Tim Tim Tye is a client that I have worked with for the past 5 years, producing over an album’s worth of material. I just had to share one of our latest collaborations, “Retail at Christmas.” When Tim approached me with this song, I was excited to work on a more comical song for the holidays. A lot of us get overwhelmed this time of year and, let’s be honest, not everything is always fairy dust and smiles. “Retail at Christmas”… [Read More]
You Can’t Always Get What You Want But if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need. Joe Faylor got on the StudioPros radar when he entered “Died And Gone To Heaven” during our 2019 Country Song Contest. As the creator of executive media presentations for multinational companies in Silicon Valley, he’s always had a creative bug. “I knew I wanted the song to be country” he shares. “I’d had the idea for it and some of… [Read More]
Ever since she was little girl in Poland, student Debora Ferrante has dreamt of a life in music. Currently she’s finishing her studies and working as a restaurant server. Despite her busy schedule, she works hard to make time for her music. She began songwriting a couple of years ago, putting her experiences onto paper. When asked where her inspiration comes from, she said” my music always mirrors what’s in my head. It could be a memory, an emotion or… [Read More]
StudioPros gives new life to a Latin-Rock inspired song. Rob McCurdy is a retired IT Professional, now full-time songwriter whose life motto is to “live life to the fullest” in every way possible. Having been serious about writing songs for 50+ years, he has now used StudioPros to polish up his records and achieve a more professional and creative sound within his music. His featured song “She Drives Me Wild” tells his own personal story of a wistful fleeting romance… [Read More]
StudioPros Country Song Contest winner Kurt Hunter shares “Old Guitar” final master We wanted to share with you the before and after of Kurt Hunter’s winning StudioPros Country Contest song, “Old Guitar”. Kurt is such a talented songwriter and was a true pleasure to work with throughout this country music production. The StudioPros production team chose to go with a live country band feel including live drums, bass, electric guitar, piano as well as some tastefully placed pedal steel. Kurt… [Read More]
First Annual StudioPros Pop Songwriting Contest Winners Over 300 talented pop songwriters submitted to StudioPros first annual pop songwriting contest in just 2 weeks time. Wow! Well done everyone. Thanks for your enthusiasm. I have to say, there were so many great submissions that we had a really hard time making a final decision. If you submitted a song and you didn’t win, please don’t get discouraged. Keep on writing! We still want to help you professionally produce your song… [Read More]
We wanted to officially welcome the newest member to the StudioPros vocalist team. Meet Michael. As a born and bred Cajun man, the spirit of the Delta runs deep in Michael’s blood. From the moment he could speak he was singing everything from blues tunes to R&B and soul music. As he progressed and his love of music grew, he began performing live at age 11 in local bars and clubs, taking crowds by surprise with his soulful vocals and… [Read More]
Communication. The root of a lot of sessions that go wrong as well as relationships in general not working out comes down to this word COMMUNICATION. After years of working on productions in all styles, languages with different personalities, I thought I’d throw together a quick blog on what I have seen WORKS. Keep it short. Musicians in general don’t like to read. I have seen clients write paragraphs upon paragraphs of changes that they’d like to have made. What… [Read More]
First things first, HAPPY FRIDAY. TGIF! I wanted to share with you a really fun project I’ve recently wrapped up here at StudioPros in collaboration with my client Thierry Kauffman. Thierry lives in France. To me, it’s just amazing how we can get so much done and collaborate on a project like this from halfway around the world. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, MUSIC IS THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE that brings us all together. Thierry has good melody… [Read More]
Tips for A Great Co-writing Session The Situation: You’ve spent countless nights humming into your voice memos. You’ve scribbled dozens of ideas into the notepad on the bedside table after 2AM. But now, after spending most of your songwriting journey alone, other people want to come in and crash your party. If you’re a notoriously awkward collaborator, haven’t done it enough, or have never written with anyone before, here are a few tips for a smooth co-writing session. Songwriting With A… [Read More]