Songwriting · Recording · Music Production · Mixing · Arrangement
Music Production & Studio
From songwriting and recording to sound production.
Selected original music, studio productions, recording sessions, remixing and arrangements.
Studio practice
Chen Wang’s studio practice spans electronic and popular music, songwriting, vocal production, instrumental recording, sound design and musical arrangement. Combining creative production with technical recording and mixing approaches, her work explores different musical styles, sonic textures and production techniques.
01 · Selected original productions
A collection of original songs written, performed and produced by Chen, ranging from electronic and pop-influenced production to acoustic instrumentation and vocal-led arrangements.
The selected recordings reflect different approaches to songwriting, instrumental production, vocal recording and sound design, often developed in collaboration with instrumentalists and other musicians.
Summertime
3:46Love Me the Same
4:55The Flight of Time
4:48Violin: Collin Li
Feel Alive
3:18Electric guitar: Ed Smith · Bass: Mike Mellor
02 · Inside the studio
Chen’s recording experience includes vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, violin and acoustic ensemble recording in both studio and concert-hall environments.
Her work involves experimenting with microphone placement, stereo recording techniques, acoustic spaces, signal processing and creative production methods. Selected sessions demonstrate how recording decisions influence the character, depth and spatial image of the final sound.
01
Acoustic & instrumental recording
Exploring microphone placement and recording techniques across acoustic guitar, piano and violin, from XY stereo configurations to multi-microphone instrumental recording.
02
Concert hall stereo recording
A violin recording at the University of York’s Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, exploring spaced-pair and near-coincident microphone techniques to balance instrumental clarity with the natural acoustic environment.
Stereo recording · Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall
8:11Post-production notes
Post-production included take editing, EQ and noise removal with iZotope RX.
03
Vocal recording & creative processing
Vocal production and experimental recording techniques, including re-amping, tonal processing and the transformation of recorded voice into different musical textures.
03 · Remix & sound production
Remixing provides another space for exploring musical material through rearrangement, resampling, vocal manipulation and electronic production.
In Fav Boy, the original composition was reworked into a contrasting electronic arrangement through changes in tempo, harmonic material, vocal treatment and sound design, demonstrating how the same musical source can be reimagined through production.
Fav Boy
Fav Boy · Original
3:18The remix moves from 103 to 141 BPM, with vocal pitch manipulation and guitar resampling.
Remix session
Inside the remix
The Ableton Live session for the remix, with pitch automation on the vocal and a flanger in the effect chain.
04 · Arrangement & collaborations
Alongside original music, Chen has worked on arrangements and productions of existing compositions, collaborating with composers and instrumental performers.
Selected work includes rearranging and producing Young Hero Little Nezha (小哪吒), composed by Haiying Li, for presentation in concert.
Her wider professional practice also includes original electronic music releases as a signed artist with Taihe Music Group and composition for musical theatre and immersive productions.
Arrangement
Young Hero Little Nezha (少年英雄小哪吒)
Original composer: Haiying Li · Arrangement and production: Chen Wang