When you produce for someone what is the process?

I start with sound design. I want the artist to have sounds that no one has heard before and can be associated with the artist over time. I spend so much time on the sound design. I think this is one of the reasons I can charge more for my instrumentals they have a lot of time put into them. Then I move to melody testing and assignment. This just means that I plan out the chord structure for each riff and I create melodies that fit to a mood I am going for and then I assign the melodies to a sound that fits them. My goal is to make everything sound so distinct that when it comes on you think of that artist within the first few bars. I also like to work with the artist on modifying the percussion instruments volume, sound signatures and other elements to their taste. Ultimately I am here to make it sound just like you like. It is not uncommon for a beat to be structurally and sonically very different from my originals. I have had many artists not modify anything and they just love the music first.


How long have you produced music?

I have been producing music since I was around 8 years old. I have probably made over 10,000 songs by now. I lost a hard drive with most of them on it after I was in the Marine Corps. I think the experience making them shows in each song I make.

What do you charge for an instrumental?

It all depends. I offer many songs free to someone who I know personally and their friends get a 10% discount and anyone who refers someone gets 30% commission on the sale. I sell custom tracks where the artist comes in for around $700 - $1400. You can find some of my work as premade beats without modifiers right here on this site and they are listed on here for as little as $200 for exclusive up to $1000 and for leasing a beat you can get some for $20. If you email hitsformyalbum@gmail.com and ask me to work with you I can offer some discounts.



What drives you?

I am quite unsure what it is but once in a while I get this inner drive and push to just create something to make you dance.



Do you have any advice for up and coming artists?

I would say, you know, learn to play the piano, the guitar, anything that you can get your hands on. Take some classes, either school or private lessons. Then just sit down and play how you feel, let stuff just come out of you through inspriation.



Why do people call you "Radio Paint?"

I have always seen colors in the tracks I mix down. Like Kryptonic is green to me I don't know why. End state is blue.



Where did you get your first start making music?

I actually started with a tape deck and banging sticks, beatboxing, playing harmonica, hitting glass cups and a small optimus keyboard. My Mom bought it from Radio Shack.



What was the greatest albums you ever worked on?

I would have to say it would be of this artist named Cavaziay. He had such a creative mind. He encouraged me to start making tracks again with better machines. I had a lot of progress with him. He would hear sounds in beats on the radio and tell me "see how they did that? Do that." He was a brilliant person really. I will always remember him for bringing me to New York.




What was a memorable moment for you?

I was in Sony with Cassidy, Swizz Beats, Tina Davis, and Chris Brown. Also when I met Pete Rock that was amazing. Also when I first met Natalie and Nicole from Nina Sky. It was good for me to see that they are just like me and not gods. Also performing in Spain with Cavaziay.



Did you ever learn anything that you would pass on to anyone?

My good friend Ty Real, who is an amazing artist, once told me that to recieve anything you need open hands so he shared some tricks on producing that I never would have thought of and offered to give me some drum sounds but we never actually exhcanged the sounds. haha. He also told me to be on a schedule with making tracks and that everyone you meet leads to somewhere. In the New York streets a guy with a flyer may just have a cousin who records with Jay-Z. haha.



Any funny storys from hip hop you remember you have picked up along the way?

I remember one summer I was invited to Sean Combs house for a white party in the Hamptons. I was actually at his house once. I heard a story about him where Justin Smith (Just Blaze) had a beat that diddy wanted and diddy didn't buy it and after a couple years diddy came back and asked about it. Justin said "That beat is sold" Then, like some kind of Jedi Knight diddy passed his hands over Justins face and said "oh but you didn't sell that beat." I always thought that was funny.



How do struggling artists make it to the top?

You know I think that it has a lot to do with luck and drive. Read the outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. Sometimes you just weren't meant to make it to the top. My best friend told me that there are artists that are not house hold names that make good money. Don't focus on becoming a celebrity or super famous. You know you can have it as a goal and all that but focus on building a following and your music. If it is going to happen let it. John Lennon once said that he "used his myth and legend to help end the war." clearly he knew he was a legend.



So your saying that he wasn't great?

No. He is one of my favorites. I love his work and him for what he did and who he was. I am just saying that he may not have been found if not for the legend that was build over him.



What do you use to make beats? Does it make your beats better?

I use anything man. My friend Ty told me tell em you use a casio only haha. What he means is it doesn't matter what you use. Want to know what I use? I use an ASR-10, MPC and any other equipment the studio has that day. I tend to make stuff at home on the ASR-10 because I am use to it.