Concepts Beats
Concepts Beats was begun by a talented hip-hop lyricist and producer. At age 13 I started writing my own rap lyrics. Then around the age of 16 I found new light in the form of a microphone. It became my release.. my way to vent stress & anger, as well as my way to express happiness and excitement about personal events that occur throughout my life. After years of recording over other producers instrumentals I came to meet my current producer . From there I continued to write lyrics, only now I had an advantage. I was able to step my game up tremendously. Mindbender, who had an incredible talent on the keys took time to show me around his Alesis 6HD Fusion Keyboard Workstation. I quickly became interested in producing beats on top of just writing verses and hooks. My producer showed me a few scales, taught me a few chords and a year or so later here I am. After getting a bit comfortable on the keys I decided to step my game up even more I was able to get my hands on a M-Audio Axiom 25 Midi Controller Keyboard which I quickly went to work on. Finally I have exclusives to all my own material, still with the help of Mindbender. My music is what I experience and see through my eyes and hopefully other people will be able to feel and relate to my music.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Currently we do not have anything going on. Mainly because the HiredHands crew is focusing on getting more material finished so once that happens we will be getting into the "Getting Our Name Known" aspect of the industry. Until then it's all work and no play.
Your musical influences
All of the older hip-hop artist's had a huge influence on the music I make today. Artist's such as Tupac, Notorious BIG, GrandMaster Flash, Rakim, Dre, Snoop, Big Daddy Kane and many many more. Today's mainstream artist just don't do it for me. The lyrics are incredible but the plot of the songs made now carry no form of substance. Once in a while I'll hear a commercialized artist with something worth listening to. Now, all it's about is getting money, diamonds, girls, cars and so on. Yes I understand that's what the listeners are interested in listening to, but c'mon.. face it, that's not real life!
What equipment do you use?
FL Studio 8.0.0 XXL Producers Edition
Sony Acid Pro 8 Workstation
Alesis 6HD Fusion Keyboard Workstation
M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Keyboard Controller
M-Audio MobilePre USB Signal Processor
MXL 990 Microphone
Dell Desktop PC
