
Dee Ess
All beats are made by me, Dan
I'm an aspiring Bedroom Producer and Beatmaker
I do all styles, always aiming for that 'Head Noddin' Factor'
I use all techniques from sampling to composing
I'd love to take my beats to the people, live shows, etc
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I have always appreciated music!
I can remember when I was eleven or twelve, jumping around in the lounge room with Mum's karaoke mic, with Limp Bizkit's 'Just Like This' pumping through the mini hi-fi!
I got into drums at the age of thirteen and took lessons for six months, learning most rock songs on the radio at the time!
I left Tasmania when I was fifteen and moved to Melbourne where I continued High-School as well as the drums!
I was always in a band right up to the age of eighteen where I then moved to the Fraser Coast of Queensland!
Not going to school limited my musical networking and with no longer being in a band the drums gradually became an ornament!
I then started using the computer to make some basic loop structured instrumentals in GarageBand, but never really got into it as such!
Eighteen Months ago I wrote over thirty songs worth of Hip Hop lyrics that I was planning on laying down once I got a 'Good Flow'!
But after featuring on a few tracks of a close friend's mixtape I still wasn't happy with how I sounded and settled on the fact that myself on a mic just didn't sound right...
Through all of this, my passion for music has never deteriorated so now, I use it to the best of my ability and hope it's evident in my work!
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
No, not yet!
But I'd love to get a posse and do live sets!
I live in a country town...It sucks!
Your musical influences
Everything!
But off the top of my head: Marco Polo, Alchemist, M-Phazes, etc!
What equipment do you use?
Mac Mini 1.66 Intel Core Duo w/2GB Ram (OS X 10.4)
Reason 4.0.1
Ardour 2.8.7
Korg PadKontrol
MidiTech i2 Control 61 Keyboard
Samson Q1U Dynamic USB Mic
Anything else?
MySpace.com/DeeEssMusic