onyx ashanti
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although it may not sound like it, this sound was created live in performance, from scratch (a few banks of vsti's and my wind controller). nothing was prelooped or preplanned, hence the name. it's one of my favorites
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another of my freestyle Beatjazz joints. this one has everything including a bit of my vocoder scatting
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About Me
- Craft:
- sound designer, musician, recording engineer
- Instruments:
- ewi (electronic wind instrument), alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute, trumpet, trombone, electric bass, synthesizer
I am a self described Beatjazz artist; my arrangements center around their relationship to the beat. i have spent my entire adult life exploring this relationship, and have spent the last 4-5 years putting what i learned, into practice.
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- Band or Group:
- Onyx Ashanti
- Influences:
- Bugz in the Attic, Basement Jaxx, Bjork, Timbaland, Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, David Sanborn, Parliament-Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder, The Neptunes, Reel People
- Day Job:
- full time digital media artist
Working With Others
- How I Work:
I try to be as helpful as possible. although i dont do sessions for free as a rule, I'm not expensive, i am up for the occasional public collab because this thing look really dope. so let see what we can create.
NOTE: all the sounds I use and create, are synthetic. please save all the stuff about "real" vs "synthetic". inquire based on liking my style of playing, arranging and mixing and wanting said style in your production. its a new world!!
- Experience:
I have spent the last 10 or so years playing with various mostly house music artists, in clubs and in the studio and [yay for me...]have one grammy winning album on my list of accomplishments.
Soul II Soul
Basment Jaxx (grammy winning Kish Kash album)
Sir Piers
Julius Papp
Blacktroniks
Jaswho?
Ron Carroll
Samba La Casa
and a whole bunch of other artists that i am WAY too lazy to type...
- Equipment:
yamaha WX5,
KRK rp5 monitors,
Reaper 64bit DAW (everyone should check this out! amazing amazing quality),
VL70m Physical modelling synth,
and a brand new core duo with a whold bunch of well used, well earned, software gadgetry.
- Payments:
- This user accepts PayPal for session payment
Onyx Man...you are playin' that wind with some serious. Your approach is so about your performance that I listen to you tell the story. Off The Cuff and My Inspiration have such great melody flights. I love how you take off in your solos like a seagull. Very satisfying and especially from your live approach. Glad I listened to your current repertoire of music. Best of success to you Onyx. Keep it up, Brah!!! /-duaneea
Wouch!!! I just got The Itis. I got "Itis-cized. Love that breakbomb ending O. A.!!! I'll be checking you out for sure. Cool shot too. P&E/ -duaneea
Hey Onyx!!! You were one of the first players to collaborate with me when I joined Indaba over a year ago!!! Much continued success. You are an awesome player...note 4 note, solid style, and rank N file rhythms. Thanks for the initiation. Peace&Creativity/ -duaneea
i really like what you are doing over there, its very nice music. please feel to stop through and check me out when you have a chance.- CJ Blow Musick
So you use this site huh? What are my chances of finding a decent male West Indian reggae vocalist?? Can your wind controller do that? ;-)
Let's Get Down Tonite - delicious! amazing that all your sounds are "synthetic." my socks are blown off and are across the room now. nice work. anne
Salut, Onyx C'est Cool Music :) I like your tracks:) I'll post to you PM
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