Producer | Beat maker | Ghost

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

A: Even though I love almost all of my tracks and collaborations I do. My moniker Bef Mi8 is a part of me that makes electronic music inspired by my life in general, telling stories though every track I make under the moniker makes me very proud.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I have my two monikers - Bef Mi8 (Indie- Electronic) Two Snarez(Pop/Electronic) and apart from this, designing sound for films

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital, because digital can do analog even better than analog at fraction of cost and time, not forgetting the portability.

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

A: We're gonna create great art together!

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Waking up everyday and listening to music, discovering new music in general, to be able to experiment with existing music and sound and meeting new artists and getting inspired.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Before starting on a project - ➕Can I hear the vocalist past works or any raw recordings ? ➕other musical references What songs do you listen to in general, etc.

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

A: Just be true to yourself and your art and focus on defining your vision and references.

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

A: 💠My Macbook(to produce music, as long as the battery lasts) 💠Phone (Recording sounds and playing music, more portable than mac, when I'm travelling different areas of the island) 💠My Soundcard(Quality output and recording) 💠Headphone(the island might get too noisy sometimes due to insects and animals, so wanna concentrate on music here) 💠Midi-keybaord.

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

A: I have been making music full time for 7 years now, started when I was 14, self taught for the first few years, then went on for multiple degrees and certifications.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Having so many styles, depending on what I am producing at the moment, I would say Pop/Electronic.

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

A: Skrillex, Pharell Williams, Sam Smith, Post Malone, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Play with new sounds.

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

A: All Pop/Electronic music in general, i.e., EDM(Almost all genres), Pop, Rap, Hip-Hop, Latin-Pop, Reggae, etc P.S - never tried country, would love to though.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Coming up with new ideas & experimenting with sounds (I once made a track using just monkey sounds and screams back when I was 15)

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring what the song and the artist demands to the track, if it's an emotion about heart break or if it's anger, i believe electronic sounds/music instruments in general have so much power that they can describe and help elaborate the consisting emotions to the track.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Depending on what the collaborator/clients brings- 💠If they have an idea and some reference tracks, motif, I would creating something around that. 💠If they are starting fresh or have a lyrics, I would discuss about their artistic vision and their life and see where we can get inspired from and then move forward. I believe their is no straight forward work process when it comes to creating art in general, you never know what can inspire you, maybe a melody, a bass-line, a painting or a meme in general as every client/collaboration is different.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My personal studio consists of a pair of JBL LSR 305 monitors, a sound card, 2 midi keyboards, a microphone and multiple DAWs and plugins.

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

A: Some of my biggest inspiration at the moment is Skrillex, Illangelo(The Weeknd, Ariana Grande), Kenny beats, Sam Smith, Jack Antonoff(Lana del Ray), Nick van de wall, Beethoven & Mozart👌🏻.

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

A: Being a multi-genre producer, I love to collaborate with different artists across the globe and create music that me and my collaborator enjoy making, which includes, - helping them to come with ideas when starting fresh, - Helping my collaborators discover their voice and sound (designing their signature vocal chain) while talking about art and other creative references. Apart from this, I do sound designing for movies & games and compose background score as well. Full time nerd 🤷🏻‍♂️i guess.