Pianist / Composer / Producer

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

A: I am pretty proud of my own records, which you can find at www.emanuelefilippi.com Check them out!

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I'm working on a new project that will be featured on national television.

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

A: Myself!

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I like analog, because it's more real. But digital sometimes does a great job as well.

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

A: That I'll work on your music until you are happy with the result.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: It's fun because it's always different and makes people happy.

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

A: Ask me to create a piano part for their song, and of course I can do it.

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

A: People think making music is easy. I trained myself my whole life to deliver high quality music products.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: I try to understand clearly what they have in mind for their music, so I can deliver exactly what they want.

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

A: You are doing the right thing.

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

A: Just a Grand Piano.

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

A: Emanuele Filippi is an Italian-born, award-winning pianist and composer. He has earned a Classical piano degree at the Conservatory of Udine, Italy and a Jazz piano Masters degree at City College in New York City. He has performed at prestigious venues such as: Blue Note in Milan, La Fenice Theater in Venice, Mercury Lounge in New York, Jamboree in Barcelona, Ibiza Jazz Festival and many more. Emanuele has performed with some of the greatest jazz musicians in the world including: Seamus Blake, Chris Morrissey, Fabrizio Bosso, Jure Pukl, Glauco Venier and more.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Very creative.

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

A: Sting and Pat Metheny because they are great.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Make it feel good.

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

A: All genres including: pop, jazz, singer-songwriter, rock, reggae, hip-hop, techno.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Piano skills, harmonic knowledge, improvisation, sight reading, playing by ear, arranging, orchestrarion.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring to a song exactly what it needs. I don't overplay and I deeply care about each single job I get.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: After receiving your request, I listen to your song, or look at your chart and make an estimate of the cost based on length and difficulty of the task. Then I make an offer, and after it's accepted I start working and deliver as soon as possible.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I play a wonderful Yamaha grand piano GC1 in my home studio. I record with Lewitt LCT 040 stereo pair mics through Behringer Firepower FCA1616 audio interface I mix with Ableton live on Macbook Pro.

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

A: Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, John Coltrane

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

A: My services: -create and record a piano part to your existing song -record a backing track for you to sing upon -edit and record a piano part from your MIDI file -create a piano-solo version of a chosen song -record piano loops to a beat -improvise a solo on your song -record a piano cover for you -edit your existing song, enhancing harmonies -create a custom chord progression