{"id":3180,"date":"2022-04-28T10:45:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/byta.com\/blog\/?post_type=methodtomymusic&#038;p=3180"},"modified":"2022-06-02T08:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T08:24:58","slug":"joelle-sahar","status":"publish","type":"methodtomymusic","link":"https:\/\/byta.com\/blog\/methodtomymusic\/joelle-sahar\/","title":{"rendered":"Joelle Sahar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where are you based?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>LA, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How, when and where did you start making music? Are you primarily a musician or a producer, or do something else?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My dad is a violinist who taught me piano to play at the age 3, and I started writing my first piano piece at age 14. Although I play piano and sing, I consider myself to be mainly a songwriter\/composer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who would you consider some of your biggest influences when it comes to your \u201csound\u201d?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In classical, I love Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. I love the sounds of Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. I love all styles\u2026 My influences are Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, Quincy Jones, and Diane Warren. I also love the writing styles of Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars, they should do a duet together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I\u2019m Lebanese, I love writing Arabian music as well, one particular style is <a href=\"https:\/\/joellesahar.com\/bellydancesuperstars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bellydance<\/a> music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explain your creative process? Do you have a routine?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As we all know, inspiration happens anytime of the day. I try to write during the mornings, but it literally happens anytime. Inspiration doesn\u2019t care if you have plans, it will come anytime, anywhere.. And I invite it everytime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually, it\u2019s always a melody idea that comes from looking at a picture on my feed, or listening to a far distant beat in a coffee shop\u2026I try to not listen to music to be honest, because I will be inspired too much, and I\u2019ll have like 10 songs that i will be inspired to write by the end of the day. So melody happens really fast, usually like 5-10 minutes, and the melody is all done. Now, comes the harder part, the lyrics is what takes time with me\u2026 could take between 1 hour up to 2-3 days. I love the process of writing so much\u2026 I also know it\u2019s not coming from me, but coming through me. I feel like it\u2019s almost cheating, I just hear it in my head, and I just play what I hear. I believe we are all conduits, and that creativity is born through us if we are able to align with it. I don\u2019t write music what I think it is, I write music based on what \u201cit\u201d is. Creation is not about me, I\u2019m pretty much just delivering what I hear, simple as that. It\u2019s a very humbling and amazing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is your \u201cstudio\u201d setup?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a home studio with your basic setup, and I also work out of a professional recording studio when needed for songwriting camps, vocal production, and musician recordings. My latest recording session was for a feature film pitch project, I had the vocalist and the engineer, and I was overseeing the vocal takes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Joelle-Ferrando-Set-up-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Joelle-Ferrando-Set-up-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/byta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Joelle-Ferrando-Set-up-3-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is your process when working with other people? How is collaboration different in the studio vs working remotely?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, I didn\u2019t think remote collaboration would even work, and I was really stuck on the idea of working together in person. Of course, the pandemic forced us to all collaborate remotely, and I actually enjoyed it a lot, and it worked out great! I do feel though that knowing the person in advance is essential to see if you\u2019re going to both click.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"byta-callout grid-cell grid--full pad-30 border-grey text-center\"><h3 class=\"blue-dark\"> Byta delivers fast and secure audio sharing<\/h3><p class=\"blue-dark p-regular set-width\">With Byta you are in control of your music. <\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/what-is-byta\" class=\"button_wrapper\"> <span class=\"button bg-melon mar-top-30\">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At what point(s) are you comfortable letting other people hear what you are working on?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It depends who is hearing it. If it\u2019s pro music people, I could send them a scratch vocal with piano chords. If it\u2019s for the music industry, definitely must be all done and perfect with full production and mix\/master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you share your work in progress (streams or downloads)? Any technical frustrations? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, I use Box as the way to share my work as it\u2019s been the easiest so far, but it still doesn\u2019t have the platform needed for artists and musicians to share works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the <a href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advantages<\/a> of using Byta as part of your workflow compared to other platforms?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I stumbled upon <a href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Byta<\/a>, it looked very user-friendly, although I didn\u2019t get the chance to use it as the main sharing platform, I\u2019m planning to move all my music from box to Byta for the sharing flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you know when a track\/album is finished?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When it sounds good to me, and a few trusted music sources that push the green light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you listen to the final mixes\/mastered work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I listen in many ways, though I prefer to do so in the studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How important is pre-release security when sharing new work? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe it\u2019s vital to have the songs secured, because the sharing space is uncontrollable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who on your team gets to hear the final versions first and why, what formats do they each need?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though I do work solo, and work with co-writers, I\u2019m also part of a female trio songwriter team called \u201cThe Fan Club\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I usually let my co-writers hear it of course, a <a href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/kb\/article\/file-formats-metadata-explained\/\">.wav<\/a> is essentially needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outside of your inner circle who are the people that will need to hear the new tracks next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Trusted family and friends, as well as music industry people that I trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anything you are working on, anyone you are working with and want to share? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just finished 2 projects very recently, the first is that I got a chance to co-write on a song with 2 other writers for a charity in LA that deals with helping to stop addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other is for a feature film pitch project. More news, soon! Information on my music and other projects can be found on my website: <a href=\"https:\/\/joellesahar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joelle Sahar<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3182,"template":"","categories":[14],"class_list":["post-3180","methodtomymusic","type-methodtomymusic","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-methodtomymusic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joelle Sahar | #MethodToMyMusic - Byta Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Joelle Sahar is a Lebanese, LA-based songwriter. 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