'Producer', 'Vocalist',

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

A: I worked on 'Made in the Am' by One Direction, and co-wrote and co-produced the song 'Wolves'. I still see royalties from it. Also, Valley Of Wolves project I have with Position Music and I attain a lot of Syncs with that music.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I'm working on finishing a second EP for the Year. And I'm also going to be starting at a prestigious production/engineering school in L.a. as a new instructor. I feel it's an amazing opportunity to work with young up and coming talent and give them what guidance I can to help them own their creative destiny.

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

A: I give them my word to work passionately on their music as if it was mine.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I like breaking new ground and I love the feeling of when I enter into what many call 'Flow-state' of where time becomes still and you work at hyperspeed and things just come together fast. I love when this happens.

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

A: They ask me about my experiences on TV and what it was like growing up in a musical family. So far that's what most people ask at least before a session working/collaborating together and whatnot.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: I usually try and get a feel and vibe for what they want and go all in. I'll ask them about genre, feeling they hope to create and how I can help bring that out in my work.

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

A: I would probably share with them production shortcuts and chat workflow since that's a common trait in myself.

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

A: I've toured with people as a musician, keys, with acts like Poison, Glenn Frey and more. Written for acts like One Direction, Reik and others. I'm in a good place when I know I can complete my own music the way it needs to be completed and thats the best accolade I can put into the world simply for the passion of the song and passion of the art.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Soul, New Wave, Indie, Hip-Hop, Lyrical, R&B-House, Future

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

A: I would work with

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

A: Sting, David Foster, Brian McKnight, Dallas Austin, Stevie Wonder, Teddy Riley, Quincy Jones as far as iconic people go.

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

A: There is a lot of People. I just recommended one today. My buddy Adam Martin.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: This is not the question I'm able to answer. I simply work with what I have and follow thru to the warmest tones I can. As long as each element has purpose and all low information frequencies are carved out of the right instruments I listen for balance and blend.

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

A: People don't see me for all I can accomplish. I never enjoyed being surfaced based. That's one of the bad outcomes of being on TV on a reality show. People can't see into my true industry professionalism but only performance talent.

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

A: Laptop Keyboard Guitar Mic Pioneer decks

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: When everyone obsessively grabs their sounds and ear candy via Splice, be unique and create those sounds homemade. Everything on the cloud is starting to become apparent in several recordings I look for the DNA of a song idea.

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

A: Anything from R&B, soul, Rock all the way to trap and electronic genres.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: At, being a vocalist is what I'm known for. As well as a piano player/keys. I

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I usually bring the character sound and elements to identify the song first. I usually like to do this before even writing. Such as a vocal sample, or some other unexplainable tone/spark that sets the vibe up to be born into a great modern composition.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I like to lay the foundation and arrangement of a song while in the flow to have enough to get on the mic or whomever on the mic feeling good about the overall groove.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have an Apollo 8 interface, Lewitt LCT 940 tube Studio Mic (Sounds incredible), I don't have to use that many plugins on it either. Warm Audio 2 channel british mic preamp. KRK speakers Moog Sub 37. A few guitars, basses and a sweet Deering Banjo.

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

A: Definitely Vocal Sessions. A lot of fellow artists of my peers will hire me to Produce the track we co-write. Within those sessions I usually focus on a lot of modern non-traditional vocal production such as taking certain riffs and making those the re-sampled hook with some modern processing to