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Joey O’Gorman - Remote Music Producer and Mixing Engineer - Hip/Hop or R&B or Pop or Rock

Hi,

I’ve composed, produced and mixed for myself and others. I mostly create music through software but I can record live musicians when necessary.

Find my work: search “Produced by Joey O’Gorman” or "Mixed & Mastered by Joey O'Gorman" on Spotify.

Recent mix and master credits include Asher Roth's "Day Go By (demo)".

Well-experienced in Ableton and Pro Tools, able to use Logic Pro and FL Studio.

Thanks,
Joey

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Interview with Joey O'Gorman

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: My own EP Weight Of The World, it took about a year to make and involved researching music psychology.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: A second EP, a pop-rock Beatles inspired with live musicians and singer Marcus Smith.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: I’d love to try all analog when I can afford the gear, I love the sound electricity adds.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Dedication to getting what they want and more.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: I’m obsessed with music.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: Make me something lovely.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: I don’t sample.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Give me some references please.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Listen to my credits.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Headphones, laptop, keyboard, generator, mosquito lamp.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: Started making beats, went to college for music production, met collaborators through Asher Roth’s Discord, worked on my EP with them, worked on my second EP with live musicians.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: A mix of cleanliness and texture where necessary.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Kanye West. He has the best vision for achieving an interesting and musical sound - at least he had.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Use a gate on home-recorded vocals.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Hip-Hop/Rap, R&B, Pop, Rock, Folk.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Determination, technical skill, good ear.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: A deep musical interest and knowledge, a perfectionist attitude, a willingness to provide the artists desired result.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Compose the song structure initially on the piano, decide what instruments should be added or replaced with, build the drums, record artists, mix and master.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: DAWs: Pro Tools, Ableton, Logic Pro and FL Studio. Hardware: Arturia Keylab 61 MIDI keyboard, Adam T5V monitors, and Beyerdynamic Pro headphones. Software: Arturia/Native Instruments/Waves/Universal Audio. Musicians available to hire: Guitars, Bass, Drums, Piano.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Artists: Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, The Beatles, Bon Iver. Producers: 40, DJ Premier, Kanye West, Jon Brion, DJ Khalil, Just Blaze, George Martin. Engineers: MixedbyAli, 40, Noah Goldstein, Ken Lewis.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Produce a hip-hop instrumental, compose a song structure for any other genre, recruit and record live musicians, record or mix for others.