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Interview with Midhun Mukesh
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: My own personal music project. I have found a very good creative direction, song arrangement, sound design, recording and engineering, mixing and mastering.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Personal music project.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Currently not.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both, Analog offers warmth and character, depth and texture and Digital offers me precision and flexibility, speed and efficiency.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Your vision, your voice, collaboration and communication, quality and excellence, dedication and flexibility.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Creativity and collaboration, Variety in production, Storytelling aspect, the moment when everything works.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: How does the production process work? I usually explain the steps. How long will it take to finish my project? This depends, whether its a single track or an album and how much work needs to be done in each phase. Can you help with songwriting or arranging? It depends on the tracks emotion. How much will it cost? It will depends in different factors, like number of songs, complexity of production, and additional services like mixing and mastering.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: Producers just push buttons.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Project vision, creative details, technical details, budget, timeline, audience and goals, expectations and preferences.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Define your vision, communicate, set a budget and timeline, trust the process.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Laptop with DAW, midi controller, high quality headphones, portable audio interface, synthesizer.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: From 2017, started as DJ, turned to music producer.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Innovative and experimental, emotionally driven, structured yet fluid, collaborative, adaptable to genres.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Billie Eilish, Billie’s minimalistic approach to music and her focus on atmospheric production is something I’d enjoy helping with. Her ability to evoke deep emotion with sparse instrumentation is inspiring.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Volume automation, filter sweep, reverb or delay on certain vocal phrases to stand out, and maybe use silence wisely.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop, EDM, Hip-Hop/ Rap, Cinematic/ Film Scores.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Melody and harmony creation, lyrics writing, song structure suggestion, rhythmic patterns, fresh perspectives.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Melodic ideas, lyrics writing, song structure, Instruments and sound selection, music theory insights, layering ideas, collaborations.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Concept, reference tracks, planning, sound design, composition, arrangement, recording, production, mixing, mastering, revisions, export.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: In a bedroom studio, using FL Studio as my DAW.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Max Martin, Charlie Puth, Martin Garrix.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Song Production, mixing, sound design, mastering, song development.
