in fall 2015, vinyl single for Record Store Day 2015, and WiMP EP in August 2014.
Pinetop Perkins, David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards, Snooky Pryor, Mel Brown – Mixing and mastering of blues legends from older tape recordings.
Reloaded Norway – Mixing and mastering of album that won LA Critics Album of the Year 2018.
Hallgeir Rustan (Stargate Studios) – Mastering over 10 years.
Starlab Studios, Oslo, Ronny Wikmark, TORA, William Hut, Subshine – Mastering of albums and singles.
Rita Engedalen – Recording, mixing, mastering; nominated for Spellemannsprisen 2011.
Lazy Lester – Recording, mixing, mastering; nominated for three Blues Awards 2012.
Andrea Desmond – Mixing and mastering; winner of Eco Arts Awards.

And many more: Håvard Soknes, Becca, Terje Tysland, Stage Dolls, Kate Havnevik, Too Far Gone, Rosenborg (cup final song 2013), Haakon Graf, Hege Øversveen, Hovedøen Social Club, Gisli, Sie Gubba, Elíza Newman, Hanne Tveter, Wolfram, Lars Wagle, Shy for Shore, Bluestown Records, Nordic Records, Trond Ytterbø, Spoonful of Blues, Medium Kitchen, Geir Vindel, Margit Bakken, Jens Olav Haugen, Blow Out, Kåre Virud, Kim Rune Hagen, Norske menn i hus og hytte, Elly Marvellous, Hjerterto, Woman in Blues, Terry Lehns, Glenn Main, Ivar Fritjof Hansen, Barbed Wire, Aggie (Agnete Johnsen), Peer Gynt.

Gold Record for Mastering

Now with a gold record for mastering! (Fall 2013)

Njål Frode Lie with gold record, Notodden in the background

Read more: NRK | NRK interview | Telen | Varden

Juke Joint Studio and Recording

I work at Juke Joint Studio with recordings, and in my own Hydroparken Studio with mixing and mastering. Juke Joint Studio moved into new fantastic premises in January 2014 in the new cultural center in Notodden – designed by acousticians and with a superb location by the water.

Recording session at Juke Joint Studio, 2014

Social Media and Updates

I have done a lot of mixes and masterings over time, also now as I write this, but I haven’t been as quick to update my website and post on Facebook. I took a break from Facebook since 2020 — back for now, at least, in February 2025, but here are some of my previous updates from my Facebook business page, before I stopped updating sometime in 2017:

(If the embedding doesn’t work, you can click the links to see the posts)

For more updates, visit my Facebook business page!

Contact Me

If I’m online, feel free to chat with me – check the bottom right corner for the chat box. Or send files directly: Send me files