Matias

Piano, Keyboards and Synthwave

Matias on SoundBetter

Piano/keyboardist with extensive experience performing on prestigious stages such as Lollapalooza Argentina 2023 and currently appearing on television for ESPN. Aside from being a music producer, I am also a synthwave lover and an enthusiast of synthesizers. In addition, I provide manual vocal tuning services, and mix and master.

My name is Matias Fumagalli, and I am a professional pianist/keyboardist and synth player with over 10 years of experience in music, session piano/keys/synths, and vocal tuning. I specialize in synthwave, pop, rock, and more. I offer mixing & mastering, ghost producing, session musician work, and vocal tuning. Let me help you produce high-quality music tailored to your needs. UNLIMITED revisions. Contact me to learn more!

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Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Interview with Matias

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

  2. A: I have really worked and worked on many projects that make me proud, some are: I have recorded keyboards for various artists. I work as a pianist for Benjamin Amadeo, I work as a Ghost producer on Synthwave Music, I work as a Keyboardist for Paaz Carrara, I play in Lollapalooza Argentina 2023, and worked on television shows as a live musician or producing songs for the show and for the live show, and so many other things, really many jobs make me proud.

  3. Q: What are you working on at the moment?

  4. A: I'm working on a single production for a recording artist and recording drums for artists and producers around the world

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

  6. A: Pablo Guarnieri, Laura Corazzina, Didi Guarnieri

  7. Q: Analog or digital and why?

  8. A: Both, cause why not?

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

  10. A: The promise is to obtain the expected result.

  11. Q: What do you like most about your job?

  12. A: Absolutely everything without a doubt.

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

  14. A: Analog or Digital? An the answer is BOTH!

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

  16. A: Playing for gymnastics and not for art.

  17. Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

  18. A: if you imagine a sound reference and what bpm and key is the song.

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

  20. A: I would advise you to work together, you will not regret it

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

  22. A: Nord, macbook, audio interface, headphones, Mic.

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

  24. A: From a very young age I was surrounded by music and instruments in my house, from the age of 9 I started to play Piano- I study in Conservatory. I also play in different bands and I never did anything other than being dedicated full time to music. Study formally in various public and private institutions and with the best teachers in private classes.

  25. Q: How would you describe your style?

  26. A: work for the song. trying to give what the song asks for.

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

  28. A: With many, it is very difficult to answer, with Paul McCartney, to say only 1

  29. Q: Can you share one music production tip?

  30. A: Don't forget to work for the song, capture the main emotion, and focus on that

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

  32. A: As a sessionkeyboardist I mostly work in an "synthwave" style of music, I also wokr for singer-songwriters and producers playing acoustic piano sound. In my studio I receive a lot of varied music to work from rock or pop songs to funk, pop, rock, synthwave. The same as a producer, I do work for independent artists, record labels and commercial music for radio, tv and websites.

  33. Q: What's your strongest skill?

  34. A: Clearly my strongest skill is to match the same keyboard sound of a reference, I love songs and music, it is what I did almost all my life, recording, producing, mixing. I think composing synthwave song are also one of my best skills.

  35. Q: What do you bring to a song?

  36. A: I have been playing music in the keyboards for more than 10 years, since that time I was lucky to participate in many projects and works with various artists in studio and live, so I give the song all my experience accompanied by pro and super equipment versatile to get the best result.

  37. Q: What's your typical work process?

  38. A: To record Keyboards, I listen to the reference that the client sends and I configure my keyboard to achieve the sound indicated for each song, then I record it in MIDI at first, and the I replace the sound and print in audio (WAV), I build a stereo bounce and send it to the client, if necessary I make revisions until I get the best result. For vocal tuning, i work with Clemony Melodyne.

  39. Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

  40. A: In my studio I have Mac and Windows, i work with Ableton live, Focusrite, Audio techinca, Nord Stage 3, Korg Kroos 2, Kawai, M-audio.

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

  42. A: I am inspired by The Beatles, Queen, The Midnight, TOTO, ELO, a-Ha, Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Charly Garcia, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Piazzolla, and many more ...

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

  44. A: In my recording studio I mainly do Piano, Keyboard, and Synth recording, with super versatile pro equipment. I also work in music productions, mainly synthwave and '80 sound whether for artists or TV, radio or web content. Also i do a lot of manual vocal tuning.

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Unlimited revisions. Send me the bpm of the song, and some reference sound, if you had it.
A track with the song full midi drums and another track without the drums.
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