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CHECKiT & LISTEN: January 2011
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Friday, January 7, 2011. I PRESENT TO YOU SIME GEZUS AKA PETE PLUTO SON! FOLLOW SIME ON TWITTER! DOWNLOAD 2012 MIXTAPE *COMING SOON*. DO YOU TEND TO LIKE BEATS YOU BUILT YOURSELF AS OPPOSED TO SAMPLED BEATS? A combination of both, I love to sample, that’s my sh*t, 96% of the time I make my own drum beat vs jacking a loop or something, I have old analog equipment and keyboards, so I'll play some keys out and I'm heavy on sound fx and tweaking noises. WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVE PRODUCERS? DO YOU PREFER TO H...
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CHECKiT & LISTEN: February 2012
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012. SO I SEE THAT OGDEN GETS DOWN FOR THEIRS. WHAT IS THE VIBE LIKE OUT THERE? CUZ THE HELL IF Y'ALL AIN'T MAKING SOME DOPE ASS MUSIC. It's kinda a small town 30 min north of Salt Lake City. Some of the cats I work with in Ogden are hungry for this music shit. There's less of us here in Ogden as there are in Salt Lake, so we try our best to keep up. DO YOU PREFER TO SAMPLE OR START FROM THE BOTTOM AND BUILD UP? WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU HAD TALENT AND WERE GOOD AT MAKING BEATS?
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CHECKiT & LISTEN: December 2011
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Friday, December 9, 2011. Http:/ www.djdredi.com. Http:/ www.youtube.com/user/DJDREDi. Http:/ www.tumblr.com/blog/thetransastralchamber. DO YOU TEND TO LIKE BEATS YOU BUILT YOURSELF AS OPPOSED TO SAMPLED BEATS? WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVE PRODUCERS? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR FINISHED WITH THE BEAT? I never do. I just get to a point where I feel the sounds are complete-ish and stop. Every now and then I will go back and add stuff later. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NEWER EQUIPMENT VS THE OLDER EQUIPMENT? When I ...
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CHECKiT & LISTEN: July 2011
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Saturday, July 30, 2011. CHECK OUT TRAXX FACEBOOK PAGE. O YOU TEND TO LIKE BEATS YOU BUILT YOURSELF AS OPPOSED TO SAMPLED BEATS? BOTH I’M FROM THE SAMPLING ERA. SO I LOVE SAMPLES BUT I ALSO LIKE TO PUT NOTES AND SOUNDS TOGETHER. WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVE PRODUCERS? DJ PREMIER,PETE ROCK,LARGE PROFESSOR,THE BEATNUTS,9. WONDER,J DILLA,QUINCY JONES. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR FINISHED WITH THE BEAT? HAVE YOU EVER MADE WHAT YOU FELT LIKE WAS A NIICE BEAT AND SOMEONE GOT ON IT AND DID IT NO JUSTICE? WHO/WHAT IN...
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CHECKiT & LISTEN: June 2011
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011. DO YOU TEND TO LIKE BEATS YOU BUILT YOURSELF AS OPPOSED TO SAMPLED BEATS? I usually build around my samples, creating multiple layers to manipulate my drums and bass line. WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVE PRODUCERS? My favorite producers range from Quincy Jones, Butch Vig, Primo, Pete Rock, Rashid Hadee, Ken-E, The Stuyvesant, Digs, Kidnice, Alchemist, Skibeatz and many more. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR FINISHED WITH THE BEAT? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT NEWER EQUIPMENT VS THE OLDER EQUIPMENT?
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CHECKiT & LISTEN: November 2010
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Sunday, November 28, 2010. OK SO I RECENTLY MET A GUY BY THE NAME OF DR KHIL ON TWITTER WHILE I WAS PROMO'ING FOR MY BLOGS AND HE SENT ME SOME MUSIC. I LOVED IT. IT WAS DIFFERENT AND WE ALL KNOW HOW I LOVE DIFFERENT. SO ANYWAY HE WAS LIKE CHECK OUT OUR BLOG GLASS CEILING EFFECT. I DRAGGED ASS A LIL BIT BUT WHEN I LOOKED A COUPLE DAYS LATER. I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY EVERYONE! YOU KNOW HOW USUALLY WHEN SOMEONES LIKE YOU LIKE ME? Monday, November 15, 2010. FOLLOW HIM ON TWITTER @DAIKATAMYIS. YOUR BEATS ARE SO CO...
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CHECKiT & LISTEN: October 2010
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010. Shade Cobain is a producer hailing from Pittsburgh, Pa. His style is of the late 90's boom bap, with a today spin on it. He also does production in the nu-soul (neo soul) genre. His drive for creating music non stop. Within this year alone he has produced/co-produced 4 albums (Cobainish Remixes Vol. 1, Divine Seven's LISTEN! PHOTO BY JORDAN BECKHAM. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT PEOPLE THAT ARENT FANS OF YOU MUSIC TO KNO ABOUT YOU? I’m a real spiritual person. WHAT WOULD IT BE?
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CHECKiT & LISTEN: October 2011
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Friday, October 21, 2011. DO YOU TEND TO LIKE BEATS YOU BUILD YOURSELF AS OPPOSED TO SAMPLED BEATS? WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVE PRODUCERS? Right now I’m listening to a lot of Hazel, Freddie Joachim, Damu the Fudgemunk, Wellaware, Man Mantis, J Dilla, and Clutchy Hopkins. HAVE YOU EVER MADE WHAT YOU FELT LIKE WAS A NIICE BEAT AND SOMEONE GOT ON IT AND DID IT NO JUSTICE? DO YOU PREFER TO KEEP YOUR BEATS AS INSTRUMENTALS OR DO YOU LIKE TO MAKE BEATS FOR OTHER ARTISTS? Well I’m actually more into instrum...
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CHECKiT & LISTEN: TRAXXMANN
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Saturday, July 30, 2011. CHECK OUT TRAXX FACEBOOK PAGE. O YOU TEND TO LIKE BEATS YOU BUILT YOURSELF AS OPPOSED TO SAMPLED BEATS? BOTH I’M FROM THE SAMPLING ERA. SO I LOVE SAMPLES BUT I ALSO LIKE TO PUT NOTES AND SOUNDS TOGETHER. WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVE PRODUCERS? DJ PREMIER,PETE ROCK,LARGE PROFESSOR,THE BEATNUTS,9. WONDER,J DILLA,QUINCY JONES. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR FINISHED WITH THE BEAT? HAVE YOU EVER MADE WHAT YOU FELT LIKE WAS A NIICE BEAT AND SOMEONE GOT ON IT AND DID IT NO JUSTICE? WHO/WHAT IN...
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CHECKiT: February 2012
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SUBMIT MUSIC AT CHECKIT.BLOG@GMAIL.COM (mp3's only) PLEASE LABEL YOUR MUSIC W/ YOUR NAME! CHECKiT and LISTEN FB PAGE. Friday, February 17, 2012. WHO ARE SOME OF THE SINGERS THAT INSPIRED YOU GROWING UP? WHEN DID YOU DECIDE THAT YOU SERIOUSLY WANTED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MUSIC? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SINGING? I have been singing since I was two years old and performing since I was 12. WHAT IS A TYPICAL DAY LIKE FOR TRACY CRUZ? HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOU MUSIC TO SOMEONE THAT HASN'T HEARD ANY OF YOUR SONGS?