I'm a musician with specialized in bass, music production and composition. I have experience recording, mixing, playing live at different venues, bars, cafés and I also have experience teaching.
My main interests are Jazz, Prog Rock, Funk, Pop and Soul to name a few. I'm also very enthusiastic about music theory, audio editing and mixing, recording and music scoring for media. I have been doing that from my home studio: I've recorded bass lines for songs, edited and mixed different genres, scored short films and projects.
Contact me through the green button above and let's get to work.
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Interview with Pedro Villanueva
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Trail and error. More often than not great things come up on the second or third try.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Generally I work on Pop, Indie, Jazz and Pop-rock songs.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I can work really well with a team. Music is one of the many things that when brought to a crowd becomes much larger that what it was. Sometimes the best ideas come from a discussion between two people and can become far more richer and special that they originally were.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I believe my curiosity and my tastes allow me to play with a song a take it many different places. Weather it's a Indie Pop song or a Trap beat I believe that I bring a variety in genres that builds up to a unique and interesting sound. Much of the music we love comes from mixing and trying different things.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: First I like to talk with the costumer to see their vision and what they want. Communication is important and I believe that most of the work is done in this stage. Then, if it's scoring or composing I sit at the piano to come up with ideas, otherwise, I open Pro Tools and get straight to it.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I mainly use Pro Tools for recording, mixing and editing. I usually use my Fender Precision Bass, plug it into my audio interface and record directly into the DAW. Then I mix in the box, with plug ins from Waves, Universal Audio, Ozone, Avid to name a few.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: In terms of composing I like to look at academic artists like Mahler, Ravel or Beethoven. In a more modern sense I like the compositions of Genesis, Snarky Puppy, BADBADNOTGOOD. My biggest bass player influences are Joe Dart, Michael League, Christian McBride amongst others.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I can compose, arrange, record and mix bass recordings. I can compose original scores. I can produce, edit and mix a song.
- Bass ElectricAverage price - $25 per song
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $50 per song
- Full instrumental productionAverage price - $50 per song
- EditingAverage price - $10 per track
- Bass FretlessAverage price - $25 per song
- Keyboards - SynthAverage price - $25 per song
- Sound DesignAverage price - $50 per minute
- Fender Precision Bass
- Squire Fretless Jazz Bass
- Ibanez Jazz Bass
