Pianist, Producer, Songwriter

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Album #4.

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

A: I've studied music all my life and started teaching it around 2004 and releasing original material in 2008.

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

A: I would love to work with Infected Mushroom because I think their production is amazing. I would say yes to working with pretty much all of my favourite artists.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: While working on a track, you must always keep the listener's ultimate experience in mind, which is vastly different from the experience of the songwriter. If you take care of all the elements in the song that make it work for the audience (for different reasons), it can even break some conventional production rules and still remain good. Good is subjective - but your job as a music maker is to know what the listener wants to hear because what sounds good to them is not up for discussion.

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

A: A fairly large array of styles that include: pop, progressive rock, new age and neo-classical instrumentals, piano ballads, and electronic (tropical house, trance, r&b).

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I'm first and foremost a piano player but singer-songwriter is a close second.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Careful approach to the lyrics (rhythmically and creatively). Full knowledge of theory and attention to a clean arrangement. Lots of passion and understanding of what a song in a certain genre needs.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I'm very organized and would like to start with a detailed plan of the project and decide on every element of the client's vision. I can work with back-and-forth notes and offer several revision sessions.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Keyboard: Yamaha MOTIF XF8 Software: Cubase, Reason Vocal mic: Sennheiser MK4

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

A: Too many hundreds too mention but here are a few: Muse, Tame Impala, Tom Odell, Regina Spektor, Infected Mushroom, Dream Theater, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Steven Wilson, AURORA, Twenty One Pilots, Imagine Dragons, The Killers, Dire Straits

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

A: I help my clients achieve their vision for their music projects, from a simple melody recorded on a phone to a fully mixed and mastered product. I also do session work and teach piano & vocals.