Producer, Mixing-Engineer

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

A: No.

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

A: How long it would take me to fix and I would tell them ASAP but I will not rush it because I want it to be as good as possible.

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

A: Thomas Geelens new EP, I produced and co-wrote the songs.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Film scores, edm-productions and pop music.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital since it is less expensive, it takes less time and now a days the digital is getting real close to the analog.

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

A: Always deliver a standard good mix/master.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The freedom of using my creativity.

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

A: People think I usually DJ while I'm more in the studio doing productional work,.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: If they are happy with their records so far and if they want to change anything before they send me their files.

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

A: Be aware every producer has it's own sound. If you hire me you will get my sound.

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

A: A pair of monitors, a keyboard, a desktop pc with all the plugins I needed, a guitar and my ukelele.

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

A: I've been doing music for 5 years professionally. I have done about 400 productions for clients as well as for my own artist alias.

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

A: Arianne Grande, she has an amazing voice.

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

A: Dr.Dre , Brian Eno, Pharrel.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Punchy, bright and energetic.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Always make sure your recordings are good. If a recording is bad it will never sound as good as well recorded sample.

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

A: EDM and Pop Music.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Mixing EDM and Pop Music.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: In mix-terms I bring liveness ,balance and energy to a song. In production terms I bring creativity , originality and power.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I usually have a good listen to the song and listen to what's wrong or what could be improved. Then I do a balance of the mix (volumes, panning) After this I usually tend to EQ the tracks and start adding busses/sends. I will compress where needed and glue the mix as well as possible. After a final mix is complete I will send 24 bit WAV to the artist to see if they like it and would like any changes. After approval I will send the 24 bit WAV and mp3 + Masters to the client.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Adam A8X monitors Steinberg UR28M M-Audio keystation 49 Moog Sub 37 Roli Seaboard Shure SM57 Aston Origins Microphone.

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

A: Producing instrumentals and mixing.