Produce, Mix & Master Music

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

A: Laptop, Ableton Live, Piano keyboard, a mic, AudioTechnica M50x.

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

A: I produced few ambient tracks for a client and they came out really well. Getting out of your comfort zone and doing good makes me feel proud.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I have finished a song for myself and would be releasing soon.

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

A: I am new to this, so give me sometime.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: You can't replace analog however today's analog simulations are getting pretty close to digital nowadays. I work with digital mostly.

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

A: Satisfaction. I want my clients to feel happy about the results. It's what they have paid for and what they deserve.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Always working on something new every other day.

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

A: People I have worked with mostly talk about getting their music loud though I am not big fan of loudness war so I keep my customer happy with good music while having industry standard loudness.

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

A: My friends and family thinks that I arrange audio to make music. They have no idea what music production is like.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: I mostly ask their expectations, are they trying to sound like someone or what kind of vibe they are looking for or their audience.

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

A: I would say to give your provider a little space to be creative.

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

A: I started production in 2014 with the curiosity, how the music is made and when I found out, I got really passionate about it.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I would say melancholic. I generally find myself working on deep pop house every once in a while.

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

A: I would like to work with Coldplay someday. I feel good when I hear their music. Its uplifting, full of colors and beautiful vocals.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Keep two different delays, one is for short and other for long. You can use short reverb for your drums and other non dominant things and long for your melodies and ear candy etc.

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

A: I mostly work on Melodic Deep House kind of music though I work on almost all genres in EDM. I started to work on Pop music too.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I generally spend most of my time on melodies. So I would say making a catchy melodies.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring life to a song. A song might be good musically but if it's dull sounding, it's not good enough.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I generally start with what client is expecting or their references. From there I work towards cleaning and balancing out tracks while mixing, get rid of unwanted frequencies, adding color to create the right vibe.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work with Ableton Live, Audient interface, KRK monitors and other necessary tools to get going.

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

A: I like musicians who don't limit themselves to a particular sound or genre. I keep listening to new artists to see their approach.

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

A: I work with production, mixing as well as on mastering variety tracks