I Sing/Write/Rap in Eng+Tamil

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

A: That most musicians are broke and that it's a non sustainable career.

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

A: My microphone, Midi controller, Pioneer DJ controller, Laptop and Interface.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: I never rush a job. Giving it the time and energy that it deserves translates into a type of vibe that resonates on the song all the way up to its release and when someone listens to the record they will be able to hear that good vibe.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a simple yet powerful set up that includes a macbook pro with 32GB RAM and an i7 processor. I use a Slate Digital microphone with a UAD Apollo Twin x interface.

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

A: I believe in living a life of freedom doing what I love to do. That being said, music has been my only career. I started working in studio at the age of 16 and have accumulated over 2 decades of experience and stylistic influences. I love music so much as a listener and a creator that I feel so blessed to be doing this as my full time career. I am also an artist myself with a lot of Indian film and original songs. Over the years, I am proud to say that I have collected a body of work that will speak for itself with more that a million listeners on streaming platforms.

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

A: The song Bliss that I worked on and released recently under my artist name SUVI is one of my favorite projects as it spoke very closely to me as an artist.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I am working on building my personal brand, music courses and my vocal sample packs.

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

A: I will do revisions until we are both completely satisfied with the end product as long as it doesn't involve a re recording of the project or the client is being indecisive because they themselves don't know what they want. Being indecisive makes it very difficult to provide for the client's expectations.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: The creative process and meeting new creatives from around the world who eventually become friends.

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

A: Whether I offer a "Full Master Buyout" and if I could be a "featured Artist". Yes, I do offer "Full Master Buyouts" for an additional price to keep the revenue splits from future revenue, hassle free. Regarding using my name as a "Featured Artist", it really depends on the project, if it resonates with my brand image then yes, otherwise I offer the use of an alias or go uncredited.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Whether the project is for demo purposes or commercial release, whether they have a roll out plan if it is a commercial release, and what song from my demo resonated the most with them so I know what voice to tap into.

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

A: Please read my profile page for all the details, understand my modus operandi and bring your best possible description of your expectations for the project so I can dive into your project with all the tools I need.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: If you let me be me, I am very unique. I blend my up bringing in South Indian music with my love for Soul, R&b and pop music to create something that's truly multi dimensional.

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

A: J cole because he inspires me to write and express in ways that I would have normally never thought of.

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

A: Pop, Hip Hop, Amapiano, Afrobeat, Melodic house, Soul, R&B and Bollywood

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Melody, harmony, lyrics, patience and worth ethic.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Patience, Creativity, Edge, Accent, Unique Tonality and whatever is looked for to be magnified the most along with the curiosity to listen to new ideas.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Once funded, I listen to the record and depending on whether it is a writing project or just a singing project, I immerse myself in the song along with the notes received and wait for the inspiration to strike me. Then I make a rough idea recording for tone, direction and concept of maybe a verse and chorus, get an approval from the client before I proceed to print the final vocals. After which we can go back and forth to edit creative nuances but if the idea is scrapped or a re recording is required (which is understandable) then we would have to discuss additional payment in order to compensate for my time that was spent on creating an already approved project. Once everything is approved one last time, the project will need to be "marked as complete" by the client and all the raw files will be sent over. If my vocal chain mix is required, an additional $65 will be added to the cost.

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

A: Tyla, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, J cole, Timbaland, Sammy SoSo, Max Martin, M.I.A, Drake, Jhene Aiko, Stevie Wonder and Sia

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

A: Topline Writing and recording demo tracks or commercial release tracks, Vocal arranging and production for already recorded songs that needs lush harmonies, Vocal cleaning and mixing (Pop Style)

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

A: Calixo

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: digital, 'cause it's far less cumbersome in my mobile life. But I always love the feeling of analog sounds. It's like hot chocolate on a cold winter night :)