Singer, Songwriter, Topliner

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

A: My Heart Is, which is my latest single, was a great song to produce. I recorded every instrument except bass guitar, and I was proud to be able to send the tracks to world class mix engineer Matt Bishop.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: My next couple of singles!

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

A: Matt Bishop is an excellent mix engineer! I fully recommend his work. I lately figured he has mixed music I grew up with.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Analog. There's just no question. There's nothing more beautiful than the warm, full sound of a real bass guitar, real Yamaha upright, or even a Moog. But that tends to be more of a purist / philosophical argument; I love using VSTs.

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

A: That I will be true on every project and 100% close to myself.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: As 100000s of others would say it's of course the creativity, but it's more than that, it's bringing a part of you you are on the inside to the professional field, which is something that nearly nobody can do or desires to do.

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

A: People ask me if I can sing on their track. My answer is yes.

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

A: That I wanna be famous.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Where do you want the vocals to kick in? Where do you want the vocals to end? If you want me to write lyics: what should the subject be?

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

A: Don't be too keen on having your production polished like a glowing shoe. It makes the song uninteresting. It needs personality.

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

A: Yamaha upright, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, percussion kit, shaker egg

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

A: It's been two years now (2021) and I'm just getting started: I've been getting more clients and more collabs over the past month and I'd like to continue on this trend.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Dreamy indie pop/rock.

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

A: Sigrid or Robbie Williams, their catchy music is incredible and it'd be amazing to work with them.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Don't be too perfect.

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

A: Indie/rock music, comprable to Arcade Fire, Keane, The National.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Recording vocals; coming up with melodies & lyrics on the spot.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I try not to make any song sound generic. I try to add a particular twist to anything I do: tens of thousands of songs are uploaded to Spotify every hour so it's crucial to share your personality. My personality comes from a blue dream world.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I sit down, load a track into Logic Pro, listen 1 time and start recording right away. For the effect I like adding the right plugins very early on in the process. That's just how I roll.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Couple of synthesizers (Yamaha, M-Audio), real electronic Hammond, dynamic mics, condenser mics, big load of premium VST's, beautiful Yamaha upright piano. I produce everything in Logic Pro.

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

A: Arcade Fire, because they don't limit themselves technically. They add elements and personality to their songs. Elements that make their music less generic and polished.

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

A: Types of work? I mostly enjoy singing and producing for a wide variety of genres. I always add my little "tricks" to make a production particular.