Music Producer & Vocalist

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

A: Be creative! I work best with a client who is not afraid to break a genre norm and experiment - I'll help you find the perfect sound for YOU.

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

A: I have been working exclusively on music for around 10 years - since I was very young I have always worked on music and in my teens I decided for it to be my primary focus, and only have increased my output and experience over the past few years having entered the pop/hyperpop arena.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Communication - I am always clear, concise, and foster an effective working relationship with my clients. I always make sure that the goals and wants of collaborators and clients are mutually understood, and that the finished product was formed through a formulated collection of ideas and not a cold and calculated email conversation.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring a wide array of inspirations and unique perspectives to any song I work on - I try to never allow genre conventions to take control and welcome experimentation and new directions in songwriting. I have been heavily inspired by genres typically seen as disconnected from the pop/hyperpop/trap genres I tend to work in, such as hardcore and Nu-Metal, IDM, Trip-Hop, folk, R&B and Soul. Being an artist as well as a producer allows me to infuse my production works with my color and flair, something not all producers strive for. I will never let a song be boring or uninspired, period.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have 2 separate studio spaces I use for different production tasks. One studio space is furnished with portable gear, such as an Arturia Keylab 49, a Presonus ioStation24c, and a portable rack mounted computer system to write music anywhere I need to go. The second is an acoustically treated mixing space, complete with upholstered acoustic panels, a rackmounted Focusrite preamp system combined 500 series preamps, an 88 key weighted midi controller, and a Neumann TLM102 microphone with isolated backing to ensure isolated recording and mixing environments. I also bring vintage gear between both studios for interesting songwriting combinations, such as an Korg MS-10, an AKAI S5000 sampler, and cassette recorders for samples.

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

A: Many of my production icons happen to be friends and past collaborators, such as Luvox, Alice Gas and Andrew Goes to Hell, but I take huge inspirational cues from classic producers from the past. The Prodigy, Massive Attack, DJ Sammy, Aphex Twin, Justice, Daft Punk, and Rob Dougan to name a few. I also am very inspired by new-wave electronic producers, such as Cashmere Cat, Dylan Brady, Umru, and Fraxiom.

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

A: I am most often doing production work for clients, ranging from full song production (instrumental writing and recording, mixing and vocal editing, and sometimes songwriting) to beat sales with licensing.