Hip Hop Producer/Songwriter

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: I'm also a video professional in my life, so I would ask similar questions to clients here. I definitely want to know the use case for the deliverable, if there are any reference tracks or a mood board or anything they can share so I can have some sort of direction for the project, and also what success for this project/brief looks like to them.

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

A: latop, FL Studio, audio interface, Mic, midi keyboard

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

A: I've been rapping and making beats for probably 20 years on and off. The last few years I have been focused much more on beats.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Eclectic, yet traditional. I make gritty, boom-bap beats mostly but they still have a quirky spin on them that I feel make them distinct.

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

A: As a rapper, I would love to work in the studio with Rick Ross, i want to observe his writing style and process. As a producer, I think Benny Blanco or DJ Dahi.

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

A: I can find something positive about most all music I hear, but the genre I am most experienced with, is hip-hop. After that, I found I've been making more dream pop lately also, I think as a challenge to get outside of my comfort zone, and I just really love the sound of some of the bands in that genre.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: i think the discipline to execute. I stopped being the kind of artist who has to wait around for motivation or inspiration years ago. i find i get much better results from continually putting in the reps, even on the days i may not 'feel it'.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: When producing or composing, I like to load up FL Studio, set a BPM and usually just jam on keys or guitar until i get the skeleton of a melody i think has potential. From there I start building, and i will either sample the melody to chop it up, or ill just build and build until I have a really solid sequence that I can start arranging a song out of. Once I arrange all the pieces in an outline, i start editing which usually means stripping elements away until i'm left with the final product. then comes additional arrangement and mixing. with songwriting, i have a similar apporach, where i start with writing out ideas, concepts, even just words that i feel like might work with the beat, and then i will slowly build a verse from there. there's continual editing, i find that i might start a verse with the middle or the end and work backwards, or i'll work from start to finish. it aways depends on the beat, and the concept or brief.

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

A: Songwriting (rap) Vocal Performance (rap)

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

A: DJ Dahi Aesop Rock MixedbyAli Rick Rubin Schoolboy Q DJ Toomp Cyhi Alchemist Dom Kennedy Curren$y Matt McGhee Stephen Redhead Donald Glover

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

A: I submitted instrumental music that was placed in a Narrative Fiction Podcast called 'The Football Battalion' about soccer-playing soldiers in WW1(apparently the battalion itself was real, but the writer/producer created a fiction story based on the real events). It premiered on one of the biggest soccer podcasts around, Men in Blazers. While that's pretty cool, I am most proud of how I was able to produce an instrumental for it based off the vibe the producer requested, and nail it.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I have a new beat tape releasing on November 25th, and I will be continuing to drop new instrumentals regularly in 2026 as I work to position myself more firmly in the music production/composition space.

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

A: Stephen Redhead, a great songwriter and artist who is easy to work with and just a great guy.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I don't think there's a need to choose. I use a Presonus Analog Preamp and compressor which runs into my USB interface. That allows me to get a unique vocal sound when working from my home studio. I have a digital camera for my photography work, but I still use a film camera when I get that itch as well.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I love being able to think of an idea and follow it until I have a final product. Listening to a completed song or beat, is just as satisfying as looking at a music video I just finished editing or eating an excellent meal I just prepared.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I think I bring a unique approach to lyrics. In my personal work, my lyrics and songwriting tend to serve as a personal journal or document of my life. I like to bring that sort of honesty, along with quirky creativity to the projects I'll create for my clients as well. I want to help you make something that is authentic to you, while still being of high creative caliber.