Contemporary Music Production

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

A: My latest release Klangweg Hanau. In consist of six pieces that are a music in public space installation in the city of Hanau in Germany. I composed, performed and produced it. I spent around 3 months thinking and experimenting how to should shape the sound texture and composition structures. Then I recorded the pieces in four months. Five of them without a metronome reference. The recording period was a chain reaction of concentration phases.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: New debut albums.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: - Copyrights - Attitude - Feeling - Reason

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

A: To be as specific as possible and leave the decisions to me 100%!

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Contemporary

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Mixing Music: Close the lights, reduce the brightness of the computers monitors to the minimum. Make yourself and your colleagues comfortable. Adjust a reasonable monitoring level. Don't talk, close the phones and try to listen to the music without overthinking or adding any imaginary elements to it. If you hear still the same you are at right track. If not correct it.

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

A: Contemporary music, singer songwriter, rock, pop, classic, jazz,

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Decision making!

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Pre Production Planning, Production Planning, Recording, Editing ( sometimes), Mixing, Mastering

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Pro Tools 192, Big Ben Clock, UAUDIO Apollon, Apogee Symphony Desktop, KH O 300 D Speakers, Manley Pultec ST Eq, U Audio L2A2, 6x Millennia pre Amps, 2x SSL G series channels. NS-10m. 20 m2 wooden recording room. Day Light.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Hybrid. Currently no other way!

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

A: You will be still proud of what we have done after 20 years.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Discovering new music

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

A: Can it sound like......? No!

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

A: The importance of the applied recording technique! Some records need to be recorded in two days others in two months.

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

A: 1 double bass and four acoustic guitars:)

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

A: I 1982 I started with ping pong recording from two separate tapes. Then i received a Fostex x series 4 track. That was arround 1984. I had several bands. Later I studied recording arts. I work since 1990 as a professional. I was a board member of the collecting society MSG. MD of EMI TR. Currently i teach at two universities music production.

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

A: Peter Gabriel. When i heard the "four album" i was electrified. I believe he is a very important composer.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Myself:)

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

A: Genesis, Pink Floyd, The Police, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Oregon, John McLaughlin, Red Hot, Rage, Keith Jarrett any many more....

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

A: Research, planning,production.