Tuning | Vocals | Mastering

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

A: It took a while for me to realize that music could be a career and didn't have to be a hobby.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My strongest skill is either listening or imagining. I can hear timing, pitch, and/or frequency issues easily, and I'm thankful for that, and I can also use my imagination when listening to rough demos. I can hear a song's potential, which is important when working in a producer role of a project.

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

A: Whoever you hire should pass your "vibe check." If something doesn't feel right, it's okay to look for someone else. Trust your gut.

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

A: "Indiscreet" was my first self-produced EP, and I absolutely love how it turned out.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I work remotely with artists and clients from all over the world. I love that I can accomplish so much from the comfort of my own home studio.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Make and save your own presets within your favorite plugins.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: The answer to this question varies greatly based on the project I'm given. For my own artist material, I write the song, record a scratch take to a click track, then begin recording all the other instrumentation. I carefully mix, master (or hire out a separate mastering engineer), create album art, and then upload my song to my distributor.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work using a custom built desktop computer, focusrite scarlet 4i4, Mogami cables, and usually (for vocals) my Baby Bottle large condenser microphone. I typically use my DT 770 Pro headphones for recording, and my 990s for careful mixing. I have a Gretsch Catalina club jazz drum kit behind me so that I can turn my chair and easily play a beat whenever I feel inspire to. I love my Gibson hummingbird acoustic guitar (my gig guitar), and gibson les paul, which I play through an Orange Crush amp. Internally, I use Ableton as my DAW, and I own a long, long list of plugins. Most of my favorites are by Valhalla and Izotope, and I try to keep them updated to the best, most recent version available. I use Melodyne 5 to fine tune vocals that are sent to me.

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

A: Ritt Momney is inspiring to me because he is a self-producing artist that got very popular after working hard and building a team to push his artist career. I love that most of his material is focused on the message.

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

A: Vocal processing, Backing Vocals & vocal arrangement, Mixing