Mixing & Mastering/Production

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

A: I put my best effort into everything and not to come off arrogant but I have a genuine love for my own music and the things I’m soon to release and have put out on my platform is my pride and joy if I had to say.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: building multiple websites, running my studio, dropping sample kits, & getting the producers I’ve signed placements/opportunities.

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

A: Not yet but I am searching as a client too and looking to network

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both because why not? Why limit yourself if an analog or digital tool can accomplish the best result in different scenarios?

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

A: To provide quality results quickly to revise any problems you may have to with the work and if for whatever reason we cannot then we will refund you.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: That even though a lot of the process of creating and mixing can have a repetitive element the end result is normally drastically different from song to song.

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

A: How to get their sound as clean/quality to which I give contextual answers & examples based on the aspects of the job they’re inquiring about.

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

A: That it is simple or always takes the same amount of time/work to finish no matter the scale and scope of the work.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: References for what song you want your mix/master/sample/cover to sound & look like.

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

A: Be detailed in what you want/need from the job and me and my team will do our absolute best to provide you with a quality result quickly to your specifications and will offer revisions if we can’t get it to your liking until it is or will refund you.

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

A: My Computer, My Tlm 103, my Vms Pre, 88 key midi, interface/speakers.

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

A: Me and my collective have been working on music for decades most of us started young but have some level of college or certification to compose/mix & master.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Abstract Original Organized Chaos. (A.I. influenced Neo Soul GlitchHop?)

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

A: I want to work with anyone who inspires me creatively and has good work ethic regardless of status.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Fix problems at the source make a great composition/arrangement and then enhance them from there; be sure to K-weight your speakers and gain stage your instruments in context to get a good tonal and level balance on your songs.

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

A: Anything that we choose to invest time or resources in through the studio but mainly the genres listed

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Music Production/Mixing & Mastering & Music Business

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: A decade and a half + of mixing, mastering, and production experience and a team of instrumentalists techs and creatives that can solve an audio/compositional problem.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: About a one to two day turnaround mixing and mastering with settings I’ve fine tuned working with professionals over years for composition it can vary but most full productions can get done start to finish in a week or less depending on the scale and scope of the work.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: “I have everything I have everything I cannot complain I cannot”

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

A: Ahmad Jamal, Robert Glasper, Corey Henry, Steely Dan, Stan Getz, Skypierr, Eestbound Wondagurl, Niko The Great, Vogels, Vzn.

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

A: Mixing/Mastering, Ghost Production, Cover Art Creation, Web Design, Consultations & Resources