Songwriter & Lyricist

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: One project I’m especially proud of is a collection of interconnected songs exploring the same emotional story from different perspectives. I wrote the lyrics, developed the concepts, structured the narrative progression, and built recurring themes and lyrical connections between songs. I’m proud of it because the individual tracks can stand alone, but together they reveal a larger story and allow contradictory emotions to exist without forcing either perspective to become the villain.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I’m currently developing several songwriting projects focused on perspective, emotional storytelling, and narrative continuity, including songs written from opposing points of view. I’m also continuing to build material that explores how the same relationship or event can look completely different depending on who is telling the story.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: I’m new to the SoundBetter community, so I don’t want to recommend someone I haven’t personally worked with yet.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital. It gives me the freedom to write, revise, demo, organize ideas, compare versions, and collaborate quickly. I still believe the important part happens before the technology: the song has to work emotionally.

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: I will take the emotional intention of your song seriously. I won’t give you generic filler just to complete a rhyme scheme. Every major lyrical choice should serve the story, the perspective, or the feeling you hired me to capture.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: That a song can give language to something a person has felt for years but never knew how to explain. I love the moment when a complicated experience suddenly becomes one clear line, image, or chorus.

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A: “Can you turn my story or idea into a song?” Usually, yes. You don’t need to arrive with finished lyrics or even a complete concept. If you can tell me what happened, what matters about it, and how it felt, I can help find the song inside it.

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: That songwriting is simply describing what happened or finding words that rhyme. The harder part is deciding what the song is really about, what information the listener needs, what should be implied instead of explained, and how to make a personal experience emotionally recognizable to someone who never lived it.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What happened? What do you want the listener to feel or understand? Who is speaking, and who are they speaking to? Are there any details, phrases, images, or moments that absolutely need to be included? What should the song avoid saying directly? And what would make you hear the finished song and think, “Yes, that’s exactly what I meant”?

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

A: Look for someone who asks questions before they start writing. A good songwriter shouldn’t just give you clever lines; they should understand what you want the song to communicate, what matters most about the story, and what should remain unsaid.

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: A laptop, excellent headphones, a reliable microphone, an audio interface, and some miraculous desert-island power source

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I came into songwriting through personal creative work rather than a traditional industry path. What began as a way of translating complicated experiences into music developed into a much more serious study of storytelling, structure, perspective, imagery, hooks, and emotional mechanics. I’ve since built a growing catalog across multiple concepts and styles and am now bringing that work into professional collaboration.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Emotionally precise, conversational, image-driven, and story-focused. I like familiar language paired with unexpected imagery, strong hooks, layered meaning, and lyrics that often reveal more on a second listen.

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

A: Billie Eilish but, I’d love to work with any artist who values emotionally detailed songwriting and isn’t afraid of complexity or unusual perspectives. I’m especially interested in artists who want the lyrics to do more than decorate the production—they should reveal something.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Production should support the emotional function of the song rather than compete with it. Before adding another instrument, effect, or vocal layer, ask what it is doing for the listener emotionally. Sometimes the most effective production decision is leaving space.

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

A: primarily work in pop, singer-songwriter, emotional pop, alternative pop, R&B-influenced material, ballads, cinematic songs, and genre-blending music. My writing tends to be lyric-forward regardless of genre.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Finding the emotional truth underneath a story and turning it into a song without losing the complexity of what actually happened.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Emotional precision, storytelling, imagery, perspective, and a strong instinct for finding the line that makes the rest of the song click. I’m particularly good at taking feelings that are difficult to explain and turning them into lyrics people immediately understand.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I start by figuring out what the song is actually about—not just the event, but the emotional mechanism underneath it. From there I identify the strongest perspective, central idea, hook, and emotional progression. I build the structure around that core, write and revise for natural phrasing and singability, then tighten anything that feels generic, unnecessary, or emotionally inaccurate.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: My setup is intentionally streamlined and digital. I work primarily from a computer and mobile recording setup with headphones, vocal demos, digital production tools, and reference tracks. My specialty is songwriting and lyric development, so my focus is less on owning a large physical studio and more on creating strong concepts, lyrics, melodies, and detailed creative direction that can translate into a finished production.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: I’m inspired by songwriters who can make very specific experiences feel universal, especially writers who prioritize storytelling, emotional honesty, memorable phrasing, and strong imagery. I’m drawn to songs where every line feels intentional and the emotion develops rather than simply repeats.

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: I write and develop emotionally driven songs from personal stories, concepts, unfinished ideas, or existing lyrics. I’m especially strong at identifying the emotional core of a song, developing the hook, and turning complicated experiences into lyrics that feel specific without becoming overly literal.