Composer, Producer & Pianist

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

A: This is my video-reel that pretty much sums up many of the best projects I've been involved: https://vimeo.com/valeriopellegri/showreel

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

A: I do not only turn knobs. I do not compose music with loops as if it was a puzzle.

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

A: I know it's hard to describe the music you are looking for in words, so try to be as detailed as you can when you describe your project.

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

A: I'm a full time composer, pianist and teacher from many years now.

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

A: Tchad Blake (Peter Gabriel's mix engineer)

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Mix the 80% of your time in mono! :)

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

A: Cinematic, Corporate, Jazz, Pop, Commercials and Videogames.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Piano instrumental (I'm currently a teacher of Contemporary Piano and Computer Music with more than 30 students ). Composing music, sound design and mixing.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I use private links on soundcloud so that the client can tell me exaclty where and how changes should be made. If the client does not have a soundcloud profile I use secure FTP or simply emails.

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

A: I compose bespoke music for adverts, commercials, film and videogames. I edit, mix and/or master audio for already recorded projects (ProTools). As pianist I compose or just record tracks, especially in these genres: cinematic, meditative, jazz, ragtime, pop.