Songs & Music Production

Ma Chérie

Singer-Songwriter/ Arranger/ Producer/ Mixing Engineer

/

2026

About the project

Ma Chérie is a singer-songwriter piece exploring intimacy, affection, and the quiet emotions of falling in love. The song combines my own vocals with a restrained production style to create a personal and intimate atmosphere.

Creative process

Creative process

I approached the production with a focus on space and emotional clarity, allowing the vocal to remain at the centre of the arrangement. The instrumentation and production gradually build around the vocal rather than overwhelming it, using subtle layers and textural changes to support the emotional development of the song.

Listen

Behind the Scenes

A glimpse of the work, studio process behind this song.

Credits

Lyricist&Composer:Xinrui Ma 
Arrangement:Xinrui Ma BackingVocals:Xinrui Ma Producer:Xinrui Ma, Sijia Zhang RecordingStudio: Belle Shenkman Studio RecordingEngineer:Mack Kniese RecordingAssistant:Jiayu Si MixingEngineer:Xinrui Ma MixingStudio:313a 1st Violin:Huiying Luo 2nd Violin:Xixuan Zhang Cello:Zhijing Wu
 Piano/Conductor:Xinrui Ma VisualDesign:Xinran Huo

Related Projects