Composer / Producer

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

A: Norte is an EP of the vocal artist MIREI. I was writing, and recording all the instrumentals. She just record in home her voice, and then i mixed in my home, because on the pandemia we can not to move or stay together.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: An acoustic álbum called Lisboa 1755. Guitars and strings. A bit of electric and electronic noises.

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

A: Nop. Im the new.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both. We are in a magical moment to combine so many and diferent technologies.

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

A: If you dont like, dont pay.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The moment when the musical ideas come to me.

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

A: How long will it take? It depends on the song and the sound you want to achieve. The more people involved, the longer it will take.

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

A: It is i can do regional, caribean or reggaeton music.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Why do you need this music? How do you want to sound? what are you imagining about the future of this song? How does this song fit into your career?

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

A: Just ear the songs. Then decide thinking about the conceptual closeness between both.

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

A: A guitar, a computer, an interface, a mic and a headset.

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

A: I was musician form the 90's, when i was a boy in a rock punk band. I was working on concerts production for maybe ten years, and then i began to work on studio things, with other artists, learning form enginners and tecnicians. I start my producer carrer on 2018.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Pop with a bit of distorted guitars.

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

A: Dua Lipa, and Taylor Swift. I love the new female voices into pop industry.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Imagine the song as a travel in the air, an then work on record.

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

A: Pop Rock with contemporary influences

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Maybe Lyrics, mixing and mastering.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: A dedicated piece of soul, across all the process.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I like to speak with my clients, to know first, the tipe of sound they want to get, then we go for one or two ideas for the lyrics. I take a few hours to imagine and present a first demo of song. Then, i take a half hour to talk with clients and take together the last decisions about the song. Then, i record a guide, a kind of demo just to record any layer of instruments and voices up there. When the record finish, i just return to the firt talk with clients, to have the references of sound to the mix and master. At the end, i send the song for revision to the clients and finnaly work in the changes proposed by clients. When its over, i send two versions of master.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a variety of michophones for voice (Shure, Blue, Royer, Rode, Aphex, Beyerdynamic, Senheiser), peripherical hardware (Compresor DBX 166, 166XL, EQ Station TC Electronic, Excitator Aphex 104 and 204, Procesor Worfire Worx TC Electronics, Two Preams Bluetube, EQ 3B Presonus, Sintesis Boss RSD10, and an insolated cabinet.

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

A: Jean - Michel Jarré, The Beatles, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Dua Lipa, Imagine Dragons.

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

A: Writing, recording, mixing and mastering songs for singers.