A top record producer has revealed his secret behind more than two billion plays, as Headliner recently discovered…
Mike Smith has created popular songs that have sold more than five million units and been streamed more than two billion times, all made in his home studio.
The music industry whizz has spent years creating the perfect home setup for collaborations with some of the biggest artists, including Snoop Dogg, and boasts a professional studio-quality array at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Music-lover Smith has just added a Neve BCM10/2 console to his already impressive setup, which contains a great mix of analogue and digital tech to maximise a hybrid workflow.
Smith has worked with household names like DJ Khaled and RZA, and his newest track, a collaboration between Snoop Dogg and Billy Ray Cyrus called A Hard Working Man, has just been picked up for NFL Primetime Thursday Night Football – one of the most watched US shows.
“Working with Snoop and Billy Ray is phenomenal. It’s a real dream come true,” says Smith. “I originally released A Hard Working Man in February 2020, and it hit number 25 on the Billboard Rock Charts - a week before the world shut down for COVID.