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Spy da Man

42 // Male // London, United Kingdom  |   Member since April 26, 2009
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About Me

Skill Level:
Amateur
Craft:
recording engineer, composer
Instruments:
computer (pc), electric bass
Genres:
Hip-Hop, soul, garage, dancehall
Influences:
9th Wonder, A Tribe Called Quest, Arthur Baker, DJ Premier, J Dilla, Rza, The Alchemist, Augustus Pablo, Havoc, Just Blaze, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, Hi-Tek, The Bomb Squad

Producer/Engineer of UK Urban styles, e.g. Hip Hop, Garage, Bashment, etc. All music by Spy, all lyrics by the vocalist(s) [except where otherwise stated]. More of a production house/ideas arena than an artist/group (think Neptunes as opposed to N.E.R.D.)

My music 'career' began with me DJ'ing at school friends' parties. I continued as an operator/selector for a local sound, whilst simultaneously 'working' as a presenter on a series of unlicensed radio stations.

Based at The Web Recording Studio in South London, I'm now the producer/engineer of UK Hip Hop, UK Garage, UK Dancehall & Urban Pop/R&B for a small collective whose aim is to bring good, dirty urban beats and spread the message - "One Love, One Aim, One Big Party".

Extended

Band or Group:
Spy
Website:
http://www.rollyourownproductions.com/

Working With Others

How I Work:

I have two rooms; 'control room' and 'vocal room'. Most of my compositions are VSTi based but I have the facility to record guitars/bass via DI and/or microphone.

I'm always interested in hearing from musicians, vocalists, engineers and producers who might wish to collaborate on a track or project. If you're in or near South East London and are up for it, please contact me by phone or e-mail.

Experience:

I'm not what I'd consider a musician (although I do make music, lol) and I'm not a formerly trained engineer, but I have learned from watching others (at various and varying studios over the years), reading (books, magazines and forums) and from doing.

I've reached the point where my equipment (and I include my environment in that) is as limiting for me as my lack of knowledge/experience. In other words, I've learned a lot through theory and practice but I acknowledge that I've more to learn and need better facilities to best facilitate that.

Equipment:

Current Kit List:

Oktava MK220 multi-pattern condenser microphone
SE Electronics SE2200 cardioid condenser microphone
Beyerdynamic M 300 N cardioid dynamic microphone
2 x Sennheiser MD421 cardioid dynamic microphones
Fender Champ 6 Watts valve practice amplifier
Tech 21 Sansamp PSA-1 guitar modeller/DI
DAV Electronics BG1u microphone preamplifier/DI
Allen & Heath GS3-16 analogue mixing desk
Alesis HD24 digital multi-track hard disk recorder
Drawmer LX20 dual expander/compressor
dbx 160X mono compressor/limiter
Lexicon MPX500 dual multi-effects unit
Klark Teknik DN716 digital delay
Roland SDE-2000 digital delay
Hafler 220 power amp
Dynaudio BM5-P passive studio monitors
Event 20/20 passive studio monitors

Computer & related hardware:

Scan 3XS Tracking System
MOTU MIDI Express XT MIDI interface
MOTU 2408 mk3/PCI-424 audio interface
MOTU 24I/O audio interface expansion
TC Electronic Powercore Element
E-MU XBoard 61 MIDI controller
Korg padKONTROL MIDI controller

Software:

Steinberg Cubase 4
Steinberg Cubase 5
Sony Acid Pro 6
Sony Sound Forge 8
Sony Sound Forge 9
Sony CD Architect 5
Cockos Reaper 3
Image Line FL Studio 8
Propellerhead Reason
E-MU Proteus X
IK Multimedia SampleTank
IK Multimedia Sonik Synth
Native Instruments Xpress Keys
Noveltech Character for Powercore
Izotope Mastering Suite
Crysonic native plug-ins bundle
Selected freeware native plug-ins

Payments:
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St. Paul wrote on September 20, 2009:

nice setup you got there.

Versatile Stylez wrote on September 19, 2009:

Tracks are tight keep up the gd work

Killa Kane wrote on September 17, 2009:

aye man im kk da souf west threat aye i dont have anything to offer you i just wanted to say i respect your talent and intelligence of music im a rapper thats trying to make it in these cold streets and it is my dream to have all the equipment and smarts that you because i want to have my own studio one day and i know it takes alot of time and money ... but anyway.... much respect and i love your beats...