Kevin on SoundBetter

I will create a soundtrack or original songs for your indie film project so good that people will start reddit subgroups about it that will quickly devolve into profanity laced arguments about conspiracy theories.

I was a touring musician. If you've ever toured, you know that's not much of a flex but it seems to be the one phrase that gives your career credibility. For the record I hated touring. So much wasted time sitting around but I digress. After all the auxiliary job duties that come along with modern day music creation had crushed my desire to create original music for myself and audience, I turned to indie film making. Which I love. However, I can't very well shoot low budget slasher flicks for zero dollars and still maintain my extravagant lifestyle of owning a boss hog Z71 pickup trucks and slugging Celsius, zero sugar energy drinks now can I? But put the two together and you've got something very appealing. I can create music that serves a purpose in an industry that still excites me. If you're the modern day John Carpenter with a zero dollar music budget for your film except you can't even turn on a synthesizer, holler at me. From soaring orchestrals to black snake moan, fat back deep south blues, I got you. If I'm not right for your project, I will tell you. This isn't my real job. I do the things that are creatively interesting and price is very negotiable if you're a creative tour deforce with amazing ideas that need to be brought to life.

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Interview with Kevin

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Probably pro creating. Little guy is the best. My role, I suppose, was I provided the first cell and the Y chromosome.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Rewritting movie scores for my Youtube page which has an absolute S load of subscribers.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: I hired a guy to mix a few songs once. He was excellent and reasonably priced. Ive forgotten his name. Guess that doesnt help much then. My bad.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Hey, cool pic, is that you with Dale Earnhardt? No, that’s my dad but they do look exactly alike. He leans into it by wearing Gargoyle sunglasses. It’s pretty awesome.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: There’s no way anyone is still reading this. They’ve either reached out by now or not.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Tell me about your movie
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: College, Fired from a lot of regular jobs, music creation, then performance, then production. Now I own a wall art company. My employees run the day to day leaving me time to get weird in the studio again.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Unencumbered
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Anything and everything but generally Im great at creating vibe.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Creativity and surprisingly, I work well with others in this particular field.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I am an endless stream of ideas. They keep me up at night. My wife hates it.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Client conversation, find out each other’s hopes and dreams, provide mind bendingly good music fir their project, kick a little ass.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Tom Dowd, Dangelo, Prince, The Beatles. John Carpenter
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Soundtrack composing and recording for Indie movies, tv or feneral Content
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Not sure there is a difference anymore.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: There are no promises in music.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Creationism
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Holler at me, see what's what.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: A Marshall Full Stack because it's got enough wood to build a shelter. A Jackson Electric guitar because the neck can be used like an axe to chop down stuff and guitar strings are great for making traps. A set of congos so I can play them naked like Matthew McConaughey. A drum set. The metal symbals would be useful and the rest is good fire wood. A ukelele to play Somewhere Over The Rainbow as I starve to death.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Jerry Reed. RIP. I figure even if the session doesn't go well, it will be a really funny hang.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Take a step away from a mix or performance after you've done the initial work before you critique yourself. The way you think something should sound will still be fresh in your head when things are that fresh. It will cloud your perception. Walk away, forget about it, come back later, even if it's only 30 minutes and you'll hear what you've done much more accurately. Then you can make proper adjustments.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Small studio set up perfect for B room tracking and mixing. Too many amps to list. I use Universal, Slate and Waves Plugins, a few outboard compressors and EQ's into Logic Pro X