Producer / Mixing / Keys

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

A: I usually been asked to finish a production with just bare bone song ideas or even make what clients send me to a noticeable high quality professional recorded finished song.

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

A: I love everything that Hans Zimmer literally produced as a classical trained my self, also more in the house and dance field definitely Chris Lake one of my favorite house producer.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: On my studio I run Logic X as a main Daw, very versatile software powerful and great tools when It comes to recording and producing while mixing on the fly. I do like to use waves and UAD plug-ins which are essential for my work flow, as well as few outboard gear like API 550A, Compressor Distressor EL8, EMI Chendler preamp. As a pianist I love to use my Nord Stage Keys and my 1978 Fender Rhodes 73, I have Korg MS2000 follow by a very portable MicroKorg, I love using my Virus b from Access, and sometimes the Multivox Mx-30 can be useful for more organic classic piano sound.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I usually start from a demo idea that I usually have starting with a few Piano chords that I write myself and then start built the track around it, melody comes to my mind pretty easily especially ones I have a vocal guide line to follow, then I work on Drums programming and layer to layer the song became alive, I like to experiment with different sound and always try to find unique sound that Inspire me during the work flow on Production.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I usually bring to a song a unique sound that make it stand out from other at list in the sense of unicity and high quality in terms of sound design. I like to work on sound consistently until it's sound like I have it in my head.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Piano is my first instrument, so definitely playing the piano writing chords and song write with my main instrument is my strongest skill, but I notice that my Mixing work are getting better and better the more I do that.

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

A: I usually work on Dance Music, Pop and House music, I've work for many year on very Chill and Lounge but that Much anymore.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: When I worked on a House track I always start mixing with the Kick (BD) at -6db and everything else follow that as my mix developed I notice a very positive improvement to my headroom and definitely even better ones is ready to be mastered is where you gain back the Volume necessary that you need at the end.

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

A: I will love to work with Will I Am one of my dream amazing talented artist, producer of so many Hit including Michael Jackson and I know I will learn so much just been around in a studio.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I can't describe my style since is very unique and distinctive, I can associate to genre close to House and Dance music with a lot of Melody and emotional chords to it.

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

A: I've been working as Professional Sound Engineer in Washington DC for 10 years, had the opportunity to work with many talented artist during this journey, like Thievery Corporation, The Original Wailers, Frederic Yonnet, Ed Sheeran, and Dave Chapel are the top artist that I engineer live for. And it was definitely an experience not to forget.

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

A: My computer, Nord Piano, Focal Speaker, Neve 1073 Mic Preamps, and an old API 2448 Mixing Console.

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

A: Be patient with your project cause perfection takes time, and i will be the person that will help you get your project there.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Dead line, and reference track to help my work flow.

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

A: People believe is that we are going to make radio hit, which instead we are simply making what they have a much better product in which music is not everything to make a successful artist.

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

A: They ask for discount, and they ask for more additional work that what they start with, and that can be sometimes a challenge due many circumstances.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I love to be feel free with unlimited option even though we have 7 note there are unlimited opportunity true music.

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

A: I don't do 'promises' in general but when I do is a way for me to guaranty to any of my client that I will take their musical content and make it Stand Up against many others and help them get closer their goals.

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

A: I definitely recommend Fred Miller, he did several master for my tracks that were very well done, super professional.

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

A: My latest worked is call "Feeling that" feat. Mo Safren and it was my latest project as Playinfields that I release on Sirup Music, Leading dance music entertainment company from Switzerland, which it was a very cool track with another very talented singer and Song writer Mo Safren from Washington DC.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Analog is where I'm shaping the sound, digital is the fastest and more portable way to produce while you are traveling with your Laptop. Nowadays, technology is so ahead of everything else that is almost imperceptible the difference between a plug-in or an outboard gear.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I'm actually working as a Ghost producer, for several other producers on vary project, mostly working in House Music and EDM type of style.