Check Out Vincent Carlo’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Vincent Carlo

Hi Vincent, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I was born in France and started playing guitar as a teenager. But I quickly found more interest in producing tracks and records than just playing the instrument. Strings and horns arrangements also became very important for me and I went to the conservatory of Paris in the orchestration class of Alain Louvier. I also studied to be a sound engineer and work came naturally after being intern in one of the biggest Paris studios. I started to do a lot of music for commercials but also for TV and cinema. And it never stopped. Later on, I moved to the US, on the west coast. Being in Los Angeles helped me connect with more work opportunities but more importantly, it was really a wake up call for me to work harder and be more up to date with production techniques as well as improving on my composing skills. The absolute best of the music industry worked in LA at the time and it was very intimidating but also very inspiring to be around them. So I worked hard and eventually improved. The spirit of doing your absolute best is very present in Los Angeles. And it’s not necessarily to do better than the competition only. It’s more of a positive thing. It’s about doing the most professional job one can do.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I can’t say it’s been a smooth road but it’s wasn’t a particularly rough one either. There were some challenges for sure, but they were mostly logistic or financial. I can’t really complain when I’ve been doing what people call a “dream job” for the last 20 years… you get used to everything in life but sometimes (and more often than not), something reminds me that I’m pretty lucky to do what I do. It could be a gig or a legendary studio I get to work in, or simply a track that I produced and I’m proud of.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I’m a music composer and record producer. Most of the time, I create soundtracks for TV, commercials and cinema. I also do a lot of trailer music. Most of the people think that the soundtrack of a movie is what is used for the trailer but it’s almost never the case. It’s a specific type of composers who will do the track that will be used in the trailer. It’s a niche in the music industry but it’s a pretty cool gig. I particularly like it because you have to be creative with a very few elements and a lot of strict rules. It’s very challenging and you have to be good in every aspect of music production. It also helped me elevate my skills in other parts of my job. Like producing records for singers/songwriters. It’s all related and it’s very interesting. A few tracks I did ended up in big TV shows and in US baseball stadium events for example. I also did a few international commercial campaigns. It’s a good feeling when you see that your music is moving a lot of people.

What were you like growing up?
I always was interested in music and I remember “borrowing” my older brother K7s of Depeche Mode, Supertramp and ZZ top at a very early age. I was deeply affected by the chord changes on some of these songs and I connected very deeply with the colors of music early. I then met a great guitar teacher when I was a teenager who instantly gave me the will to become a pro. I started to read every CD booklets I could and see who was doing what. Production became very interesting for me. I followed the whole music conservatory education program and I learned music theory.

Contact Info:

• Website: http://www.vincentcarlo.com/music_productio_1./Home.html
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vincentcarlomusic/
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• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/vincentcarlomusic