Nico Lapitino on SoundBetter

Up and coming music producer from Berklee, specializes in electronic, rock, pop, singer songwriter, and indie.

Hi!

I'm Nico, I'm an up and coming producer here in Nashville. I play keys, guitar, bass, and drums. I was privileged enough to have a formal background in music at Berklee College of Music, where I graduated from in 2024. As a producer I will help you take your idea into reality, from start to finish. Today's tools make it easier on the technical side, but I believe where I can help you is the creative direction and collaboration. Think of me as your co-pilot in the journey of making your project. I always let the artist make the final call, as ultimately it's their vision. Regardless, I've become skilled enough with my tools to create in realtime, which is why I love doing in person or virtual sessions over zoom. I love connecting with fellow music lovers and having the magical moments of turning ideas into reality in realtime together. I'm interested in knowing your artistry deeply so we can be on the same page.

If you'd like to look at my work and see if we'd be a good match, go check out my instagram page and click on the link tree. The before and after examples are a good way to see what you can expect when we work together. I also post content on my IG page as well.

Look forward to meeting you!

- Nico

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Interview with Nico Lapitino

Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Currently working with an artist in Japan who's creating 70s retro with a modern feel.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: I'm young, so I'll say digital because of convenience, but I bet once day I'll be ranting about how much warmer analog is!
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: You're going to love your project when it's done. It's a privilege to be paid to do what I do, and what I want clients to know is that you're much more than a "client", you're a collaborator and a friend! I don't do extra costs for revisions. You pay me and I do everything I can to make sure you're happy with the result no questions asked.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I love seeing peoples reactions when their ideas come to life.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, MacBook Pro with software, keyboard, and an audio interface.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I've been a musician since I was 5 years old. I was involved in bands and had lessons up until going to Berklee College of Music where I studied film scoring (that's where my orchestral background is). I later worked at a company called Cavalry Music that did movie trailer music out in LA. Then I realized I wanted to focus more on music and less on movies, so I switched to becoming a freelance producer. I've been doing freelance production for about a year, but my experience with DAWs, music theory, and instruments dates back 18 years, in addition to graduating summa cum laude at Berklee in 2024.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Driving, energetic, powerful, playful, upbeat. That's the stuff I tend to gravitate towards.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: I always try to think about fore-ground, middle ground, and background. This is a concept from orchestral composition, but applies really well to modern production too. Making things sound far away usually involves cutting the highs and adding long decay reverbs, as that's what happens in nature when we hear something far. The opposite is true, to make some close keep as much high end as possible and little to no reverb for proximity.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: As a music lover, I listen to literally everything, usually in phases of a few years or so. Lately I've worked on electro pop, indie pop, EDM, rock, etc
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I think writing memorable instrumental parts is one of my strong suits.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Cool riffs and identifiable countermelodies. My tracks won't make you sound like you got them off of a sync library website. Each track I create has a signature hook within the track. I love to blend instrumental parts together in counterpoint.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: It depends on where the artist is in their process. For some artists I start with getting the right chords to their melody, for others who write their own chords I go right into the tracks energy and arrangement. Once we've settled on what the track wants to be, the artist will record their vocals either remotely or here in Nashville. After that we'll go through mixing revisions until they're happy with the result!
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I've got a small home studio setup here in East Nashville. I have a corner vocal booth, a desk, an acoustic and electric guitar, Roland Juno DI, Firehawk FX floorboard, my MacBook Pro, a Rode NT1 5th gen mic, and a hell of a lot of software!
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Usually it comes down to getting the right chord changes to nail the emotion they're going for, as well as writing out instrumental parts to fill out the track and it make it interesting and identifiable.