| SCRAM JONES (BEAST MUSIC) |
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| Tuesday, 25 November 2008 01:13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teks: Do me a favor my dude becfore we actually start things off, if you dont mind to let people know who this is? where your from, and what your representng. Scram Jones: "SCRAM JONES" - REPRESENT REAL HIP HOP FROM THE DJ TO THE RAPPER TO THE PRODUCER AND PLAY ALL THREE ROLES - ALSO REPRESENT THE PRODUCTION COMPANY AND MANAGMENT COMPANY BEAST MUSIC. BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK- LIVED EVERYWHERE FROM THE BRONX TO MANHATTAN AND CURRENTLY LIVE IN NEW ROCHELLE. Teks: First off what is the signifiance of your name? Scram Jones: SCRAM HAS BEEN MY NICKNAME SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL - IT STARTED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN I USED TO WRITE MY NAME BACKWARDS ON ALL MY BOOKS - MARC S. BACKWARDS IS SCRAM AND I USED TO TAG IT EVERYWHERE- WHEN I STARTED DJING IN HIGH SCHOOL I WAS DJ SCRAM AND IT STUCK - THE JONES BECAME AN EXTENSION WHEN I RELEASED MY FIRST RECORD AS A ARTIST AND LATER A PRODUCER. Teks: How did you get started in music production? Who do you feel in your life intrigued you to start producing? Scram Jones: I THINK ME PRODUCING WAS JUST AN EVOLUTION FROM DJING- I DJED FIRST AND WAS REALLY INTO THE CREATIVE ASPECT OF DJING, OR I SHOULD SAY TURNTABLISM. I USED TO WORK OUT BEATS ON 2 RECORDS AND HAD A LITTLE DJ CLICK I USED TO PRACTICE WITH - ONE OF MY PARTNERS BOUGHT A BEAT MACHINE FIRST IN 95, AND I LEARNED TO MAKE BEATS ON THAT-AFTER THAT I COPPED MY OWN AND IT WAS A RAP! Teks: What equipment do you currently use? Scram Jones: RIGHT NOW IM USING A MPC2500 WITH A COUPLE KEYBOARDS AND SOME RANDOM INSTRUMENTS, AND OF COURSE MY TURNTABLES AND PROTOOLS. Teks: Thats whats up. So what equipment would you recommend young producers to go out and purchase, just to basically understand the fundamentals of producing? Scram Jones: I LOVE THE AKAI BEAT MACHINES - ALL OF THEM - AND PROTOOLS IS A MUST. THERE IS A LOT OF CPU PROGRAMS YOU COULD USE BUT ITS A LITTLE MORE TEDIOUS AND MECHANICAL THEN BEATING ON SOME PADS -THESE PROGRAMS ARE BETTER IN THE SENSE THAT YOU COULD MAKE BEATS WHILE YOU TRAVEL PLUS THEY ARE MUCH CHEAPER AND COME PACKED WITH SOUNDS, BUT I LOVE MY MPC! Teks: Let me ask my dude. How would you describe Scram Jones style too beat making? Scram Jones: DEFINETLY NEED HARD DRUMS AND SOME TYPE OF EMOTION IN THE TRACK - ALSO TRY TO BE CREATIVE AND VERSATILE - BESIDES HIPHOP BEATS I GOT R&B BEATS, POP BEATS AND EVEN LATIN BEATS. Teks: WOW, Ya diverse. What artist are you currently working with? Scram Jones: IM WORKING WITH SAIGON, NORE, REMY, CLIPSE, CAMRON, RHYMEFEST, LIL KIM, KOOL G RAP, NATURE, AND A COUPLE MORE. ALSO WORKING WITH BEAST MUSIC ARTIST VENENO (SIGNED TO STAR TRAK), HAFFA, BILLIONZ, NATURE, AND MARVALOUS. Teks: Do you remember the first beat you ever sold throughout your career? Scram Jones: FIRST BEAT I SOLD WAS TO THE PHARCYDE FOR A REMIX THAT ONLY CAME OUT ON VINYL. Teks: what is your opinion on Hiphop right now? Do you feel hip hop is dead? Scram Jones: NO THE CULTURE IS EVERYWHERE BUT MUSICALLY IT HAS LOST ITS SOUND AND MONEY IS THE MAIN FOCUS NOW-THESE COMPANYS DONT SUPPORT THE TRUE ARTFORM WHICH MAKE THESE ARTISTS CHANGE THEIR STYLES AND SOUND TO PLEASE THE LABELS AND THE RADIO AND TO MAKE MONEY - BUT IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE ESSENCE AND BECOMES DISPOSABLE MUSIC.. Teks: What other major producers have you works with as being a artist, and might of co worked with on a project? Scram Jones: I WORK WITH A LOT OF PRODUCERS, I WORKED AS A ARTIST WITH CLARK KENT, ERIK SERMON, MEGAHERTZ, WARREN G, ETC. - I WORK AT STUDIO WHERE BUCKWILD GOT A ROOM AND VINNY IDOL GOT A ROOM, - I HAVE COLLABED WITH ALCHEMIST, FREQUENCY, AND PHOENIX ON TRAX, AND IM COOL WIT A HANDFUL FROM NEW YORK..IM ALL ABOUT ALLYING UP. Teks: What Emcee's do u currently listen to? Who do you feel is holding hiphop down right now? Scram Jones: I LISTEN TO ALL OLD SCHOOL - DONT LIKE NEW STUFF THAT MUCH - I THINK THE NICEST DUDES NOW ARE SAIGON, JOEL ORTIZ, RANSOM, JOE BUDDENZ, AND MY DUDE HAFFA. Teks: when your in a session, what motivates you to know exactly the sound your looking for? Scram Jones: MOST OF THE TIME THINGS HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT = I JUST SCAN SOUNDS AND JUST START FUCKING AROUND UNTIL SOMETHING SOUNDS DECENT. THEN I JUST START LAYERING IT. I SWITCH KEYBOARDS A LOT TOO CUZ GET SIK OF SOUNDS FAST. Teks: Where do u see yourself in the next 5 years? Scram Jones: HOPEFULLY HAVE THE BEAST MUSIC LABEL ESTABLISHED AS WELL AS THE CLOTHING LINE - ALREADY BEEN NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY FOR WORK I DID WITH MARIAH BUT HOPE TO WIN ONE SOME DAY... Teks: Where do u see hiphop in the next 5 years? Scram Jones: WELL IT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT AND BECOME A PART OF EVERY GENRE OF MUSIC LIKE IT ALREADY HAS. I HOPE IT WILL GO BACK TO THE ESSENCE AND I SEE IT HAPPENING ALREADY- PEOPLE ARE CRAVING THE MUSIC THAT THEY ORIGINALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH WHEN HIP HOP FIRST BECAME POPULAR IN THE 80S AND THEN THE 90S -THOSE WERE THE ERAS THAT MADE HIP HOP SO BIG.. HOPEFULLY THE BULLSHIT WILL BE SIFTED OUT AND THE REAL WILL EMERGE AGAIN! Teks: So do you have any final words for our community and prospects of hip hop? Scram Jones: KEEP SUPPORTING REAL HIP HOP AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE BEAST MUSIC MOVEMENT. IT IS GOING TO BE BIG!!! CHECK OUT BEAST MUSIC ARTISTS' HAFFA,VENENO,BILLIONZ, MARVALOUS, NATURE, AND MYSELF... HUGE VARIETY OF SOUNDS ALL BRINGING NEW STUFF TO THE TABLE - BEASTMUSIC.COM WILL BE UP SHORTLY BUT FOR NOW CHECK OUT MY MYSPACE.- SCRAMJONESMUSIC..ALSO CHECK FOR LOOSE CANNONS 2 COMING OUT THIS YEAR.AND THANX FOR ALL THE SUPPPORT.
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