Producer/Musician/Bass Guitar/

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I've been producing/ co-producing an artist out of France who I worked with before in 2010 when he was in a group called BackBone Party as Vocalist / Bassist/ Composer. Now solo, Outstanding in every way.

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

A: What do I think about the song(s).

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What have you've seen or heard lately that you've enjoyed, like? What made you want to work with me? Are you familiar with the artists I've worked with?

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

A: I don't have any "dream dates", to be honest. I like great songs. There are a lot of talented people out there, are you one of them?

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: A fresh set of ears and no agenda other then a great feel and everything working together. Bring out the best in everything that's there. Discuss any concerns that the artist is feeling about the track .

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I like to work with engineers I have experience with for projects I'm involved with. I like to keep my focus on the song and the artist.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Classic. Not genre specific.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Focus on the song. Is the arrangement working, can anything be improved ?

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

A: Too many to name here but I'm looking forward to discussing with you!

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

A: Production,Remix/Additional Production/ Bass

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

A: I did a remix /additional production on a song by Frente!, called "What"s Come Over Me". It was from the follow up to their breakthrough lp "Marvin The Album", called Shape. It came to me with a weird percussion loop, they had tracked guitars, vocals, everything but drums. Engineer/Mixer Andrew Baker and I with the help of our studio assistant and his Roland 8 channel digital sampling keyboard ( this was pre Pro -Tools) were able to take a real drum drum track that we recorded with excellent drummer Kevin March (Dambuilders/ Shudder to Think / Guided By Voices) to a click and gently nudged everything into tempo, as all the players had a different idea of which "side of the beat" to play on. Vocalist Angie Hart was perfectly on.

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

A: I actually recorded ( as a musician) on a tropical island! Sunscreen. A guitar tech. A solar powered generator A sense of humour. A solar powered generator. Bathing suit?

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

A: Be open to ideas and consider everything.

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

A: I started off playing bass professionally in bands in 1972. I took a lot of interest in the recording end of thing's starting with my first group, watched the engineers, read magazines like Recording Engineer and Producer" and applied the knowledge I picked up to projects I was working on. When I was playing bass with Tommy Keene we co produced our first independent ep and it received 4 stars from Rolling Stone magazine. I was playing in a group that first was signed to an independent then a major label and was produced and mixed by Bob Clearmountain, William (Bill) Wittman, Geoff Emerick, T-Bone Burnett, and others. I went pro as a producer in 1991.

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

A: Pop rock in general.

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

A: Carl Glanville. We've been working together off and on since 1996 and he is my engineer of choice. Very versatile.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: A combination of both is the best but at the moment we"re in the box with great converters and a fair amount of "real" outboard , knobs, switches and all!

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

A: You'll be amazed at how good you really are.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Helping artists get the most out of their songs and performances.

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

A: That bells and whistle"s are more important than the performance.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Getting the best out of the artist(s).