Versatile Session Guitarist

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: - RME Audio Interface - Ableton - Fractal FM3 or Helix Native For Electric Guitars FX - I always use the best high-end Roland cables - I have an isolated booth to maximize mic'ed recording - Classical Guitar Hand Made by Luthier Joseph Mayes - Flamenco Guitar: Cordoba Studio La Negra - Late 70s Pre-Lawsuit Ibanez Howard Roberts Hollowbody Guitar - Gibson ES-335 Semi-Hollow Style Guitar: Epiphone Sheraton II (Upgraded with Lambertones) - Vintage Telecaster Style Guitar: Sire Larry Carlton T7 (Upgraded with Lambertones) - Ortega Guitars RMFE90TS F-Style Series Arched Mandolin - Luna Ukulele - Lute - Theorbo - Baroque Guitar

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

A: Performing live with legendary artists of such as Johnny Ventura, Joseíto Mateo (The King of Merengue), Niní Cáffaro, Milly Quezada, Miriam Cruz, Maridalia Hérnandez, Peña Suazo, Eddy Herrera because I was brought up listening to their music.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I working on producing my instrumental music album, I am recording a lot of projects for several clients.

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

A: Not that I am aware of at the moment.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Right now the very small gap between analog and digital is narrowing at an exponential pace, but both have a magic of their own.

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

A: All my clients have guaranteed fast delivery and professional and friendly assistance from my end.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The creative process and the fact that I can wake up everyday to create music, enjoy music and on top of that I earn my living this way.

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

A: How flexible the price for a project is? Not much if any for first-time clients. Although the bigger the projects the more flexible the price is always.

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

A: Assuming guitarists don't read music notation.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: REQUIREMENTS (Things I need to track properly the guitar part you want): - 2 Tracks of the song track. (Instrument track and voice track) - Tracks with guitar ideas. (Optional). - Time (BPM). - Tonality (Optional). -Sample Rate. -BitDepth. - Chord Sheet of Music Sheet (Optional). - Song references. - NOTE: PREFERABLY ALL TRACKS START AT BEAT 1

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

A: Always have a reference song or guitarist would be great to know what sound you're looking for.

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

A: Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar, Fractal FM3, Studio Monitoring Headphones, Interface, Computer.

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

A: I´ve been working as a musician for about 7 years now, mainly as a music educator, session musician and gigging guitarist.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I am an all-around player because I have had many musical influences from different genres of music during my life as we as different schools of learning music such as my classical formation and my jazz education. So my style is very diverse and I am very creative. I am unique.

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

A: Andrés Cepeda. I love all of his music, everything is so masterfully crafted and I truly do love the way harmony and melody always work in his compositions.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: There's nothing better than a good sounding and well performed take.

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

A: I am always work with many styles of music. I am good with Latin Music (as a dominican musician I grew up with Bachata, Merengue), Reggaeton, Reggae, Bolero, Son, Classical, R&B, Neo Soul, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Funk, Jazz, Fusion, EDM, Electronic.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My creativity and versatility since I am very experienced in both classical music and many contemporary styles with the guitar.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I am a very versatile and experienced guitarist. I put my heart on the table in every single work that I do and I deliver the best of the best to my client, always putting the desires of my client first on my list of priorities.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I first discuss with the client the ideas he has in mind for the guitar track and what style within the genre he is going for and what is the client looking for from the guitar, I ask to provide me with the session, or audio files, a reference to the type of style and sound desired. I record them with the best quality, and I deliver the audio files edited.

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

A: A lot of great musicians that have inspired me, Guinga, Antoine Boyer, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, Juan Luis Guerra, Andrés Cepeda, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Gil Evans, J. S. Bach and more.

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

A: The most often kind of work my clients request are guitar loops to create beats. I am also asked for lead guitar and rhythm guitar tracks. Whatever their track needs. I record many types of plucked string instruments such as Acoustic Guitars, Electric Guitars, Classical Guitar, Mandolin, Lute, Theorbo, Ukulele, Bass Guitar, etc. I record them with the best quality, and I deliver the audio files edited. I can also create guitar arrangements for several guitar tracks. I can do the whole production with guitars, bass, vst, and synthesizers, and record real musicians as well.