Produce Mix and Master Songs

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I started music production on my own 15 years ago. Self taught, self learned and now very skilled. Since then I have successfully composed and produced and put on the market, tracks from several genres.

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: So far I've worked on Reggae, Dancehall, RnB and EDM tracks.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My strongest skill : Both Mixing and Mastering

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: My most common type of work is Mixing and Mastering.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I think both analog and digital have its place in todays world of audio production. I personally like the character of the sound produced through analog gear. It tends to have a warmer feel. Music produced in the digital domain tends to have a sharp/edgy sound. Both have there place in different genres of music.

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: I promise a good level of communication, ensuring customer satisfaction.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I like the ability to create/polish/use my understanding of audio, to create high quality songs.

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: I think the understanding of the audio production process is the biggest misconception. Good communication is required to overcome this and achieve the best results.

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: I produced a reggae compilation (Celestial Riddim), which I am most proud of. My role was the producer, mixing and mastering engineer and recording engineer for several of the tracks. This project has been very a successful production for me.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I am very hard working. I put a lot of effort in my work to ensure the very best quality at the end of the project. The end result being a satisfied customer.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: I would love to work with Kelly Rowland. I think she has an amazing voice and her vocal delivery is very expressive. I also appreciate her writing ability.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: One production tip I would share is to encourage the use of channel separation vs stereo channels during mixing. This helps to achieve the clean clear mixes that we all love.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring my ability to connect with the artists delivery style and my understanding of audio processing to bring out the best qualities of a song.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I tend to start a mix with 3 reference sounds. I choose the sounds/instruments that best suite the overall feeling of the song (including the vocals) and mix around the balance of these 3 sounds/instruments.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My studio setup comprises of a Saffire Pro40 sound card and outboard gear ART Pro MPA II and ART Pro-VLA II . I also have an array of digital processors.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: Timberland, Jay Z, P Diddy, Pharrel, Stephen Mcgregor, Don Corleone, Chimney Records.