For how I be diggin' in them crates.

Yes, in D.C., and yes, I like it. A special moment was the D./C. Capital Fringe Festival shows I did in July 2008 , where I did multimedia performances consisting of my original video vj performances projected on a screen behind the performers (Tamika Jones, E.R.K. and Black Indian). That was cool, and I'd like to do it again.

In a word, Freedom. No more waiting for the big labels to discover you - you can promote yourself.

Of course, but one needs to contact me first, and I'm not waiting for that to happen.

I have worked with or produced (in chronological order):

Tamika Jones (Neo-Soul, Acid Jazz, Dance, Hip Hop, R&B)

Black Indian a.k.a. Joshua Paul (Hip Hop)

E.R.K. - Earth's Recognided King (Hip Hop)

Multi (Neo-Soul, Acid Jazz, Hip Hop)

W. Ellington Felton (Neo-Soul, Acid Jazz, Hip-Hop)

Flex Mathews (Hip Hop)

DJ P-Nyce (Hip Hop)

Priest Da Nomad (Hip Hop)

Cy Young (Hip Hop)

Asheru (Hip Hop)

y.u. (Hip Hop)

Ethan Spalding - Violet Sez Five (Hip Hop, Rock)

Strap (Hip Hop)

Kaze (Hip Hop)

Lora Lee (Neo-Soul, R&B)

Tia (Neo-Soul, R&B)

Jasmine (Neo-Soul, R&B)

K - Brown Cleva Records (Hip Hop)

Myke P. (Acid Jazz, Neo Soul, Hip Hop, Dance)

DJ Sharkey (Hip Hop, Go Go, Rock)

Curly and the Rocket (Rock)

Katrina (R&B)

Message Basek (Hip Hop, Radio)

Sean Blak (Hip Hop)

Mohamed - the General Black (Hip Hop)

Alison Crockett (Acid Jazz, Neo Soul)

Ant Jax (Hip Hop)

Ben Grimm/Hakiym and D (Hip Hop)

A Tribe Called Quest (Ali Shaheed Mohamed), Gangstarr (DJ Premier), Wu Tang Clan (the Rza), Jay-Dee, MF Doom, Mobb Deep, EPMD, Public Enemy, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendix, the Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, King Crimson.

Washington, D.C.

I own a full studio, in which I mostly use:

HARDWARE:

VISION Digital Audio Workstation computer

MacBook Pro 17" laptop

Dell UltraSharp 2001FP Flat Panel LCD monitors (2 units)

Focusrite Liquid Channel Preamp and A/D converter

Focusrite Liquid Mix Multi-Compressor and Equalization Emulator

Ensoniq EPS16+ MIDI Keyboard and Sampler

Roland Juno 60 Synthesizer

Frontera I-Cove external SCSI removable media hard drive

MUSE Receptor Unix PC

Metric Halo Mobile IO 2882 + DSP external firewire soundcard

Aardvark Q10 external soundcard

MOTU 828 828 MKII external firewire soundcard

M-Audio Ozone MIDI Controller and External USB soundcard

Steinberg Midex 8

Edirol UM-1X USB to MIDI converter

TC Firewire Powercore Effects Processor

Glyph firewire GT050 180gig hard drives (7 units)

Glyph Netdrive USB-Firewire 200 GB hard drive

Blue Mouse Microphone

Rode NTK Microphone and Preamp

Oktava MK 219 Microphone

Oktava MK 319 Microphone

AudioTechnica 4033 Microphone

Shure SM57 Microphone

Beyer Dynamic M69( C) Microphone

SPL Transient Designer audio processor

BBE 882I Sonic Maximizer

BBE 422A (2 units)

ART Pro MPA Preamp

Symetrix 525 Compressor/Limiter

Alesis Dual 1/3 Octave Precision Equalizer

Rocktron Hush IICX Noise Reduction System

Yamaha SPX900 Professional Multi-Effect Processor

Roland R-8 Human Rhythm Composer MIDI Drum Machine

Digital Metronome

Tannoy system 1200 monitor pair

Event 20/20 monitor pair

JBL L100 Century monitor pair

Auralex foam monitor acoustic insulators (3 units)

Mackie Bigknob Mixer

Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro Mixer

Niles SVL-4AB Speaker Selection /Volume Control System

Re'an/ AP Audio Patchbay System (48 i/o)

Mackie M-800 Professional Power Amplifier

Furman IT Reference Discrete Symmetrical Power Supply

APC Back UPS Pro Uninterruptible Power Supply (3 units)

Kenwood KD-3070 Turntable

Technics SL 1300 Turntable

Technics Direct Drive Automatic SL-D3 Turntable

Marantz Professional CD Recorder CDR300

Parasound PPH100 Preamplifiers (2 units)

GoVideo DVD Recorder and VCR VR3930

Sony Portable Minidisc Recorder MZ-MH1

RCA SCT 550 Full Logic Controlled Stereo Cassette Deck

Teac A6300 Professional Reel to Reel Tape Recorder

Syquest EZ-Drive External Removable Media Hard Drive

Iomega Jaz Drive External Removable Media Hard Drive

Westell Prospeed DSL Modem

NetGear FM114P Prosafe Wireless Firewall/Print Sever

Netgear FS105 Fast Ethernet Switch

Orange Micro OrangeCombo USB/Firewire PCMCIA card for laptops

USB Hubs (2 Units)

KVR Switches (2 Units)

Cables (Firewire, USB, Audio, Microphone, Digital Audio, etc.)

Multi-outlet surge suppressors, misc. power cables,

Digital Camera





SOFTWARE:



Steinberg Cubase 4 (2 copies)

Steinberg Wavelab 5.0

Ableton Live 7

Celemony Melodyne Studio 3

Waves Diamond Bundle

Native Instruments Komplete 4

Propellerheads Recycle

Propellerheads Reason

Arkaos Grand VJ and Arkaos VJ MIDI

Various video conversion and ripping tools

Bias Peak 4

Fxpansion BFD

FXpansion BFD XFL

FXpansion BFD Deluxe

FXpansion BFD 8BK

FXpansion BFD Jazz and Funk

Garritan Jazz and Big Band Instrument Collection

Ilio Saxaphones

Ilio Epic horns

Ilio Vienna Harps

Ilio Vienna Concert Guitars

Steinberg Groove Agent

Steinberg Halion

Spectrasonics Atmosphere

Spectrasonics Stylus

Spectrasonics Trilogy

Motu Mach 5 (Mac and Windows copies purchased separately)

Yellow Tools Culture

Yellow Tools Majestic

Yellow Tools Candy

Yellow Tools Independence

Motu Digital Performer 4

Acid Pro

UltraFocus Ultimate Soundbank

Applied Acoustic Systems Lounge Lizard

IK Multimedfia T-Racks Mastering Processors

E-Labs Obsession

Zero-G Altered States

Antares Auto-Tune

BBE Sonic Maximizer VST Plugin

Phatmatic Pro

Beat Quantizer

Crono-X Sampler

RM IV Drum Machine

MicroRock Synth

Etno Bundle Instruments

Morphing Delay and Trimmetry Tapper

Harptime Pro

SaxLab

Tascam GigaStudio

Steinberg Virtual Guitarist

Steinberg Groove Agent

PlugSounds 4 - Hip Hop and RnB Toolkit

PlugSounds 2 - Fretted Instruments

Native Instrumemts Kontakt Standalone

Native Instruments Battery Standalone

Reason Strings Refill

HarBal Harmonic Balancer

Firium/Equim/Neodynium/Inspector Processors

Transcribe

DSP FX Processors

SFX Machine Processors

Mixing and Mastering with Waves DVD Set and Book

Steinberg V-Stack

Assorted Sound Library CD's and DVD's (Approximately 50 titles)

TechTool Pro

Disk Warrior

Norton Ghost 9

F-Prot Antivirus

Trojan Remover

SpySweeper

WinRAR Archiver

Easy Desk Software

CPR Suite

Nero 6

Imtoo Ripper Pack Gold

VoptXP Defragmenter

Here are some reviews from dctheatre scene.com and the Washington City Paper:

dctheaterscene.com review:

B-Digga Presents

July 20th, 2008 by



Miranda Hall

B-Digga Presents

Reviewed by Miranda Hall

"Man, I forgot the Fringe was a theatre festival," shrugged the rapper E.R.K. as he jauntily took stage Saturday afternoon. "I'm music," he laughed. "Well alright. Here we go."

His casual entrance - hopping from the front row onto the stage - topped the second half of B-Digga's handpicked concert, now playing at Fort Fringe. His introduction was apt: let's just get together and create something. Dismissing the boundaries of genre, B-Digga Presents illuminated and syncopated the thrill of explosive art. Theatre or not, it doesn't get much more Fringe than that.

Rippling beneath the Festival's signature white Baldacchino, B-Digga's fluid amalgams of acid jazz, funk, neo-soul, and hip hop glided seamlessly beneath the trills and beats of songstress Tamika Jones and rappers E.R.K., y.u., and Enjay. Audience members swayed with cold drinks in hand as psychedelic video projections guided them through the entrancing numbers. Even the persistent sunlight seemed to relax as it spilled through the tent's open flaps.

Though relationship dilemmas topped the agenda, many of the songs celebrated a refreshing social progressivism with calls to end racial inequality and corporate monopolies. The concert began with an improvised jam from pianist Myke P, whose loose, upbeat song welcomed the audience into the show like old friends. Ms. Jones soon joined Mr. P onstage to enchant with her blithe and gracious voice. Clad in turquoise, purple, and orange, she glowed with a bold resilience as she sang about the transcendent powers of music. When E.R.K, y.u., and Enjay took the stage after this goddess of cool, they continued her message with lyrics like "don't do it for the payday, do it for the love."

Though the performer-to-audience ratio struck close to equilibrium - a shame for such a lively concert - the artists animated their work with a purpose and sincerity that showed no concern for the size of the crowd.

Running Time: 60 minutes Tickets: B-Digga Presents Remaining Shows: Sat, July 26 at 6:30 . Sun, July 27 at 5 Where: The Baldacchino at Fort Fringe, 607 New York Ave, NW


Washinton City Paper review:

B-Digga Presents'

Posted by Majeedah Johnson on Jul. 19, 2008, at 3:08 pm



B-Digga Presents



The BaldacchinoRemaining Performances:

Saturday, July 19 @ 5 PM

Saturday, July 26 @ 6:30 PM

Sunday, July 27 @ 5 PM



They Say: "A multimedia extravaganza! B-Digga's groundbreaking music with live performance and vocals by some of D.C.'s finest artists, with accompanying video and computer generated imagery. The music will be progressive hip-hop, soul and acid jazz-material that's intelligent and thought provoking but also crowd-engaging, danceable, and guaranteed to groove! "Majeedah's Take: Focusing on the music and messages of B-Digga's lineup, audience members received a healthy dosage of entertaining and engaging hip-hop. Although I was unsure when the show actually began, until then audience members were entertained by dancing bodies, moving kaleidoscopes and brilliantly colored abstract images featured on a projection screen. This provided a backdrop to the opening instrumentals.



Ms. Tamika Jones, accompanied by fellow singers Shareeta and Eric, opened the first set with a series of eclectic tunes with thoughtful and upbeat lyrics. Songs such as "Back to Life," "You and Me" and "Runnin" are reminiscent of a DJ Spinna extended mix or a Future Sound of Jazz compilation album. As Ms. Jones sang about lost love and self-determination, I was reminded of a new age Nina Simone or an Ursula Rucker.



MC Black Indian demonstrated his versatility and maturity with witty and humorous rhymes on topics ranging from gentrification and real estate woes in the DC metro area to increasing food and gas prices to the current presidential election. An ode to hip hop was performed over a tantalizing and smooth beat that any Wu Tang member or Stones Throw MC would salivate over. MC Enjay blessed the crowd with a meaty freestyle to close out the set.

Sometimes the idea of intelligent hip hop and R&B conjures thoughts of hokiness or contrived happiness. Not the case with B-Digga's performers. Each song was cleverly matched with the performer. The messages are wholesome and something to which each audience member can relate. The diversity of topics covered will allow for the featured artists to be appreciated and favored at a variety of venues. The performance illustrates their devotion to great music with a positive message. See it if: You like good music.

Skip it if: You don't like good music.