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Dirrty SCO born "Donnie T. Heard Jr. on February 24,1984 in Frankfurt Am Main,Germany has been around music all his life while growing up in a single parent household. Every since "SCO" watched his brother use a record player and two tape decks to loop breaks together then hang a mic over the closet door & record rap songs he knew that music would be his niche.
While growing up " SCO" moved around alot first staying with family in Brooklyn,NY then later moving to South Carolina where his parents settled down. After his parents divorced, "SCO" his mother & two siblings bounced around from place to place & was even homeless for a while. After staying in every hood in & around Grenville,SC they finally settled down on the east side in "Woodland/Pearce Homes". While there "SCO" started selling drugs at 10 yrs old to buy the things that his mother couldn't buy him. "SCO" also had a couple of run in's with the law but it wasn't until he was in the 10th grade that things really got ruff,him & a couple of class mates where caught smoking in school & got kicked out."SCO" later attended Job Corps where he obtained his GED & took a couple of college classes but opted out for the streets instead returning back to Greenville to sell drugs until being arrested & charged with 1st Degree Burglary serving 18 mon probation & a short jail stint.In the summer of "1999" SCO & a couple of his friends started "Major Threat Records". They would record mix tapes in their producer Chris "Magik Man" Sweeney's garage after receiving a lot of attention & praise for their lyrical abilities at 15 yrs old & 4 local mix tapes in "2002" they split ways after conflicts within the group,that left "SCO" without a producer or a place to record his music. 8yrs later & dozens of local hits later "SCO is a full fledged;
producer,rapper,engineer,graphic designer & CEO/Owner of 300 Proof Music/GrindHous3 Productions.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Ex-Producer and owner of GrindHous3 Productions 2002-present
owner/artist of 300 Proof Music 2007-present
60 beat placements with independent artist
400 songs engineered and mixed for independent artist locally and abroad
3 Mixtapes/10 mixtape features
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I also rap so yes I perform live at local clubs in Greenville,SC
Your musical influences
My first and formost influence is jesus christ and god for giving me life, untrained knowledge of music and the will to create timeless music for all my fans,friends and family. My musical influences range from bill withers to tupac shakur vocal wise and parliament to Dr.Dre production wise.
What equipment do you use?
M-Box2,Alesis 3630 Compressor limiter with gate,pre sonus Tube Pre a pair of KRK ST6 passive studio monitors a KRK 10's Sub,M-Audio Keystation 49e,Akai MPD16,Digital Refrence DR-CX1,MXL 990 & 991 and also a Rode cardiod condenser Mic.
Anything else?
FruityLoops 9XXL (out the box),sony sound forge10,reason 4.0,recycle2.0,Waves mercury,diamond and platnium Packs (out the box) and also a host of other vst's and soundfonts.
