OzoneBeatz
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LET ME TAKE YA'LL BACK TO 1989, WAS WHEN MY FATHER BOUGHT ME A LITTLE YAMAHA KEYBOARD. I USED TO LOVE THAT THING. MUSIC WAS ALWAYS A COMMON THING TO LISTEN TO AT MY HOUSE. MY MOTHER AND MY FATHER CONSTANTLY PLAYED MERENGUE, SALSA, BACHATA (BACK THEN WHEN IT WAS BAR DEPRESING MUSIC) AND SPANISH OLDIES. I USED TO AND STILL LOVE LISTENING TO THEM SPANISH OLDIES.. I ENTERED THE CONCERT BAND IN MY GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN SECOND GRADE WHERE I LEARNED TO READ MUSIC AND PLAY THE TRUMPET, TUBA, CONGAS, AND XYLOPHONE. OUT OF ALL THESE INSTRUMENTS I MAINLY PLAYED THE TRUMPET. I WAS FIRST CHAIR. WHEN I ENTERD SIX GRADE, I JOINED THE STEEL DRUM BAND. ALL I DID DURING GRAMMAR SCHOOL WAS PLAY IN THE BAND. DURING GRAMMAR SCHOOL, I SAW THE MOVIE "JUICE" AND THAT INSPIRED ME TO BE A DJ. AFTER SEEING THAT MOVIE, I WENT TO MY MUSIC TEACHER AND TOLD HIM I WANTED TO PLAY THE TURNTABLES IN THE BAND BUT HE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND LAUGHED. WHEN I STARTED HIGH SCHOOL, I DIDN'T JOIN THE BAND BUT I DID DEVELOP MY INTEREST IN DJ'ING. I ALSO MET DJ WREK WHO WAS ALSO INTERESTED IN TURNTABLISM. SO I GUESS YOU CAN SAY WE STARTED ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER. I KEPT BUGGING MY MOM TO GET ME A SET OF TURNTABLES, BUT SINCE SHE WAS RAISING ME AND MY SISTER ON HER OWN, SHE COULD'NT AFFORD TO BUY ME A SET. SOPHMORE YEAR I DECIDED TO GET A JOB AND I SAVED MY FIRST THREE PAYCHECKS TO BUY ME THE STARTER SET OF TURNTABLES. THEM sh*tS WERE CRAPPY BUT IM NOT GONNA LIE, I THOUGHT I WAS DOING IT. BY THE END OF SOPHMORE YEAR, I CAME UP ON SOME TECHNICS WITH THE CARRYING CASE, MIXER, AND SAMPLER FOR ONLY $250. THAT WAS THE HOTTEST DEAL OF MY CAREER. SO I TOOK THAT AND STARTED PRACTICING. I COMPETED IN THE 2003 GUITAR CENTER SPIN OFF AND BECAME THE IN-HOUSE DJ FOR BATEY URBANO. THEY ALREADY HAD A DJ BUT HE WAS WACK SO THE CROWD KICKED HIM OUT AND PUT ME ON. DURING JUNIOR YEAR, I STARTED MESSING WITH THIS COMPUTER PROGRAM CALLED ACID, AND FROM THERE IT ALL WENT DOWN THE RIGHT PATH. I STARTED MAKING BEATZ AND PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY DIGGIN EM. SO I SOLD MY FIRST BEAT FOR $50. I ACTUALLY FRAMED THE PAYCHECK...HE HE! SO I KEPT GOING AT IT AND AS TIME WENT, I PRODUCED TWO FULL LENGHT COMPILATION ALBUMS FOR BATEY URBANO AND WORKED WITH DIFFERENT CHICAGO ARTIST SUCH AS CHI-ILL, PRIME, JUICE, GLC, CAPITAL D, RHYME SCHEME, LIL REAP AND MANY OTHERS. I AM CURRENTLY CHI-ILL'S DJ AND PART OF TORTURE CHAMBER RECORDS AS A PRODUCER/DJ. NOW MY NEXT AIM IS TO GET A PRODUCTION DEAL FOR A MAJOR RECORD LABEL! GOD WILLING, I WILL! I ALSO LOOK FOWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUNG JEEZY, LITTLE BROTHER, ACE MAC, AND KANYE WEST. HOPEFULLY THIS MUSIC THING POPS OFF FOR ME. I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL!!!!
Why this name?
Actually, my guy, DJ Wrek chose the name Ozone for me because he says that i be "zonin out" but i like it because of my first name and last name initials which are OZ and then add the one!!! pretty simple huh!
Do you play live?
I have performed in different spots in Chicago and in Michigan, Nebraska, New York, California, and in the Dominican Republic. Im an in-house DJ at a Hip Hop Cafe called Batey Urbano. I enjoy every single second Im there.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
It depends on what the deal consint of because if you're not aware, you might end up signing your life away.
Band History:
I have done production for the following:
*Batey Urbano Compilation Albums volume 1 and 2.
*El Asociado (Rap/Reggae Artist)
*Wordsmith (MC)
*Rockwell (MC)
*BraveLord (MC)
*Reyes (Poet/MC)
*Skeptikal (Poet/MC)
*Juni & Potential of T.U (Truthfuly Untouched)
*Myth from The Horsemen
*GLC (G.O.O.D. Music)
*Epidemik
*Chi-Ill (TORTURE CHAMBER)
*Stimulis
*La 7ma
*Channel Zero
*Capital D
Your influences?
Producers that are a big influence on me are: DJ Premier, Neptunes, Pete Rock, Kanye West, No I.D, The Molemen, Fat Jon, Swizz Beatz, Hi-Tek, Heatmakerz, Res-Q, Just Blaze, Timbaland, Necro, 9th Wonder, Alchemist and more!
Favorite spot?
Batey Urbano And New York
Equipment used:
The Mind is where all of my beatz are created, the equipment is just used to translate what is in my mind.
Anything else...?
Yeah, If you need beats, hit me up!
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