We were lucky to catch up with Omisha Chaitanya recently and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Omisha, great to have you with us today and excited to have you share your wisdom with our readers. Over the years, after speaking with countless do-ers, makers, builders, entrepreneurs, artists and more we’ve noticed that the ability to take risks is central to almost all stories of triumph and so we’re really interested in hearing about your journey with risk and how you developed your risk-taking ability.
It takes years to develop your skills enough to trust them when unchartered territories in your personal creative journey cross your path. The way to develop those skills is to keep working at them. I have spent hours on end listening to music I love and recreating them in digital audio workstations, recreating the instrumentations via MIDI sequencing, emulating the reverb and delay chains on analog hardware at the recording studio I work at, studying the patterns, transitions, and fills that keep the arrangement interesting with each instrument complimenting the other, and so much more. In addition to this practice, I find that in every artistic project I’ve worked on, there has always been certain questions that have arisen in the process of creating. Following those questions to wherever the answers may lead means that it is sometimes more scientific and straightforward, or sometimes more subjective and open-ended. Either way, there is always experience there that builds your skills further. All of this cumulatively helps me build trust in my skills, because I trust my curiosity and sense of exploration.
Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
Being a sound designer and audio engineer takes my career through so many different avenues. Currently, I’m working on orchestrations for an upcoming tour in March for a major artist while simultaneously producing 2 extended play projects for independent artists due for release in the fall. I am regularly mixing and mastering songs, as well as working on film scores, Broadway cast album recordings, and so much more at the studio. Every endeavour exercises a different aspect of my creative and technical knowledge that keeps the professional work fresh and fun while also connecting me to other creatives from a sundry of niches within the industry. It is rare to collect such a wide breath of experience, and I feel very blessed to have this as my daily life.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
My advice to anyone starting out is to be kind, curious, and proactive. It goes a long way when working in the music industry. One of the biggest things you hear from working at studios is how important it is to be a “good hang”. Being the kind of person who makes spending 12-hours a day in back to back sessions feel like a breeze. Being curious sharpens your skills while keeping you humble. Being proactive keeps you organised in your work and helps anticipating the needs of a project even before the artist.
Who is your ideal client or what sort of characteristics would make someone an ideal client for you?
I feel so grateful that the collective of artists whose teams I’m on and who I work with have all been incredibly communicative and also have crystal clear visions for the art we create. They have all been the ideal client to me! Receiving detailed notes on revisions as a sound designer, mixer, and mastering engineer allows me to actualise the project with accuracy and bring the intended impact of the project to fruition. Working with folks who are kind and communicative keeps the process fresh even after months of moulding a song. That is a very special relationship to foster, where you work efficiently yet loosely, leaving room for fun.
Contact Info:
- Website: http://omishachaitanya.com
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