Pop/EDM Topliner & Bass Vocals

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I would say my style is very diverse. I love music from soft, dreamy edm to fiery, bass-driven pop. I also listen to a lot of hyper-pop, house and I love concept music. For example a song that takes a style and makes that the whole song. E.g., medieval, futuristic, fantasy, beachy etc. My debut production and songwriting release 'Everlast' is a drum and bass EDM song with a dystopian concept! I have also produced and worked on ballads, indie rock, tropical house and techno!

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

A: I would love to work with Alina Smith, she is a brilliant self made producer, writer and singer. She is self taught and produces such high quality music and vocals from her home as her main career. It is extremely admirable to me and I think that takes extreme talent and effort to achieve, not anyone can just do it.

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

A: I have not been doing this long, however I work on EDM, Pop, House, and Indie-rock music because that is what I love! I am a strong believer that with any creative endeavor, you need to love it, or else you will struggle to be passionate and create masterpieces.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My strongest skill is my ability to create numerous toplines for the same beat/ song to give a client many revisions until they are satisfied. Additionally, my full vocal range spans over four octaves, so if a client requests some bass vocals for a demo, I am able to sing virtually whatever they request. However, in the fifth octave I can only sing in head voice or falsetto and that is where I employ my female vocalist for demos.

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

A: My second release was called 'take me all away'. I am very proud of this track because it is so raw and vulnerable. I have taught myself how to sing only recently and this track really gets across some great raw emotional vocals and instruments, that I am very proud of as still a beginner.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Right now I am working on a few things. I am currently working on an album that has two pre release tracks and a collaboration. The album will have 8 tracks in total with music videos and track videos - I cannot wait as I am finally at a level of confidence of ability in my production, writing, and vocals that I can make this work!!

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

A: Sean Killeen is probably the best vocalist I have worked with on soundbetter. The quality of his recordings, the sound of his voice and all his layering is actually crazy good. He was brilliant and determined to achieve the goal I had with my song 'Falling'. Through our collaboration and performance together we achieved a final product that I am very proud of. So I would recommend him for a versatile, professional and hardworking tenor vocalist.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital. I have no experience working with analogue gear (I am only 22). However, my experience with digital gear has been great and I would love to experiment with analogue gear, given the opportunity.

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

A: I promise unlimited revisions to clients in services until their goal is reached, or it is clear that their vision is unclear or unattainable within my ability.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The freedom of creativity it involves. I take this seriously and professionally, however I struggle to call it work or a job because it does not feel like work. I love doing this and connecting with other artists and producers to collaborate and make their musical dreams come true. I feel we both benefit from the process just as much as each other.

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

A: I have not been doing this long, however, clients commonly ask for lyrics to be added onto a topline they fall in love with. I am more than happy to add this into a package and focus on the sound of the lyric fitting the topline, just as much as the client directed message and feel.

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

A: That anyone can do it. To write songs and toplines you need a lot of experience writing music and listening to music to generate appropriate and great melodies and lyrics. Also, you have to be a competent enough singer to then convey the magic in from writing to vocals.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: I ask for more information generally. I really want a clear view of their vision initially because some of the best toplines come from first impression hearing the beat or inspiration track. If my work is guided, I can produce better results. If I am not provided with adequate direction, a client cannot expect what they do not specifically ask.

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

A: My biggest advice for a customer would be to provide me with as much information as possible. If you give me limited information, it will be harder for me to understand your vision. Expect very kind and fast communication and know that I am just human like you and I will do my very best to achieve your vision.

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

A: I only think I would need three items (excluding necessary items for survival) they would be: 1.) Notebook 2.) Something to record myself 3.) A spotify account XD This would allow me to listen to music, write, and record music which I feel would keep me sane. No matter where you are in the world or what you are doing, music can always find and connect you with happiness.

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

A: As much as I would love this to be my main career path, I am fairly new to it. I am a graduating university student, studying psychology aiming to work as a clinical Geropsychologist. I believe that in life you need a balance between work and creativity or work and hobby. For me I love music, writing, drawing painting (anything creative). I am only young, but my career dream in life is to work as a clinical Geropsychologist and have music production and toplining for artists, advertisers and cinema/ game companies as my second job/ hobby and aspiration.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: My one toplining tip is to listen to a range of songs in a similar style to the select song. This provides an idea of stylistic vocals and then follow along with the beats, creating a fair mix of melodic and rhythmic vocals. (And chuck a few harmonies and adlibs in there :D)

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring addictive melodies to a song. I cannot stand seeing a songs potential wasted by poor toplines. I will work until the client is satisfied and I love writing super addictive melodies, riffs and hooks that perfectly convey the feel and mood that a client is trying to convey through a song.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I typically listen to a beat or song multiple times, creating different toplines which I then put into temporary lyrics and record. I usually add some harmonies and background vocals to spice it up and give the buyer the best product possible. I have myself to provide male vocals and I have a female vocalist to provide female vocals for my toplines. However, if I can reach them in my range I will sing them. If a client requests my demo, I will sing the vocals an octave lower in the demo to convey the topline, then the client can raise the octave in their own recordings.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My recording setup is a RodeNT1 with an AL-1 interface, recording into Ableton Standard, editing vocals in Ableton and tuning vocals with Melodyne. For toplining, I write melodies to beats and then record them with myself or a female vocalist in my recording setup.

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

A: I am new into music production and production professionals like Lost Sky, Loving Caliber and Unlike Pluto inspire me because I love their style of music and ability to create such magical songs.

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

A: Toplining services for EDM/ Pop songs of all styles is my most common form of work (and I love it!), however I also provide bass vocals and backing vocals for demos and songs.