Songwriter-Producer-Guitarist

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Composing my own music for my solo work

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Analogue where you can. I like knobs

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

A: Quality and assurance are my highest priorities.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Creative freedom and working on my own schedule

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

A: Jingle writer. I also make compositions for video

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Do you have an idea to work from? Who do you want to sound like? Can you sing? Can you record an idea into something? Even a phone memo

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

A: Have a clear idea of what kind of music you want to make and be open to new ideas

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

A: That's tough. Tascam 388, my strat, Lexicon reverb unit, Echo rec, Sm7 b

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

A: First was to be a session guitarist then decided I didn't like to just copy others. So I went into making my own music which developed into getting nerdy with studios and gear. I studied a 3-year degree in this and I have now decided to combine the two for work whilst also maintaining my own musical career. I have now been doing this for 6 years

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Atmospheric sound bed with haunting melodies and a groove to get down to

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

A: Radiohead. They're geniuses.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Gain staging! No one likes overloaded digital clipping

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

A: This seems to change periodically based o what I'm into at the time. But what tends to come out that I'm most proud of is usually atmospheric, taking the listener on a journey.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Lucious soundscapes

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Out of the box ideas within the box

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I like to get the bare bones of an idea down then build around it. Then craft an arrangement that suits the essence of the song

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work from my home set-up predominantly in Logic Pro with SSL Preamps for micing acoustic instruments and Arturia keylabs for synthesis and Amplitube for guitars

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

A: Radiohead, London Grammar, Brian Eno

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

A: I create music with artists and their visions of what they want to achieve. Sometimes work takes on a mind of its own and we make something magical