Billboard charting producer with 20+ years experience in computer music production. I'd like to work with, and for, as many other music professionals as I can to create art that everyone involved feels proud creating. If it's heavy or dance worthy I can make it shine and see your vision through to a finished product.
Music Production, mixing, and mastering work is an iterative and collaborative process.
My job in that process is to get as close to 100% completion in any and all of those steps until it is 100%.
What helps in the process is knowing the direction you want the end goal of your music to sound like, be it a descriptor or a sound sample. With the experience I have, I can hear where a song needs to go right away.
There are a millions choices that can be made along the way, but only a handful are the "right" ones for your work. I see it as my mission to narrow down those choices until you have exactly what you hired me for.
Among my services:
If you have DI guitars I can re-amp, re-cab them.
If you have synths or drums MIDI, I can revoice them.
I can generate MIDI for existing parts that only have audio.
I can take a song that is fully recorded and engineered well, poorly, or mediocre and mix it into something that will maximize it's potential.
I can mix your songs
I can master your songs
I can write new parts
I can take the existing parts and make them sound more full and rich.
I am capable in a wide array of audio services that I would love the opportunity to provide for you.
Personally, I've created a lot of work as "Elay Arson", with 9 albums under that moniker alone.
https://elayarson.bandcamp.com/
Send me a note through the contact button above.
Languages
- English
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check_circleVerified (Client)Dan Dave Larson is a very talented producer! Working with him is super nice and I really enjoyed myself being involved in one of his projects!
check_circleVerified (Client)Loved working with Dan! He has been very professional all the way through, his vision was clear, his communication was top notch and he was just so easy to work with! Been an absolute pleasure!
check_circleVerified (Client)Exellent composer , i really enjoy his music!
check_circleVerified (Client)Always a pleasure to work with Dan! Great composer and producer.
check_circleVerified (Client)Dan is a very talented producer and mix engineer. His ears are golden. He really takes the time to give each instrument its own sonic space, creating a clear, punchy, professional, industry standard mix. He has excellent communication skills and he’s easy to work with. Looking forward to working with him again and I highly recommend the skills he has to offer!
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Great composer, a pleasure to work with.
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Dan is a great guy to work with, nice communication and badass music!
check_circleVerified (Client)Great music, high quality material to work on and excellent communication!
Interview with Dan Dave Larson
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Diego Bogarin - Amazing Bassist
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I'm very proud of my personal music project Elay Arson. It took me from being shy about my music work into something I could be proud of consistently. I did the bulk of songwriting and production on that project.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Remixing and Remastering my own work, from a time before I had the computing power and gear to get crucial aspects of very dense mixes correct.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital. Analog is gold. But Digital has caught up in a major way. It's a lot easier to recall mixing sessions with digital setups and analog modeled gear.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: It's not done until you say it's done.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: That I can pick it up or set it down as needed.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Can you do this? YES.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That any of this is easy. All digital mixing and takes up a surprising amount of computing power as well.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What is it that you want and how would you like me to get you there?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: You get what you pay for, but expensive doesn't always equal what you want or need.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Is power and internet supplied? I'm not dying on a desert island in front of a mixing console.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started making music in my garage when I was 15. Well over 20 years later, I haven't stopped.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Aggressive
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Any band that has yet to reach their full potential with an outside producer.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: 80% of mixing is just setting the faders and gain staging.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Heavy Electronic, Industrial, and Metal.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Knowing when something isn't working.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Decades of experience and knowledge.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I use Apollo plugins with Logic Pro, mixing in Neumann headphones, checking in multiple sets of monitors.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have an above average home studio. Enough to get the job done. Gear is an expensive habit.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: HEALTH, Nine Inch Nails, Mick Gordon, it's a long list to be honest.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Mixing and mastering.
I was the Composer, Mixing and Mastering Engineer in this production
- ProducerAverage price - $300 per song
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $200 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $30 per song
- Ghost ProducerAverage price - $400 per song
- Full instrumental productionAverage price - $350 per song
- Keyboards - SynthAverage price - $70 per song
- Programmed drumAverage price - $70 per song
Unlimited revisions.
I will work on the project as long as it takes to get you what you want.
1-3 day turnaround on mixes.
Next day turnaround on masters.
Composition and full production 2-4 days.
- Elay Arson
- Nova and the Ghost
- Joseph Lamar
- Universal Audio Plugins
- Neumann Monitors
- Outboard Synthesizers (Roland
- Alesis
- Waldorf)
- Logic Pro X
- Neural DSP QuadCortex Ableton
- Fl Studio
