SAMBAM DA HEARTBREAK KID
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I ACTUALLY STARTED MAKING MUSIC IN 2002. I STARTED OFF MAKING BEATS AND RECORDING IN MY HOUSE. I GREW UP IN HUNTERS POINT WHICH IS KNOWN TO MANY AS THE PROJECTS. MAKING MUSIC IS ACTUALLY WHAT KEPT ME FROM BEING OUT ON THE BLOCK SELLING DRUGS OR GETTING INTO TROUBLE, WELL THAT AND MY MOM! LOL. BUT I STARTED OFF WITH A SMALL CASIO KEYBOARD AND A TAPE RECORDER. A YEAR LATER I FOUND A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ON EXCELSIOR THAT HAD A REAL RECORDING STUDIO. EVER SINCE THEN I HAVEN'T BEEN THE SAME. GOING TO THE STUDIO AND LEARNING ALL I CAN WAS MANDATORY!! YOU WOULD CATCH ME IN THERE EVERYDAY MAKING BEATS AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER YOUNG TEENS. AND NOW WERE IN THE END OF 2009 AND IM STILL GOING!!
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
YES I PLAY LIVE AND ALL BY EAR. . . . . MY FIRST LOVE WERE THE DRUMS. I LEARNED IN CHURCH GROWING UP WATCHING AND LEARNING FROM MY OLDER BROTHER, JUNIOR FINEASO. HE TAUGHT ME THE BASIC FOUNDATION OF BEING A SOLID POCKET DRUMMER. THEN MY SECOND LOVE WAS AND IS THE PIANO. I STARTED OFF JUST MESSING AROUND WITH MY COUSINS AS WE WERE LITTLE SNEAKING INTO THE CHURCH. AS I GREW OLDER I STARTED TAKING THE PIANO SERIOUSLY. MY BIGGEST INSPIRATION AND MENTOR ON THE PIANO IS MY UNCLE, REY MAGALEI. MY UNCLE IS STILL THE BEST IVE EVER SEEN. IVE ALSO PICKED UP THE BASS AND GUITAR OVER THE YEARS AND TAUGHT MYSELF HOW TO PLAY.
Your musical influences
FIRST OF ALL THERE'S MY GOD. MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ME AND YOU. IT ALL STARTED WITH HIM. . . . THEN THERE IS MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. MY SISTERS AND BROTHER ARE SINGERS, MY OLDEST BROTHER IS A MUSICIAN AND MY YOUNGER BROTHER IS TOUGH RAPPER. AND ONCE AGAIN MY UNCLE REY ON THE PIANO IS A BIG INFLUENCE ON ME. I CANT FORGET ABOUT MY TWO COUSINS WHO GET DOWN ON THE PIANO AS WELL, BRUCE SAVUSA AND REN MEAFUA!! MY PIANO PLAYING STYLE IS A MIXTURE OF ALL THREE! THEN THERE ARE MY CLOSE FRIENDS WHO ARE ALSO MUSICIANS, JOHN GARCIA (GUITAR) AND GUS PACHECO (BASS). THESE TWO GUYS, TO ME ARE THE BEST MUSICIANS IVE EVER PLAYED WITH. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. . . . MY HOMIES WHO ARE ALWAYS PUSHING ME! FIA JAMESON, ELE FAITUALA AND JASON "CHUBBY" TUUFULI. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, RYAN LESLIE!!!
What equipment do you use?
REASON 4.0 AND PRO TOOLS 8. . . . . AND THAT'S ALL I NEED!!
Anything else?
BIG THANKS TO MY FAMILY FOR LOVING AND SUPPORTING ME!!
A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY BROTHER MAO!! THANKS UCE FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND FOR BUYING EVERYTHING I EVER NEEDED TO GET STARTED.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST. . . . . . I LOVE MY GIRLFRIEND, LUPE NIUAMOA!! 143_823 BABE!!
