Sesto .'s Contacts
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Level2 Music Productions - Deryck "DMix" Roche
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Crafts:
- producer, remixer, songwriter
- Genres:
- rhythm and blues (r&b), rock, jazz (all), gospel
- Influences:
- Earth Wind & Fire, Chick Corea, Stevie Wonder, Rush, Toto, Jay-Z, Kim Burrell, Usher, Led Zeppelin, Run-DMC, Uzeb
Contest Honorable Mentions
MiiM ..
Stouffville-Whitchurch, Canada
- Crafts:
- producer, mixing engineer, session musician, a&r artist development, studio operator, songwriter, song stylist, composer, recording engineer, remixer
- Instruments:
- percussion, piano, Bass, voice (backing), drums, air guitar, field recorder, hands, sound effects
Peter Allen
- Crafts:
- MC
- Instruments:
- drums, microphone, voice
- Genres:
- garage, Hip-Hop, christian hip hop
- Influences:
- D Double, Dizzee Rascal, Linkin Park, Plan B, Eminem, Kano, The Streets, 50 Cent
The Ascension™
We're Anywhere You Fly Us, But First You Gotta Hire Us, Special Forces Music Division
- Crafts:
- music scientist
- Instruments:
- computer (pc), Voice (All)
- Genres:
- asian underground
- Influences:
- The Ascension
P. Atomz
Canton, OH, United States
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, djembe, computer (pc), voice
- Genres:
- new beat, chill-out, alternative hip hop, indie rock, art rock, beatnoise, Hip-Hop
- Influences:
- Alice In Chains, Mos Def, Jane's Addiciton, John Lee Hooker, The Roots, Sonic Youth, De La Soul, Common, Jimi Hendrix, KRS-One, Rage Against The Machine, Fela Kuti, The Alchemist, Talib Kweli, Zap Mama, Waters, Fire, The Earth, Wind, Erykah Badu, Dead Milkmen, Wax Poetic, Jazzanova, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Coltrane, Weather Report, Misfits, Danzig, Roni Size, Pharoahe Monch, Eminem, Eric B. & Rakim, The Pharcyde, N.E.R.D., Busta Rhymes, Young Jeezy, Moody Blues, The Doors, The O'Jays, Marilyn Manson, Devo, Nina Simone, Nine Inch Nails, Marvin Gaye, War, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Pulp Fiction, Parliament-Funkadelic, Johnny Cash, Pharrell
Contest Honorable Mentions
Fred Bement
Boxborough, MA, United States
- Crafts:
- session musician, producer
- Instruments:
- harmonica
- Genres:
- blues, indie folk
- Influences:
- Little Walter
Allan Blanks
Randallstown, Maryland, United States
- Crafts:
- composer, arranger, songwriter, producer
- Instruments:
- piano
- Genres:
- soundtrack, Pop, new romantic, rock, rhythm and blues (r&b), rap, Hip-Hop, blues
- Influences:
- E.S. Posthumus, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Queen, Barry White, Lionel Richie, Chicago, Prince, James Horner
Contest Honorable Mentions
Featured Artist
Tassili Bond
New York, New York, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- Bass
- Genres:
- acoustic jazz
- Influences:
- Cybotron, James Jamerson, WJLB, Herbie Hancock, WDRQ, Jaco Pastorious, Rodney Whitaker, Dr. Dre, Paul Chambers, Stevie Wonder, WJZZ, Chuck Rainey, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, George Clinton & The Parliament Funkadelic, Maurice White, Daz Dillinger, Bob Hurst, Ron Carter, Ed Love, Chick Corea, Easy Mo Bee, The Electrifying Mojo, Marcus Miller, B.B. Dickerson, WGPR, J Dilla, DJ Quik, Bootsy Collins, Rick James, Rufus feat. Chaka Khan, Sarah Vaughn, Terence Blanchard, Betty Carter, Roy Hargrove, Slave, Israel Crosby, Paul Jackson, John Pattitucci, Keith Crouch, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Keith Jarrett, Roger Troutman, Ohio Players, Ray Brown, Prince, The Time, Rafael Saddiq, Ready For The World
Davey Boy
Aurora, Colorado, United States
- Crafts:
- arranger, producer, songwriter
- Instruments:
- keyboard, software, computer (pc), drums
- Genres:
- southern rap, crunk, gangsta rap, nu soul, neo soul, electropop, dance pop, popular, hip hop, rhythm and blues (r&b)
mel b.
Inland Empire, California, United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter, producer, programmer, composer, event producer
- Instruments:
- Piano (All), clarinet
- Genres:
- jazz groove, rhythm and blues (r&b), Pop, Hip-Hop
Featured Artist
Kaela Bratcher
Denton, Texas, United States
- Crafts:
- musician, composer, songwriter
- Instruments:
- Voice (All), piano
- Genres:
- jazz (all), Indie, alternative pop, experimental, soul blues, funk (all)
- Influences:
- Ella Fitzgerald, The Shins, Radiohead, Rachael Yamagata, Coldplay, Jason Mraz, Debussy, Tegan And Sara, James Morrison, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley, Band of Horses, Citizen Cope, Imogen Heap, Matt Costa, Sufjan Stevens, Animal Collective, The Books, The Postal Service, Astrud Gilberto
Featured Artist
Jersey Christopher
O-Town, Magic, FL, United States
- Crafts:
- MC, dj, spoken word artist, transcriber, poet, music philosopher
- Instruments:
- microphone, mixer, 12 string guitar
- Influences:
- Redman, Big L, Lost Boys, The Lox, Wu Tang Clan, La Coka Nosstra, Rakim, Pete Rock, Nas, AZ, The Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Immortal Technique, MURS, Sage, Canibus, Wyclef, Sizzla, Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Beres Hammond, Jr Gong, Blakstar, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Budden, Outsiders, MR Green, Common, Dipset, Solliloquistst of Sound, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, The Roots Crew, Black Thought, Sly And The Family Stone, Sam Cooke, Al Green, Jaheim, Eminem, Everlast, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere
chris conners
Santa Cruz, CA, United States
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), baglama, Synthesizer (All), Percussion (All), harmonica, cuatro, double bass
- Genres:
- avant-garde jazz, electronic, Pop, raga rock, rhythm and blues (r&b), rock, film score, folktronica
- Influences:
- Zero 7, Cheb i Sabbah, Jan Garbarek, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Frank Zappa, John Fahey, Django Reinhardt, Baba Zula, Bach, Bebel Gilberto, Bill Frisell, John McLaughlin, The Beatles, Marc Ribot, Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Dave Alvin, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ron Carter, Tom Waits, Laurie Anderson, De Phazz, Paul Bowles, Leonard Cohen, Leon Redbone, Leonard Bernstein
Featured Artist
Jü-frö Dave!
New Orleans, United States
- Instruments:
- shaker, electric guitar, percussion, bongos, doumbek, computer (pc), cymbals, rainstick, keyboard, electric bass, sitar, mandolin, drums, found objects, field recorder, thumb piano
- Genres:
- free
Contest Honorable Mentions
DUBBY DUB
BRONX, NEW YORK, United States
- Crafts:
- mixing engineer
- Instruments:
- Laptop
- Genres:
- experimental, electronica, Hip-Hop, trip-hop, funk (all)
- Influences:
- Portishead, Beres Hammond, Parliament-Funkadelic, Esthero, Bebel Gilberto, Quantic, Last Poets, Beethoven, A Tribe Called Quest, The Notorious B.I.G., Simon & Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, The Pharcyde, UB40, Zero 7, Thievery Corporation, The Sneaker Pimps, Nirvana, Incubus, Manu Dibango, Tower of Power, Incognito, Bob Marley, Beck, Buju Banton, Linkin Park, Public Enemy, The Temptations, The Kinks, Metallica, Mos Def, Dj Six Seven, Face Defeat, Power, Percise aka Dan Sizzle, Brand Nubian, Cheri Dennis, Run Dmc, electric hellfire club, Gregory Isaacs, does stir?, Ras Kass, Fela Kuti, Isaac Hayes, Bootsy Collins, kc and the sunshine band, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Souls Of Mischief, Juggaknots, The Bee Gees, Garnett Silk, Hall & Oates, Guns N Roses, Goapele, Kool moe dee, ladysmith black mambazo, Otis Redding, Spandau Ballet, supercat, Terence Trent D'Arby, Ultramagnetic MCs, Telepopmusik
Ninja
Community Moderator
Mantis Evar
NYC
- Crafts:
- recording engineer, producer
- Instruments:
- electric bass
- Genres:
- jazz (all), classical, rock, jazz (all), Pop, blues, dance
- Influences:
- You
Contest Honorable Mentions
The Experimentalist
Murphys, CA, United States
- Crafts:
- producer
- Instruments:
- Piano (All)
- Genres:
- experimental
Contest Honorable Mentions
Valer Florian
Gherla, Cluj, Romania
- Instruments:
- Bass, Guitar (All), Keyboard (All), Drums (All), Violin (All)
- Genres:
- Pop, rock, Alternative, ambient
- Influences:
- HIM, System Of A Down, Mozart, Vivaldi, The Rasmus, Apocalyptica, Katy Perry
Featured Artist
Simon Houghton
Berlin, Germany
- Instruments:
- double bass, electric bass, keyboard, cello, percussion
- Genres:
- hip hop, jazz (all), soundtrack, electroacoustic
- Influences:
- Richard Evans, Ray Bryant, Prefuse 73, Daedelus, Ennio Morricone, Galt MacDermot, RJD2, Ron Carter, DJ Shadow, The Meters, The Rotary Connection, Sun Ra And His Arkestra, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Cachao, Cal Tjader, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Cymande, Johnny Harris, Led Zeppelin, Pixies, The Roots, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Madlib, JBS, Ahmad Jamal, Kool Keith, Roland Kirk, The Soulful Strings, Ellen McIlwaine, Violent Femmes, Dorothy Ashby, Nina Siimone, Gil Scott-Heron, Bootsy Collins, Eberhard Weber, Sly & The Family Stone, MF Doom, Bill Withers, Terry Callier, Charles Mingus, Graham Collier, Sonic Youth, Freddie Hubbard, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Smith, Thelonious Monk, Young-Holt Unlimited, Ramsey Lewis, The Pharcyde, Elliott Smith, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Scott LaFaro, Primus, Wes Montgomery, Ray Brown, Stan Getz, Shelly Mann, Eumir Deodato, The Headhunters, Keith Jarrett, Breakout, Roy Ayers, Lalo Schifrin, Francois Rabbath, Mudhoney, Frank Zappa, Tackhead, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Jack Bruce, Nick Drake, The Beatles, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Mark Moulin, Eddie Harris, The Fatback Band, Les Baxter, Baden Powell, Lords Of The Underground, Roy Budd, ESG, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Dizzy Gillespie, John Paul Jones
Traxdealers Inc
Utrecht, Netherlands
- Genres:
- house, electro, tech house, southern hip hop, hip hop
- Influences:
- Ratatat, Daft Punk, parlement funkadelic, blaxpoitation, Rick Ross, Wu Tang Clan, crookerz, dr lectroluv, bart b more, 70`s, mtv yo raps, Chris Lake, Deadmau5, Benny Benassi, sebastian leger, steve angelo, audiojack, Prince, Micheal Jackson, Kate Bush, Benny Rodrigues, Justice, Felix Da Housecat
IRA J.
new york, NEW YORK, United States
- Crafts:
- retail manager
- Instruments:
- voice, electric guitar, computer (pc)
- Genres:
- gospel, country, blues, a cappella
- Influences:
- Take 6, Donald Fagen, Bobby McFerrin, James Brown, Prince, Anyone That Makes Music
Neon L
United Kingdom
- Instruments:
- computer (pc), Keyboard (All), Guitar (All), software
- Genres:
- electronic, Alternative, Pop, rock
Brett Lane
Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Crafts:
- musician, songwriter
- Instruments:
- chapman stick, Bass, fretless bass, Bass (All), Percussion (All)
- Genres:
- progressive rock, indo rock, metal, instrumental rock, progressive metal, progressive electronic, progressive trance, alternative metal, celtic metal, classic metal, epic metal, funk metal, power metal, speed metal, symphonic black metal, Hip-Hop
- Influences:
- Billy Sheehan, Jaco Pastouris, Stu Hamm, Dream Theater, Queensryche, DragonForce, Enchant, Metallica, man o war, Angra, Threshold, Pearl Jam, Shadow Gallery, Conception, The Gathering, Blind Guardian, The Cure, Crimson Glory, King Crimson, Tony Levin, Trey Gunn, van den plas, Savatage, Level 42, Fates Warning, Liquid Tension Experiment, Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd, bliss n eso, Michael Manring, Dave Brubeck
Just Loïc
Paris, France
- Instruments:
- piano, drums, computer (mac), Guitar (All), Synthesizer (All), percussion
mark l.
dville, ga, United States
- Genres:
- southern hip hop
Featured Artist
Contest Winner
Contest Runners Up
Contest Honorable Mentions
david minnick
Detroit, United States
- Instruments:
- Drums (All), Chromatic Percussion (All), Percussion (All), Piano (All), organ, Guitar (All), Bass, voice
- Genres:
- electroacoustic, modern classical, ska, latin, progressive rock
- Influences:
- Frank Zappa, Xtc, Mike Patton, Steve Reich, Devo
Mark A Nicholls
- Crafts:
- live sound engineer, tour manager, dj
- Instruments:
- Bass, loop programmer, mixer, computer (mac), ears
- Influences:
- Boards of Canada, Pink Floyd, Film Scores, Amon Tobin, Talking Heads, William Orbit, Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Vadim, Hot Chip, My Bloody Valentine, Freestylers, Red Snapper, The Orb, Hybrid, David Holmes, Grace Jones, magic mushrooms, Massive Attack, Debussy, Erik Satie, Mad Professor, Isao Tomita, SW radios , My Dad, Zero 7, Kraftwerk, Raves
Featured Artist
St. Paul
Philadelphia, PA, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, musician, mentor, arranger, audio technician, mixing engineer, remixer, marketer
- Instruments:
- drum machine, computer (mac), Keyboard (All), Drums (All), Bass, electric guitar
- Influences:
- James Brown, Pete Rock, The Roots, Jay-Z, Donnie Hathaway, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder, Jay Dilla, J Dilla, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Peanut Butter Wolf, Flying Lotus, Bjork, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Common, Dead Prez, Erykah Badu, Gangstarr, Gnarls Barkley, Gza, Madlib, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Lauryn Hill, mr lif, Nas, Portishead, Q-Tip, Sade, Sly & The Family Stone, Waajeed, Black Milk, The Beetles, Thelonious Monk, Billy Idol, Biz Markie, DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Black Moon, Bob Marley, Bob James, Bobby Hutcherson, Genesis (With Peter Gabriel)
damajé productions
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Instruments:
- keyboard, steel drums
- Genres:
- Soca, house, rhythm and blues (r&b), ambient
Manish R.
- Crafts:
- musician, composer, singer, songwriter, song stylist
- Instruments:
- daw, computer (pc), Voice (All), piano, Violin (All)
- Genres:
- rap, Hip-Hop, Pop, acoustic rock, instrumental, melodic trance
- Influences:
- Eminem, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Enrique Iglesias, Michael Jackson, OneRepublic, Maroon 5, Akon, 50 Cent
L.C. Rivers
Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Crafts:
- visual artist, arranger, producer, sound designer, remixer, composer, songwriter, lyricist, music student
- Instruments:
- sampler, sequencer, Keyboard (All), turntables, software
- Genres:
- field recordings, dance-punk, chicago soul, blues-rock, acid funk, hardcore hip hop, deep house, deep soul, chill-out, barbarian black metal, instrumental rock, dub, art pop, acid rock, instrumental, film score, alternative hip hop, funky breaks, dance pop, chicago house, art punk, hip hop, funk rock, classic rock, art rock, acid house, space rock, soundtrack, soul rock, trip-hop, soul blues, quiet storm, rock and roll, psych-pop, Lo-fi, pop rock, pop punk, motown, new jack swing, soundscape, post-rock, neo soul, psychedelic, space age pop, popular, parody, rhythm and blues (r&b)
- Influences:
- Bad Brains, Black Sabbath, Boogie Down Productions, Can, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, Devin the Dude, DJ Premier, DJ Shadow, EPMD, ESG, Fela Kuti, Frank Zappa, Funkadelic, HIM, Jungle Brothers, King Tubby, Led Zeppelin, Mantronix, Marley Marl, Marlena Shaw, Marvin Gaye, MF Doom, Mike Ladd, Minnie Ripperton, Mogwai, Mr. Lif, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Prince Paul, Public Enemy, Scientist, The Sea And Cake, Slick Rick, Sly & The Family Stone, Tortoise, Wayne Shorter, Ween, Yo La Tengo, Zapp & Roger
