Producer · Photographer · Filmmaker  /  New York

David Ike

Three ways of paying attention — a room's sound, a face in late light, a moment that only reads in motion. I work in all three, usually on the same project.

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Ground  /  Who you're hiring

One set of
eyes and ears.

Everything I release, I make in a bedroom studio — write it, play it, track it, mix it, master it.

My releases go out under Rocky Road Records — a name a few of us came up with in college when we were running a music collective, and one I've kept.

These days a record I produce usually comes with the photographs, and a film I shoot usually comes with its own score. Clients get one person holding the whole thing instead of three vendors trying to agree.

I work with musicians, small labels, brands that would rather look like themselves, and people getting married who don't want their day to look like a stock photo.

  • Records produced, mixed, or scored40+
  • Events shot15+
  • Short films and music videos5
  • Based inNew York · Travels
David Ike, smiling, by the water

Sound  /  Production, mixing, original scoring

Sound

Four self-released tracks written, played, and finished alone in my bedroom studio, plus a record I worked on. Open a title to hear it.

Full tracks play for listeners signed in to Spotify; everyone else hears a 30-second preview.

Full catalogue on Spotify

Light  /  Live, portrait, commercial

Light

Stages, job sites, and people who are about to get married. Mostly available light, occasionally a flash, never more frames than the moment needs.

A performer in a white suit crossing a wide stage, backlit by a red LED wall
White suit against a red wall of light
A couple on a stone bench in late afternoon sun, she rests back against his arm
Engagement portrait, late sun on a stone bench
A keyboard player under deep red stage light, hands on the keys
Keys in red light
Four people in hard hats and safety vests walking a solar site
Site walk past the inverters
A couple holding hands under a stone archway in dappled summer light
Stone arch, midsummer shade
A bassist seen from behind leaning out over a crowd holding up phones
Bass turned to the crowd
A black and white portrait of a couple, she laughs as he leans in, a park bridge behind
Black and white, by the bridge
A drummer behind a large kit, lit from behind by a single beam through haze
Drums under one beam, second set
A woman laughing wide with a ring in her palm, a man beside her smiling down
Laughing on the sidewalk, ring in hand
A singer in white pointing out at the audience against a blue backdrop
Pointing into the crowd, blue wash behind
Three band members with guitars standing in front of a graffiti mural
Three-piece against the mural
A performer at the microphone dissolving into amber stage haze
Silhouette in amber haze
The Brooklyn Bridge at blue hour with the lit Manhattan skyline behind it
Brooklyn Bridge at blue hour, Manhattan behind it
Two crew members in hard hats and safety vests walking beside a row of solar panels
Walking the rows
A singer at the microphone mid-phrase, bass in hand, eyes closed
Vocals and in-ears, halfway through the last song
A wide shot of a singer silhouetted under a row of warm stage lights
Under the house lights, second song
Three friends lying head to head on grass at night, laughing up at the camera
Three friends, flash on the grass after dark
A phone in the dark, filming the stage
A phone in the dark, filming the stage

Motion  /  Music video, short film, event film

Motion

Shot, directed, cut, and scored by me. All digital, graded to sit closer to film than to a camera default — I like the tones, not the cost of the stock.

Project title

Music video

Send me a Vimeo or YouTube link and a line about the project.

Project title

Short film

Send me a Vimeo or YouTube link and a line about the project.

Project title

Wedding film

Send me a Vimeo or YouTube link and a line about the project.

Project title

Live session

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Hire  /  What I take on

Work with me

Pick a starting point. If your project crosses two of these, that's usually the version I do best — and it costs less than hiring twice. Every number below is a starting point, not a menu; tell me the project and I'll send a real quote.

Music production

Records, singles, scoring

  • Production fee covers arrangement, mix and master
  • Sessions in my room — no rental clock running
  • Vocal production, session guitar and bass
  • Outside studio coordinated if the song needs it

Production from $500 per song
Sessions from $400 per day

Photography

Live, portrait, commercial

  • Concerts, shows and full-day events
  • Artist portraits and press kits
  • Engagements and couples
  • Commercial and on-site brand work

Half day $850  ·  full day from $1,500
Commercial from $2,000 plus usage

Videography

Videos, event films, live capture

  • Music videos, concept to cut
  • Event films and documentary
  • Live session capture, audio included
  • Digital, graded for film tone

Music videos from $2,500
Event films from $1,800

Tell me what you're making.

Send the date, the shape of it, and where it happens. I answer within two days.

Start a booking hello@davidike.me