Romel Chávez on SoundBetter

I’m Romel Chávez, an Ecuadorian artist, producer and songwriter, all my music has been crafted by me as well as music for other artist (you can listen this in the link) My mision as a producer is trying to keep the essence and the strengths of the artist and develope them into a piece of tasteful music with a solid structure and a lot of momentum.

I studied a music degree with emphasis on electric guitar and musical production. I record every single instrument on my own productions (vocals, synths, drums, electric and acoustic guitar) I had work in a lot of genres of music (pop, pop rock, rock, r&b, dancehall, reggaeton, cumbia, música regional, folk). I have 10 years of experience making music and I’m the owner of a home studio with good quality gear and equipments such as:

Apollo twin
Yamaha HS5
AKG c414XLII
Ableton Live
BeyerDynamic DT770 pro
UAD plug-ins (Neve, Manley, API, Telefunken, etc.)
Plug-in Alliance
Omnisphere, Trilian, Serum, Kontakt, SubLab, Arturia, etc.

Guitar gear:
Suhr Classic Pro
Yamaha ae12
Yamaha ERG121
Fender Hot Rod Deville III 4x10
Vogel Amen Deluxe

Pedals: Strymon, JHS, providence, xotic, bondi effects, tc electronic, line 6, etc

A bunch of good quality sample libraries and vst

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English
Spanish

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Interview with Romel Chávez

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: “Gatinha Minha” - Menino Gutto ft. Zaly, cause we wrote the song in 10 minutes I think, and production just bangs so hard as we all wanted, it has the best ideas, we respected so much the ideas of everyone and get inspired by them to keep creating new sections in the song. I’m very happy with the results. I co writed and co produced the song.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: My next release
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: At the moment no
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both, because of sound and handiness
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Doing my best and work always for the song, to get the best results possible
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Having a lot of ideas and translate them in to sounds that match perfectly
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: How many time it would take to get the song finished. It always depends of the song and our expectations
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That I’m doing this because is my way to get my bills paid, I’m doing this because I love to be surrounded by music.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Do you have experience making music and working with other musicians?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: To enjoy the process and being honest with themselves (I mean style) so we can get out the best of the song and the artist
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Apollo Twin MacBook Pro AKG 414 Vogel Amen Guitar Beyer Dynamic DT770 pro
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I began in music at 8 years old, and I’m making records since 2020
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Honest
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Charlie Puth, cause I think that we listen some similar music and we are musical nerds haha
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Know your tools and overuse them (in a good sense) instead of buying a lot of tools that you don’t know exactly what they do
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop music, regional, ballads, reggaeton.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Communication to transform demos into exactly what we have in our minds
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: A very human feeling, momentum, solid structure and making the song fun to listen.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Writing or reviewing the song, have a meeting with the artist, identify artist’s strengths and expectations and start working with a reference that we choose.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: It’s a home studio with acoustic treatment, good analog gear and all the plugins and vst described on my profile.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Bruno Mars, Shawn Mendes, Charlie Puth, John Mayer, Feid, Andrés Torres y Mauricio Rengifo, Jaycen Joshua, etc.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Pristine

My last release,

I was the Writer, producer, arranger and performer in this production

Full instrumental productionAverage price - $400 per song
ProducerAverage price - $400 per song
Electric GuitarAverage price - $70 per song
Acoustic GuitarAverage price - $70 per song
Songwriter - MusicAverage price - $70 per song
Sound DesignAverage price - $500 per minute
Vocal compingAverage price - $40 per track

50% of the payment has to be anticipated, you can have access up to three revisions, and we can be very creative as we can in pre production stage, let’s get fun.