Hello,
Music has ALWAYS been monumental in my life! From as early as I can remember I used to tap & beat on ANY & EVERYthing I could get me hands on! My mother can testify as I constantly annoyed her with my finger hitting, toe tapping behavior. In the 4th grade I played the Recorder & after failing to gain entrance into the choir, sneaked & played the Glockenspiel under the direction of my music/chorus teacher Mrs. Mitchell @ Bartow Elementary (Savannah, GA) – I loved her & that school! She didn’t originally select me to play the Glockenspiel, but as a determined young man, I was persisted & showed up to practice & eventually she didn’t know the difference, though I always suspected she knew the deal. Oh well, I enjoyed it & I was good to the Glockenspiel. In 5th grade, I began playing the trumpet, only to switch to Alto Saxophone within weeks. Apparently, I wasn’t ready to play a brass instrument…
I started producing music in middle school (7th grade I believe) with a Radio Shack keyboard, MIDI Orchestrator (software), an HP desktop, a few friends & inspiration from some producers I was listening to @ the time (Timbaland, Mannie Fresh, The Neptunes, Just Blaze, P. Diddy, Dark Child, just to name a few). We had this “record label” entitled NeverDie Entertainment (N.D.E.) & we would pretend we were actually running a label! It all seems trivial now, but back then, you couldn’t tell us otherwise! Even though I don’t communicate with my “labelmates” anymore, I do think of them from time to time whenever I produce a track. “Those were some interesting days” is a common sentence I utter as I reminisce about those days @ DeRenne Middle School (Savannah, GA).
After taking a hiatus from producing to focus on college, I was introduced to F.L. Studio or Fruity Loops by a few friends of mine in Glenn Hall @ GT (Atlanta, GA). From there, I was thrown into the world of solely computer based production, which is a realm I had never entire lived within. Some tactics were specifically withheld from me to sharpen my skills with my newfound friend – F.L. Studio. As time progressed, my style & sound came to fruition. Every now & again I still place myself in the Producer’s Chair & secrete the tunes floating between my ears.
