Batterista

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

A: As for the remote works, a French artist, Dan Abeck, to whom I had the pleasure of recording the whole album. It was one of my first remote jobs and it's very fascinating to work like that

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I am working on various remote records of various artists around the world, mainly in the style of Pop, Rock Blues

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

A: Well there are many

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Analogue, even if I use digital for practical reasons, which in any case has now reached a very high level of emulations

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

A: I will leave my ego out of my recording studio.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Being able to express myself and create new connections with people and places

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

A: There is not a frequent question

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

A: Nothing

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What do they expect from my playing

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

A: To be fully confident that you will be satisfied or your money back :)

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

A: Kick Drum Snare Hi-hat Ride Floor Tom

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

A: I've been playing drums since 1996 and playing professionally since 2008

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Simple but punchy

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

A: I would love to work with Paul McCarteny, I love his music and the way of experiencing music

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: I always try to share my thoughts, always respecting the arranger's thinking

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

A: I usually work on Pop, Cantatorial, Rock, Funk, Jazz music

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I try to be as versatile as possible while still keeping my sound

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I always try to enhance the song and always play according to the melody trying to keep a constant flow

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: After preparing the session on the software, I try to memorize the piece to play it more spontaneously. After a few takes I choose the best one and if for some reason something other than one of the takes came out, I send both to the client, because maybe you can discover something that was not thought of in the beginning.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a RME Ufx with its Pre-Amps, and also An Audient asp 880. Microphones: Kick Drum: Electrovoice RE20, Akg d112, Subkick Snare drum: Shure Sm57 (3) OverHead: BeyerDinamic m160 Tom: Sennheiser Md421 (white) Hi-hat and Ride: Rode Nt5 Wurst Mic: Sennheiser Md441 MonoRoom on demand. Daw: Logic Pro x

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

A: Surely by the bassist and by those instruments that play the melody of the song, naturally including the voice

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

A: Arranging and Recording of drum tracks, and also adding percussion such as tambourines, shakers etc.