Record/Mix/Master

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

A: Too many to say, but working on "The District" Album was great experience.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Three different songs for various artist.

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

A: Not at the moment.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital imitating Analog, Analog sound better to me but is expensive and time consuming, these days digital has been getting really good.

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

A: Professional Quality At An Affordable Price!

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: It doesn't feel like work.

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

A: How long does it take to mix my song? Depends on my workload and what I'm given to work with. Typically I take 3-4 days to mix and master a song but I do give two week turnaround time due to making sure i love my work before sending for review. I also can do faster turn around times if needed from the artist.

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

A: I just push the record button.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Do they use autotune? Do they know what reference song they are going for? How long have they been a recording artist?

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

A: Try it. You will never know until you try our service out.

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

A: my computer, audio interface, and my hd650 headphones, townsend mic, and jy harman pardon speaker for playback. With this setup id can do what i do now.

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

A: over 10 years, self taught worked at studio for a few years then open my own, also going to LA and working with Desiigner and many other great artist have shaped my on going skill.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: skillful adaptable, current or modern.

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

A: Drake, to get confirmation on what I'm doing is correct and to be on the same paying field of greatness is an honor.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Don't Knock it, till you try it.

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

A: R&B, HipHop, Top40, pop.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Vocal treatment, and bringing the sauce to a song.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: my creative vision and years of experience but at the end of the day its your song so you will always have the last say, I do give suggestions that I see will enhance the song but its up to the artist to make the last call.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I'm flexible to the artist style, I'm very adaptable in any situation.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: NS-10 Monitors, running Universal Audio and Townsend mic and preamp setup with many high end plugins, as well as acoustically treated room for accurate monitoring.

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

A: Drake, The Weekend, Tory Lanes, Lil Baby, Tyga.

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

A: Recording and Mixing. Also vocal melody concepts and music arrangements.