When Artist D’Elle contacted me about producing a roots-blues Americana track “Truth Be Told”, I was so excited. As a folk artist myself, the picture she had painted about her song and vision really resonated with me. We had talks about finding a way to produce the music that took you back to a Mississippi front porch. Picture sitting on the front porch picking on an old beat up acoustic guitar as musicians join in. The first goal, find the… [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]
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]
Have you written a chord progression and have ideas for the perfect instrumental track but are falling short in the songwriting department when it comes to lyrics, melody and singing? We can help! StudioPros topline service is something we’ve recently introduced and has been proven to help songwriters take their projects to the next level. The Best Way To Finish Your Partial Recordings. Whether you are stuck with a partial recording, or just have the instrumental and no lyrics or… [Read More]
The StudioPros team has welcomed two new talented session vocalists this month! Meet Jack and Jenny. Meet Jenny. Jenny first learned to love singing when she and her mom would ride in the car for hours singing to Jewel’s “Foolish Games” on cassette. Her love for singing eventually grew when she learned of Faith Hill, Christina Aguilera, and Whitney Houston. She wrote her first song at the age of 13. She eventually attended Berklee College of Music as voice major,… [Read More]
This month’s featured artist, Fern Walker Jones is a Texas based singer/songwriter. I especially enjoyed working with Fern on this song as it was tapping into the smooth jazz side of our team and the musicians had so much fun with the more intricate instrumentation on this song! To capture a smooth jazz feel, we started out the production with our saxophonist taking a lead solo to kick start the production and set the tone for the piece. What follows… [Read More]