Zaiigoh on SoundBetter

Let's give your next single a facelift. Credits: Velified Music catalogue; K Syne - "Big Losses, Big Wins 2.0"; Velified & K Syne - "On My Way". I like to make sure that you like what you hear, otherwise, I wouldn't take part in the venture. I'm yet to have my best project out in the market. I also sing, kinda.

Growing up in the depths of Lehurutshe, Zaiigoh is a musician, beatmaker & audio engineer who has undergone exciting evolutions over the years. He went from being your ordinary up and coming trap rapper to being a self-taught alt-rap/pop producer and musician. Initially, he started rapping in 2016, under the “YFB Siide” moniker, though this later changed to “fnsiide” and more recently changed to the current one.

In an interview with Apple Music, he described recording his first song with his best friend in a classroom afterschool, he said that they used two phones to record, with one playing the beat and the other recording vocals with a gaming headphone mic. While on the “Beat Rush” radio show at the currently defunct KopanongFM, he talked on how different his future music will be from years prior to 2022, describing them as “more personal”, “more emotional” and “more raw”, this was a few months before he released his debut album, which was the beginning of his engineering career.

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Interview with Zaiigoh

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: I'm currently working on it, this is some of the best engineering I've ever done to any song tbh, I'll post a blog about it soon.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I'm engineering an EP by a South African artist called Justin-Genious, also, I'm executive producing the EP of another South African rapper called Joniworm701
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: I haven't seen anyone as of yet, I'll update this when I see someone.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital (for now), I think digital makes things easier in some aspects. Imagine going to a different studio and they don't have some of the gear that you normally use.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Top quality or nothing.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Exploring new sounds, meeting different artists and expanding their visions through my additions
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Them: "How did you think of that?" Me: "I have no idea..."
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: Most people think we aren't doing anything with our lives for some reason...
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What's your vision with this project? Are you a 100% with every song we did?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Come with a clear and open mind, indecisiveness often delays progress.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Laptop Behringer C1 (with the UM2 interface) My monitors
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Initially, I was just a rapper, and eventually started learning engineering on my own because I needed a producer, I've only recently started engineering for other artists, I think it's been 4 months now.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Weird but okay.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I'm not quite sure, but it would be really nice to work with either Nasty C or May Wave$, their workpace and creativity always surprises me.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Aim for simplicity, but don't be afraid to be an artist with your work.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Hip-Hop, but open to any genre.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Filling gaps.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Emotion! I love making a song as emotionally descriptive as I can.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Usually I'll listen to the unmixed project twice then take a 5-hour break away from any music. Once I start mixing the project, I make sure there are minimal distractions, when I start feeling ear fatigue, I stop and will return to working on it the next day. When I reach a point where the mix sounds "good", I start doing reference tests, comparing it with industry songs and songs that I've already engineered. If it sounds good enough, I start the mastering process and do the comparision again. If the master is also good, I send it to the client for feedback.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: My studio doesn't consist of much, it's a Behringer U-Phoria setup with Dixon monitors. I'm yet to expand my setup.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Travis Scott, Ameriqa and Mike Dean are some of my biggest inspirations.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: As of recent, I've largely undertaken the mixing engineer role for my clients. Work I've had a hand in is yet to be released but it's safe to say it's industry standard.