Hakan Mavruk on SoundBetter

One stop guy for all your music needs.

Grammy Nominated Producer + Songwriter

Services:
-Full Song Production
-Additional Production to Songs
-Top Lining
-Lyric Writing
-Guitar
-Bass
-Piano
-Trumpet
-Drum Programming
-Vocal Tuning
-Vocal Mixing
-Song Mixing
-Mastering

I am always down to chat before starting to understand the vision for your project.

Let's make your song SoundBetter!

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Credits

37 Reviews - 9 Repeat Clients

Endorse Hakan Mavruk

by Derya E.
Verified
Hakan is a productive guy who devoting himself to work, an engineer working diligently. He became one of our team member so quickly. We live thousands miles away to each other but always felt his existence by our side.
by Diamond M.
Verified
Just a small adjustment to a track that made it even better then it already was, thank you, don't sleep on Hakan!
by Diamond M.
Verified
Very quick an efficient, hope to work with you again soon!
by Michael S.
Verified
Extremely professional, quick and with a quality that’s top notch. Glad I got the opportunity to receive his help and work.
by Justin K.
Verified
Just knew how to make the song “pop”. Really took the song up so many levels! Very, very happy with the outcome.
by Derya E.
Verified
now working with him is a habit for me. thanks to soundbetter we found him. and thanks to him we have a trustworthy professional on our side.
by Derya E.
Verified
after few works he became a valuable member of our family. he cares about your work. he always listens and try to understand your direction. we are really lucky to have him on our side. there is no doubt that you should link with him if you need a side kick in your production team.
by Derya E.
Verified
Always pleasure to work with. Easy to communicate. Very open minded and he always put some mark on your project. You should team up with him no doubt.
by Derya E.
Verified
One of the best engineer in SB i'm glad to have him on my side 🙏 thanks for everything you executed so far 🌞
by Diego Mar
Verified
Incredible to work with him, very profesional.
by Anthony
Verified
Excellent experience with Hakan! Quick, easy, and efficient - he gave me good quality brass recordings in the exact time frame I asked for. Would highly recommend!
by Vincent F.
Verified
Hakan is the number one guy to go to if you want your image to become reality. He did an amazing job recreating the beat and making it match perfectly with techno made from scratch.
by Sherrod W.
Verified
Another one for the books!!! Never disappointed.
by Jermond
Verified
Great job!!! He nailed it once again.
by Keith E.
Verified
Hakan has a great ear and is a very creative arranger. He took a hip-hop demo to the next level for me. I'll be working with him again.
by Sherrod W.
Verified
As always Hakan delivers another top quality piece of work to my music! Always a pleasure to work with! Looking forward to working with him again.
by Tony P.
Verified
Hakan was very fast and professional! Talented at so many different things. Will definitely work with him again.
by Björn N.
Verified
Good producer.
by Sherrod W.
Verified
Hakan is my go guy for bass and electric guitar. Always nails the vision and elevate my songs. Looking forward to the next we work together!
by Jermond
Verified
Hakan was super fast and grasped exactly what I needed. He gave more than expected. Thanks again Hakan.

Interview with Hakan Mavruk

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Mickey Shiloh, Coop The Truth, Jazelle Paris, Breana Marin, AudioUnitz.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Composing and feeding off emotion.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I am developing an artist at the moment, and I am proud with every song we've completed. I had been looking for a talent like him for quite some time and every song that we do is better than the next. I am producing and co writing his music.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Sample packs, Songs for artists, and my own collaborative album.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Mickey Shiloh, Coop The Truth, Jazelle Paris, Joseph Mourad, Breana Marin, AudioUnitz.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Still torn between this. The character of analog, but the efficiency of digital.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will listen to your vision, and put in the hours/days to complete it.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: It's what I love to do. I also love completing a job, and the client being super happy. That's honestly a great feeling. It makes me happy that they're happy, and makes me happy because I know I did a great job.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Can you send me a test mix?......No.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That it's easy and care free. Although writing and producing might be easy at this point, it took years to get here. From starting music at 5 years old to today. I've been doing this since the all analog days.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What emotion do you want to evoke in this project.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: As much as I love create freedom, I think it's good for the client to have a vision of what emotion they want to evoke with the music.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Mac Pro, 88 key midi controller, Fender Strat, Apogee Interface, and Fender Bass....my +1 would be a 1073.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've been doing music my whole life. I remember recording myself playing piano on a tape deck, then soloing trumpet over it at age 8. I used to play in bands growing up (rock, jazz, pop, classical concert bands). But, I have been producing as a career for a little over 10 years.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Unique. Something new, inspired by the old. Rugged and Smooth at the same dang time.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Bruno Mars. I've admired his tastefulness for a long time.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Sometimes simplicity is the hardest yet best thing to do.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop, Hip Hop, and R&B.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: My musical expertise. I have studied music for my whole life, from classical to jazz to metal to hip hop to...you get it.....I have learned from so many different genres of music. The key components in creating a great song and/or production.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I usually get a good idea of what is needed to be done before the job is funded. Once it is funded, I will start creating. Being a musician, I usually start with composition and instrumentation, then get deeper into the production. It's different every time though.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have 2 apple computers (Macbook pro and iMac), Apogee Element Interface, PRS Guitars, Fender Guitars, Ibanez bass, Logic Pro X, a bunch of plugins and virtual synths. I could start nerding out on everything, but I'd be sitting here typing about it for days.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Man....Quincy Jones, Pharrell, Timbaland, Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I've gotten mostly production work, then session playing, and mixing work.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I am developing an artist at the moment, and I am proud with every song we've completed. I had been looking for a talent like him for quite some time and every song that we do is better than the next. I am producing and co writing his music.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Sample packs, Songs for artists, and my own collaborative album.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Still torn between this. The character of analog, but the efficiency of digital.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will listen to your vision, and put in the hours/days to complete it.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: It's what I love to do. I also love completing a job, and the client being super happy. That's honestly a great feeling. It makes me happy that they're happy, and makes me happy because I know I did a great job.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Can you send me a test mix?......No.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That it's easy and care free. Although writing and producing might be easy at this point, it took years to get here. From starting music at 5 years old to today. I've been doing this since the all analog days.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What emotion do you want to evoke in this project.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: As much as I love create freedom, I think it's good for the client to have a vision of what emotion they want to evoke with the music.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Mac Pro, 88 key midi controller, Fender Strat, Apogee Interface, and Fender Bass....my +1 would be a 1073.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've been doing music my whole life. I remember recording myself playing piano on a tape deck, then soloing trumpet over it at age 8. I used to play in bands growing up (rock, jazz, pop, classical concert bands). But, I have been producing as a career for a little over 10 years.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Unique. Something new, inspired by the old. Rugged and Smooth at the same dang time.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Bruno Mars. I've admired his tastefulness for a long time.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Sometimes simplicity is the hardest yet best thing to do.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop, Hip Hop, and R&B.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Composing.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: My musical expertise. I have studied music for my whole life, from classical to jazz to metal to hip hop to...you get it.....I have learned from so many different genres of music. The key components in creating a great song and/or production.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I usually get a good idea of what is needed to be done before the job is funded. Once it is funded, I will start creating. Being a musician, I usually start with composition and instrumentation, then get deeper into the production. It's different every time though.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have 2 apple computers (Macbook pro and iMac), Apogee Element Interface, PRS Guitars, Fender Guitars, Ibanez bass, Logic Pro X, a bunch of plugins and virtual synths. I could start nerding out on everything, but I'd be sitting here typing about it for days.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Man....Quincy Jones, Pharrell, Timbaland, Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I've gotten mostly production work, then session playing, and mixing work.