About Artist
Song Descriptions
Sunshine
Sunshine was created with samples from The Allman Brothers' Aint Wasting My Time No More
Funk.Style
samples used from Funkadelic's album : "The Whole Funk and Nothing but the Funk"...Funky slap bass sound is emphasized and sampled to create a primal sound that can be considered House-ish
golden Cuts
Cut up of Drum/Saxophone/Clarinet samples ...creating a completely different melody that is unrecognizable from original loop
Nova
Experimentation with Hamilton de Hollanda's mandolin sample...Brazilian Artist featured in Savannah Music Festival 2008...
Swamp Music
Beat produced for freestyling contest... this beat intended to paint a picture of the muggy swamp/marshland and laid-back attitude found in the Gerogia "low-country"
That Bread
Beat produced in memorium to Hurricane Katrina with a sample from Preservation Hall's "Sister Gertrude: Let's Make A Record"...a record uncovered by New Orleans' Preservation Hall Records that features the late 1800's Gospel/Wailing singing of Sister Gertrude...original sample was slowed down in order to create a haunting tone that illustrates the injustices faced by African American's in old and new New Orleans (and the South in general)...Introduction to complete beat is long....unfolds itself with use of sample at 1:48 (minutes left)
Bass in water
Bass experimentaions....variety of melodies created from finger-picked bass samples... trying to imitate/explore Bassist Victor Wooten's ability to pick 2 bass strings at a time to create a deeper funkier/jazzier sound...this sound was created by overlapping two loops and delaying the tracks
Famke
David Bowie's "Fame" sampled to create a funk/hip-hop beat...name of song is combination of word Fame and Funk...also dedicated to dutch actress Famke Jannssen
Talkin Sh...
Beat featuring sample from Menace II Soicety ...used to portray the frightening yet familiarly inspiring cow boy attitude found amidst the violence of America's modern ghettos...also Japanese Taiko Drums used to illustrate the volatility and potential explosivesness of a situation regarding attacks on ones own uprbringing, family and pride
Slow Life: A Tribute to Wu Tang
Beat produced after a binge-listening session of Wu-Tang's "Enter The Chamber" where old school boom bap beats and sinister background melodies create a unique rawness. The method of overlapping kicks and snares is characteristic of old-school Wutang (and this song) and makes a so-called rhythmic echo that adds to the spunk of the beat.
Southern Styles
trying to improve upon rat-a-tat style of beat that is characteristic of Southern/ATLCrunk rap....Crime Mobb/Savannah's Camoflauge, Lil Scrappy...etc
....Made after visiting Chicago and listening to unique production methods of Kanye West and Common where esoteric Jazz samples and loops are used...Chicago is considered to be a city rich in Jazz history and this is celebrated "Chi-City"
