João Alves is the Mastering Engineer and owner of Sweet Mastering Studio. He has a degree in Sound Sciences and Technologies and a Master in Sound Production and Technology. In 2011, as a result of his passion for the mastering process, he founded Sweet Mastering Studio. Since then, countless bands and artists have gone through this studio, such as Derek Jerome, Zé Perdigão, Custódio Castelo, Remigio Pereira, Guilherme Valente, Mac MacKenzie, Humberto Ríos, Pablo Rodriguez, Lisbon Film Orchestra, Camerata de Sopros Silva Dionísio, etc. Scored original music and/or worked in the audio post production on the feature films "Sita - A Vida e a Morte de Sita Valles", "UnderStory" and "The Art Of Dying Far Away". Also collaborated in advertising producions as a composer or in the sound department in ads for Sic, CMTV, Bolt, Uber, FreeNow, EDP, UAU, etc.. Currently researching the artistic role of the mastering agent and his/her contributions to the culmination of the artistic object as a doctoral thesis in Media Arts and Communication.