Sance

What is the true definition of good music? Trying to answer that question everyday, striving for the perfect solution until I can no longer inquire.

Originally from the Bronx, I discovered my love for music production in Spring of 2001 in which I started making tracks for a local group of close friends. Went to college later that year and I haven't stopped creating since then. I've always been creative and, in fact, art is my first love. I'm two months away from graduating with a BFA in Fine Arts, pursuing a job as a 3D Digital Content Modeller. I self-taught lessons in FLStudio, Reason and Cubase SX, and can offer video tutorials for those who seek to get high-quality tracks without all the hassle of underused technical functions. We all know the state that hip-hop is in right now, but too many heads screaming "REAL HIP-HOP" are in no possession of what its true definition is. I don't claim to know every old school song, but it is the essence of it I seek to recapture, time and time again through my production, while at the same flick not afraid to experiment with new sounds. What I look for in an artist is a sense of self, a willingness to work in perhaps unorthodox/inventive manners, schedule flexibility, and above all else "lyrical competence." I'm passionate about what I do, this is not for the money for if you love what you do then God will reward you in some appropriate shape or form. To hear more instrumentals from myself please visit my band website link to the left of this paragraph.

In college, I took four sound design classes one of which was an Intro to Music Principles course. That's what initially started the evolution of my fascination with the piano that I'm still attaining informatory notes on this instrument as we speak.

I'm a huge fan of piano and string samples, which often leads to DJ Premiere, Pete Rock, Tru Master and RZA. I love the technique Just Blaze uses to wrap synthesizers around warm soul loops and his lively drum percussion. Kanye West for his gritty but soul-warming sound. I tend to stay away from altering the vocal pitch of vocals in my samples, as the only people that do it and not come off as a gimmick, more often than not, are the Heatmakers, which I'm on partial to. Dr. Dre for his excellent melodic coordination in regards to layering subtle keys with bouncing synths, especially his Chronic days. Cool and Dre since they have a balanced mix between original and sampled production, which reminds me of how I get down. Large Professor because I believe he's a sampling genius. 45 King for his knack of finding the best funk loops around, check his site 45king.com. Saleem Remi, Alchemist for his absolute string sample domination, and that's about all I can think of at the moment.

Cubase SX 3, FL Studio 5, Propellerheads Reason 3, Proteus X, Native Instruments Absynth and Battery 2, Waves Diamond, and Spectrasonics Stylus.