radio play a song receives . The more radio plays the song , the more your song climbs the charts .
In 2021 my first song ‘ Dreamin Out Loud ’ topped the European and World Radio charts simultaneously . With my next song ‘ Jab The World ’ I entered the mainstream charts , The DRT ROCK top 50 where my song peaked at number 8 alongside legendary bands like ACDC , Foo Fighters , Green Day , Papa Roach , Imagine Dragons etc . My previous song So New is still doing well in the DRT pop and rock charts after many weeks and ‘ i Pray ’ has entered the top 30 of the prestigious mainstream DRT HIP HOP Top 50 alongside greats like Drake , Snoop Dog and Cardi B . The single is number 1 on the world radio charts and the European top 100 independent charts . There is no better feeling knowing that more and more people are listening to my songs on global radio stations and now these radio stations have begun to anticipate my next release . I am grateful for this but it is continuous work and I am trying to be consistent . It has really taught me that radio is critical to music discovery and this helps fuel growth of your music on Digital streaming sites and Youtube . I am not on a label and therefore by definition I am an ‘ Independent artist ’. I feel any independent artist can make this journey if they understand the commercial rules of the game .
Talk to us about your songwriting process
My song writing process is quite bizarre . I first single out an emotion I want to convey . Then I build a mood for it with a music groove and decide on a very clear genre for it . I know at this stage if the song is going to be a Pop , Rock , Adult Contemporary , Hip- Hop , R & B as it has to clearly fit into a radio genre format . I then write a catchy chorus with words that fit the groove like a glove .
I am very choosy about this part and reject many of my own ideas . It takes me a week sometimes to just get this right . Once this is done , I build the rest of the song around this chorus and groove . Next , I add instruments to make the song richer and then of course sound engineering techniques to improve the song ’ s presentability .
Last but not the least comes the mastering to make sure the song resonates perfectly with the intent it was created . I create a song from start to finish like this every 40-45 days !
Describe your production process of making music .
My production process is integral to the song making process I spoke about earlier on . I am an Apple fanboy and can ’ t do anything without my Mac , be it audio or video . I work between DAWs like Logic pro , Protools and my favourite beat creation tool is Fruity loops . My fav vocal mics are SHURE SM 7 B and AKG 414 . I always work with LIVE guitar session musicians and sometimes for Drum underlays . I am such a sucker for sweet sounding synths and so I have a huge library of those . My latest fetish is headphones . I love tracking with Sennheiser closed headphones and mixing with open back BeyerDynamic headphones . Production technology is the great equalizer today . Anyone with the will to learn can create music as good as any studio in the world . Ofcourse one has to keep an open mind to learn new things everyday .
Upcoming projects
Post Turning Back Time which is a July 8th release , I will continue working on a ‘ funk rock ’ single . I am also getting spanish vocal coaching for a latino pop song aimed at later on , in the year . I will be happy to share more once these songs are closer to completion . Right now , I ’ m happy to see how people across the world have appreciated and embraced the sentiment of ‘ i Pray ’ and I hope people will relate to Turning Back Time as well , for the promise of the ‘ better times ahead ’ it bears .
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