Valentino Favotto on SoundBetter

Let's talk about you. You have a vision of the sound you have in your own mind whether we're talking about describing an image trough music or the vibes you want to achieve in your own song. That's what I like the most! Helping you giving your vision life through my more than 20 years experience in the music industry.

My main aim for all my career as musician has always been to serve the artist, the song, the music. That’s why I believe that communication is the essential key to understand your feeling, what you want to tell with your song or footage, what your idea means to you, the mood and vibe that belongs to you and what are you truly seeking in the final result.

In more than 20 year I worked with many different artists and in many different genre because of my eager to know every aspect of music. That’s why I’m really versatile as composer and producer. When I mix a song my main aim is to catch the vibe you put in it and bring life to it.

I run my own studio in Treviso, near Venice (Italy).
These are the service I can offer

As Producer
Full song production (Pop, Rock, Progressive, Indie Rock, RnB, Blues, EDM, etc…)
Composition
Mixing, mastering, editing
Orchestration (Full score&mockup)
Midi Orchestration
Tuning vocal (I have perfect pitch)
Post-production audio repair
Sound Design

As Performer
Piano tracks for your vocals (with VSTs or by recording my Yamaha C7)
Fender Rhodes tracks
Hammond organ tracks
Synthesiser tracks

Of course, you can hear what I've done in my reference tracks, but every time for me is a fresh start because every project is unique and deserve a unique sound.

Now let's talk about you! How can I be any use to your idea now?

Click the 'Contact' above to get in touch. Looking forward to hearing from you.

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Interview with Valentino Favotto

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: Modern technology makes life easier so people think that arranging or mixing a song is not so hard nowadays. But being unique isn’t easy at all.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: The same I wrote in my pitch
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Try to understand who can really take care of your idea letting out the personal ego.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: My first Master Degree at 20 (Piano Classic music), second one at 28 (Jazz music composition) both Summa cum Laude. Several certifications (Steinberg Mix/Mastering and music Production), Cinematic Music and Sound Design (MasAcademy). I’ve started my career as a classical piano performer and keyboard player in several bands (rock-pop-gospel). When I was 30 I started producing songs with many Italian artists and playing with Riccardo Fogli (Pooh singer). Since that I’ve had an impressive number of concerts all over the world and studio gigs.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Focused on the style.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Passionate one and who believes in his own voice
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop/Rock/Progressive song, Cinematic/orchestral music with a lot of sound design.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Understand the artist and his needs.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Communication, communication, communication. Listening to the reference tracks a lot, building the backbone (in arrangements as like in mixing), return to reference tracks e go on.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: ITB Mac Studio M1, Nuendo, Cubase, ProTools, Luna. Kontakt, Arturia Synths& SFX, EastWest, Spectrasonics, Spitfire, Addictive, Zebra. UniversalAudio, iZotope total suite, FabFilter, Liquid Sonic, Native Instruments, SoundToys, Waves, etc... Studio gear: Apollo x8p, RME Fireface800, Dyaudio LYD8+Sub18s, PMC TB2 Avalon 737, UA 4-710d, UA-unison preamp Several mics (Neumann, Audio Technica, Royer, AKG, Telefunken, Shure, Sennheiser, etc... Instruments: Grand Piano Yamaha C7 Fender Rhodes MK1 Hammond A-100 Leslie-251 Hammond XK-5 Virus TI keyboard Roland V-Synth XT Studio Electronics SE-1x Red Eye
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Lots of them... Thomas Newman, Nine inch nails, Bruno Mars, Hans Zimmer, Muse, Sting, Olafur Arnalds, Peter Gabriel, Taylor Swift, Beck, Gregory Porter, Alicia Keys, Adele, Coldplay, Bach, Evanescence, The Beatles, E.S.T., Imagine Dragons, etc...
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Usually I produce the whole song but it depends on the project itself. Sometimes people contact me only for the strings/orchestral arrangement or just the keyboard. Or just for mixing/mastering the song.

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I was the Producer, Mix-Master in this production

ProducerAverage price - $500 per song
Film ComposerContact for pricing
Mixing EngineerAverage price - $200 per song
PianoAverage price - $150 per song
String ArrangerAverage price - $150 per song
Keyboards - SynthAverage price - $150 per song
Vocal TuningAverage price - $40 per track

I want you to be 100% satisfied with the service (and I'm really thorough in every job), so usually I offer unlimited revisions. Typical turn around time depends on the job.