Writer/Producer/Mixer

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

A: Tyler Hatley - Uwharrie Mountain EP. This was the first project I have recorded and produced that wasn't myself as an artist. I learned a lot and think we made something special that I'm super proud of.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Currently working on a record for Justin Clyde Williams

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

A: Kyle Mann

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both - Digital has come a long way and at the end of the day, performance is everything.

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

A: That I will do my best to deliver something you can be proud of and that I'll treat it as if it were my own.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Making something original.

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

A: What do you charge for one song? Can you send me a demo, and what instrumentation do you think would fit it?

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

A: That once you hit the Record button its done.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What is an example of the sound you are going for?

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

A: Make sure the provider has experience in the sound you are looking for. Be sure that what they fully understand you expectations and you fully understand theirs.

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

A: Acoustic Guitar/ Sm7b/ Mac/ Apollo Twin/ LA-2A

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

A: At 21 I was living in Nashville touring full time as an artist. I spent a decade playing music all over the county and slowly building up my own recording equipment. In 2017 a friend of mine asked me to help him make a record, we did and after that other people seemed to want me to do the same thing.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Country rock and roll - Tom Petty meets Bruce Springsteen meets the Band.

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

A: Tyler Hatley because he's one of the best songwriters I know and he's very easy going in the studio.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Don't over think it. If you do 10 takes, the third was probably it.

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

A: I was successful as an artist in the Texas red dirt scene so the country rock/americana folk style music runs pretty deep in my blood.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Songwriting and arrangement.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I have a decade of touring and being a artist in the rearview, so I bring a understanding of what it's like to be an artist trying to make it. Each recording/record feels like the beginning or the end to an artist, these things to me are that important.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I like to listen to the demo a few times and then play as if I were the artist. From that I start to build ideas around the acoustic guitar and piano.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a large live room/control room with a vocal booth. I great space to do drums and track multiple musicians at the same time. I'm running two universal Apollo's x8p's and have a small collection of outboard analog gear.

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

A: Jay Joyce is my favorite producer of all time. With that said I really enjoy Eric Church as an artist. I've worked with Kyle Mann on many projects and he has mentored me and taught me a lot of the ends and outs of making recordings. I hope to one day be as versatile as he is in creating sounds for the artist instead of cause the artist to sound like him.

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

A: Most commonly I take an artist who has just acoustic demos and create full productions.