Composer, singer and musician

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

A: I highly recommend William Karadjian and Sacha Leymergie who are music composers and producers I work with. I also would recommend Mathieu Moes and Mathieu Tormen who I worked with here on SoundBetter.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Simply the fact that I'm passionate about it and I'm happy to wake up to do it. I feel lucky to be able to do my job.

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

A: My saxophone, my acoustic guitar, a pen and notebook to write lyrics and if there's electricity on that island, my computer with Ableton Live 11 and my AT4033.

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

A: I started in 2005 with my first band when I was 15. I wrote the lyrics, the music and the topline with friends who would compose a bassline and drum parts. I had a lot of bands in those years from folk to rock and finally found my own music stlyle when I started to produce my own music under the name of White Velvet. I started to compose and play music for the theatre in 2012. Then for the cinema and commercials more recently.

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

A: The type of music I work on for my own music and tracks is mostly pop, but I'm open to a lot of diffrent types like electronic music, jazz, r'n'b ...

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I think the strongest skill I got is to sing. From that skill I learnt how to play guitar, arrange music with different instruments, compose, record and produce songs.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My studio is located in a small town by the sea in France called Sainte-Adresse. I can take a break from the studio and look at the sea from my balcony. It's a hardwood floor with woolen carpets on it, acoustic curtains and panels on the walls. The setup is an AT4033 or a Bluebird with a micscreen, an antipop, a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 and I work on Ableton Live 11. I can play on a Selmer Super Action 80 Série II alto saxophone from 1991, a Fender Telecaster electric guitar from Mexico on a Vox AC4, an FG-Junior Yamaha acoustic guitar and an Arturia Keystep 37.

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

A: I'm really inspired by Andy Shauf and Björk for my own music. But I listen and am open to a lot of different styles of music.

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

A: Most of the time on SoundBetter I sing and record songs for artists. I can also write lyrics, compose songs or toplines, compose music, play differents instruments.