Mix - Master

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: If you need any ADR Production (Movie voice overs), go to Janice https://soundbetter.com/profiles/368757-janice-marie-audio

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

A: I usually work on hip hop, trap and R&B.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I am very good and making smooth and warm vocals for your ears to be comfortable, I love doing harmonization and layering for tracks.

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: I would take my laptop, a mic, headphones, a keyboard and charger doc.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I have a mix of European, West Coast and style of music. I have a wide variety because of the areas I grew up in, I make instrumentals as well and they are all quite mix with different styles. The easiest one to do is European and West Coast.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring life and character to every song I work on. I want people to feel the vibe and energy the song is sending.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: After recording vocals, I usually organize my tracks by name for efficiency of the working process, I clean up the track (remove breathing If desired by client).Then I step into the mix it. I take a couple hours to work on the track at my ease.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I use Logic Pro X as my DAW, I have a Yamaha mixer that I use as interface and playback, a AKG 220 microphone, I use Waves plugins as effects. M Audio studio monitors, Audio Technica for recording and Beyerdynamic DT 770 for mixing and mastering.

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

A: I love the way Tory Lanez uses reverb on his vocals which makes it sound extremely wide. I like the way R3HAB mixes sound becuase of the way the sound blends into the mix. I listen to a multitude of artists and productions to give me ideas and combine multiple of them together.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I use Analog because I would hate to have technical difficulties such as connection lagging within anything digital.

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

A: That they will never be disappointed with whatever I give them if they are as precise as possible.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I like how I can make people happy with the music I produce for them, I can music for a whole day without being bored,

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A: I am often asked if I am good at what I do, like producing, engineering. I tell them that I am and I've been doing it since 2013. They ask me how I learned and if I went to school for it and I tell them that I am self taught. Most often other people ask for me if they are present (clients or people who recommended them to me).

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

A: Because I am young, people think I don't know what I am doing and mostly underestimate my skills and abilities. They most often mistake my knowledge.

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: I would tell him/her to not be scared of trying anything new because fear blocks greatness.

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

A: I started off as rapping and producing myself sound 2013, and dove into sound engineering the year after. I have no created my own label and it's been 5 years now that I've been producing people from my area which some do performances and open up for artists. I am going towards a one man business. Making music videos, photography , cover arts, sound engineering and beat making.

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

A: I would love to work with Chris Brown because I've been a fan of his songs since 2007 and his one of my main influences in music life, as well as 50 cent, because of the way he writes. I grew up in California listening to their songs and my character grew up such as.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: The best music production tip I can give is to think outside the box, what someone might think is stupid to do to a track might be the element that makes the track come real.

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

A: I mostly engineer vocals for tracks to make a crisp and smooth quality sounding track. I mainly have client coming in and out every day. I do a lot of rap mixing and less singing but I love doing both.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: I ask them what their goal is & what plans he/she has. What is their favorite music style and artist they listen to.