Roy McLaren

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About me

Music obsessed Music Producer/Engineer/Sound Engineer/DJ. After graduating from University with a Degree in Commercial Music, I was signed to The Shapeshifters label in 2004, and have since released over 100 records. I also run my own label, Here To Hear Music, which is going from strengths to strengths. I am now looking to make the next step and get into more projects that push my creative skill set and start the next chapter of my music career.
Additional skills:
I have my own studio, which i have built up over the past 20 years and am completely competent in all aspects of sound production.

Having released over 100 tracks so far, many of which have been included on Major worldwide compilations, as well as vinyl releases, im fully aware of what is needed to make a track ready for a commercial release, and of course stand out from the crowd in an increasingly competitive industry. 

I use both hardware, software and recording equipment, and understand every element inside out.

Dynamics / Eqing / Mixing / Mastering / Editing/ Arranging / Rhythm / Harmonies, i have a wealth of experience in all these fields, and know what role each element plays in producing a quality piece of music.

I was the producer/engineer for a 7 piece house band, writing all the music, providing all the ideas and producing all the recordings whilst playing live with Abelton and djing at our gigs all over the UK. 

With many years of producing music I have become proficient in recording technique, everything from recording live drums to full bands and mixing live at concerts.

I am proficient in all DAW's,  i personally use Logic to make my music, but have used, and understand them all.

I know the importance of room acoustics's, metering and monitoring. What sound waves do, how they act, what there role is, and why they do, what they do.

I have an abundance of hardware synths, drum machines and samplers, and use all forms of electronic synthesis in my tracks, from Subtractive synthesis, wavetable, frequency moduation and everything in between.

I have mixed using a multitude of mixing equipment, including high end SSL mixing desks for summing mixing, to provide that added  rich sounding' harmonic distortion, to pretty much every synth you could imagine.


Having worked part time for my family business from the age of 14 and full time from 2000 I have amassed a great deal of knowledge on everything from people skills to the ability to deal with a various stressful and sometimes unpredictable situations calmly and positively.

Being a sales representative for the business allowed me to interact with a wide variety of different people and gave me a fantastic grounding in communication skills and how to adapt to differing surroundings and fundamentally the importance of hard work.

Having spent every spare available moment I have from the age of 16 working hard in my studio I decided to start up my own music production company.  In 2005 I constructed a detailed business plan and applied for a Princess trust loan, which I secured successfully in order to upgrade my studio equipment and get my business off the ground.

I have been producing music and djing since i was 14, and producing professionally for the last 18 years, as well as djing all over the UK and Europe. 
Industry awards:
Princess Trust Business Start Up Loan 2005
2004 Scottish Budweiser Open Decks Runner Up
2003 Scottish Open Decks Champion
BA - Degree In Commercial Music 2/1 - 2000 Paisley University
HNC/HND Music Technology Falkirk College - removed
4 Highers - English B- Biology B - Secretarial Studies B- Classical Studies - B
Grade 7 Speech & Drama/Public Speaking
Grade 5 Piano
Referees:
Available on request
Additional information:
My Beatport page for the more electronic styles,

https://www.beatport.com/artist/roy-mclaren/32683

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Composing/Arranging
Job Titles	Post-Production Assistant, Music Production, Voice / Dialect Coach, Talent Manager, Marketing / PR, Composer, Sound Designer, Sound Mixer / Recordist, Sound Operator / Engineer, Production Support, Studio Producer / Director, Producer
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	ISA, Musicians Union (UK)
Musical Skills	Piano/Keyboards, Synthesiser
Musical Style	Acid House, Ambient, Chillout, Club music, Dance music, Disco, Electronica, House, Techno, Trance