DR KHIL

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* WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

I am from Clifton Park, NY it is just north of Albany and south of Saratoga . It was a kind of a small town, I went to a private high school in Troy, so I got to meet kids from all around , and hear a lot of different music.

* WHERE DOES THE INSPIRATION FOR YOUR BEATS
COME FROM?

The thrill to create something new most of the time. Other times it might be a sample I had been thinking about all day at work. I figure a lot of my chopping ahead of the time at my nine to five job.

* WHAT DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU LISTEN TO YOUR OWN BEATS?

I always feel like I could have mixed it better! Hahaha! I love listening to my beats. I put them in my work playlists, and listen to them.

* PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW GLASS CEILING AFFECT CAME TOGETHER, WHO’S INVOLVED AND HOW THE HECK DOESN’T EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT YA’LL?

GM hit me up and asked me about it, I figured it was a good idea. Glass Ceiling Effect is GM, Melvin Junko, Nick Nice, Elsphinx, CosMP, myself and, Pete Pluto who I finished an EP with. "An Orbituary" 12/14/10!

* WHO ARE SUM OF MUSICAL INFLUENCES?

I listen to a lot of different music. Jimi Hendrix to The Misfits. Some death metal like Nile, I really like Nick Drake and Thelonious Monk.

* HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE  COOL LAID BACK, INYOUR FACE, CONSCIOUS

I have a very grimey sound. I don't like things to sound that good, they need to be a bit distorted and stressed.

* YOU HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT?YOUR HAVE ANY LINKS YOU WANT ME TO PUT UP OR PICS?

@DrKhil is my twitter, www.glassceilingeffect.blogspot.com is for GCE.

* WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO TO RELAX? (THAT YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT) = )

I like to watch movies and TV shows. Actually, TV shows run my life, hahaha! I watch stuff like Lost, Dexter, Sons Of Anarchy, Weeds, and Eastbound and Down. I also enjoy drinking bourbon and ginger ale.

*  WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU LOVED MUSIC MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON?

When I watched a show on VH1 about famous albums being made, I watch all of them. I even watched the ones about albums I didn't even like! I just wanted to see the recording studios and equipment. I knew then, I wanted to make music.

* HOW DID YOU GET INTO PRODUCING?

I always loved music, then I heard Gangstarr and Black Moon and the beats just spoke to me. Then i found out I could download a free program to make beats, so I did and the rest is history.

* WHO/WHAT INFLUENCES YOUR STYLE?

EVERYTHING influences me, movies, TV, and nature. My sound is influenced by bands from the Sixties, I love that raw analog sound. I only work in 12 bit because I love the sound of vintage samplers.

* WHO ARE SOME OF THE ARTISTS YOUR HAVE WORKED WITH SO FAR?

GM, Elsphinx, Sime Gezus, Nick Nice, Melvin Junko, Rick Whispers, Top Dolla Raz and i will be working with Premonition soon.

* WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT PEOPLE THAT AREN'T FANS OF YOU MUSIC TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?

I would like people to know I like to stay positive. When you have any doubt in your mind, you will not succeed, I know I am capable of anything as long as I work hard and stay passionate about things.

* WHO TAUGHT YOU ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE LESSONS IN LIFE?

My father, he told me that I should work hard and never be afraid to get my hands dirty.

* WHAT ARE YOU TOP 5 MOVIES?

I can not answer this question, if I do you wouldn't have room for any other questions! HAHAHA! Here are some directors I am a fan of Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, David O'Russell, Zack Snyder, and Adam McKay.

* WHAT ARE 3 THINGS YOU CANT LIVE WITHOUT?

Music, My family, and a computer!

* WHY DO YOU LOVE MUSIC?

Thats a hard question. Um...I guess it is just the way it makes me feel. I love the way you can get a song stuck in your head all day and it can either make the day great or horrible! HAHAHA!

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* WHEN DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO?

Not till after I started DJ’ing.  I dabbled in beats a little bit when I used to rap but nowhere near where I am now.  


* HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN INTO MUSIC?


Very much so.  Moms played a lot of jazz when I was younger & it’s always had its effect on me.  


* WHERE DOES YOUR INSPIRATION COME FROM?


This will sound weird, but it determines on the mood I’m in.  The weird part is, I always end up making a beat that sounds like the polar opposite of how I’m feeling at the moment.  Some of my darkest beats were when I was the happiest, and vice versa.  It’s odd, and I wish I could figure it out haha.  


* YOUR BEATS ARE SO COOL AND LAID BACK IS YOUR PERSONALITY AS COOL AND LAID BACK AS YOUR BEATS? 
Haha yea, I really avoid trouble as much as possible.  Which is why people rarely see my face. 


* IM TEMPTED TO ASK WHICH IS UR FAVE BEAT BUT I WON’T... YOU ALREADY KNOW MINE SO FAR IS A NEW BEGINNING OFF OF DIG2... SO OK WHICH BEAT TOOK YOU THE LONGEST TO COMPLETE?
LOL! 

I’d have to say right now GOLD took me the longest to complete.  I worked on it off and on for about two months.  It still isn’t where I’d like it to be at but maybe one day I’ll fully complete it. 


* WHY DID YOU TAKE THAT HIATUS ON US? / WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO COME BACK?


Eh...next question.  LOL nah just playing.  At the time, DIG2 was about 3-4 separate projects.  I had big plans for these so I hyped them up HEAVILY to my peers & elsewhere.  I got almost little to no response about any of it.  I felt that I had proved that I had some talent...enough to be recognized for it at least a little bit, but I got almost nothing.  So it discouraged me...felt like everyone was sleeping & no one cared.  Couple that up with little to no downloads and that resulted in me deciding to just put it all out as one project and quit/go back to DJ’ing full time.  
I honestly had no intention to come back at all.  I had a lot of people telling me to not quit but what stuck with me was meeting REL, a producer/all around hip hop head from San Francisco, and a dude whose work I truly respect.  He told me “Don’t let it get to you.  You got something; you just gotta work on it.  Keep going cause I want to hear more!”  A producer whose work I truly feel and respect and HE is telling ME that he wants to hear more of MY stuff.  So I realized I couldn’t let sleeping midgets become giants...only I could control my output, not them.  Sorry if that sounds cocky or like a diss to my listeners lol. 


* WHEN I LISTEN TO YOUR BEATS I FEEL LIKE I AM BACK IN THE 90'S WHEN MUSIC HAD SO MUCH MORE MEANING AND DEPTH. IS IT YOUR INTENT TO TRY AND BRING THAT FEEL BACK?


Yea, with me and Dokter Whu, both of our styles take a lot from the 90’s.  With me though, I’m not trying to necessarily “bring the 90’s back”, I honestly think that’s kinda cheezy, especially with some heads talking about how they’re bringing the 90’s back when they weren’t even born TILL the 90’s.  My whole agenda when I started making beats was to make something I felt first, then let everyone else feel it.  I do draw a lot of inspiration when it comes to drums & samples from the 90’s sound though.  


* DO YOU MAKE YOUR BEATS IN SPURTS, DO YOU MAKE THEM WHEN THEY COME TO YOU, OR CAN YOU JUST SIT AND BANG SOME OUT IN LIKE A COUPLE OF DAYS?


Shoot I wish I could get them out in a couple days LOL.  After much trial and error I realized that all I can do is work on a beat when I felt like it.  The feeling HAS to be there otherwise my output is seriously impeded.  That’s why I couldn’t sign with a label or work around an artist full time...I don’t do well with deadlines haha.  

SHADE

 Shade Cobain is a producer hailing from Pittsburgh, Pa. His style is of the late 90's boom bap, with a today spin on it. He also does production in the nu-soul (neo soul) genre. His drive for creating music non stop. Within this year alone he has produced/co-produced 4 albums (Cobainish Remixes Vol. 1, Divine Seven's LISTEN!!!, Jon Quest's Real Adventures of Jon Quest, Cassette Theory Beat EP, and THEM FIGHTING WORDS Presents Anti Love Theory which is now getting attention worldwide. For more of Shade, you can check out his twitter, Soundcloud, or his Bandcamp page.

SHADE COBAIN

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* WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT PEOPLE THAT ARENT FANS OF YOU MUSIC TO KNO ABOUT YOU? 


I’m a real spiritual person. 


* WHAT ARE YOU TRYNA BRING TO THE GAME? 


I’m not really trying to bring anything  to the game. I’m just here to spread good music to ears.


* WHO ARE SUM OF MUSICAL INFLUENCES? 


Stevie Wonder, Prince, Marley Marl, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, J-Dilla, and Madlib


* WHO/WHAT INSPIRES YOU? 


Life inspires me. Every beat I make is like a journal entry to me.


* WHO TAUGHT YOU ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE LESSONS IN LIFE? 


My grandmother Burhl Greer. She taught me everything about emotion and feelings.


* IF YOU COULD CHANGE 1 THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE WOULD YOU? WHAT WOULD IT BE? AND WHY? 


I’m satisfied with everything I went through. Without none of those experiences, I wouldn’t be the man that I am today.


* IF YOU HAD TO WORK A 9-5 WHAT WOULD YOU SEE YOURSELF DOING? 


On some real shit, I can see myself doing anything that’s humanitarian.


* WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF LIFE WHAT WOULD TRULY MAKE YOU HAPPY? 


Love and respect.


* WHAT IS YOUR FAV SPORT AND TEAM? 


Football…THE 6X Super Bowl Champions Pittsburgh Steelers


* WHAT’S YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE STATE OF MUSIC? 


The state of music today is in the need of a makeover. People are so now concerned with image, than the actual music. We must put the music back in the forefront.


* HOW LONG YOU BEEN IN THE GAME? 


14 yrs.


* WHY DO YOU LOVE MUSIC? 


Music has always been a part of my life. Music NEVER lets me down.


* WHO ARE YOU TOP 5 MC'S 


Elzhi, Black Thought, MF DOOM, Jay-Z, Mos Def


* WHAT ARE YOU TOP 5 MOVIES? 


Inception, The Matrix Trilogy, Beat Street


* WHAT ARE 3 THINGS YOU CANT LIVE WITHOUT? 


Food, money, and love.


* IF YOU COULD PICK 3 ARTISTS PAST OR PRESENT TO WORK WITH WHO WOULD YOU PICK? 


Prince, Stevie Wonder, and J-Dilla


* HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE  COOL LAID BACK, INYOUR FACE, CONSCIOUS.

A little bit of it all. I’m a bit versatile.


* WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOUR GOIN TO SUCCEED? 


I have a good team NBSK and good music. No other options.


* WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO TO RELAX? (THAT YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT) 


Well I cant tell you but in numbers 420 and 69.


* WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU LOVED MUSIC MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON? 


At the age of 5.


* HOW DOES THE BEAT COME TO YOU? I KNOW SOME PRODUCERS SAMPLE BUT LIKE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL BEAT HOW DOES IT COME TO YOU? 

I’ll have a certain emotion and I’ll just start listening to music related to that feeling. Then the chopping begins…

* HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT PA. HAS INSPIRED OR INFLUENCED YOUR MUSIC?

Pa. inspires me to work hard at what you do. It’s the vibe here.

* HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GROWN SINCE Cassette Theory: Beat EP?

I’ve grown with putting more emotion in my music and not being scared to express those emotions.

* ARE THERE ANY COLLABORATIONS ON Anti Love Theory?

Yes. JillzWorth and I co-produced a track on there called “Scream (The Grown-Up) on the album.

* WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND THE TITLE OF YOUR NEWEST ALBUM?

Well I have a thing for not liking the word love. Until I met JillzWorth and we would be up just discussing the theory of love. Then the title and concept followed after.

* IS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND THE  10-10-10 RELEASE DATE?

10 means perfect!! With that trifecta, you can’t go wrong.

* WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN THE FUTURE FROM SHADE COBAIN?

More good music is in store and I’m gearing up to start Rhyme Cal ATL. For info for Rhyme Cal CLICK > RHYMECAL



* HOW DOES THE BEAT COME TO YOU? I KNOW SOME PRODUCERS SAMPLE BUT LIKE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL BEAT HOW DOES IT COME TO YOU? 


I’ll have a certain emotion and I’ll just start listening to music related to that feeling. Then the chopping begins…

INTERVIEW COMING SOON!!!

CHECKIT&LISTEN WILL FEATURE PRODUCERS FROM ALL OVER WITH DIFFERENT STYLES AND DIFFERENT GENRES I HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM AS MUCH AS I DO!!! -BLU