I make AfroPop beats and hooks

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

A: I made a team song for Metaforce(A Global Crypto currency Company) I made the song in collaboration with Lyusia. I made the beat,wrote the song and sang most part of the song. Lyusia sang the second verse and we did duet the chorus and she did some add lips.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Working on an EP for EM.Seyi.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: I'll make friends here pretty soon. For now I'm really new here.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital with necessary analog inputs. It's easy to control and less expensive especially on the side of the clients.

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

A: Smooth working relationship,proper communication and a production that suits their expectations and concepts.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: My originality. Rich melodies.

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

A: They ask...Do you think the job is good enough? I tell them...there's really no rule to it,immediately the song or work gets proper visibility it begins to sound as amazing as other mega hits out there.

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

A: They may think I'm too serious and blunt till they work with me. Most clients may be sceptical about my inputs till they feel the effect on the job.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What do you want to achieve with the work? Have you worked with other producers before? I ask for their previous projects so I can give them a better job based on their budget. How urgent is the job? Do you need my inputs?

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

A: Listen to previous works first. Check for Professionalism and industry standard gears. Check out for smooth communication. Check out the personality,credibility and professional integrity.

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

A: A laptop,Headphones,SoundCard,Microphone and a midi keyboard.

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

A: I've been doing music production for over a decade. I started from the church where I learnt bits of different music instruments and singing skills. From the church I started learning and recording at a music studio(a digital studio) same time i was playing live music with other musicians. I do live sound Engineering too so I worked as a sound Engineer when I wasn't playing a music instrument. I play the guitars with other musicians. Now I run mostly studio productions and less of live productions.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: My sound is a blend of Afro and R&B. Most importantly...I love my sound to sound as real as possible. To achieve that,I use samples and tones that sounds very real and less of synthetic tones and samples.

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

A: Kizz Daniel. I love how his vocals come through on a beat,it makes the beat sound even better. I love his melodies too. I could help with his harmonies and simple sing-along choruses.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Take choruses and hooks seriously in all songs (rich melodies)because that's what most listeners remember always and it helps a song stick to the listener even when they don't understand the language used in the song.

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

A: All kinds of music that falls under my genre Afrobeats/AfroPop. It could be love songs,up tempo dance tracks and club bangers. Conscious,inspirational and gospel songs. I make cool music for jingles and movie Soundtracks too.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I make beats with really sweet melodies. I'm very good in pitch corrections. I massively supply melodies and harmonies. I easily come up with hooks and choruses for different songs ideas and concepts.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I try my best to make a beat that really gives life to the song and because I sing too,helping with the melodies and harmonies comes through me naturally. I also help my clients with lyrical ideas when necessary.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I get to listen to my clients first...understand what they really need is most important to me before I begin the process. I take references from my clients and I also make suggestions. I hit my studio and make the production,listen through before sending to my clients to listen then I wait for possible corrections before the final product.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I have a well insulated studio space with good acoustics for quality audio recording. I make beats on FL Studio and record my vocals on Cubase with Rode NT1 Mic,Focusrite SoundCard and Yamaha HS Monitor Speakers.

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

A: Cobams Asukwo. Ed Sheeran. James Blunt.

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

A: Afrobeats beats. Jingles for ads. Movie Soundtracks. Backup Harmonies. Song Writing. Choruses and Hooks.