*ABOUT ONE*

Nate was Born and Raised in the Northeast Bronx, New York, where his brother who was a  DJ back in then introduced him to music at the age of 7.  He was learning to blend records from that time all the way through High School.  After graduation, he studied Engineering under David Kennedy in Marquet Place Studios where he helped build it from the ground up, literally. Nate learned how to float floors, create a sound proof studio, basic recording, mixing and understanding a little on how to produce a track. From there he went to I.A.R an Engineering school in NYC. After graduation he started an internship at Unique Recording Studios, one of the largest studios in NYC. There Nate learned how to operate an SSL mixing board and other equipment that was commonly used in high tech studios.

After a few years of interning and working as an Assistant Engineer there was a turning point in artist using their label budget to invest in home studios which resulted in large studios loosing money and clients. That was the turning point for him to invest in my MPC60II Drum machine/Sampler. Record shopping, chopping loops, drums and turning nothing into something was the start of Nate developing his sound.  Opening himself to a buying a keyboard and taking lessons, was the next level to building his style as Oneman.

 Once Oneman was confident enough he began to take meetings with labels such as Rocafella, Interscope and various other labels where they would take notice in his efforts in not having beats that sounded the same.  Remixing became something he started doing to hear how his music would sound with an artist on it, which lead to him landing various mixtape slots for remixing artist like Nas, Jay-z Sean Paul and Elephant man to name a few. Fast forward till the last 5 years he began to realize it may be worth trying to focus more on bypassing the label and going straight for the artist and management themselves.  By doing that Oneman had such luck in handing beat cds to artist like G-Dep("Redlight") which landed a placement on an indie release.

Currently Oneman is taking matters into his own hands by selling beats to  various independent artists in all genres. He also is currently working with his own artists(Range aka Say-Vior, Jigg Littles and Phed x) on their solo projects. Up next Oneman is 1/3 of a group consisting of a Songwriter/Artist (Nneka), a Producer (Rudy Rhythmz) and himself as a Producer/Dj. Presently building on a name for the group and more experimental records. On Oneman's downtime he is working on putting beats and lining up artists for a compilation which will show his wide range of skills in genres such as Dancehall Reggae, Hip Hop, Pop, R&B and Pop.

OnemanBeats

@ONEMANBEATS

DO YOU TEND TO LIKE BEATS YOU BUILT YOURSELF AS OPPOSED TO SAMPLED BEATS?

I like them both. The difference is when I'm done with an original beat and it's Hot, I don't feel restricted because I'm not thinking about if I should try to clear it or if I can get away with the samples I would have used.

WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVE PRODUCERS?

When I first started producing it was Dj Premier for his chops, Pete Rock for the soul samples and Timbaland for the way he took sounds like a baby crying and panning it in the beat.  Dr Dre was another producer I like for the way he added new sounds in the middle of the verses. Kanye West, Swizz Beats and J Dilla"s beats are hot too.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR FINISHED WITH THE BEAT?

I always say it's finished when the artist adds their vocals, which is actually another instrument. Most of the time when I'm producing I will take an a capella that fits to the beat I started and add more around it.

HAVE YOU EVER MADE WHAT YOU FELT LIKE WAS A NIICE BEAT AND SOMEONE GOT ON IT AND DID IT NO JUSTICE?

One time I had to tell the person DO NOT PUT THAT OUT. The song was typical, I tried to  build on the idea the person had but it just didn't work out. For a producer it's better to come up with the hook, concept or even just naming the track the right name can lead the artist in the right direction. Another time the beat had a nice 70's black exploit theme to it and I thought for sure they would some how go with that but they didn't. The song still came out hot though, it's just when you hear an idea that can go to a beat and they go totally left it throws you all off. That's why the best records to me were when the artist and producer worked together in the same studio. EPMD, GANGSTARR and DE LA SOUL are good examples of working together and having good chemistry.

DO YOU PREFER TO KEEP YOUR BEATS AS INSTRUMENTALS OR DO YOU LIKE TO MAKE BEATS FOR OTHER ARTISTS?

I like making beats for other artists. I like to hear great songs and concepts on my beats

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NEWER EQUIPMENT VS THE OLDER EQUIPMENT?

Newer equipment meaning virtual instruments is a lot better as far as having more sounds less clutter. A lot of producers sold hardware they said they would never give up for the virtual software. I have an old Mpc 60II and some modules. I also use a lot of virtual software but I will never sell all my hardware. Computers flake out here and there. I don't wanna be stuck with nothing if it breaks down.

HOW DID YOU GET INTO PRODUCING/ ENGINEERING?

I learned how to DJ from my oldest brother and also was encouraged by my second oldest at the age of 7. After High school I got into Audio Engineering. One day I said who am I fooling let me take some of this money I'm making from Engineering and buy me a used Mpc 60II. Started sampling and chopping then I got a keyboard and I took piano lessons for a year and a half

WHO/WHAT INFLUENCES YOUR STYLE?

All kinds of music. I love hearing reggae and dancehall. That bass is like a drug to me. If I can't get my kick or bassline to feel that warm and heavy, I always think something is wrong with my mix lol. I like everything, world music, Latin, Indian anything new and old. I like unusual sounds.

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

On an engineering level I worked with Krs1 who taught me to control the session. What I mean by that is he came in the room and sat with the engineer and told him what he wanted to hear out of the kick snare and bass guitar in a way where he was not trying to waste any time. I been in sessions where the artist just sitting  wasting time. Krs1 was on his job and to top it off he rented 3 rooms that day and bounced back and forth.

On a producer level I worked with G Dep, Trends Of Culture and DoItAll from Lords of the Underground. I worked with alot of indie artist like Range, Jigg Littles, Zuleka Diamonds and Phed X to name a few

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

I want them to know that I'm always trying to think different when I'm creating music. I like to match up artist you would never think would do a song together.  In my mind there is always a beat and song that I want to make that will go multi Diamond so I won't stop til it's made.

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

Off the top of my head I would say my brothers and that would be stay away from people who are negative and attract trouble. When the police come they not always looking for the obvious.  They will arrest you for any little thing and you have to fight your way out the system. The Police are a business into making money and moving up in their jobs.

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

I would be a lot further in life if I didn't let fear get in the way. I'm working on that now. When I have an idea I research it and then just put it out without worrying if it will work or not . This is something new I'm in the middle of trying now.

WHY DO YOU LOVE MUSIC?

I like the way music puts me in the Mood to do whatever the mood is at the time. It also sparks good memories. I love creating it and getting a genuine reaction from people.

WHAT ARE YOU TOP 5 MOVIES?

Juice, Boomerang(Eddie Murphy), all 007 movies, 40 Year Old Virgin and   The last Batman Movie

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

Jay z Shakira and Barrington Levy or all 3 on one song

WHAT ARE 3 THINGS YOU CANT LIVE WITHOUT?

God, My Family and money to survive

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

I have Many Styles (Drunk Monk Voice). I'm working on finding something that when you hear my beats you know it's me even if it's a dance track . Branding!

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

I like to chill and watch movies, it always spark an idea. Wine is fine too. Lol.  Working out relieves my frustration.

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

When I started having conversations about music with other music lovers and it would last 3 hrs or a full day.

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

The best beats are the ones that I make in my head completely before I even touch the equipment. Being that my memory is not that sharp for me to do that and come home and lay it out. I don't have many of those. Usually I start with the drums, I fill those up then start looking for sounds and then I start hearing the melody.

WHATS NEXT FOR YOU?

I'm working on an album with Range, Hip Hop Artist. We working beat

by beat. Also working on a compilation of world, pop and Hip Hop. Just

working on matching beats up with artist now. Also working on some

soundtracks.  I been mixing lately so now I'm back on engineering

other artists projects.

HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR STYLE HAS CHANGED?

The more ideas I get the more it changes. I try to stay with certain

current sounds but I still add my own sound and style to it.

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU THEY LIKE YOUR BEATS?

I'm the type of person that I don't get exited until I actually hear

the person use the beat. Then I say ok they weren't just talking just

to gas me, they really did feel my beats. So it just adds more

confidence and assures me that I'm just as good as some of the bigger named producers


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I PRESENT TO YOU SIME GEZUS AKA PETE PLUTO SON!!!

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* DO YOU TEND TO LIKE BEATS YOU BUILT YOURSELF AS OPPOSED TO SAMPLED BEATS?

A combination of both, I love to sample, that’s my sh*t, 96% of the time I make my own drum beat vs jacking a loop or something, I have old analog equipment and keyboards, so I'll play some keys out and I'm heavy on sound fx and tweaking noises.

 * WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVE PRODUCERS?

Some of my favorite producers are Pete Rock, Rza, DJ MUGGS, Diamond D, Madlib, Dilla, Havoc, Flying Lotus...ok now lemme tell you why Muggs is one of my favorite producers, well Rza too because sometimes simple is waaay more meaningful than being over complex, smell me?? A simple hard hitting melodic loop will have me zoned out for hours...

 * HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE FINISHED WITH THE BEAT?

When I call one of my peeps up like....."Ayooo? U gotta minute? See if you can hear this thru the phone...."  Or, I’ll just start cheezin' ridiculous for no reason, dancing with my headphones on. I make lots of beats on the regular, definitely not everything gets used....but when I feel I got a banger, pssssh.....then I got a banger!

 * HAVE YOU EVER MADE WHAT YOU FELT LIKE WAS A NIICE BEAT AND SOMEONE GOT ON IT AND DID IT NO JUSTICE?

Haha, ohh for sure....I made something that I thought was hella dope, and I was saving it for the right time, but I used to send beats out to my friends just to listen to or whatever, I was like 18-19 at the time, I had sampled the X-Files theme song...but I chopped it kinda lovely.  Soo maybe 2-3 months later, this dude I didn't even fu*k with sent me the track back over AIM.  I was heaaaaated....., shit was straight whack, I’m talkin....doodoo!  I never recorded over the track till this day just because every time I hear the beat I wanna choke that dude out.

* DO YOU PREFER TO HAVE YOUR BEATS AS INSTRUMENTALS OR DO YOU LIKE TO MAKE BEATS FOR OTHER ARTISTS?

I definitely prefer to make instrumentals, I have a fetish for puttin out beat tapes....alot of my production is unorthodox, so not everything is rhyme friendly.  However, it feels dope to have cats splashin over some Sime Gezus production!!

 * WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NEWER EQUIPMENT VS THE OLDER EQUIPMENT?

All my peeps tell me "daaamn, Sime you need some new gear!"  And I always shake my head and say....."yeah....I know, I'm workin on it” But to tell you the truth, my setup is comfy for me...I got old wobbly turntables, 4-tracks, Acid Pro 7.0, drum machines, SP 606, about 4 old ass Casio’s but one is super dope....cuz its got a old school pitch blend knob in the back that tweaks the hell out of the sounds, mad records.  New equipment has a much crisp/cleaner sound which I really like, but I like the grit you get off a 4-track tape as well, so it’s hard to say which is better or worse...me personally?  I use both.

* HOW DID YOU GET INTO PRODUCING? 

My shorty wop at the time, bought me some cheap ass beat program from Best Buy or Wal-Mart maybe.....or Kmart?  Nahh...I can't remember but that’s not important, check it.  The program was cheezy to say the least, but it sparked my head like oooooh!  I can flip beats like this allllll day!  Especially on a computer....it was cake!  But let me rewind mad summers before that.  I didn't have turntables, nor could afford them, I don't think I even had a keyboard....but I used to listen to 88.3 and 91.5 (DJ Toast) and all those DJ's were mixing and blending, I was like whaaaat??  Growing up my family didn't have cable, or MTV, BET etc, etc, so my older brother Bobby who was going to college at UNLV (back when they had Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon, Greg Anthony, etc ,etc. mail us VHS tapes of BET Rap City, and just music videos, as well as tapes of everything poppin at the time.  In 3rd or 4th grade I was on the bus rockin to K-Solo, Das FX, Chubb Rock, Heavy D and shit.  Ok so check it, my parents are/were highly religious....and they always had tapes of church sermons, my friends that I grew up with also went to that church and their fathers were in the church as musicians, deacons, elders, and my father would preach every now and then as well.  So just messin around, I would find the tapes and play them in this little Sony tape recorder thing....and I'd mess with the pitch blend and rewind it, and it sounded almost like a TT scratch/cut.  That Christmas I got a Karaoke machine w/ a microphone.  Aight, So I would play a tape of my boy Neil's father preaching...and I'd find a phrase that sounded crazy like "So trust in the lord and your spirit will feel more at ease etc." I put the microphone up to the Sony tape recorder, and then I'd play in instrumental of like The Roots off that Illadelphia joint....and then tape it on the other side of the Karaoke.  A few months experimenting with that I was making all types of church slash underground tapes, yoo!  I'm heartbroken cuz all those tapes are gone, and after a year of doin that sh*t I honestly had some dope experimental bugged out tapes!  My church dudes loved that shit too!  Sime Gezus all day, ya smell me??

 * WHO/WHAT INFLUENCES YOUR STYLE? 

Wu-Tang, music in general, and just life....and making what you can out of what you have.

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

Uhhh, a whole handful of cats.... when I was 18 I produced an album for my homey KIDDSTARR a Boston emcee, from there I haven't released a serious Sime Gezus project since I dropped Da Mixed Ape over the summer of 2010. But during that time from 2000 to now I've been in 3-4 different groups, hip hop and experimental acts....here I’ll name off a few  GM, Scissor-Hands, Rawhead, Chorus Babblebones, Oddy Gato, Lobo, Midas, Babblebones, Spooky Orange Cats, Algorythm, Animal Cracker, Melvin Junko, El Sphinx, Nick Nice, Khil, Cose MP, Mr. Mcfeely, Freddy Freestyles, Nato Loc, Halle Gibson, Will Blaze, Sydefx, Mario aka Souleye, Scribe 1, Urthlingz, ....Osmel Alfonso, and on and on...

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

That I haven't really made sh*t as far as money off this music, I do it for the love #1.  I've worked many dead end jobs, and I would love to make money off what I love to do. I'm gonna make music for the rest of my life even if you see me on the Rolling Stones or Source Mag, or if I’m working on Taco Bell when I’m 47 pissed off at the World, ....mannn, I just love to create, so you gon' have to deal with me.  Big ups to all my underground hardcore crusty heads that do that just because!!!

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

My father..., cuz when I was 18 and just finished my first year of college and produced a CD for my mans, I was like psssshh are you serious??  By the time I’m 25 I’m gonna be famous, so when I came home I was straight chillin with my peoples, lightin trees up whatever whatever, hookin up wit chics at house parties you know.....and my dad was like "well you gotta start looking for a job" , I didn't say nothin for a minute, then said "A job? For what??"  And pops said "You have to work, your gonna need money” and I laughed and said....."Yeah, I’m on my way to doing that, I wanna do music that’s what I do" and he was all like, "its not that easy, in the mean time you gotta find something to support the things your gonna need" and I was like .."Yeah..aight aight, sure can we stop at the store so I can get a soda??"  And my pops just shook his head.  Now guess what??  My dumb ass has a full time job in the union whatever whatever to pay for my apartment, bills, iphone, heat, gas, car insurance, student loans, etc etc...Food, taking chics to the movies whatever whatever, buyin records, gettin my computer fixed, puttin cd's out, ordering merchandise, T-Shirts, etc etc.  So my lesson learned was "stay humble, and work your ass off"

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

I wouldn't have went to a music school, cuz everything I picked up and learned was from me puttin in work in the basement with headphones on pushin buttons and stuff, experimenting.  I've always been a smart kid, not to toot my own horn but, I would have went to college for Business or History, got my lil' degree and "still" kept smashin music off on the side cuz like I said, music is something I’ll always find time for. 

 * WHY DO YOU LOVE MUSIC? 

The music loves me, I’m just sayin.....

 * WHAT ARE YOU TOP 5 MOVIES? 

Glory (cuz my pops brought it home when I was a lil' smiley head and I cried for dumb long cuz it was that real!!  Peace to Denzel!!) , Requiem for a Dream (cuz i was traumatized when a close friend went thru a similar bizarre situation) Rocky III (cuz my older brothers loved it, so I liked it just because...but now when I watch it, it’s like word!  This truly is bonkers, smell me?)  Fear and Loathing in LV (my college roommate Laird put me onto this....and it blew my mind, helped me relax a little bit, untuck the shirt some...and just breathe u kno?)  Columbus (this is odd, this isn't even one of my favorite movies by all means.....but i'ma tell you why it actually is, ok?  So my pops again, when I was little of course took me to the mall and then we were gonna peep this movie, well we were in a store and it was closing and my father was asking the manager or whatever what door we could go thru to walk thru the mall to get to the cinema, and the dude was being a dick....something happened and we had to go out the waaaay back, and it was pouring rain outside, and I remember my dad was heated and took his coat off and put it over me and was cursing.....my pops a preacher, so for him to curse it was kind of a big deal. He was basically telling me, don't let people play you over anything....race, age, creed, whatever whatever....so every time I see or hear of that movie I remember that night.  Oh yeah....Ali was dope too, Rambo...

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

I would pick, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, and DJ MUGGS.

 * WHAT ARE 3 THINGS YOU CANT LIVE WITHOUT?

Food, Underground Hip Hop, and a big butt with a smile......ya smell me??

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

I would describe my style as conscious....but maaadd people say that my style is so laid back that it’s almost in your face.  Haha, but really tho...I’m as laid back as laid back can be. 

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

I used to be a big video game head, honestly I’m the best that ever did it when it came to some Nintendo Tecmo Bowl, and then they came out with the Tecmo Basketball joint....pssshhh....I’m the youngest in my family, and I ran thru my brothers and all their older friends eaaaasy!!  Live 95 I was the champ, sheeit.....I was nice with Live until at least 99, wait wait, I was murkin all the dudes at college on Dreamcast mannn....don’t even get me started, I don't play video games much anymore but, I'll still give yall a run for your money.  I like to just chill, watch ESPN, maybe the T.O. show or somethin, I rent movies and alla that.  I can relax doing anything.....

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

When the last 5 or 6 ex girlfriends kept saying "ALL you wanna do is music, you don't even wanna spend time with me SIMONNNN!!"

 * 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 usually fux with the drums first, something a little off beat but on beat around 92bpm's or soo.....throw a little highhat, and maybe a shake, then double the highhat with one having a higher pitch, maybe layer the kick drum with something real thick....I’m talkin thick like J-Lo in 2002, lil bass line....then the samples chop em' up, or play a little melody on the Casio, tweek it, loop it up, dig into the jazz bin, and find a smooth soul sample and flip that in reverse...Orrrrrr....I find the melody, sample and I’m like ooooooh.....I’ll just have that playin for awhile until I get the drums and bass to fit it. 

(Peep http://www.simegezus.bandcamp.com/ : and check all the Gebralter Beat Tapes) so you can see what I’m talking about, smell me??

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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OK SO I RECENTLY MET A GUY BY THE NAME OF DR KHIL ON TWITTER WHILE I WAS PROMO'ING  FOR MY BLOGS AND HE SENT ME SOME MUSIC. I LOVED IT. IT WAS DIFFERENT AND WE ALL KNOW HOW I LOVE DIFFERENT. SO ANYWAY HE WAS LIKE CHECK OUT OUR BLOG GLASS CEILING EFFECT. I DRAGGED ASS A LIL BIT BUT WHEN I LOOKED A COUPLE DAYS LATER. I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY EVERYONE! YOU KNOW HOW USUALLY WHEN SOMEONES LIKE YOU LIKE ME? CHECK OUT MY FRIENDS USUALLY THERE ARE WEAK LINKS AND FOLKS THAT SUCK IN THE MIX, SOOOOOOOOO NOT TRUE HERE EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT SOUND AND FEEL ANNNNND THEY'RE ALL FUCKN GOOD.. ITS CRAZY ANYWAY OF YOU FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER YOU ALREADY KNOW IM FEELIN THESE CATS SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DR KHIL'S INTERVIEW!!!! #GCE

DAIKATAMY

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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.