Audio Engineer, Music Producer

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Are you 110% committed to what you're using most of your time with? Are you expecting and planning on furthering your music career? Can we not waste each other time?

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

A: Make sure its what you're looking for specifically. Have a normal conversation, but mean business. Be straight-forward. Have confidence and ask questions. Aim towards building a genuine connection that will be lasting.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Being able to catch critical, major, game-changing sounds. Having a strong ear with a highly trained thought process on how to approach whatever it may be, will determine the outcome of a record. Being alert even if its a chill day.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: First, I make sure I'm in my zone. I have to have a feeling. Whether its feeling down, happy, hype, energetic or even if I don't have a feeling... to me thats a feeling. like an empty feeling. Somethings there, but I can't quite receive it. Whatever mood I'm in will dictate my sound direction as far as beat production. When I'm mixing songs and vocals. I like for the setting to be dim with a candle lit beside me. It sets the tone and relaxes me.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a Macbook Pro & an Acer Laptop. I use my MacBook for recording session and my PC for music production and sometimes I track out songs from my MacBook and mix on my PC. My studio monitors are 5" M-Audio BX5. I use a condenser microphone and a MPK ll Midi Keyboard.

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

A: I have my own in-home studio. I have artist(s) that come by and do their recording session. I'm always involved in the session. Not as a 'yes man', but as a true engineer with a highly trained ear wanting the best outcome for the artist(s) music. I speak true feedback, what I think should be done with certain takes, or how to build a song. Sometimes artist(s) come in without a beat and want to do a on-the-spot track and I play them a few of my beats until they hear one that they like and I move forward with the session and do a contract (for beat) after the session.

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

A: I'm new here, but in the future I'd definitely recommend them hear and look forward to making true connections.

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

A: My latest single. I fully engineered it. My co-producer produced the beat and I got them stems and rearranged some things and also added a few sounds to add to what masterpiece he had already created and it just took it to a whole other level.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: My EP. Produced and Engineered myself.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both. Analog, because I like being hands-on. Actually creating the vibe from my bare hands. Appreciating much more. Digital, because to me its quick, easy, everything's right there and not hard to find or set up.

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

A: Your mix is safe in my hands. You will never be disappointed... I, promise.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Its what I truly want to do. Its something I wake up excited about and ready to start working.

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

A: How did I learn all of this and how do I do it. I honestly dedicated all of my time to this. After school I was always stuck on youtube... "how to mix vocals or "how to use certain effects". I focused and made sure I taught myself the basics and then continued to be a sponge to oncoming information about my craft.

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

A: That mixes are completed with a click of a button.

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

A: Laptop, Headphones, Mic, midi keyboard, and speaker monitors.

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

A: My career path has always been music. 10 years.

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

A: Producers: Metro Boomin, Murda Beatz, TurboTheGreat, Wheezy x5 Engineers: Seth Firkins and MixedByAli

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: My style is a head-nodding bounce with a wavy cadence to it.

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

A: Future. He's a genius. I've studied his work and how he does his music. From his beat selection all the way down to his mixes on certain songs. Every mix is different when he's in a different genre and I really like how he doesn't stay in a box, because he steps out of it and challenges the people around him and himself.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: When you're mixing your beat or song. Don't have it blasting. Progressively increase the volume if you'd like, but keep it at a nice volume to where your ears aren't fluttering. Your ears will get burned out and the next morning or in another audio output it'll sound TOTALLY different.

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

A: Typically rap. Trap. R&B. I must stress this though. I am willing and I'm determined to widen my genres. I would never confine myself to one thing within my craft because it is endless. I love music. Meaning ALL music. Its good for my soul.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring a true sound. Original, yet creative new vibes on every mix or beat. I want to keep using my regimen. The same spark and ideas but never stay stuck inside the box. Always using new things when necessary. Somethings are better when they're simple and aren't overdone. My complexity comes in when I've been doing a lot of searching on the net looking for new sounds or effects and I may have a session that day and I'll try it on the fly and thats how I know if its good money or to keep digging.