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💎 13+ Million Streams on Spotify 🇺🇸 Based in the US 🔈 5+ Years of Music Production & Audio Experience 🎵 Experienced in Pop, Electronic, Indie, and R&B 🎹 Multi-Instrumentalist (Piano, Guitar, Percussion) 🎓 Graduate of the ICON Collective College of Music Production About Me: John is an experienced creative professional with a diverse skillset and an immense passion for audio. His positive attitude, relentless work ethic, and desire to exceed client expectations help make him an asset to any project. John is a team player, easy to get along with, and always ready to take on a challenge even when it lies outside of his comfort zone. His experience in the studio includes recording, mixing, mastering, music production, analog consoles, and receiving hands-on training from seasoned industry professionals.

- A hard-working musician with over 10 years of experience writing, producing, mixing and mastering high-quality, industry-standard music - Proficient in all aspects of the music making process, from music theory, composition and arrangement to sound design and audio engineering - Extensive knowledge in multiple DAWs, including Ableton, ProTools, Logic - An effective communicator that seeks to establish a warm, welcoming environment where client's needs are met in a timely, professional manner

I have played music for well over 20 years, spending 11 of those years teaching private lessons on various instruments, all after getting my degree in studio music and jazz from the University of Miami Frost School of Music. I have used Logic Pro X daily since 2014, both for passion projects and freelance work. Since COVID, I've been teaching remote music lessons as well as leasing my music to multiple indie films and creating DJ mixes and mashups for various events.

I have more than 15 years of experience in music, I am currently a professional audio engineer and music producer, as well as classical pianist. I am quite versatile: I make music in many genres, from collaborating with well-known rappers, playing piano concertos, recording live metal bands, to producing edm and dubstep. My musicality, understanding of music theory, and my highly trained ear, combine to create the modern sound and studio polish that gives you the confidence to know your job is in the right hands.

U.S.-based Composer and Audio Post-Production Engineer for multimedia. SCOPE OF WORK - Music Composition, Arrangement, MIDI Programming, Recording and Mixing - Sound Design for a project to include: Foley, Ambience, Hard SFX - Dialogue Audio Restoration + Enhancement - Audio Post-Production and Distribution for Podcast Shows - Audiobook Editing/Mastering (matched to ACX specifications) - Consultation on Sound Recording and Reproduction 📎 ADDITIONAL INFO - Master’s Degree in Music Technology from New York University - Member of the Audio Engineering Society - O-1 Visa Holder (Individuals with extraordinary ability in the arts) - SFX Contributer on Pond5 🎹 TOOLS - Working in an acoustically treated studio - DAW: Logic Pro X, Pro Tools 12 - Hardware: Neve 5017 Mic Preamp, Universal Audio Apollo 8, Focal Shape 65 Monitors, AKG C414, Shure SM7B, Moog Mother 32s, Electric/Bass/Acoustic Guitars, Guitar Pedal assortment - Software: Entire iZotope Plugins (RX9 Advanced, Ozone 9 Adv., Neutron 3, Insight 2), Melodyne, Max/MSP, + a massive, high-end plugin collection (including UAD, Waves, Fabfilter, oeksound, Softube, Soundtoys, Sonnox) - Virtual Instruments: 2TB-sized Spitfire Audio Instrument Library, Native Instruments Komplete 12 Ultimate, Arturia V Collection& Pigments, Toontrack EZ Drummer 3 ☑️ EXTRA SKILLS - Video Editing in Final Cut Pro - Programming in Max/MSP - Image editing in Adobe Photoshop

I’m a creative audio wizard, with over 20 years in the industry as a music producer, mixing engineer, audio engineer, and composer. The New York Times calls my work "darkly exhilarating", and I have over 5 million views on my online music videos. Whatever your project needs are, I'll use an extremely diverse, expert-level skill set to get you there quickly. Here are some ways I can help: 📀 Mixing & Mastering: send me stems or a rough mix, and I will highlight just the right elements while shaping the dynamics and tonality to achieve maximum emotional and physical impact. My focus is on soul, jazz, hip-hop, and classical genres, but I can also mix other styles, just send me your references. Listen to 'Soul Funk Mix & Master' in my portfolio below for an example. 🏥 Music Restoration: send me your single audio file and I’ll re-balance and enhance the vocals, improve or create a stereo image, clean up distortion and clipping, and re-master it to sound impressive on all devices. Listen to 'Audio Repair - Music’ below. 🔊 Audio Restoration: send me your damaged recordings and I'll remove noises like wind, traffic, birds, background hums, distortion, clicks, and echos to give your content the clarity it deserves. Listen to 'Audio Repair - Voice' below for extreme before/after examples. 🎛 Music Production/Songwriting: morphing your bare-bones concept into a full-bodied track that hits hard. I can also add live drums, synths, or vocals myself, or source other top musicians, record them, and add their contributions to your track. 🎙 Podcast Editing: reducing episode lengths while preserving your core message, add intros/outros and ad spots, repair damaged recordings, eliminate background noises, sweeten voices, reduce dynamic range, create original sound design, do multi-camera video editing, select and create highlights for social media, add captions, and master audio for high intelligibility in all listening situations. Listen to 'Podcast Audio / Video Editor' below. 📚 Audiobook Editing: audio cleanup such as removing breath sounds and mouth noises, enhancing vocal clarity and intelligibility, and mastering your audio according to Audible / ACX Audio Submission Requirements. 📱 Social Media Audio Enhancement: optimizing the balance and sound of your content for maximum audience impact on YouTube, Instagram, and Tiktok. 💬 Consultation: grow your own knowledge while improving the end result. With over a decade of consulting experience, I can advise and help you create the optimal audio strategy for your project. I love the satisfaction of helping to bring a client's vision to life. Get in touch and let's figure out the details 🫡