Hi I'm Joe, session guitarist and producer. I've worked with gold and platinum producers, always making sure tone, feel, part writing and timing uplift and enhance the track without ever taking anything away from it. I can also get creative with ear candy production details, such as little harmonic backwards swells, ambient soundscapes, etc.
I work on stylistically very diverse records and always strive to add something unique, come up with parts or just play the part you want while giving some life to it. I can also get creative with ear candy production details, such as little harmonic backwards swells, ambient soundscapes, sequencing on guitar to keep the "human feel", slide guitar, percussive acoustic guitar elements and more.
Recently I worked together with producer Christian Lohr (Joss Stone, Gianna Nannini, Jeff Beck, Sting) on music for Gianna Nannini's new Netflix Movie "SEI NELL’ANIMA".
Looking forward to work on your project, just get in touch!
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Interview with Joe Kuttler
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Exploring new spheres of creating and modifying guitar sounds so far away from the actual purpose in a solo project with my old teacher, mentor and friend Knox Chandler (Cyndi Lauper, Depeche Mode)
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Different R&B productions as well as guitar driven pop music.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Not knowing anyone in particular, but there are some amazingly talented people on here.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both!
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will bring your track closer to it's highest potential!
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The versatility.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: "Can we emulate this guitar players sound on this record??" - sure! just tell me what it is specifically that you like about that performance and we'll bring it out!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That I don't do slide guitar. I love playing slide/bottleneck and getting some cool parts out of it.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Stylistic references, any sort of general "sound" you're looking for, preferences about tone, what kind of fx - in general just describing what they are looking for in a guitar track.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: More detail in describing your vision goes a long way, to get as close possible to what you expect
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: No preferences here :)
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: It's not "less is more" or "more is more", but: "doing just the right thing in the right context, that makes the biggest difference."
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Serving the song!
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: All the great session players, producers, engineers, artists who constantly make it their biggest purpose creating the most meaningful art they can.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: It would most likely be: Fender Vibroverb, any type of Strat, Tube Screamer, Univibe, and a Strymon Big Sky
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I have been playing ever since growing up, played in various different bands from BigBand to Classic Rock Tribute Bands, played opening slots at big festivals including opening for Joss Stone, moved to Berlin around 2018 and been working as a session musician and producer since then.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: I can wear a lot of hats, although I come from a blues background, influenced by guitar players such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, and still love playing this type of music.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop, Soul, Funk, RnB, Country, Rock, Blues
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Either my own unique touch, or any kind of requested sound, fx etc.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: First I carefully listen to what is already happening in the track, then it is about getting into the right feel and emotion, and after that: coming up with great parts!
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I am working out of my own studio, using amazing sounding, carefully selected instruments and Amps (from custom Vox Amps, Musicman 110RD to a 65 Amps Lil' Elvis (vintage and new), amazing sounding microphones such as the Lauten Audio Eden LT-386 and Neumann KM84's, and Pedals from TC-Electronic, Bogner, Ibanez and Boss
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Recording all types of electric and acoustic guitar
I was the Producer, Guitarist, Programmer, Pianist, Mixing Engineer in this production
- Electric GuitarAverage price - $125 per song
- Acoustic GuitarAverage price - $150 per song
- Full instrumental productionContact for pricing
Turnaround is usually 2-3 business days, 4 revisions. Additional costs for bigger projects which require a lot of layering and different parts.
- Gibson Limited Edition BluesHawk
- Suhr Standart Plus HSS Strat
- Epiphone Sheraton 335 (1990)
- Taylor Acoustic
- Kemper Amp with own custom profiles
- Vox Tony Bruno Combo Amp
- Lauten Audio Eden & KM84 Microphones
- Neve-Style Preamp
- UAD
- Pedals and FX
