Session Singer and Songwriter

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

A: I worked as a singer and songwriter in a song camp in Spain to write for a famous Japanese group called BALLISTIK BOYZ, their album ended up being at the top 1 of Japan's Billboard Charts.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I just released my first R&B track called "No Te Voy A Llamar" and is out in all streaming platforms

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

A: There's a guy name Daniel, which is a NuDisco producer I really love working with and If I'm correct his username here is Dflame.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digitial because I haven't tried analog yet.

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

A: Commitment, Pasion, I involve myself with the projects I do. I want to make sure my client is going to have an amazing result that will be Hot-one-hundred quality

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The freedom it gives me to spend time with my family while doing what I love

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

A: If they can use my name/likeness to promote my track, which is something I don't do since I want to remain anonymously

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

A: That is easy to do.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: The first one is to send me an instrumental track and tell me a brief concept of their song The second one is about what the client has in mind for the release of the song The third is for them to send me any vocal or track references I could have in mind while creating for them Fourth is mostly when I work as a songwriter and that is to describe me in a brief paragraph with keywords (maximum 5) about the concept behind the song.

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

A: That if he's/she's/they're on the fence of deciding I will be happy to provide a demo for him/her/them to hear how it could sound my vocals on the song.

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

A: Well I will take all of it because together they are five parts haha

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

A: I have over 10 years working as a session singer, songwriter and topliner. I've proudly achieve a number one on Japan's billboard charts through a J-Pop successful group called BALLISTIK BOYZ, the song is called "Daydreaming"

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I've worked on a wide variety of styles but my main is strong but dinamic vocals.

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

A: I would love working with Lizzo or Victoria Monet because musically we are very similar.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Always record than one more take and do not set expectations while creating, just write and sing then you will be able to tweak here and there.

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

A: I've worked on a wide range of genres but my specialties are in Pop, R&B and EDM.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My vocals, I have a wide vocal range and It's very easy for me to create insteresting melodies that will enhance the sound of the vocals and the song itself.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring my knowledge of catchy melodies and song structures. I'm also great at coming up with harmonies to enhance the vocals. Finally I would say that one thing that makes the song I do become possibly a hit is the way I work on it that's almost like sculpting the sound and adding or substracting to achieve the best result possible.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I deliver a quick demo for the client first so I can now if it's of its liking. Once this phase is over I proceed on sending the client an offer for the services the client wants. For songwriting I take from 2-4 days to complete the lyrics as well as a melody for the vocals. For vocal recording the delivery times is similar to songwriting but one day more.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My gear starts with two Adam T8V speaker connected to an Scarlett 2i2 Interface which gives power to my Shure SM7B recording mic. I have also a sound-treated room for vocal recording and music production. Then for my DAW I mainly use Ableton.

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

A: I'm mainly inspired by Contemporary R&B artists such as Snoh Aalegra, Alicia Keys, H.E.R. but I also take a lot of inspiration from Lizzo and musicians like Charlie Puth.

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

A: My main services can be broken down into two categories, vocal recording and songwriting, for vocal recording I offer topline leads, harmonies and background vocals. For songwriting I offer complete lyrics writing and writing only the chorus of a song.