Record, Edit, Saxophonist

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Currently I have three project, one is a talent piece for a Miss America pageant contestant. I am also collaborating with a rap artist for a new production project

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

A: I have been actively performing for ten years, including tours with small bands. As a music producer and composer, it has been over the last three years I have been writing for full orchestras to small groups and love doing it

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

A: Writing and arranging background tracks or custom compositions. I have also been a session player for a while

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Don't take the human element out of your music and overproduce

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

A: Soundtrack, Pop, Hip Hop and other rap/club genres

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I usually start with mapping inside a daw and then do a simple piano outline so that I can just get ideas flowing

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I work in both Pro Tools and Logic, I use sounds from Omnisphere and play sound libraries.

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

A: There are too many. There are producers in every genre,. For my musicianship, I look up to the great Jazz artists like Michael Brecker and John Coltrane