Pop Emo Music Prod/Beat Maker

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

A: The most successful project I had till now is King Lotus, the opened the Purpose Tour for Justin Bieber

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Producing, Making Beats, Creating Content.

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

A: Graynular and Matt Dougherty

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: both, life is not black and white, you need both.

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

A: No my promise, my commitment is to give life to your song.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Create, speak through music is the most beautiful thing in life, you can make part of someone's life for ever.

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

A: Can you make sound like...?

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

A: Producing is only about putting sounds, neh. Cooking isn't just about throwing stuff in the pot, is tasting, feeling, smelling what you are cooking, give soul and life to what you are creating.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Why are you doin' this?

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

A: The producer won't make you the artist, we are just the path. We just give live what is in your mind.

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

A: Water, Guitar, Note book, Pen, voice recorder.

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

A: I started making music at around 15 years ago, first instrument guitar, played lot of rock, Slash's fan, then new metal, Linkin Park fan, but always listened pop from Disney artist to Timbaland artist and in the middle 80's 90's 20's pop artists.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Is a mix of pop and rock background resulting

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

A: Skrillex, Ryan Tedder, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran, Charlie Puth, Justin Bieber, JVKE and many more want to learn their making music process and their experience making it.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Never is only one way to create music, music is made for break rules, if you listen it in your head you can make it real. Most of the artist I admire made things different.

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

A: Mostly pop, indie pop, rock pop, edm pop, emo pop, urban pop, alternative pop, pop pop

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Toplines, hooks, mixing different influences and giving it a pop vibe.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Always want to make it unique song and keeping the essence of the song, try not to make generical songs and every song is a new challenge for me and it's like cooking want to experiment new sauces.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Creating the topline in case there isn't one. Define the structure. Start to adding elements, sound selection. Finding the vibe. Lawyering while quick mix. Finally compare to references and listen if the song speaks itself. When it has a heart, the song is done and ready to send Mix and Master. Once it ready, the master is yours.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Ableton live as DAW, Fav. plug-ins: To record: Apollo Twin X, UAD, Fender, Martin Co - To create/ Serum, Omnisphere, Simpler - To mix/ Waves, Fab Filter, Plugin Alliance - To master/ Waves, Ozone

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

A: Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars, Skrillex, Ryan Tedder, Charlie Puth, Rick Rubin, Benny Blanco, Max Martin, Pharrell Williams, Lauv, Keityn

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

A: Make the draft ideas become a big ligas song.