NoSo Productions

"...we speak of freedom of expression and we speak of freedom generally as being something very sweet and fat and things like that. In the end when we get down to the payoff, what we actually say is that we would like very much to mention the four major freedoms that my friend and writing-and-arranging composer, Billy Strayhorn, lived by and enjoyed. That was freedom from hate, unconditionally; freedom from self-pity; freedom from fear of possibly doing something that may help someone else more than it would him; and freedom from the kind of pride that could make a man feel that he is better than his brother..." - Duke Ellington What's up, my name is Jim Nastix and I am the mastermind behind NoSo Productions. I started with music at the age of 5, playing piano. Through the years, my father Jim Sutherland has guided me through all genres of music starting with some of the jazz and classic rock legends. I have always had a keen appreciation for pure forms of music, that is, music where the musician is directly in control of the sound coming from whatever instrument they are playing. Modern music has attempted to reduce music to a series of mathematical formulas where the gritty and impure qualities of live performance are lost. I hope to infuse a more organic quality into modern music and challenge the current trend of over-digitalization. Modern R&B music uses complex vocal filters and vocal stacks to create a fuller, richer, and more perfect sound. I urge any young artists to listen to a recording of Billie Holiday singing Strange Fruit. Her voice is haunting, and beautiful, and all without even a decent recording setup. What makes her voice so beautiful is the imperfection itself, the pure emotion taking control of the artist and radiating outward to the heavens. That is not to say modern music should be cast aside as so many Americans cast aside those who are critical of the government; "If you don't like America, then leave!" It means the opposite, that artists need to take the music industry by storm and challenge post-production with pure, emotional talent, something that no amount of engineering can recreate. This is the spirit I try to instill into every project I work on and every artist I work with. NAPPY DAYS MIXTAPE: VOLUME 1 Track List: 1. Intro 2. Nappy Days - Jim Nastix 3. The Illest - Jim Nastix, feat. CharBoy 4. Stop It! - Jim Nastix, feat. Rich Dasque 5. Dreaming - Jim Nastix feat. James Taylor (not the one who wrote Fire and Rain) 6. Interlude 1 7. Dead Wrong - Rich Dasque 8. Seven Deadly Sins - Jim Nastix 9. There's A Way - RastAni feat. Jim Nastix 10. Interlude 2 11. New Tide - Jim Nastix 12. Answers - Young Water, feat. Jim Nastix 13. Let It Bang - Rich Dasque feat. Original Keeyz, John Stats 14. Mind Experiments Jim Nastix feat. President George W. Bush 15. Skit 16. Game Time - Jim Nastix 17. Spring Freedom - Jim Nastix 18. Be With Us - Jim Nastix 19. Interlude 3 20. Let Me Live - Fabion

NoSo Productions started off in April, 2006 in a dorm room at Oglethorpe University. I found many talented people at Oglethorpe and decided it would be advantageous to us all to have a good recording setup. I soon realized that NoSo would venture far past a simple recording studio. NoSo now has its sights on just about every type of music production, ranging from commercials and corporate projects to film and television scoring and a wide variety of commercial projects. NoSo has had the pleasure of working with talented artists such as R. Timothy Brady, Rich Dasque, Frankie Riptide, Jason Price, and many others.

I perform at beat battles and open mic events all over Atlanta... Keep a lookout...

I love organic sounds. Jazz music, and more specifically Bebop, is the last real music.

digi002 Rack, Proteus/1, Korg X5, Boss DR-202, Ibanez BTB bass, iMac G5, Neumann U87a Condenser Microphone, Samson Studio Amp, Stanton Turntable, ProTools, Reason