Jack C.

Music Producer, Engineer, Editor | Songwriter | Writer | Video Editor

Music is my passion. I cannot get enough of it. Every single aspect of it truly excites me and I love working with all kinds of people to bring their ideas to life. I have mastered the skill of being able to discuss complex music topics with both beginners and other professionals. Through my love of music, I've developed other skills such as video editing, motion graphics, photo editing, and illustration. These all initially started as a way for me to compliment my music with other types of media, but have blossomed into passions of their own. The scenarios I can help with: - Creating music for an artist, a movie, television, games, and much more - Getting your song to reach its full potential - Creating sound FX and soundscapes for visual media - Getting your podcast to sound its absolute best The services I offer at a glance are: - Music Production - Mixing - Mastering - Songwriting - Lyric Writing - Music Arrangement - Sound Design - Audio Editing - Podcast Editing - Video Editing - Photo Editing - Motion Graphics - Illustration The software I use: - Ableton Live 11 - Premiere Pro - After Effects - Photoshop - Lightroom - Illustrator Read further to get more details on each one! Music Production: - Adding instrumentation to fill out the song, such as drums, bass, guitar, and keys. - Adding extra vocals for harmonies and background melodies. - Adding FX such as risers, impacts, and ambient noise to add momentum and character to a song. Mixing: - Gain staging to balance the volume of the tracks. - Panning to separate the tracks in the stereo field. - Gating to remove unwanted inbetween noise in recordings. - EQ to make room for all the tracks in the frequency spectrum. - De-essing to remove any harsh sounds from a vocal performance. - Compression/Multiband Compression to control the dynamics of each track. - Saturation/Distortion to add colour and character to specific tracks. - Modulation effects such as chorus and phaser. - Reverb and delay to create depth in the mix. - Bus processing to create a cohesive mix - Parallel processing. - Automation to create an evolving and clear mix. Audio Editing: - Remove background noise. - Remove unwanted sounds such as pops, clicks, breaths. - Remove filler words such as umm and uhh. - Remove long pauses. - Comp together multiple takes into one. - Removing echo Mastering: - Corrective EQ to further clean up the song. - Creative EQ to bring out certain elements in the song. - Saturation to add character and colour to the song. - Compression to control the dynamic range of the song. - Limiting to bring the volume of the song to a commercial level Music Composition & Sound Design: - Creating FX sounds. - Creating ambient soundscapes. - Creating specific music for a platform, such as games or movies. Songwriting: - Writing an entire song from scratch - Writing all the lyrics or finishing incomplete lyrics. - Finish a song that is just an idea or loop at the moment Music Arrangement: - Arrange and structure an entire song - Finish arranging and structuring a song - Rearrange a song to sound its best Audio Engineer: - Provide guidance on how to record to get the best sound - Provide guidance on what equipment is necessary for all price ranges - Record musicians and vocalists in my home studio (Leeds, UK) - Come and engineer a session at a studio of your choosing Podcast Editing: - Adding intro and outro (applying fades and crossfades) - Adding ID3 tags - Editing the audio - Marking down timecodes for different sections Video Editing and Motion Graphics: - Editing raw videos into a complete social media video - Colouring the video to look professional - Adding motion graphics to a video to create a more engaging video Illustration and Photo Editing: - Creating artwork from scratch - Editing photos - Create a design for posters, flyers, etc. Experience: - 20 years of playing instruments and singing. - 15 years of songwriting. - 10 years of music production, audio editing, and mixing. - 4 years of mastering. - 10 years of releasing music to all streaming platforms - Written music for artists gaining over 900k streams on Spotify - 1 year of writing content, creating videos, and editing content for HomeMusicMaker.com I'm very committed to my job and always striving to satisfy my clients needs. Looking forward to realize your creative ideas!