I am a musician who in the last 3 or 4 years has gotten deeply involved with making beats and trying to become a producer. It all started from playing the bass in middle school and high school band...now that I don't have a band to play with, I make my own band by playing all the instruments. In the last year or so I have gotten more into actually sampling rather than trying to write all my own stuff but I still do that too. It all started with FruityLoops baby, now using Propellerheads Reason and Recycle with the simple addition of a MIDI keyboard.