
Atmospheric toplines, cinematic vocal hooks, and expert lyric architecture from an elite New York City vocalist.
Hi, I’m Tryliss, a professional vocalist, topliner, and lyric architect based in New York City. With over a decade of industry execution, I specialize in crafting high-concept, melody-driven vocal assets and advanced background vocal production across dark pop, alternative pop, electronic/EDM, and cinematic media footprints.
I provide pristine, broadcast-ready dry vocal stems tracked from a professional environment, paired with commercial-grade lyric sheets built for profound emotional resonance and strict timeline compliance .
SERVICES:
* Industry-Standard Lead Vocals (Demo & Commercial Release)
* Premium Toplining (Vocal Melody, Metaphor Design, & Lyric Architecture)
* Vocal Arrangement & Background Vocal Production
* Co-writing, Structural Melody Editing, & Creative Problem Solving
WORKFLOW:
* 1. Project Scope Alignment: We map out the exact emotional framework, sonic references, and structural requirements for your track.
* 2. Secure Asset Onboarding: Once funding is secured, you share your instrumental stems and reference guides.
* 3. Review & Delivery: I deliver a high-quality reference mix alongside your pristine, unprocessed dry vocal stems for immediate production integration.
Contact me through the green button above and let's get to work.
Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish
Interview with Tryliss
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The absolute precision of transforming a raw instrumental concept into an undeniable, structurally complete vocal asset that completely elevates the record.
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: A song is high-value intellectual property. Look for a creative vendor who respects the emotional weight of your project while maintaining strict timeline compliance, pristine audio tracking standards, and clear, transparent publishing boundaries.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: My laptop loaded with my primary DAW software tracking suites, a high-end large-diaphragm condenser microphone, a professional audio interface, a premium XLR cable, and a custom pop filter for broadcast-ready dry vocal stems.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I have over a decade of continuous industry execution specialized in toplining, lyric architecture, and vocal production. My trajectory began out of an operational necessity to master audio engineering and various digital audio workstations in order to flawlessly replicate complex internal melodies. Over the last ten years, I have refined this workflow into an efficient, professional service—delivering high-end vocal assets and advanced background arrangements across diverse genres with absolute structural integrity.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Impeccable musicality anchored by immediate commercial translation. Whether navigating avant-garde alternative layouts or high-energy electronic grids, my songwriting ensures the immediate acoustic accessibility of the hook, balancing abstract creative metaphors with strict rhythmic rhyme and reason.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Trust your primary creative instinct on the first take. The initial raw topline stream almost always holds the core melodic geometry that commands a listener's ear.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Alternative Pop, Dark Pop, Dark Electronic/EDM, Moody Rock, and Cinematic Media Footprints.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Advanced topline melody formulation, expert lyric architecture, and complex, high-touch vocal arrangement.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Instant sing-ability, radio-ready catchiness, and a highly addictive, commercial quality built to scale audience engagement.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Upon receiving an instrumental track, the optimal topline melody map surfaces immediately. I track this vocal stream in real-time, subsequently engineering the lyrical architecture, metaphor design, and complex background vocal layouts to seamlessly lock into the production matrix.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: I always imagine myself writing songs with or collaborating with certain artists I feel have the same musical intuition as me. A couple examples would be Artemas and Bad Omens, different genres but I agree with the choices they make for topline, lyrically I differ a bit in terms of subject matter unless given a certain prompt.

I was the Singer & Topliner & Lyricist in this production
- Singer - FemaleAverage price - $200 per song
- Top line writer (vocal melody)Average price - $250 per song
- Songwriter - LyricAverage price - $250 per song
Turnaround: 7-10 days. 48hr rush: +25% fee. Includes 1 free revision session. Splits: 50% Full Topline/Melody & Lyrics | 25% Hooks | 25% Co-writes & Edits.
- Lana Del Rey
- BANKS
- Artemas
- Professional tracking suite optimized for vocal production. Features a high-end large-diaphragm condenser microphone
- premium digital audio workstation (DAW) tracking software
- and custom vocal arrangement tools for broadcast-ready dry stems.
Complimentary 15-minute creative brief consultation for all first-time client integrations to align on sonic references and emotional benchmarks before project funding.



