One man music machine, from Reggae to Drumn bass, Dance hall and Dance music. All production by RAKKAD. I started as a keyboard player then learn t the drums, I produced these tracks at my home studio. I am also a qualified Sound Engineer and Sound Technician and Producer. My set up at home I use Behringer mixing desk (analog) Roland VST digital studio workstation with wicked on board effects, a great tool for mastering. My keyboards are Yamaha, Kawai K1r digital synthesizer and 12 different Module keyboards on the computer. At the moment I am still using a digital Drum Kit but I am also going to invest in a real Drum kit. Any way on the PC side I use Cubase SX and Sony Sound Forge 8 for production and mastering, also Percussion Studio 3 and quite a lot of VST plug-ins, ooh nearly forgot me Akai Professional midi digital sampler, and I tell yah I can create some wicked tunes check the web site and hear for your self and enjoy a one man band and his performance.
Greetings all! Just to let you no a little bit about my history. Well for a start I am the black sheep of the family and still have not got my mother and farther blessing in what I do in the music industry. But me still get and do my own thing. I can remember the first time I heard a sound of a instrument at nursery, now I ve come a long way! My music days started as a keyboard player, then I learn t to sing and rap, then I Went into the sound production and engineering so I could produce my own work and master rather than hiring other peoples studio, now I have a wicked studio set up my self. My services is available to people who want the songs remixed with a different flava! I can do various flavours of music from dance,hiphop,reggea, drumn bass jungle,dancehall reggea and evan a bit of trance, I like experimenting with diffrent styles, but I prefer jungle and reggea which are my favorites. I also song write and do all my art work for album sleeves and promotional package, etc. If you want to be a producer then you need too no it all, so you can get things done you no what a mean! I remember the days when use be lead singer in a reggea band in Doncaster, we were together for 2yrs, but some think happened on our last gig. We where offered a tour of Holland by a music promoter from London, but that night 2 members of the band decieded to mess a round, which lead to the band break up. But me still live on and produce song after song and rydim after rydim. When all that was out the way I decieded to get married. Now I have a beatuful wife and daughter who inspire me so much, that I have produced 4 albums worth of music thanxs to Emily and Emma both my angels of love yah get me!
One love an peace and harmoney too you!
Now and then a round few places, I am planning some new Gigs in time to come.
From a child I have had a Passion for musical instruments, and I have come a long way thanks to the people who inspired me. There are lot of names that inspired me, but my favorite ones are as follows, Bob Marley, UB40, Denise Brown, Franki Paul, Diana Ross, Police, Tina Turner, Madness plus there's a lot more Reggae artist from Jamaica and around the world. And plus a lot of Mowtown from the 70s Boney M, etc you know what a mean.
Yamaha keyboard,Yamaha Drum kit,Kawai k1r module keyboard and about 17 different VST instrument on my computer.