Metal Producer

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Who are your biggest musical influences? What's the story behind this song? How did you feel when you were writing it? Do you have any specific requests for me to help bring this to life?

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

A: Do your due diligence. I respect that I'm not everyone's type, and that's alright. Find someone who you feel like is in the best position to give you the sound that you're looking for, not just the cheapest option. It'll be worth it!

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

A: I seriously have to choose? My gut reaction is Justin Vernon, though I have a signed boygenius vinyl and any of them could spit on me and I would say thank you.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Don't take yourself too seriously. When you're recording, you have to have fun, especially if you're singing. When you're too focused on hitting every single note, it removes a lot of the emotional impact. Besides, we can fix that up with tuning and comping! Just sing your heart out!

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

A: As noted throughout my profile, I'm mostly interested in indie-pop, alt-indie, or indie-rock. Anything that appears on the Lorem Spotify playlist, that's my vibe. That said, I'm always open to trying out new things, so if you have something else in mind, send it over anyway. If I listen and decide that I'm not the best person for the job, I'll be straight up.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I'm the best at producing, mixing and mastering, but also can provide smaller services such as vocal comping & tuning, or making a beat for you.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Like I mention in bio, I think what I bring is the color. Anyone can play chords in a formulaic way, and likewise, anyone can mix in a formulaic way. I just haven't found that to be effective at truly conveying sound. I imagine that while you're mapping out the track, you're drawing the lines of an illustration. If you don't have good linework, the drawing is destined for failure. Once the linework's down, the mixing is where you add the color.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: The beginning of my song writing process is actually starting with the song that I've currently got on repeat. I learn the chords and key, and then start switching things around and moving from there. Often times I'll start taking inspiration from other songs/artists and mess around until I've got something that's completely fresh. As it says in one of my favorite books, Steal Like an Artist: “If you have one person you're influenced by, everyone will say you're the next whoever. But if you rip off a hundred people, everyone will say you're so original!”