Music producer

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

A: The track "DINA" I had low-end material, I had made a funky piece and I wanted to do the chorus in oriental, I managed to get the number of an Algerian raï singer, it has been seen 3 times. came to write and recorded the chorus and a coupled, the second time I present the finished piece to him and the third time for the shooting of the clip, with the little means the rendering is really not bad I spent a lot of time but it remains a very good memory

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I have set up a YouTube channel where I post beats of creations of all styles

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

A: Unfortunately no, I discovered

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: For a long time analog because for me they are much warmer and then over time my ear is used to its colder more crystal I like to mix the two if possible

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

A: The quality because I will not give an unfinished job, it is my reputation that is at stake

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Creativity from never

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

A: He talks to me about the price, I talk to them about his sound, the work is paid for but the client just like me must be satisfied with the result

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

A: That to succeed you need talent, I think that talent without work does not go far

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What music he listens to is often indicative of the color of the sound he is looking for

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

A: Trust him, this is the basis in this profession

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

A: A laptop, a sound card, a master keyboard, a mic and monitors (if that counts as one piece ;)

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

A: For more than 25 years I started as a raper then as a beatmaker and musical designer

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

A: There are several but dr dre facines me by that determination and the quality of his songs, an album like "the chronic" which is more than 20 years old still sounds today

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Everything is possible, do not hesitate to try things, it is often by mistake that the great pieces are born

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Atypique

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

A: Hip hop, rap, latino, dancehall I set myself no limit

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Understand the artist and go where he wants

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I listen to each song like a listener, like a song that I could listen to on the radio which gives me the distance to give my opinion and advise on the attitude, the voice and the harmonics

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: 9 a.m. A coffee and I start by looking for a melody If it is a recording session I turn on the machines and while the lamp of my microphone is heating I create the configuration of the song on protools, tempo, instrument tracks, vocal tracks with eq, compressor, eq, limit Bus tracks for reverb and delay I heat the artist's voice over the sound and when she feels ready to record

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work on fl studio 20 for the musical composition And on protools for recording and mastering I have an apollo twin sound card, jbl and Adam monitoring A rode ntk tube microphone A master keyboard akai

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

A: Dr dre, calvin Harris, travis Scott, daft punk, stromae

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

A: Production musicale, enregistrement, arrangement