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A lot of times I am asked what got me into the business of making beats. The answer is usually one that I really don’t know, because my original goals with music didn’t start off with the goal of becoming a beat maker.

Back when I first started rapping at age 6, I had one main goal in mind, and that was to become a successful emcee.

First year in high school I was free-styling with my colleagues and after some mins i realized that i wasn’t rapping but rather I was playing some beats on the table for them to flow. They were enjoying it and i told myself that challie me kraa i go fe produce beat oo and leave this ma beat maker behind who keeps flexing me..

So after vacation I came home with the mindset of getting a beat making software so that I practice. To make a long story short, I met some people but they all maltreated me. They never had faith in my interest. I felt disrespected countless times till one guy was like sweep my office for me and come get it tomorrow.

After some weeks I had the software but with no knowledge. With school and distractions I used one year to study fruity-loops all on my own. Big shouts to my man “Derrick” who gave me my first mic. During that time I recorded songs like win,wasted etc.

After high school, I heard rhythms playing in my head whiles I also had the passion to develop my piano skills so I furthered my education with a diploma acquired after  six (6) months study in Sound Engineering at Abro Media Institute in Ghana.

I then heard about beat makers such as Dr. Dre and Timbaland, as well as Darkchild, aka Rodney Jerkins. I liked these producers because they put more of the musicality that I was accustomed to creating into their hip hop beats and pop beats

One day i decided to upload a beat on youtube and after 3 days i received a call from a guy in Germany that hes interested in the beat. I was shocked and he paid me 50 dollars and later gave the beat to these guys. Watch the video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tghDOfF6zow

So after saving up money from my hustle and begging my parents to help me, I got my first studio but lacked equipments.

Artistes took me for granted and even sometimes after recording it turned out to be quarrel.I knew everything happened for a reason and I just wished the reason would hurry up and make itself known. After sometime I felt the need to upgrade my mixing skills because relying on beat making alone couldn’t sustain me financially. I visited a studio for mixing lessons and they used me for 3 months without teaching me. Looking back will be a mistake so I didn’t waste time. I came back for home lessons and self study again. I learned to mix  by self-study. My 6 months coarse upgraded my piano skills.