It started off as a character in a story I was writing. It inspired me to make a t-shirt company with the name. Then my friends started calling me Portis. So it kind of stuck.

Nope. Just produce in my studio.

Makes it very accessible. Less profitable.

If the money and contract is right.

Started making music four centuries ago. Hve been reincarnated 6 times and been making music in 5 of those lifetimes.

U2, 2Pac, Jay-Z, Eminem, Everclear, Daft Punk, Marc Mothersbaugh, Jon Brion, Clint Mansell, John Williams, Pachelbel, Nathan Johnson, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Dr. Dre, Just Blaze, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Mike Redenz, James Calame, Late Orchestration Live at Abbey Roads, Fiona Apple, Everclear, Gwen Stefani, Rob Dougan, Portishead, Daft Punk and Leiji Matsumoto's Interstella 5555 DVD , Eminem's lyrics, Fade to Black DVD, Cool and Dre beats, classical music, Clint Mansell and the Kronos Quartet's Requiem for Dream score, Mothersbaugh's Canon, 2Pac's To live and Die in LA, Ain't mad at cha, I get Around and Krazy, Little Brother's The Minstrel Show, Jay-Z's career, Ludacris' creativity, Dave Meyer's videos.

Berlin

Reason 4.0, Recycle 2.0, Protools (M Powered), M-Audio Pro 88, MPC 1000 and some old sound modules.

Fantasy Football is really important to me. Just thought I share.