Recording, mixing, mastering

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Finishing a few songs for a customer, I wrote the lyrics, composed, arranged, produced, mix and master.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both, it is important to be able what is required for each style of music.

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

A: People have a tendancy to ask to compose music outside my scope of work, please refer to my website.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: It all depends on your project, each of those require details.

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

A: If you need to find out about this, please visit my website and then if it resonates with you, let's talk.

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

A: Guitar and amp, Piano, Synths, and my Mac Pro (fully loaded)

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

A: Yves is a seasoned studio and touring musician since 1971, he is also a recording engineer, producer and recording studio owner, in 20019, he created his production company Audio Alchemy Productions. Yves is also the owner of Groove Tattoo Publishing (ASCAP). Yves is a member of ASCAP, AES, AIMP, ASMAC and MLC. Yves had the great honor to play, record, with a lot of great artists and awarded musicians with the like of: The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Kim Wilson, Tommy Castro, Gregg Bissonette (Maynard Ferguson, David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, Ringo Starr All Star Band) and Matt Bissonette (Rick Springfield, Joe Satriani, Elton John, REO Speedwagon), Bruce Conte (Tower of Power), Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, Steve Lukather (Toto), Supertramp, Joe Satriani, John Sykes (Blue Murder, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake)), Toots Thielemans, Peter Cor (Earth Wind and Fire, Lee Ritenour, Hubert Laws),Timothy Stretton (RIP), and Damon Gold. Yves worked as a session guitarist and bassist for: Studio Moliere (Brussels, Belgium), Studio Pyramid (Beersel, Belgium), ICP studios (Brussels, Belgium), RKM studios (Paris, France), Paramount Recording Studios (Hollywood CA. USA), Ground Control Studios (Burbank, CA. USA), Unique Recording Studios (New York, N.Y. USA), Michael Finlayson, Strangelove Productions with Mark Boccaccio and Bruce Greenspan (Hollywood, CA. USA), Sierra Sonics Studios (formerly Granny's studios, Reno, NV. USA) Tanglewood Productions (Reno, NV. USA), Big Water Studios (Tahoe City, CA. USA) and Yves’s own recording studio SLT Recording Studio in South Lake Tahoe, CA.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I like big arrangements specially orchestral ones, where I can let my creativity blossom.

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

A: Hans Zimmer and John Williams would be the ones I would love to work with, but I work with world class musicians like Gregg Bissonette (drums and percussions), Matt Bissonette (Bass), and when he is available, Steve Lukather. All of the ones mentioned are my personal influences and inspiration

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

A: Soundtracks, songs, Rock, Pop, CInematic

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: MIDI editing, composition, arrangements, mixing and mastering

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Ambience, tensions, moods, arrangements, adapted to the themes given.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Start with a theme, script, or precise ideas of what you are looking for. Then define all cues. Then send the video or movie.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Keyboards: Yamaha MX 88 Yamaha Motif Yamaha CS1X Korg Trinity Synth Software: Spectrasonics Omnisphere Spectrasonics Keyscape Spitfire Audio Sine Orchestral tools ComposerCloud from EW Opus Krotos Studio Native Instruments Guitars: Fender custom Stratocaster Music Man bass DAW and software: Pro Tools Studio Dolby Atmos Pro Tools plugins Universal Audio plugins Waves Ultimate plugins STL Tones plugins Izotope plugins Newfangled plugins Ozone plugins Krotos Studio plugins Mixing console: Soundcraft 32 channels Outboard gear: Lexicon PCM 80 Lexicon PCM 91 TC Electronics D-Two TC Electronics TC 2290 TC Electronics Helicon Voiceworks Avid Eleven Rack DBX 586 DBX 266 XL DBX 215 (2) UAD 2 Satellite plugins hardware MOTU 24i (2) MOTU 2408 MOTU MIDI Express XT MOTU MTV AV MIDI time piece Alesis ML-9600 QSC power amps RMX 850a Monitors: Kali Audio JBL

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

A: Hans Zimmer, Vangelis, Alan Silvestri, John Williams, Toto

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

A: Cinematic, soundtracks, film scoring, sync licensing