Music Production
Work with Chris
A music producer is a professional who guides a musician through every step of creating a song, from the initial concept to a finished, polished product ready for release and enjoyment. To succeed in this role, a person needs to have strong technical skills along with solid artistic, practical, and interpersonal abilities. Chris possesses all of these qualities. Drawing on his experience as a recording and performing artist, as well as his work on projects for other artists, Chris has the expertise to ensure your vision isn’t just realized, but elevated into a compelling audio experience. When you hire Chris as your producer, he will serve as your project leader, allowing you to focus entirely on your artistry.
COMPOSITION AND ARRANGEMENT
Chris can create original music from scratch or develop existing material into a fully finished piece, depending on whether you’re starting with a raw concept, a melodic sketch, or a lyrical idea. He skillfully handles arrangement by designing engaging musical structures, instrumentation, and harmonies that reflect your unique artistic identity.
Recording
Capture your performances with clear, professional quality. Chris provides expert recording services, including managing sessions to ensure optimal microphone placement, signal chain integrity, and technical precision. Chris works from his professional home studio, an ideal environment for many projects. For larger or more complex productions, he can help you find and secure a recording facility that fits your project’s needs and budget. He creates a space where you can perform your best so that the resulting raw tracks are clean, vibrant, and powerful.
Editing
Refine and polish your recorded audio with Chris’s meticulous editing services. He cleans up tracks, corrects timing, tunes vocals (if desired), and enhances instrument performances to ensure precision and consistency. During this crucial step, your music’s clarity is improved, which is essential for the final stages of post-production.
Creative Guidance
Setting aside the technical details, Chris provides holistic guidance on all creative aspects of your project. He acts as a collaborative artistic partner, offering insights on performance style, arrangement, and overall composition. By keeping your main goals in mind, he helps steer the entire music production process to ensure your final product aligns with your objectives.
Producing Music
with Chris
Chris’s production process is collaborative, transparent, and effective. He guides your project through each phase, resulting in a professionally recorded and edited master.
Pre-Production
You and Chris will start with a detailed discussion of your vision, goals, and existing material. This stage involves creating original elements, conceptualizing arrangements, choosing instrumentation, and planning the recording process. If you need help with songwriting, Chris can assist you as well. Check his dedicated Songwriting page for more details.
Recording
Chris arranges and supervises recording sessions. He makes sure high-quality audio is captured from the source and directs the performance if needed.
Editing & Refinement
After the recording sessions, Chris edits, cleans up, and refines the tracks for accuracy and consistency. This prepares the audio for the next stages of mixing and mastering.
Delivery & Post-Production Coordination
After the recording sessions, Chris edits, cleans up, and refines the tracks for accuracy and consistency. This prepares the audio for the next stages of mixing and mastering.
Music Production Highlights
Highlighted here is a selection of projects produced by Chris. To see more of Chris’s portfolio, visit his main Selected Projects page.
Skip to: Housewifery (reality TV-inspired music production) Tu Hi Re (reimagining a classic) Shadows (emotive theme song) Etiquette (production fit for royalty)
Housewifery
Chris’s Housewifery EP, which he produced, showcases his versatile production skills.
Tu Hi Re
In “Tu Hi Re,” a cover of A.R. Rahman’s classic Hindi song, Chris’s production skills show how a beloved masterpiece can be reimagined.
Shadows
“Shadows,” the theme song for the critically acclaimed one-man show Boy Meets Girl, demonstrates how Chris uses his unique production skills to create music that resonates emotionally.
Etiquette
Chris’s masterful production of this fan favorite from the award-winning musical Prince Harry: Live! At Coachella showcases how he manipulates music production to support an overall narrative.
Ready to make your sound a reality?
Contact Chris to discover how his expertise in composition, arrangement, recording, and editing can help shape your sound into something exceptional, and how he can guide your project to its polished final release.