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Some people join a gym but never go.
Some start a book but never make it past the first chapter.
And in music, countless brilliant ideas stay locked away as unfinished demos.
In the studio, leaving a track incomplete means it never reaches the people it was meant to move.
Gilad Eric Avni, widely regarded as one of the top recording engineers in Israel, has built a career on making sure that doesn’t happen.
With over 230 verified credits and a consistent role in many of the country’s most significant releases, he has seen first-hand how finishing a project can be the difference between an idea that fades away and a record that leaves its mark.
Avni’s portfolio spans iconic projects with leading Israeli artists — from Ninet Tayeb’s Apple Music Sessions to Eran Tzur’s “Simanim Makdimim” and the nationally brodcast single “Modhe Ani” by Shlomi Shaban.
His work has also shaped charting singles with millions of streams, making him one of the most in-demand engineers in the country.
One session in particular showed why he’s trusted at the highest level: AS1ONE’s debut single, “All Eyes On Us”, recorded at Kicha Studios in Tel Aviv.
The project brought together three Israeli and three Palestinian musicians, their first time in a professional studio , under the direction of producers Jenna Andrews (BTS, Dua Lipa, Drake) and Stephen Kirk (BTS, Jason Derulo).
The process was filmed for the Paramount+ series As1one: The Israeli-Palestinian Pop Music Journey and featured guitar work by the legendary Nile Rodgers.
The sessions were intense.
Avni personally auditioned each of the six vocalists on multiple microphones – including a vintage Neumann U87 and Sony C48 – to find the perfect tonal match.
Recording stretched late into the night and were live streamed via zoom to Universal Music Group executives in the US.
After Tel Aviv, the band and tracks traveled to Abbey Road Studios, where Nile Rodgers recorded his guitar parts, then to Los Angeles as the band launched its career.
The finished single earned coverage in Billboard, MTV, People, and other major outlets, demonstrating how Avni’s work delivers not just technically excellent recordings, but projects that resonate far beyond the studio walls.
In recording, perfectionism can stop a track from ever leaving the studio.
Avni’s reputation as one of the most accomplished in Israel comes in part from his ability to balance technical precision with an instinct for when a performance has the right feel. That’s why his sessions with artists like Yeled, Raviv Kaner, Yuval Gold, and Elai Botner have consistently moved from tracking to release without losing their energy or impact.
In the case of AS1ONE, the combination of multilingual communication, multiple producers, tight deadlines, and documentary filming could have easily delayed things. Instead, the project was finished, delivered, and released on time – proof that discipline and decision-making at the highest level can turn a unique opportunity into a defining achievement.
Unfinished work has no audience.
In music, the role of a recording engineer isn’t only to capture sound – it’s to ensure the music is ready to meet the world.
Gilad Eric Avni’s career, marked by top-tier collaborations as a recording engineer and assistant engineer, national recognition, and an unrivaled sound sculpting abilities to deliver under pressure – shows how getting to “done” is what transforms a moment in the studio into something that lasts.
