John Suave

Yo, I'm John Suave, . I'm an emcee/producer from Thunder Bay, ON. My brother does all my cuts and records me most of the time.. I wrote in solitude until I had something I was relatively proud of which was recorded as a demo track that will likely never see the light of day, and after that I was addicted. I began spending alot of my free time scribbling in a notebook or sitting on the computer writing. Now I'm trying to expand my skillset as much as possible. I started freestyling and making beats in December 2004, and I'm trying to learn how to beat-box and do graffiti but those two are definitely my forté. Hehehe....

Started writing rhymes Recorded first demo Recorded first track Got my own mic : Started producing beats Got my pre-amp Got a MIDI controller nearing completion of my first LP.

Yep. So far I've only performed in Thunder Bay. Being on stage is always a challenge for me because I strive to sound as similar to the recorded version as possible. As for special moments, I freestyled with from the Trailer Park Boys. It's just a shame nobody else from the show was there.

Zach de la Rocha, Aesop Rock, Last Emperor, Josh Martinez, Blueprint, D-Shade, Classified, Del, MF Doom, Lodeck, Immortal Technique, KRS One, Nevamind the Damage Dun, Royal-T(reatment), Techum, Intelev & Arctic. I also feel I should mention Jim Morrison and Roger Waters because The Doors and Pink Floyd have influenced me just as much as the emcees listed above.

For recording I use other people's equipment right now.... I'm working on my setup though. Beat-making-wise, I use Adobe Audition to chop stuff up, FL Studio 6 to put it back together again and to record my Korg PadKontrol MIDI controller. I need some real software.... haha.

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