Production and recording
Hey! I’m honored you’re considering me to produce your next record. When I’m working with an artist, I want to make sure their music goes out into the world as well-realized as possible, and being able to lend my experience at multiple parts of the process is a huge part of making that happen.
I see the record-making process as a series of steps, both somewhat distinct and inexorably connected while creating music. Those steps look something like this:
Pre-Production: Songwriting > Arrangement
Main Process: Performances > Recording > Editing > Mixing > Track Order > Mastering > Printing and Distro
The most important element, in my humble opinion, is that each step here has a multiplicative effect on the work done before it. A decent song can become good with a solid production, a good song can become very good with a professional Mix… you get the idea. At the same time, a great song (or better) both makes the following steps a breeze, and really lets them turn your music into magic. Every classic album you love from the 60s, 70s, and 80s started with killer songs and employed a team of the very best musicians and engineers to turn it into something greater than its position in the Top 40.
My Engineering experience brings technical expertise to the table to keep my sessions running smoothly, letting you focus on getting into the next take, or layering overdubs, or trying out musical ideas, with the high standard of recording quality clients expect of me. My Composition experience
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I’m also available for recording dates on their own - I typically work out of The Studio Portland, but any studio open to outside engineers can be arranged with their rental fees in mind.
-Costs-
My Production prices are all-inclusive with the exception of lodging. While arranging the Production contract, we’ll discuss the number of final tracks, the complexity of the project and hired musicians, and plan out how many studio days we’ll need (with a decent cushion). I think it’s important to highlight that the agreement is for number of final tracks since we often record more songs than will make it to the final cut: this agreed-upon track count will be how many songs are Mixed and Mastered.
Price can vary significantly but is generally based on the track count.
Email me about for more information and to discuss what producing your project would look like!
Finally, an inexhaustive playlist of music I’ve produced: