Starting production for Attentive Hearts [Cancelled]

 [EDIT JAN 15 2023: After multiple recordings and mixing sessions, this project was cancelled just after the 6th edition of the music, with more than 60 work hours down the drain. The employer had multiple parties involved that could not agree between themselves, which left me in the line of fire. Clearly "unlimited revisions" as a requirement...

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Completed production of Shadow In The Mirror for Walking With Angels

Earlier in 2022 I discovered Doug Seeley (Walking with Angels) on SoundCloud, and his vocal style just captured my attention. I really enjoyed how he managed to come across just so raw and directly, reaching deep from within himself then hitting a spot deep inside the listener too - right on target!...

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Started production with Aurora Adams

 I found Aurora in a music group on Facebook. Her profile says "Aurora is a friendly, tea drinking, actor/puppeteer, voice artist and writer from London." And from what I've seen so far it is a very fitting description for this multi talented lady.We are collaborating in a production for a rock blues ballad, something similar to Black Velvet....

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Onboarding Kaby Burton [Cancelled]

  [EDIT Jan 10 2022: After months no progress has been made, as Kaby keeps on responding that she is too busy. Sadly, I had to move on]I discovered Kaby on Vocalizr and absolutely fell in love with her vocals when I listened to a demo. It contained something that I felt was different than many other vocalists, and I decided that I would love...

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Completed production of "She" for Demian

 "She" was quite an interesting song. Demian is into funk-blues stuff which leans somewhat towards a jazzy feel. He supplied the recordings for the vocals and acoustic guitar accompaniment.Initially I attempted to replace the guitar with an electric guitar, and added a few other supporting instruments, but soon found that the original guitar contained...

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Completed production for Lovefire for Alexandra

 Quite a while ago, after successfully completing Worry Not with Alexandra, we decided to work together once more on the next track for her. I really loved her vocals and I believe she is such an underrated artist. Even her accent gives the music a distinct character.So we started work on LoveFire, a deep slow and soulful ballad. I created the...

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Completed production for Adéle from Songforyou.co.za

 This was a relatively short production, as the lyrics, melody and chords were already created and set in place by Adéle from Song For You. The studio accordingly created the music, including recording some live guitar, bass and sax. Adéle opted to perform and record her vocals as a placeholder, since the song in it's current state will be used...

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Completed Production of Pistis

I thought it was time to create something cinematic, and one of the most effective ways to convey that raw emotion is through a big symphony orchestra. I'm not really too fond of classical music and the little I know breaks all the rules. But it can be something powerful and can provoke our emotions. So, I attempted this for myself in studio with the...

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Starting production for Adéle from Songforyou.co.za

Adéle stumbled upon me on the internet and shared some details about what they are exactly doing at Song For You, where she is the founder. I think their website says it all: YOUR PERSONAL STORIES, LYRICS OR POEMS INTO A SONG & PRE-PRODUCTION SERVICES. How cool is that!  Besides serious song writing (including melody and chords), she...

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Starting Production for Dimitri

 Dimitri has written many blues funk songs, with the acoustic guitar capturing the genre quite well. We've decided to work together on "She", and while we're busy finishing it you can find the original version on his profile here: https://demian.ba...

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Heavy from Kuu Sound has been released!

It has been great working with Kai from Kuu Sound and I really think she has something different to offer when it comes to music. She has a great future ahead for sure, and it is wonderful to have played a tiny part in it. Here is a link to the preview on Sound Cloud on my profile:Heavy - Kuu Sound (preview)Do I want more of this amazing artist? Oh...

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Kuu - Heavy

It says "Coming out soon", yay!What I can tell you is that I've spent a total of 99 hours on this project, after hours that is! And that's not counting in Kai's own hard hours spent on her vocal work. The project ran from 1 May 2022 to 30 June 2022.Here is the post on Instag...

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Complete Production Demo of Get Away using EmVoice Keela

EmVoice created another artificial voice called Keela, and I must say it is quite impressive! Of course it still requires lots of work to let it sound more human, but not as much as the previous voices. I've only completed short demo projects with any of the EmVoice vocal synths up to now, as I find it too intensive to create a full length track that...

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Completed production for Kuu

 I can't believe we've reached the end of this production already, and it was a relative quick one with me spending a total of 99 hours on it. Kuu also took quite a few hours to get the performance just right, and she delivered timeously. We started on 4 May 2022 and finished on 28 June 20220 which is not too bad considering the amount of work...

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Pre-save for Way Home from Natalie DeVaney

 I'm delighted to announce the Pre-save for Way Home from Natalie DeVaney! Go be the first inline to get ...

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Started Production for Kuu

  I stumbled across Kuu while looking for new vocals, and found some of her work on http://voclio.com. Man, was I mesmerized! I decided to purchase the track right away. She kindly agreed to assist me with working on something she wrote, and I can't wait.I find myself often listening to her vocals by itself. She has a way of capturing the...

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Produced demo Lost It All with EmVoice Lucy

 I was in the mood to create a short demo again using the synth Lucy vocals from EmVoice. And to fit with these times, the theme just had to be about war. I wanted to make the melody and message simple, as you can paint a pretty picture with words - and this subject should not be so.I always challenge myself to get Lucy to sound really like an...

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Completed Production for Natalie

The Production for Natalie has been completed successfully, yay! It was quite a pleasant journey, and her commitment and hard work has paid off. Off course not much may be revealed at this point, but it is worth the suspense ;) You can be sure this is one is straight from Natalie's heart.Stay tuned for details of the release on where you can find it...

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Jam time - woohoo!

Giving myself a break. On Thursdays evenings I am normally unreachable until midnight hours:&nb...

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Starting Production for Becca [Cancelled]

 [EDIT: After a few weeks, Becca felt she just did not have enough time to continue with a project with this studio]Becca is a talented voiceover artist and actor, and play multiple instruments too. Singing is just one of her talents. We are buy on a track that will show what she can do when it comes to music.To learn more of her, here is her...

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Starting Production for Marno Fourie [Cancelled]

 [Edit: After a discussion, understandably Marno decided that he is uncomfortable that we do a production for one of his songs. Unfortunately we could not agree on something alternative from the studio. Eventually he did offer work on his material.]Marno is from my side of the world here in Johannesburg, South Africa. We will be working on some...

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Starting Production for Rose Campbell [Cancelled]

[EDIT: I truly don't know what happened. Rose stopped answering WhatsApps, and eventually I just had to move on]Rose is from the USA and has done quite a few of this sort of thing already. She also plays guitar to aid with when she feels like singing. She joins the studio to perform on a laid back chillout track, and I share her excitement.Listen her...

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Started Production for Walking With Angels

I was impressed by the raw emotions of Dough Seeley's music. He agreed to do a production with me and things are happening! In the mean time check out Walking With Angels onhttps://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/n4...

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