+13.000.000 Spotify streams / Spinnin, Revealed, Protocol releases / Nicky Romero collaborator / Support by: Armin van Buuren, Alok / Sony Music releases / world class producers and singer songwriter credits / Spotify Editorial resident / Spotify charted songs
My name is Karlo, I specialise in production of modern pop vocal songs with dance influences for artists all over the world with over 10 years of experience in the technical side of music.
My music has amassed over 13 million streams across all the different platforms with the support of major labels and major acts such as Armin van Buuren, Nicky Romero, Alok, Timmy Trumpet, KSHMR and many others, I have worked on many ghost productions and co-productions, and have been featured on a song alongside Nicky Romero on Protocol Recordings. My songs have been featured on Editorial playlist and on Top charts on Spotify. I have released with Spinnin, One Seven, Sony, Revealed, Soave, Proximity, Chill Your Mind and others.
I am always happy to help you with your project, I am a flexible and approachable person always ready to work on something new, whether you have a demo or just an idea we can make it into a beautiful song.
Make sure to send me a message before buying the gig so we can make sure that we are the perfect fit for the project you have in hand! Cant wait to help you out on your journey.
Contact me and lets make something beautiful!
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68 Reviews - 10 Repeat Clients
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A quick and professional job, communication was easy and I loved doing the work!
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SwitchBlade is the best! He understands quickly what I'm looking for and is super fast! :)
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Super easy and efficient to work with.
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SwitchBlade/Higher Lane is AMAZING! Such a hard worker and super talented. Highly recommend!
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One of the best producers on this entire site! Thankful to have the continued opportunity to work with them!
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It is very nice to work with Karlo, he is professional and talented.Definitely gonna work with him again.
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From the rough idea to the finished track in less than 3 days. Karlo is so fast and with an insane quality and ear. He's passionate about every idea and always tries to bring out the best, thank you so much Karlo.
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Love working with Switchblade. He is very dedicated to the projects and willing to go the extra mile to deliver superb sounding tracks each time. Also very fast turnaround which helps and is a rarity in this industry.
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Awesome Project with outstanding Result as always. Best Producer here on Soundbetter!!!
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Our collaboration in this Project and over the last few months has been truly remarkable, and I am immensely grateful for his invaluable contribution to our projects. Karlo is one of the best Producers here on Soundbetter and an undiscovered talent. So take the chance to work with him!!!
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I warmly recommend Karlo. He impresses with his talent and consistently very good quality. His work speaks for itself, and he has an eye/ear for detail. A real asset to any project.
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Great service
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Karlo helps elevate your production to a new level; his ear is truly unique, and I highly recommend collaborating with him. Thank you, Karlo, for another outstanding job.
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It’s always great to work with Karlo he is noticeably attentive and quick to get back to me. His level of professionalism is high.
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Its a pleasure to work with Karlo, He is patient, talented and the best thing about him is he brings fresh vibes to the table each time. Karlo is quick in production and workflow and it is refreshing to work with a Producer who is so fast and so talented at the same time. My team and I love working with him and I will hope to do much more with Karlo in the future. The thing I love most about Karlo is his hunger to make the best music. Thank you Karlo for all your hard work on our projects.
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he did a great job, very fast and very professional, communication is easy!
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This producer was responsive, easy to work with, and receptive on all the things I wanted.
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Great value great price
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Loved working with Karlo - he brings a certain freshness to the table and he is very good at what he does. One of the best Producers I have worked with
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The joy of collaborating with Karlo is unmatched, and his contributions helps my tracks reach outstanding quality. Thank you for these wonderful experiences!
Interview with SwitchBlade/Higher Lane
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The project I am most proud of is my collaboration with Nicky Romeros Monocule alias, I have been the founding producer of the project and I am incredibly proud to be a name alongside such a legend
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I am working on my alias called "Higher Lane" with many world class singers/songwriters and producers
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Unfortunately I have not met anyone who I could reccomend, there must be better engineers/producers but I havent had time to look into people who are on the platform
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital, the simplicity and accessibility are unparalleled
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will promise I will deliver the upmost quality, that the music I make for them will not be rushed and will have the same quality of the music I do for me
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I like the flexibility and the freedom of being able to work anywhere just with a laptop
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Most common question is usually if I am able to work in the genre they want to achieve, my answers are always honest and if me and a customer are not a fit I will gladly tell them that is the case
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That music production/engineering is easy
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What are their references and how much of a creative freedom are they willing to give out to me
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: I would advise an open communication and a precise description of the work that you would like for me to do
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Laptop, interface, cables, 2 studio monitors :)
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: During high school I have understood that music production is my calling and ever since then I have been slowly trying to level up my style, my production and my mindset to improve music of mine and others, I am 22 now
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Vocal driven house
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I would love to work with Skrillex, his musical genius has followed me trough many years and I believe he would teach me valuable skills
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Less is more
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I usually work on pop house, deep house songs and mostly vocal driven songs with a simple yet effective production that amplifies the vocal
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I consider my production and arranging my strongest skill
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring a creative energy and a clear vision of a radio ready song
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I mostly like to get the idea and the progression down, after that goes the idea of the structure of the first verse and then I like to work on the idea and the arangement of the hook, afterwards I am happy to work on the second part of the song
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have a setup of Steinberg UR28M, with a pair of stand mounted Genelec 8030c in a treated room
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: It has to be the likes of: Skrillex, David Guetta, Ian Kirkpatrick, Phineas
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I mostly do Ghost Production
I was the Producer/Engineer in this production
- ProducerAverage price - $400 per song
- Ghost ProducerAverage price - $600 per song
- RemixingAverage price - $400 per song
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $150 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $100 per song
I usually allow 3 revisions, Delivery time for production is mostly 1 week from the start to the end of the project
- KREAM
- Loud Luxury
- The Chainsmokers
- Genelec 8030c
- Steinberg UR28m
- Audient id4
- Moog GrandMother
- Beyerdynamic dt-1990
- Flamma FS22
- Audio Technica M40X
- Behringer PRO-800
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