Lab Report Allow Me To ReIntroduce Myself
Category: Lab
1. Real Name: Joseph Dover Bell Ferguson
2. Name you go by: A few : JoeFergOnTheTrack, Trigga, DreadHead, Sicc1....
3. Age: 1981 cousin
4. Location: Columbus, OH
5. How'd you come up with your alias? If the shit rhymes in lines, then its mines... the other stuff just comes up
6. Crews or Affiliations? none
7. How long have you been producing for? 2001
*** EQUIPMENT/PROGRAMS ***
8. Hardware or Software? Protools / MPC 1000 (JJOS) / MicroKontrol / Korg Triton / Serato / Some TTs / AKG Perception mic / few guitars / Reason 4.0 / Some Alto Monitors
9. What was your first piece of equipment/program ever? Fruity Loops 3, Cool Edit Pro (Adobe Audition)
10. What equipment/programs do you currently have/use? All of the Above
11. Which piece or program is your favorite? table and my hands, most beats come from there first
12. Which piece or program pisses you off the most? Pro Tools is so picky
13. What's the next piece or program you want to get? Some free time and a new mac pro tower for pro tools
14. Which do you now fully understand and know in and out? none of them
15. Which do you need to learn more? Pro Tools, and that guitar
*** STYLE/PREFERENCES ***
16. Samples or from scratch? I do both, I like from scratch, I try super hard to make from scratch stuff sound like samples, so I dont have to pay out the ass!
17. Chopping or looping? both
18. Favorite tempo range? Im on that tribe called quest 92-97 stuff best time in music, best tempo in music
19. Play any instruments fluently? drums
20. Artist(s) you think would sound best on your beats: I'll let you kno when I find one.
21. Describe your style in 3 words: I Am Style
22. What do people usually do when they hear your beats? headbang, move
23. What other genres do you or would you like to dabble in? electronica, funk, afrofunk, jazz, folk
24. What's the type of beat(s) you would NEVER do? hmmmm can not compute, I will make whatever
25. What type of sounds/instruments do you LOVE most? harsh snares, guitar rhythms, and the rhodes keys
26. What type of sounds/instruments do you HATE most? .... haven't heard any yet
27. What part of a beat do you love doing the most? the fade out!
28. If you could change a feature on one of your pieces, what would it be? I would get all the original tracks from back in the day, add some reverb, and tape saturation to the drums, and distort the "clean" sounds in the melodies
*** INSPIRATION/INFLUENCES ***
29. Who is your favorite hip-hop producer(s)? Jay Dee, Me, Black Milk, Hi Tek
30. Honorable Mention(s)? 9th Wonder, Quincy Jones
31. Who's brain would you love to pick from? Roy Ayers, Dan the Automator
32. What's your favorite beat of all time? I got this jazz song in my head, I dont want to make it until I can play all the instruments myself. Its still untitled.
33. Name 3 beats you wish you made? Q Tips whole next album, A Little Brother Joint, and a full Slum Village album. I cant wish that I made an old track, it would take away from it.
34. What famous beat makes you wild out the most? none
35. What famous beat makes you chill out the most? the whole d'angelo voodoo album, and that bitches brew album from Miles
*** RANDOM ***
36. Ever lost a bunch of your beats? how did you react? still do, I started sending them away, but I wasnt sending all the files just the mp3s so I couldnt go back and change most of anything. I now save everything, too much!
37. Ever been beat-jacked? Yep, happens all the time, I try to care but you just have to be on tope of it, add sirens and scratches and your voice to shit so cats know its you! Just make sure you can take that stuff off if someone wants to use it.
38. Who are your favorite producers to collaborate with? I like to collab with musicians...
39. Do you ever skip meals while you're producing? I make myself eat before I get into the studio, cause I will forget.
40. What do you do once you finish a beat? save all the files, upload, email, close it up and start another. I try not to listen to a beat for days after its done.
41. What did you do before you started producing? same shit I do now
42. Signed or unsigned? unsigned
43. Produced for a major artist? who? I'm major!
44. Who did you learn the most from personally? in person... no one.
45. You made a beat that you don't like... save it or delete it? save itMy uncle is a producer and when I first started, I didnt know anything about keys and scales and chords, he gave me grief and still does.
47. Average time it takes you to make a beat? when shit goes right, it could be done in minutes, but I always come back and adjust shit.
48. What do you normally start with? If I am using samples for melodies, I start with the sample. Sometimes its a drum or a loop of percussion, sometimes its a lyric or hook. Sometimes I do the drums and then make the lyrics, then make the rest of the beat.
49. Estimate of beats you have in your arsenal? I've lost more than I have now. I could say I have about 50 that I have done. About 30 that I have access to alter.
50. Where can we check out your work at? hmmmm... good question E me, and when Im in your town come see me.
Comments
leo4life- posted on Monday, February 18, 2008
RE: Lab Report Allow Me To ReIntroduce Myself
emailing you for a beat:)