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I am a popular music producer & songwriter based in Nashville, TN. My Influences are artist such as; Lauv, The 1975, Muse, Linkin Park, One Republic, Avicii, and illenium. I am capable of producing and writing songs in all styles, but those are my strong suit. I have got songs placed and cut with several major labels with over a million streams.

Songwriter, Topliner, Production, Ghost Production, Multi-instrumentalist, Mixing, Mastering.
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Interview with Callen Sounds

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Lions in the Sky by Vion Konger I wrote the lyrics with 2 friends of mine and production / composed the vocals with Bryar. The majority of the production in the release is from me. My publisher pitched it to Nitron and a deal was made. Now the song has over a million streams on spotify alone.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Toplines for labels Productions for artists Drum Productions for artists My own artist project
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital, because listeners can't tell the difference, and therefore analog is not as important as it used to be. However, I know that is not black and white.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: You will be happy with the outcome.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I get to bring peoples visions to life.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Customer; Can I pay you half now and half at the end? Me; When you buy a guitar at guitar center would they let you walk out with it after paying half because you said you'll pay the other half later?
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: I just push buttons; beep boop bop
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What's the last artist you listened to on repeat? What are 3 or 4 references for this project? What goals do you have for the project?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Spend money on the music the way you'd spend money on anything else you want in life.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: An acoustic guitar and a notebook.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: +10 years Grew up playing in bands, learned how to produce at an early age via youtube tutorials mainly and the rest is history.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Alt Pop
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Lauv, Blackbear, The 1975 The productions and songwriting in their music just feels like they were meant for each other and in that being so there is a more powerful impact from the meaning of the songs to the listener.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Use https://tuneform.com/tools/time-tempo-bpm-to-milliseconds-ms to calculate the release time of your sidechaining correctly! Use https://pages.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html to find the correct frequencies to boost based on the key of your song!
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop, Alternative, Alt Pop, Indie Pop, Pop Rock, Singer-songwriter, Electropop, Hip Hop, Acoustic, EDM, Dance
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Songwriting, toplining, Vocal Production, Drum Production, Production I've been playing drums for a very long time and simultaneously learned how to produce drums very early on in my career.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Creative vocal effects and special production elements that revolve around the melody and keep it focused for the listener.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Depending on the project, I'll gather 3 or 4 references in the same vein of the artist and analyze them as I'm putting together the initial session in Ableton. Then I set up the stems or start recording the instrumental. Mixing is something that is happening simultaneously, but once the final vocal is in there, I start to use reference for the mixing in a different session.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: 14 x 12 studio with a live drum kit fully mic'd, a vocal mic, and mic for acoustic and or anything else always set up, a midi keyboard, 2 analog synthesizers, beat making pads, and a partridge in a pair tree.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Lauv, The 1975, One Republic, Khalid, Blackbear
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Full song productions, topline productions, songwriting, ghost production, mixing, and remixing.