Portis Hershey
Portis Hershey
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Started making music four centuries ago. Hve been reincarnated 6 times and been making music in 5 of those lifetimes.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Nope. Just produce in my studio.
Your musical influences
U2, 2Pac, Jay-Z, Eminem, Everclear, Daft Punk, Marc Mothersbaugh, Jon Brion, Clint Mansell, John Williams, Pachelbel, Nathan Johnson, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Dr. Dre, Just Blaze, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Mike Redenz, James Calame, Late Orchestration Live at Abbey Roads, Fiona Apple, Everclear, Gwen Stefani, Rob Dougan, Portishead, Daft Punk and Leiji Matsumoto's Interstella 5555 DVD , Eminem's lyrics, Fade to Black DVD, Cool and Dre beats, classical music, Clint Mansell and the Kronos Quartet's Requiem for Dream score, Mothersbaugh's Canon, 2Pac's To live and Die in LA, Ain't mad at cha, I get Around and Krazy, Little Brother's The Minstrel Show, Jay-Z's career, Ludacris' creativity, Dave Meyer's videos.
What equipment do you use?
Reason 4.0, Recycle 2.0, Protools (M Powered), M-Audio Pro 88, MPC 1000 and some old sound modules.
Anything else?
Fantasy Football is really important to me. Just thought I share.
