Dizzle the Scientist!!
Important People I met
Drake Sprite Commercial
Mar 5th
Andrew just showed me this sprite commercial, its sick…. yo, is that 40… lol nice
Gussie Clarke
Feb 13th
Today’s person imma blog about is Gussie Glarke.
Augustus “Gussie” Clarke (born 1953, Kingston, Jamaica), is a reggae producer who worked with some of the top Jamaican reggae artists in the 1970s and later set up his own Music Works studio.
I met Gussie at Anchor Studio in 2005. Lemme tell you how the connection was made.
In 2004 i did the Spiritual War Rhythm with Radic for his song entitled “Spiritual War” in which APS production guys who i was working with, they hustled the rhythm to gyptian’s producer, “spragga” who voiced Gyptian on the rhythm . It was all a complicated scenario, so i was advised to look for a publisher. Someone referred me to Gussie who they said was the best in the Caribbean so i started to inquire. My friend Roneisha, who was also pursuing her singing career i did some tracks for her in my home studio setup and Gussie heard the tracks and were interested in signing me to his company. I got signed in June 2005 to a publishing deal, as i was very excited and hungry to do music, i frequently started to visit Anchor Studio to learn as much as i can from any and everybody. It was there i started to use protools and got the chance to be exposed to studio technologies. Gussie provided a room for me and other creators to expound on our talent. I even referred a few friends to Gussie to get signed and we worked on projects with Gussie.
Well big up to Gussie, i got to meet a lot of influential people in the music business, I got a chance to have publishing interests on Rihanna’s first official album “A Girl Like Me”, I mixed my first movie “Glory to Glorianna”, i learned protools, i learned the music business, etc.
Right now he continues to be one of the most influential persons in the Jamaican music industry, also being the authorized Digidesign dealer in Jamaica. Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Howard
Jan 16th
Mark Howard (born June 8, 1964 in Manchester, England) is a Canadian record producer, engineer, and mixer.He has worked with many artists including Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Marianne Faithful, Emmylou Harris, U2, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M. and The Neville Brothers.
Mark came to Geejam Studios last year in March 2009 and returned because he loved the Jamaican vibe and wanted me to play drums on the record that he was producing. The artiste that we produced is Rocco Deluca, i will tell you more aboutn him in a another post. It was a great time, I really enjoyed the session. We had fun. I played drums on all the sessions, i also played bass on all the sessions. I just had fun while i was doing it.
It was a stringent 8 days of sessions. I engineered also. Mark is a great producer. We had conversations and bonded. I even found out that he worked with Lucky Dube. I rate Lucky Dube, I think he is really a great artiste. RIP.
All the time working with Mark it does a mountain of good for me. I get to see how real music is produced, and this man, has a mountain of knowledge. Sometimes i would be there and playing the drums, he allow me to incorporate my ideas into the record as well as he provided his feedback. In the sessions, he brought his vintage mics and we used them, they were so kewl.
I’d do it over and over again, to work with Mark. As soon as the record is out, or as soon as i have snippets available, i will provide them to you guys. Thanks for Passing by, imma share some pics. God bless.
Check him out on wikipaedia
Jimmy Buffet, Celebrities i met today
Dec 15th
James William “Jimmy” Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is a singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and recently a movie producer best known for his “island escapism” lifestyle and music including hits such as “Margaritaville” (No. 234 on RIAA’s list of “Songs of the Century“), and “Come Monday“. He has a devoted base offans known as “Parrotheads“. His band is called the Coral Reefer Band.
