How long have you been producing for?

I started working on stuff in GarageBand 5 years ago when I was a senior in high school. 3 years ago I got Logic Pro and have been working in that ever since.

How did you learn to produce music?

I had a strong background in improv piano, but I taught myself everything by just experimenting in Logic and listening to how other artists I liked made their music. Eventually, I reached a point where I needed to start looking up YouTube videos to learn specific things such as mixing and mastering.

If you were to start over, how would you go about learning music?

I would start by focusing on rhythm by learning some sort of percussion instrument, and then focus on learning improv and classical piano. If you learn those two things, you have pretty much all of music covered. I would also throw in a healthy amount of music theory.

Then I would look for a music production course either at a college or online and take that.

What software do you use?

I use Logic Pro X for production and Final Cut Pro for video editing. I also have the following plug-in suites.

• iZotope Music Production Suite

• NI Komplete 14

• Soundtoys 5

However, I believe that you don’t need any of these as long as you have a good DAW. I only obtained these recently, and there is so much free software that you can use to make amazing music. Getting these won’t make you a better producer. The only thing that will make you better is practice and being aware of your weaknesses.