Producer, Songwriter, Musician

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both bring different elements to capturing the ambiance of a record.

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

A: Macbook & Generator LOL

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

A: I have 9 years of experience working in the realm of production, songwriting, audio engineering, and sound design.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Can't rush a good song.

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

A: Hip Hop & RnB, Pop Music (Modern, Popular Songs)

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Curating cohesive song concepts and ideas.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: My strengths when working on a record apply to arrangement, strong top-line melodies, song concepts.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Depends on what Im working on. If producing I usually start with melody, find a tempo and key for melody, and create a drum pattern around melody. After I start to arrange the instrumental into a song format, while coming up with song concepts based on the mood/ feeling of instrumental. Then I begin to lay down vocal melodies and ideas.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Hardware: Macbook Pro, Universal Audio Apollo Solo, Focusrite ISA One,Yamaha HS8/HS5, Neumann U87AI-MT Software: Pro Tools, iZotope 9, Logic Pro X, Waves v12, T RackS CS

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

A: Im inspired by producers like Oak Felder, D'Mile, DJ Camper, and Pharrell. Songwriters that inspire me are Kaydence, Nija, Asia Karin, Her, Neyo, Bruno Mars, Miguel.

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

A: - Professional music mixing, producing and mastering ~ Full Albums (EP/LP) ~ Mixing & Mastering for Radio & TV (Commercials, Voiceovers, Podcast) ~ Post Production Song Mastering - Professional audio editing, cleaning and enhancing ~ Audio Restoration (Noise, Clicks, Pops, Hum, Buzz, Distortion, Echo Reduction) ~ Background noise removing and reduction (Floor Noise) ~ Cleaning, amplifying, Normalization on Audio - Composing, Arranging, Producing - Live Audio Mixing/ Prerecorded Live Audio Mastering - Sound Design (sound effects) - Mixing & Mastering track - Recording Live Instruments (Guitar, Bass, Violin, Trumpet, Drums) - Editing and Post Producing -Consultation on Audio/Visual portions of projects (see details near bottom of this page)