Collaboration Artist, Producer

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

A: Surprisingly my "biggest" project was a freelance job. It was about making voice overs, editing and mixing them. A theme was medical. It was a 2 months long project. Was really cool. Liked that little journey.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I've just finished my ambient album. I am working on another album for my other alias and I have 2 more albums planned already. So pretty music all music making. Though I am actively searching for some freelance work out there.

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

A: Yeah a singer Zachary Staines. I worked with him on few songs. He is an amazing singer and a sweet person.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both. They are different. For different purposes. Both of them are great and usable.

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

A: I think of it more as of a promise to myself really. It's usually me telling myself to do the best I can for that particular client. To fit in the right mood/theme and to do it as fast and as productive as I can.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Staying focused and being immersed into the process.

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

A: They ask for references. I send them my music. Simple as that. Other questions are just with yes/no answers.

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

A: I don't know really. If only people would think of me as of a guy who can make some epic radio hit. No I can't answer to that.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Usually it is the most common things. Like "what is the purpose of the music I make for them would be?". "Is there a deadline?". Stuff like references for sure... Also I would ask for raw samples / unprocessed vocals yeah.

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

A: I think the most important part is to really listen to that artist's music discography first before making any decisions. So I guess.. that's some patience required.

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

A: Hmm. An infinite energy supply. A laptop. Pair of headphones. A mic. And some complicated polysynth like one of those Prophets or Moog.

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

A: I've been producing from 2014 I think. Started from chiptunes because I thought it is a nice way to learn simple electronic music production. To this day I use chiptune flavours in my stuff sometimes. Later on I discovered deadmau5 livestreams and really started to learn how to make house beats. At the same time my huge inspiration was Jon Hallur and his ambient music. Then I learned about Boards Of Canada. It is a big world we live in. A lot of musical influences every day.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: It's definitely an Electronic music genre. Because I do various tempos, different beats everytime and so on - it is hard to define one local genre. So yeah, I instead just put "Electronic" on everything :)

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

A: deadmau5 for sure. He is a nice guy. I can totally relate to his vibe and to his music. I'd love to have a studio session with him just for fun.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: I run a special EQ on master which I use for checking my mix by cutting and filtering out certain range of frequencies. Basically using it like a high pass or low pass filter with couple steps. Helps a lot.

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

A: It is all kinds of stuff. I'd say I make my own synthesizer patches, blend them together and then add beats depending for what style it fits the most.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I think in terms of production I'm good at doing something moody and dark rather than happy and uplifting. And in terms of mixing and editing - I am a very focused person.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: All my works have a certain energy and very DIY feel. They all sound close to what you hear on radio/streams but recreated with hands not using common sample packs. I also tend to add flavours at post editing process. I try my best to make electronic music sounding more alive, natural and not sterile.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: That would be me searching for that first idea and then developing it, mixing everything on the go. As soon as the mix sounding full enough, I start to arrange and clean it and then master & post process.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: It's a simple and quiet room with wood walls in a private house outside from the city. I have a set of Yamaha HS8's plus a sub. Audio interface is Steinberg UR-RT2. I have two mics: AKG P120 and Shure SM57. From instruments right now I have Korg Volca Bass and an old Yamaha RX11 drum machine from 80's. I also have an AKAI APC40 MKII controller. I run everything in Ableton Live. Pretty much it.

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

A: Boards Of Canada, deadmau5, Moby, Matt Lange, Apparat, Royksopp, MGMT, J Dilla, M83

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

A: Electronic music production, mixing and mastering services. Remixing and making instrumentals for vocalists. Doing sound design and editing audio like voiceovers or podcasts.