
330 FAME
330 FAME is a music production company composed of producers Mark Hill & Rashaud Polk.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
330 FAME
330 FAME is a music production company consisting of producers Mark Hill & Rashaud Polk. They produce/write/arrange R&B and Rap Tracks.
Rashaud
Rashaud has a very soulful sound and a perfectionist mentality that allow him to turn out such infectious records.
Rashaud is the more R&B side of the dynamic duo which is 330 FAME. After gaining his degree in studio engineering, Rashaud has gained an incredible ear and an understanding for when a record sounds "Just Right".
Mark
As if owning a luxury menswear label (Marce Royale) and buying a major stake in a couture womenswear label (Nik Milan) with a new position as Chairman weren't enough, Mark is also a focused record producer. He started producing at around 16 years old with a BOSS DR-5 Drum Machine. "That thing taught me a lot", Mark says of his first drum machine. He goes on, "A lot of people don't know this now, but up until I went to college, I had planned on being a superproducer and then taking that money and getting into business ventures. Things just worked out opposite of that for me, but I'm happy with that". Mark is now taking the steps to bring his initial dream of being a super producer back to life. "We have a lot of hard work ahead of us," Mark says of himself and partner Rashaud's efforts to get their records placed with national recording artists on major releases.
As Mark says, "We're only focused on putting out hit records, that it. Records that DJ's & A&R's will feel are hits. If we don't think its a hit, we won't even give it to an A&R, a DJ, or any executive for that matter, its that serious to us". It is this serious business side and passion that will enable Mark & Rashaud to break into such a tough industry.
Mark's Production is more focused on the Rap/Hip-Hop side of the things. With inspiration from such great producers as Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Timbaland, The Neptunes, Dr. Dre, Scott Storch, Cool & Dre, Jermaine Dupri, Alchemist, Kanye West, & DJ Premier it is clear to see why he has such a diverse portfolio of tracks ranging from uptempo club records to raw street records, even R&B records.
Releases For 2006
"The Chairman of the Boards" Mixtape will be released starting May 1st and every month thereafter for the next 12 months. This is a producer series in which Mark & Rashaud show to the world what these super producers in the making have when the get down behind the Fantom or Triton Keyboards. Look for the releases throughout Orlando, Miami, Tampa, Columbus, Canton, Cleveland, Cincinnati, etc.
There is much to come from Mark Hill & Rashaud Polk in 2006. Look for their exclusive YouTube series "In The Lab" where they will bring you live in the studio with them while they put out hits.
For artists looking for production or A&R's, Dj's, Execs, etc. looking for new tracks feel free to contact us at recordings@330fame.com
Your musical influences
The Neptunes, Timbaland, Dr. Dre, Scott Storch,
Cool N Dre, Rodney Jerkins, Jermaine Dupri, etc.
What equipment do you use?
Roland Fantom, Korg Triton,
Anything else?
Check us out at www.myspace.com/330fame.com and at our site which will be launching May 1st www.330fame.com