infraredbeats
producer
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songs
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Band/artist history
Infra Red, formerly known as The Reason, is a hip-hop / R&B producer from Oakland, CA. Setting aside his initial aspirations of becoming a professional artist and clothing designer, he began taking an interest in music production. Without any previous training as an engineer, he talked his way into internships at several major bay area recording studios including Studio 880, The Grill Studios, and Straight Hits before ever touching a drum machine. A family friend introduced him to the production tool "Reason" and he began teaching himself to make tracks in the summer of 2004. After just one short year, his production caught the ear of a local video director and his talent was brought to the attention of the bay area rap group "The Team" with whom he landed his first major album credit "Ambassador's Night" on their sophomore effort "World Priemiere" and first song on radio "Rock That Shit Remix" a hot, albiet unofficial remix that debuted on DJ Backside's KMEL radio show "The Hot Spot". From there he went on to produce tracks for major bay area artists such as E-40, Too $hort, Turf Talk, The Federation, Droop-E, and Big Rich among others. When shopping his talent to labels for production deals, his talent has been oft overlooked - many times having been told his sound was too "different" or "futuristic" as his production style breaks from the mold and looks to the future for inspiration to find the next production trends. Infra Red has produced tracks for artists that represent nearly every major genre of music including but not limited to: hip-hop, R&B, rock, techno, reggae, jazz, and classical. While still distinctly hip-hop, the majority of his tracks have been said to have a decidedly filmic quality to them, and having worked with and/or come in contact with every significant hip-hop artist in the bay area, Infra Red is a prominent force in the west coast production scene.What equipment do you use?
Apple PowerBook G4, Reason, Pro Tools
Oakland, CA
USA
ID
707727
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