DUBBEATS PRODUCTIONS CEO, Wallace Barner, was born on December 26, 1978 at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA. to Mr. Angie and Carnell Barner. He is commonly known as Ditto, a multi-talented musician with over 25 years of experience in the music field. He is also an active member of the Kappa Kappa Psi Band Fraternity Inc. Percussion, Low Brass, Keyboard, and Bass are his instruments of expertise.A week after his birth, his family left Atlanta and moved to North Carolina. After starting school at the young age of four at Long Creek Elementary School, Wallace immediately knew he would pursue music as a career for the rest of his life because of the influence of the music program that he was affiliated with while attending this school.Catering to his drive to beat on every pot and pan in his home, his parents bought him his first drum set at the age of six. At the young age of 7, he began his journey in the music industry doing drug raps for the "Say No to Drugs" campaign on BET in the 80's. Although he never took formal lessons, he displayed his natural ability as a musician almost right away.In 1985 Wallace and his family moved back to Atlanta, Ga., where he attended E. L. Connelly Elementary School. After completing the second grade there, he transferred to Rosa Lee Wright Elementary school, where he began to learn to play the trumpet. After a short time in beginning band, Wallace was moved up to play in advanced band because of his extensive musical ability. The following school year, Wallace transferred back to E. L. Connelly Elementary and began to learn the trombone. By the time he reached middle school, football had become a major part in his life, but, eventually, the music bug resurfaced. He joined the intermediate band while in the 8th grade at Sylvan Middle School and was soon moved to the advanced band. In the same year, the band director from Booker T. Washington High School came and recruited Wallace by giving him the opportunity to participate in the "Salute To America Parade" on the 4th of July in 1992. Two years later, Wallace now sat first chair in both marching and concert band at Booker T. Washington High School. Because of his ability as a musician and his profound display of leadership in the band, Wallace became the Drum major in 1996.Upon graduating in 1996, Wallace had full scholarships to Morris Brown College, Florida AM University, Tennessee State University, and Clark Atlanta University. Unfortunately, he pursued neither and decided to get a job. At age 16 he joined a live band named "Thought Nubian" as a Bass player.Shortly after his 18th birthday he decide to pick up the Bass Guitar. He wanted to play bass so bad that he took a piece of wood and drew frets and strings on it and began to teach himself how to play. Once he had enough money, he went to the local pawn shop and purchased his first bass and amp for about $130.00. In order to accelerate his learning process on this new instrument, he purchased a DVD called "Beginning Bass" by Abraham Laboriel, who is a world renown bassist and a graduate of Berklee College of Music. Little did he know that soon thereafter he would be recieving a letter in the mail from the admission office at Berklee College of Music. In 2000, Wallace decided it was time to go back to school and auditioned for Berklee for a partial Scholarship and was awarded $3000 a semester. Although that may not seem like much, it was a lot for someone who had been playing bass for about a year and did their audition over a cassette tape. Wallace attended Berklee College of Music in the Spring of 2001. In 2004, Wallace reentered the live band scene as bass player for Between 9 & 7. He soon transferred to Georgia State University where he received his bachelors degree in Music Management in 2006.While in his last year at Georgia State, he interned at the world famous Doppler Studios, where he first began his professional career as a recording engineer. Working at this studio gave him the opportunity to meet some of the biggest names in the music business. That list includes, Fred Hammond, Wynita Bynum, Monica, Shaun Garrett, DTP, Lil Wayne, Brian Micheal Cox, Polo da Don, Jazze Pha, Lionel Richie, and a host of many others. In 2006 he took on the position of Assistant Engineer at Doppler Studios and remained for 2 years. After completing his assistantship, he decided it was time to step out on his own and become a freelance recording engineer and producer. After about two years as a freelancer, Wallace began teaching audio Engineering at an occupational training facility in 2007.In 2008, Wallace performed bass guitar behind vocalist, Amadi Jones, at her show in Atlanta, Ga. In 2009, he also performed bass guitar behind vocalist, Korey B., at the Loft in Atlanta, Ga. for his Album Release Party. Wallace has experience in the music field across the board and represents excellence in every area. DUBBEATS PRODUCTIONS is the "Home of The Music of The Future," which speaks for itself; Wallace Barner is one of the best in his field and produces only top quality as evidenced by his work. He is and will remain a force in the music industry. real editor best profile tools real editor best profile tools
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