This goes back to my pirate radio days. I sometimes used to literally climb up the side of a building to get onto the rooftops, thankfully this wasn't always necessary!

Back further, when I was a comic-reading, nappy-headed boy, Peter Parker's alter ego was my favourite character too.

On the one hand it's opened up doors for unsigned acts to get their music heard, which is (or can be) a good thing.

On the other hand, if you want to make money from making music, unless you're already on a big label that can afford to absorb some of the loss in revenue caused by piracy and illegal downloads, it can very difficult to do so.

Personally speaking, I make music because I love music. It would be great to make enough money off of music that I could make it my full-time gig but music was around before money and will probably outlast it too. As long as I'm enjoying what I do I'm happy to continue for free.

Well, I'm not an artist myself but I wouldn't discourage any of the artists I work with from doing so, provided that they have the contract checked out by an entertainment lawyer first.

My music 'career' began with me DJ'ing at school friends' parties. I continued as an operator/selector for a local sound, whilst simultaneously 'working' as a presenter on a series of unlicensed radio stations - Faze 1 FM, Switch FM, Rock 2 Rock and PowerJam.

I'm now the producer/engineer of UK Hip Hop, UK Garage, UK Dancehall & Urban Pop/R&B for a small collective whose aim is to bring good, dirty urban beats and spread the message - "One Love, One Aim, One Big Party".

Music has always played a large role in my life and always will. Almost every good memory I have has a tune attached to it as if my life were a movie with its own soundtrack album.

I want to hear from you if you're a musician, vocalist, engineer or producer looking for an outlet for your work or if you wish to share/collaborate on a track/project.

The producers who inspire me include:

9th Wonder, Alchemist, Ali Shaheed Mohammed, Arthur Baker, Ashford & Simpson, Augustus Pablo, Bomb Squad, Coxsone Dodd, Curtis Mayfield, D'Angelo, DJ Premier, Erick Sermon, Fatis, Gamble & Huff, Gussie Clarke, Havoc, Hi Tek, Isaac Hayes, J Dilla, Jam & Lewis, James Brown, Just Blaze, King Jammy, Lee Perry, Leon Ware, Leroy Burgess, Leroy Hutson, Main Source, Marvin Gaye, Mann Parish, Mantronik, Marley Marl, Masters At Work, Maurice White, Missy Elliott, Neptunes, Norman Connors, Omar, Pete Rock, Prince Paul, Raphael Saadiq, Rick James, Roni Size, Roy Ayers, Rza, Sly & Robbie, Steelie & Cleavie, Stevie Wonder, Swizz Beats, The Ummah, Timbaland, Wayne Henderson, etc.

Oktava MK220 multi-pattern condenser microphone
SE Electronics SE2200 cardioid condenser microphone
Beyerdynamic M 300 N cardioid dynamic microphone
2 x Sennheiser MD421 cardioid dynamic microphones
Fender Champ 6 Watts valve practice amplifier
Tech 21 Sansamp PSA-1 guitar modeller/DI
DAV Electronics BG1u microphone preamplifier/DI
Allen & Heath GS3-16 analogue mixing desk
Alesis HD24 digital multi-track hard disk recorder
Drawmer LX20 dual expander/compressor
dbx 160X mono compressor/limiter
Lexicon MPX500 dual multi-effects unit
Klark Teknik DN716 digital delay
Roland SDE-2000 digital delay
Hafler 220 power amp
Dynaudio BM5-P passive studio monitors
Event 20/20 passive studio monitors

Computer & related hardware:

Scan 3XS Tracking System
MOTU MIDI Express XT MIDI interface
MOTU 2408 mk3/PCI-424 audio interface
MOTU 24I/O audio interface expansion
TC Electronic Powercore Element
E-MU XBoard 61 MIDI controller
Korg padKONTROL MIDI controller

Software:

Steinberg Cubase 4
Steinberg Cubase 5
Sony Acid Pro 6
Sony Sound Forge 9
Sony CD Architect 5
Cockos Reaper 3
Image Line FL Studio 9
Propellerhead Reason
E-MU Proteus X
IK Multimedia SampleTank
IK Multimedia Sonik Synth
Native Instruments Xpress Keys
Noveltech Character for Powercore
Izotope Mastering Suite
Crysonic native plug-ins bundle
Selected freeware native plug-ins