Music Producer, Beatmaker

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

A: Andrea Perna as mixing engineer, and Onyra as singer/songwriter/vocalist

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

A: My main inspirations for my work and music are for sure: Grey, Zedd, Illenium, Ian Kirkpartick, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Crankdadt, Flume, Seven Lions, Rival, Alok, David Guetta, Meduza...

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

A: My last project from Lost Identities was a concept album Homing Instinct, which was released in 2021. It was curated in all details by us, lyrics, artwork, videos, covers, a book, and clearly productions. It was a year-long journey and I'm very proud and satisfied about the final result.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I'm working on some collaborations with different artists, sample packs, vocal recording and editing, and ghostproductions for a new website

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital, because I think in this era the level between digital and analog is so subtle that you can often reach the same quality in a more comfortable way.

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

A: I guarantee professionality and quality.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I can be creative and free to express myself. Also the fact that I help people to realize their dreams.

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

A: Unfortunately here in Italy, my work is not considered as a full-time job, people think it's easy or that it doesn't pay off.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What genre are you going for, what is your goal, what are the artists you look up to for your music, which reference songs could you point out for me to make you a good track?

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

A: Choose wisely the references you give to the provider, be clear with the information you give to describe your goals and be sincere when you do your feedback so the provider is sure about what they need to do to satisfy your expectations.

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

A: Laptop, headphones, monitors, audio interface, keyboard.

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

A: I've been working on music for 10 years now. I was self-taught for the first 3 years and then as my passion started growing I started studying and doing courses until now that I do music as a full-time job. (more info in my description)

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Groovy, melodic, powerful, creative.

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

A: I would love to collaborate with Dua Lipa, because I really like her groove. Instrumental and vocals are always on point, clean sounds, great ambiance and chops, good sound choices and very original overall.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: If you put reverb and distortion on any kind of sound, you can create some very cool and original ambiance.

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

A: I work on many and different genres but mainly I do Bass, Trap, and Melodic Dubstep. I've recently increased my productions of pop and slap house in general.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Creativity

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I am very careful about details, fills, breaks and songwriting. I always try to create some new and unique sounds for the tracks I'm working on with great sound design.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I generally start from a reference track, which I tipically ask the customer in advance, and I create a first demo of first verse-breakdown-chorus-drop for my client to see if I'm going the right way with the production. Then finish the track relying on the feedback I receive.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work with Adam A7X monitors, Fireface USB Audio Interface, Shure SRH840 headphones, AudioTechnica 4050 microphone, Rooli keyboard, wave ring, Klark Teknik KT2A compressor. For the plugins I like to be as creative as I can be, but the ones I use more are for sure: Acustica Audio, Plugin Alliance, FabFilter, Ozone, and Waves. Eventually, for synths I use mainly Serum, Omnisphere, Kontakt, Roli and Sylenth1.

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

A: I mostly work on ghostproductions and beats for my clients. Quite often I also offer a vocal recording and mixing/mastering service. Lately I've been also working on the creation of sample packs and sound design.