André Weisse on SoundBetter

Arranger and producer for string and horn sections. I'm all about deepening and extending musical emotions of your music, whether it's about smooth ballads, punchy hiphop or bad ass funk lines. Let's make music!

Hey! I studied composition in germany and for about 5 years I am specialized to jazz and pop arrangement.

You can hire me for
- composing and arranging parts to fit your musical vision perfectly
- recording real musicians or programming to highest realism
- premixing the section using specialized analog outboard gear in the studio

usually you get all these three

You just found the arranger for your music :) I'm sure we can make something great together!

Hope you have a great day!
André

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Languages

English
German

3 Reviews - 1 Repeat Client

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by Teddy
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Second time working with André. Always have great communication and very, very amazing results to take your mixing to another level! 5 stars always!
by Teddy
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Great to work with Andre again！！He knows where and what you most need to add the string through the whole track to let the atmosphere stand out！5 stars always！！
by Teddy
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Andre did excellent work for my track with the String part composing. I will get more projects to work with!

Interview with André Weisse

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Working on a commercial for Douglas was very exciting. Everything was highend in that production. I arranged a hybrid score consisting of orchestral sounds and synthetic textures.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: currently arranging an orchestral cue for an opan air musical in germany
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: - Tim Bremer (Mixing Mastering Engineer) - Christian Raffael Duke (Keys/Synths)
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: In premixing I like to compliment the digital domain with high quality analog tools to get best of both worlds and achieve the best quality possible.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will work with you until you are 100% happy with the results.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The versatility of projecs and songs I work on.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Q: Do you need the audiofile with all recordings finished? A: Absolutely not. I can work with anything. It would be great however if there were some kind of harmonic content there.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: Strings only work in ballards and horns only work in funk :/ They work great there but do have strengths in a variety of genres as well!
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: - What is your music about and what do you like about it? - Which elements and emotions are most important? - What do you want the music to feel like? - Do you have any examples of music, where the horns/strings provide something similar to what you are looking for?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Make sure to communicate what you want. Most important is what you picture the music to become. Thats how any provider can help you best :)
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: - computer (obviously) - keyboard (to speed up the workflow) - SPL TwinTube (analog processor for string-sounds I'm in love with) - SPL Tube-Vitalizer (analog processor for horn-sounds I'm in love with) - coffee machine
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: studied popular music first and composition second founded a studio in germany four years ago specialized in horn and string arrangement about three years ago
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: modern, beneficial to the song, versatile
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Tim Akers & the Smoking Section - those horns are just something else
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: If you use methods from the past - you will sound like the past. Get comfortable with breaking rules and evolve those techniques :)
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: RnB, funk, soul, pop, ballards
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Lots of arrangers I know are stuck in the styles of the past. I am sure I can bring both old and modern sounds to the table and have a sensitive feeling for what the music needs.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: My job is to deepen the emotions, the groove and the drive of a song. Horn and string sections are exellent to enrich and enhance sertain qualitys in the music.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: In pop music, I usually receive a song as an audio file at any production stage. With this I and can add horns or strings to the music. For more cinematic music, starting from scratch is common. Regardless, the key is communication and collaboration with the client to deliver the results as soon as possible.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have a dedicated recording studio, in which I'm also doing lots of mixing work. There I can use lots of my analog and digital equipment to edit and premix all the parts I arrange whether its live recordings or programmed mockup
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Michael Jackson, Tower Of Power, Jamiroquai, Silk Sonic but also film composers like Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman, John Powell, John Williams
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Arranging additional horn or string parts or or do the entire arrangement for both popular music and orchestral music