Alt Pop & Indie Music Producer

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

A: Look around! Do your research! There are an insane amount of people providing the same services I am. The only promises I will make is that I can deliver what most of these guys can for less than half of what they're charging. I want to see your project through until the end no matter the cost.

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

A: I would take a massive solar panel (obviously), a laptop for easy access, ATH headphones, my acoustic guitar, and a lawn chair. The perfect combination to create with comfort, seriously just imagine the indie pop potential.

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

A: I have been working on music since the 6th grade when a buddy of mine showed me how to make music visualizers for YouTube. I quickly got involved in mixing music together and essentially making remixes. After that I dabbled in creating beattapes for a while and as I grew, producing full songs. Over the past 4 years or so I've taught myself everything from song structure to music theory to mixing and mastering.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Anywhere from pop punk to modern R&B, although to be honest, I wouldn't. Let the music speak for itself.

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

A: Growing up in Oregon, I'd have to choose Smino. Being the only recognizable name to come out of Oregon, it'd be an honor to work with him.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My strongest skill has to be developing a specific emotion through sound. Mechanically I'd argue I'm strongest when working with samples, as they bring character to a song.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: When creating my own music I like to start with a melody or loop that expresses the feeling I'm looking to portray. It's always different but usually I'll write down certain key phrases or ideas that I'd like the song to revolve around. When building the track I'll structure the beat around my lyrics.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Dual KRK Rokit sound monitors, Rode NT1 Condenser microphone with shock mount, Focusrite Audio Interface and FL Producer edition/Live.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Sometimes the only difference between your track and its "final.wav" form is the ability to recognize that nothing is ever truly perfect. Releasing music is a stressful and nerve-racking time for anyone, I've experienced the feeling of putting off a project's release for months on end just to make sure that it's ready. Sometimes you just have to say "screw it" and click publish.

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

A: Although I have a wide variety of music under my belt and various influences, I tend to lean towards modern R&B, Rap, and HipHop music. My favorite genre recently is Pop Punk music.

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

A: This goes hand in hand with the previous question, Burnside Avenue was the album I never thought I'd be able to make for one reason or another. Either I didn't know how to structure a song correctly, or I had no idea what goes into the mastering process, all of these things had to be learned in order for Burnside Avenue to exist and I'm proud of my ability to bring my idea to life. It wasn't easy learning everything from the ground up and by no means am I done learning, but these past few years have been an incredible experience.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: My album "Burnside Avenue" is currently in the process of being released. This album has been a long time in the making with each and every song fully written, recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by myself. I treasure collaboration, but coming up tight on money I had to learn every aspect of song production and recording in order to bring this album to fruition. Looking back on the tracklist it's become something I am extremely proud of and excited to release to the public!

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital. I grew up inspired by the simplicity of programs like FL Studio or Ableton Live. To be honest, analog machines intimidate me, and I'd love to delve deeper.

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

A: Rick Rubin inspires my mindset while creating music. One quote I love to keep close is his "Allow yourself to be surprised by the process." As I'm always surprising myself and finding new ways to create.

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

A: I promise to deliver the highest quality beats on the market. Right now generic hip hop/trap/r&b beats are littered everywhere and I want to help define you as an artist with clean, professional, and inspiring music.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: What do I like most? Everything. The freedom to create for a living is an opportunity I'm very grateful for and would never give up. I love to help others on their journey through the music industry in whatever way I can and I enjoy meeting people from all walks of life that may have a completely new outlook on music.

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

A: Most often I produce beats for my clients based on certain references or songs that are similar to their sound.