EDM Production and Engineering

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

A: Currently I am very proud of the game Klang. I did the whole soundtrack and all the sound effects and cinematic sound design. The reason I am so proud of it is because it's something I can call "mine" audio wise. It was only the game dev Tom-Ivar Arntzen and Me. He did all the graphics and game and I did all the music and sound and it took a good 1.5 years of my life to do. Accomplishing any creative goal is something to be proud of, especially when it's "out there" on the market!

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Production Quality Execution and Speed of production. What my fans say about me is that I tend to "nail every genre I touch" so I have an understanding of what sounds good to most people and try to achieve it with every track I produce.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Hollywood Trailers with a very reputable placement company. Just finished 1000 sfx for a trailer sound design pack. Composing for trailers with them starts in 2020

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

A: Quality, quality, quality. Whether it's just the overall quality of a production, composition, master, or sound effect, I can promise I won't give you something I wouldn't use or play out myself.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Synthesizers are my favorite joy in life besides my wife, so I really enjoy making huge and new sounds with synths!

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

A: "It's just pushing buttons" is what I get a lot of. But we all know that's not the case. There is a lot of technical hurdles that most people don't like to deal with so they give up, but since I am passionate, I am determined, and that determination is unwavering at this point in my career.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: I mainly ask them to provide me examples of what they are after. References are key in my experience.

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

A: Make sure you know exactly what you want to do before you do it and think about how you want your listeners to feel. The key to successful art production is PLANNING! So I would say look for good references for your artwork, for your music, and for your branding theme, then start hiring the people :)

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

A: MPC Live, iPAD, Some sort of power source, KRK Headphones, and an AKAI MIDI keyboard. Basically all the bare minimums to produce some audio and music!

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

A: Steve Aoki. He lives in Las Vegas too and already mastered the EDM scene. He seems like a super nice guy and I BET we would vibe, so yea - STEVE AOKI!!! (the DJ who cakes people lol)

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: You should only have 3-4 elements playing at once, and make sure your sub frequencies don't clash (sidechain the bass and kick)

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Euphoric Sounding Vibes. Quality mixing and mastering. Compositionally I try to develop melodies that "stick" with people.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: It's very big and equipped. You name it in the software world I have it. You name it in the hardware world I probably have something close to it. Check out my gear list on the right of the page for more details.

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

A: I am heavily inspired by JOYRYDE right now mainly because of his audio visual styles. He has some of the highest quality bass house and dance music I have ever heard, and his videos are made by him and match the quality to boot!

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

A: I am mostly a sound designer by day, EDM producer by night so I do lots of sample pack work and design work for audio. I work on a track a day so my chops are sharp!

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

A: I am new to the platform but am excited to work with vocalists and instrumentalists, so I will post those once I get some work flowing!

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both because each has something to offer. In the digital realm, speed and efficiency are king so sometimes using stuff in the box only will yield quicker results. In the Analog realm things just have a different feel and sound (especially synth filters in the hardware world) The hardware synths tend to nail tones and sounds I can't achieve as quickly or easily in the digital realm. Hybrid setups have always been something I have leaned towards. UAD is a great entrance to a hardware/software system!

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

A: Electronic Music in nearly every style. House and Trance are specialties.

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

A: Why do you call yourself bLiNd? Are you bLiNd? I walk by hearing, not sight, I walk by faith in the light, but no I am not actually blind.

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

A: I quit my dayjob in 2014 to pursue music full time and haven't looked back since but I have been producing music since 1999

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Very broad. I have MANY styles, and approaches for every genre of music.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I usually start a track and finish it the same day but depending on the task at hand I work at different times of day to complete creative work versus technical work. One thing about each is that I work VERY fast.