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Guitarist/songwriter/producer w/ CCM artist Consumed By FIre/Small Town Studios.
Lover of music be it Motown, Country, Pop, CCM, Folk, or Hip Hop and all the in between!
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Credits
AllMusic verified credits for Joshua WardInterview with Josh Ward
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The Academy of Dreamers is our baby. It takes young artists and gives them real world experience and a great product to introduce them to the world!
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Writing and demoing songs for Co aimed by Fire as well as academy of Dreamers artist sessions. Also working on songs for film and Country music publishers.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Brandon Bagby and Robert Venable recommended the site to me. They're top notch guys I trust 100%!
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital. The quality has gotten so great, and efficiency is amazing! It allows for time and cost to be significantly reduced.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I promise I won't stop until we're happy with the end result. Most people today do it "their way". I want to understand what "your way" would look and sound like.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Getting to see young talent reach higher levels of success and realize their potential.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: How fast and how much? There's no finite answer to these questions. That's why it's important to figure out expectations and specific needs of projects individually in advance. I believe if anyone can make it happen, I can!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That I can make a bad song into a good song. You can dress up wolf to look like a sheep, but it's still a wolf.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What are your goals? What is your passion? Where do you need help? What is your budget?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Get to know the person and vision cast first. If you get on the same page creatively you're project will ulitimately be better.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: A mac with logic x and a UAD interface and a U67.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started playing guitar at 12. My younger brothers signed their first record deal in 2011 when I was 25 and I joined the band. We've been recording and producing and helping young artists ever since.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: A good balance of old school philosophy with modern sensibilities.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I would like to work with Bob Seger. His voice and his phenomenal love band with lots of organic instrumentation would be a joy and challenge. My uncle had his records on all the time when I was a kid!
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Let the song tell you what it needs.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: A lot of CCM and country, but also a fair bit of pop and some hip hop.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Knowing what Not to do to a song.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I like to bring life to a song whether it be arrangement, melody, or soundscaping.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: It all starts with a good song. Then a great performance from the artist. Everything else is vibe and technical work.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: With my 2 younger brothers I founded Small Town Studio in Wagoner, OK as well as work some of the most eel owned studios in Nashville, TN.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I grew up in a musical family working in a large variety of genres. Any artist that has made a name for themselves inspires me to be myself as well as serving the market place.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I'm bit of a jack of all trades. I do song writing, session work, producing, engineering, some mixing and mastering.
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: The Academy of Dreamers is our baby. It takes young artists and gives them real world experience and a great product to introduce them to the world!
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Writing and demoing songs for Co aimed by Fire as well as academy of Dreamers artist sessions. Also working on songs for film and Country music publishers.
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Brandon Bagby and Robert Venable recommended the site to me. They're top notch guys I trust 100%!
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital. The quality has gotten so great, and efficiency is amazing! It allows for time and cost to be significantly reduced.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I promise I won't stop until we're happy with the end result. Most people today do it "their way". I want to understand what "your way" would look and sound like.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Getting to see young talent reach higher levels of success and realize their potential.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: How fast and how much? There's no finite answer to these questions. That's why it's important to figure out expectations and specific needs of projects individually in advance. I believe if anyone can make it happen, I can!
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That I can make a bad song into a good song. You can dress up wolf to look like a sheep, but it's still a wolf.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: What are your goals? What is your passion? Where do you need help? What is your budget?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Get to know the person and vision cast first. If you get on the same page creatively you're project will ulitimately be better.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: A mac with logic x and a UAD interface and a U67.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started playing guitar at 12. My younger brothers signed their first record deal in 2011 when I was 25 and I joined the band. We've been recording and producing and helping young artists ever since.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: A good balance of old school philosophy with modern sensibilities.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I would like to work with Bob Seger. His voice and his phenomenal love band with lots of organic instrumentation would be a joy and challenge. My uncle had his records on all the time when I was a kid!
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Let the song tell you what it needs.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: A lot of CCM and country, but also a fair bit of pop and some hip hop.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Knowing what Not to do to a song.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I like to bring life to a song whether it be arrangement, melody, or soundscaping.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: It all starts with a good song. Then a great performance from the artist. Everything else is vibe and technical work.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: With my 2 younger brothers I founded Small Town Studio in Wagoner, OK as well as work some of the most eel owned studios in Nashville, TN.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I grew up in a musical family working in a large variety of genres. Any artist that has made a name for themselves inspires me to be myself as well as serving the market place.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I'm bit of a jack of all trades. I do song writing, session work, producing, engineering, some mixing and mastering.
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