Producer, Audio Engineer

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: My style sounds a lot like if Kaskade and Illenium's music had a baby. I think the people who've inspired me have also greatly inspired my sound.

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

A: deadmau5, Kaskade, and Illenium.

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

A: Operating a DAW (Ableton/ProTools) to produce, record vocals, or instruments. Mix and Master tracks.

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

A: About 2 weeks ago I released my debut album! It's titled "Eventide" and I produced each of the tracks. I worked with my mentor and classmates to song-write and record vocals for each of the songs. It's now available on all streaming platforms!

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I have an EP coming out by the end of summer!

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

A: N/A

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Analog because scientifically it's more precise.

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

A: I promise to give all of my effort and knowledge into your project.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I get to do what I love, meet awesome people, and visit beautiful places!

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

A: How fast can you work? Usually if I'm producing, I can get an idea down within an hour, and if I'm in the zone, I can get a song almost done within 4-6 hours.

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

A: I think the biggest misconception about being in the music industry is that you need to be a superstar to be successful.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What is it you're trying to achieve? How can I help you reach that goal?

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

A: Don't be afraid to openly communicate!

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

A: MacbookPro, Behringer Neutron, headphones, charger, and midi controller

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

A: I've been producing for the past 2 and 1/2, and I've been studying music production at Norco College for the past year. I'm also a certified ProTools User.

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

A: I'd love to be able to work with Kaskade. He seems like such a nice dude, and an all-around musician, so working with him seems super fun!

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Mixing and mastering won't change a bad melody or musical idea. Fix the idea first, then make it sound "better".

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

A: My favorite style of music to work on is house music. There's a bunch of different types, but the style I make the most is progressive/electro or tech house.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I think dance music production is my strongest skill. I've been studying and practicing it for the past 2 and 1/2 years.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I think I bring about a unique sense of melody and rhythm. I pride myself on beautiful melodies, chord progressions, and pulsing drums.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: If I'm producing, I'll start with by laying down a simple groove & build a nice 8-bar loop. Then the focus for me is how to create a new section for the song. Once I've got two different sections, making them transition into each other is the only thing left. If I'm mixing, getting organized is key. Once everything is neat, I like to mix groups of instruments, one at a time. Then once all the categories are done, balancing each category (drums with bass, vocal with drums). The end result usually brings a pretty good starting point for fine tuning. Mastering for me is usually just a few instances of compressing and some subtle EQing. The very end involves using a limiter for volume boosting.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work off my Macbook Pro and Ableton Live 9. I prefer being able to work anywhere.