Producer, Drummer, Pianist

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

A: @percybones, his creative take on my songs from his lyrics, to visual content, is why I like working with other artists.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I am currently working on a project for my grandfather which I’ve been working on for the past 2 years.

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

A: ITSSAGEBEATS for all mixing and mastering needs.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: This is like chocolate or milk? BOTH! They compliment each other so well, although I use only digital as the analog world is expensive.

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

A: To give you my all, when you hire me, I won’t take on any work that would slow me down, you would have my undecided attention.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Meeting people, seeing their perspective on my work and how it can make me better and better

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

A: How long does it take to make a track - as I tell them, unless they’re in the studio with me or able to articulate properly over messages what they want, I can be working on a track for up to two weeks for a client. If they’re present, I can have a track finished to mix in a absolute minimum of 4 hours

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

A: Being a one trick pony, ‘only writing loops’

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Have you looked around and made sure you’re in the right place, for the right thing!

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

A: Be clear, know what you want, unless, you want me to take full creative control which I am more than happy to do if you’re struggling to think of what you want.

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

A: 8 track recorder, Juno, Jupiter, my kit, and a mic pack.

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

A: I’ve been studying music all of my life, starting piano at the age of 5, I went to college, university, and now, slowly, into the industry.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Weird, different, out of the box.

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

A: JID because his flow is unreal and he seems very humble.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: For god sake make sure your bass is fine tuned, it might be in the right key, but if it isn’t fine tuned in, then your tracks will sound dead.

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

A: Trap or Hip-Hop tracks, and Metal.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: quantising and time keeping, being a drummer and pianist I’ve always had an excellent eye for a DAW grid.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Life. I have a great ear for finding strange ways to make songs sound thicker, fuller, and more interesting.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I don’t have a typical work process, a track can take between a day and a month to finish and no two songs have hadn’t the same process as I’m always experimenting and learning.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: home setup, my studio is my, and my instruments are very much my VST’s which I’ve put a lot of time and money into finding the ones I love.

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

A: All that have the same level of passion and drive as they did when they first started.

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

A: Writing singles, exclusively