Salvatore Manalo

Salvatore Manalo is a singer/songwriter and producer based in Portland, Oregon. His songwriting fuses honest storytelling with musical complexity to create an amalgamation of pop, soul, and R&B. Salvatore has been diving into the world of production and engineering. After graduating from Berklee with a Guitar and Audio Production degree, his second passion has been making recording and production more accessible to musicians with his project studio in Portland.

Yang Tan is a mixer and vocal engineer at Paramount Recording Studios and the owner of Absolute Magnitude Entertainment Records. She has taken her skill for orchestral arrangements and morphed it into a successful career as a mixer working with artists like Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Stephanie Poetri, J. Cole, Pentatonix, and K-pop artist Jackson Wang.

Salvatore says this about his experience using SongChecks: “I was expecting a thorough critique, but this was so helpful. I will definitely be utilizing SongChecks for my important releases. Please send my warmest gratitude to Yang! The notes on mix and production improvements are gold.”

You can hear the version of the song Yang was sent (above) and read Yang’s SongChecks notes for Salvatore (below).