WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?
That I am Hip Hop! I live it, eat it, drink it, think it, and feel it.
I want the people who knew me from before to know that I'm not just a DJ anymore. I am evolved to what most DJs become.
The producer
HOW DID YOU GET INTO DJING?
The love for music. That and a long time friend of mine got me into DJing house parties and bars. I must say, those were some of my best years. Only bad thing was that I was forced to play top 40 while I had love for underground music.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO MAKING BEATS?
I wanted to make extended versions of songs that would make it easier to mix. Like adding a break to a song to give me leeway for mixing in to another song. So I went out to buy this software called "Sonar" from cakewalk. There was a free version of Fruity loops that came with it. After messing around with it and discovering it's capabilities. I built up in interest in making beats.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT DJING AND PRODUCING?
It's fun! It keeps me away from trouble. It's being able to teach people who wants to learn. It's finding that familiar break in an old record. It's the sound of the dust that comes from an old record. It's being able to scratch over your OWN beats. It's having my friends come together to freestyle again. It collaborating with different artists and other MCs.
It's Hip Hop and I love it.
WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU?
http://www. myspace. com/questheproducer
WHAT DOES THE UNDERGROUND HIP HOP SCENE MEAN TO YOU? DESCRIBE IT FOR THOSE UNFAMILAR?
It's that good old fashioned Hip Hop. We're living on the legacy of the Golden Age era in 1993 till infinity. DJs, MCs, b-boys/b-girls, and graffiti is what keeps the underground alive! It's Hip Hop and it's life style. Also, we bring music that is not heard from the average listener. It's not music for the media to exploit. The underground is for the real hip hop head who appreciates the sound of the boom bap and the lyrics of an MC. Whether it's songs that still have scratching and turntable riffs in them. Maybe even a human beat box. It may be old school but it's still a breath of fresh air.
HOW DOES THE OAHU'S UNDERGROUND SCENE DIFFER FROM THE MAINSTREAM?
It's the music. You have the mainstream that is most likely in it to make money. Then you have the underground, where the artist does it for the love and hardly any money is involved.
When you switch to your popular radio station, you hear music what most people find as "catchy" or sometimes "annoying".
We feel that as an underground artist, it's a need to produce music that is more meaningful and on that conscious tip. Most people can relate to it.
TALK ABOUT ALL THE TALENTED HEADS THAT EXIST IN THE SCENE?
There's too much to list. But we have to give props to the heads who's been doing this from day one! You know who you are. The artists who inspired today's artist. Big Ups!
To the new school! Keep bangin' till one day we're going to be considered legends as well.
Shouts to all of LightSleepers, Siq Records, Direct Descendants, The KOY, Fat Soul, Hivemind, Sturdy Hull, everyone in Hawaii Hip Hop, Banana Camp Cats, Verona Villains, and to all my friends and family. Audrey!!
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