Mixing & Recording

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: They both offer completely different things! I would have to go with digital because it has made music production available for anyone with a laptop and I find that amazing!

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Add compression in stages! And pan your mono guitar bus opposite to your guitar track. Oh! And use sidechain compression on your vocal delays and reverbs (sorry that was three!)

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Guitar playing for sure! It's what I have the most experience with (over 11 years), but in the last couple of years I've been working very hard on recording, producing and mixing, because I know flexibility in knowledge is very much appreciated in music, and I'm lucky enough to have a great passion for all of these skills, so I consider I'm always learning.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Whatever the customer and I decide it needs! A bit of aggression, warm tones, screaming leads, anything a session could benefit from. It's very important for me to have the clients needs in mind and to try and give them everything they need and hopefully a bit more!

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a very nice and ever growing home studio with a few, acoustic and electric guitars, a bass, a ukulele and a couple of keyboards (Korg Triton, Roland FP-4 and Alesis V Mini) for midi purposes mainly. ESI studio monitors, guitar pedals (Danelectro FAB, Stagg), Aston Origin, Shure and T Bone microphones, etc. I normally work in Reaper but I'm also experienced in Pro Tools.

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

A: I really love funk lately, but I've been inspired by many metal bands (Tool, Pantera, Karnivool), Hiphop artists (Chika, Anderson .Paak, Mac Miller), Indie bands (Arctic Monkeys, Mac Demarco, Tash Sultana) and my beginnings were very influenced by the blues (BB King, Albert King, Gary Moore, Clapton).

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

A: Anything from recording an instrument to doing a song from pre-production to mixing.

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

A: I really love funk, pop and hip hop/rap, and I've lately been working those genres the most. But I've gone through many genres while learning that have teached me loads (reggae, ska, bossa nova, techno, indie, etc). Although, to be honest, my journey started with hard rock, metal and blues; and they will always have a place in my heart.