Mastering, Mixing, Beat Making

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I'm working on mastering a few albums, production for VARIOUS mixtapes, making videos for my beats and social media accounts to attract more followers/clients, building my brand, ALWAYS working

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

A: J Quake

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital. I have WAY more flexibility, and let's face it, times have changed.

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

A: My promise is that your track will have the exact sound you want 100 percent, because I will work and re-do until it is exactly what you want.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I love to make great mixes. It's the most fulfilling thing to me.

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

A: Do you make *insert genre here* type music? My answer: Yes!

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

A: That I only do hip hop music.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What style of track do you need? what style of mastering would you like? Do you have any reference tracks you can link me to?

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

A: A lot of engineers don't have the modern sound like the industry engineers and don't study it. I'm up late nights, all day , listening and learning new techniques. I want to create a "new sound" one day. To do that, I have to learn how to do the modern sound first to surpass it.

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

A: I think too much. I'm not sure lol.

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

A: I've been doing music production since 2000. I've been a student soaking up everything since then

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Cinematic, Symphonic, Musical. Power, Poetic. Experienced.

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

A: I would like to work with Chris Brown. I believe he is the King of R&B and a master at voicing and writing music. I believe we would make crazy hits together.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Use high quality drums/percussion samples and use minimal EQ! It will carry your music a long way.

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

A: Hip Hop/Rap and R&B.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My strongest skill is the ability to make simple things sound amazing and complex. I capitalize on sonic sound.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring my marching band influenced background to every track which gives a balance of all layers of voicing. I love cinematic feel so that is brought to each track, combined with powerful, rhythmic drums.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: When recording I do a pre-master so the artist can already get a feel of what their song would sound like fully mastered. Thats a free service I offer with every studio session, a full mix. When making beats I go for the "final" product, and the best single material possible.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have 2 separate studios: One with a PreSonus 192, Blue Blueberry condenser mic, Golden Age Pre, Cubase, Waves plugins, Beyerdynamics DT 770 Pro headphones, Yamaha HS7 monitors. I also have a pair Rokit 5's and a PreSonus Studio 2|6 USB for my home mixing/mastering/beat making.

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

A: Engineers of Travis $cott, NAV, Migos, 808 Mafia, All great engineers with great, powerful, big quality and mixes.

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

A: Beats/Production, Studio Recording, Mixing, Mastering