ANU music student Rachel Warren's dream is to work as a topliner in K-Pop. In this episode, she speaks to Grammy-nominated US music producer Mike Daley, who has produced and mixed the records of musicians including EXO and NCT, Lady Gaga and Chris Brown.

Mike tells Rachel how he got into the K-Pop industry, and the skills one should hone if they want to be a producer or topliner in K-Pop. He also explains some of the riffs and choices he made on a couple of his biggest K-Pop tracks.

Mike Daley is a Grammy nominated and platinum selling music producer and mixer. He has produced and mixed the records of some of the biggest names in Pop, Urban, and K-Pop music including Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, Usher, EXO, NCT, and others.

Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chimike/
And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_chimike

Rachel Warren is a 4th year student at the Australian National University studying a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Composition and Jazz and Contemporary Vocal Performance. She is due to graduate at the end of 2020.

Rachel will be teaching singing from January 2021, including English pronunciation through singing. Anyone interested in (online or face to face) lessons from Rachel can reach her via Facebook, Instagram or email.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/RachelEmmaMusic
Instagram: www.instagram.com/rachel.emma.music
Email: RachelEmmaMusic@gmail.com

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Music: "Found You" by Atch
SoundCloud: bit.ly/AtchSoundCloud
Spotify: bit.ly/AtchSpotify
Instagram: www.instagram.com/atchmusic

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