Angie Zawada is a Montreal based songwriter that I have had the pleasure of collaborating with since 2012. Together, we have completed 5 projects that range from full production to mixing and mastering. This particular project “To Gaia’s Freedom” was a project we helped finalize by taking her raw stems and completing the final touch of mixing and mastering with our StudioPros engineer. When Angie contacted me a few weeks ago, I knew that the material she would be sending… [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]
You’ve written a great song. You have a strong melody, lyrics, the musical structure is set and you have a vision for the production. The next step is finding the right team of musicians, engineers and producers to help you bring your vision to life. As an independent artist you come across a lot of decisions that can make or break your career in the industry of songwriting and pitching your songs to film and tv. Decisions such as: What… [Read More]
This month’s featured artist is a New Mexico based preacher, performer and recording artist Eddie B. I call him the “modern day Johnny Cash” as his mission for music and performing has a similar tone to Cash’s performances at Folsom Prison. Eddie has been using his original music to reach individuals who are in prison and preach his message to change lives for those behind bars. He frequents approximately 450 prisons in a year performing his music to inmates offering… [Read More]
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Ronnie Souza for the past 3 years to help complete his full album of productions. The StudioPros team has fully produced the album from the ground up using live band instrumentation ranging from rock arrangements, to adding full horn sections and live string arrangements. Ronnie has a talent for writing beautifully crafted melodies and has quite a versatility of styles in his songwriting ranging from adult contemporary, pop, blues and even country. He… [Read More]
This month’s featured artist, Tommy DeCarlo, is the current lead singer for the band BOSTON. Going from everyday dad with a job at his local Home Depot, to singing lead for his favorite band BOSTON later in life- this is my favorite client story to date. He is the most relatable rockstar that I’ve ever met. Tommy has produced 3 full songs with the StudioPros production team. Although Tommy has access to some of the best musicians in the industry, he still choses… [Read More]
There is almost not a day that goes by that I don’t have a chat with one of my favorite clients and this month’s featured artist, Blake Burgess. Blake has collaborated with the StudioPros production team on 17 productions to date! Blake is unique in the fact that when he utilizes our music production team, he contributes something from his home studio to put his signature touch on his songs. Whether it be providing his own drum parts, bass, guitar or… [Read More]
Logan Myers is a young budding singer/songwriter with a very bright future. At just 17 years old and about to enter her senior year of high school, Logan is just at the start of her songwriting and recording career. I’ve always enjoyed working with up and coming artists with such promise and their whole future ahead of them. We have collaborated on 2 projects to date and we are now at the starting phases of production number 3. Logan’s sweet yet quietly powerful… [Read More]
I always enjoy the process of working with young singer-songwriters because I always can see how much they learn throughout the production from start to finish and the promise in their futures is so bright. This month’s featured artist, Kaylee Keller is one of the most mature teenage girls I have ever met. Born and raised in Western Kansas (Garden City), Kaylee is just 16 years old and an upcoming junior in high school. She has already gotten 10 college… [Read More]
This month’s featured songwriter, Irben Jeter, spends the majority of his time on the road as a coach operator. Along with that comes a lot of time to reflect and write melodies and songs. Jeter first started collaborating with the StudioPros team in 2013 and since then we have produced 8 full songs together. His strength is writing infectious melodies and lyrics. He records his melodic ideas into his phone and sends them over to me via email. From there,… [Read More]