Black-Dragon Record-Producer
No matter what is being supplied or said or what's being produced within the sound environment, a producer is only as good as his production skills, communication, presentation, his word and the ability to sequence and achieve the desired sounds within the sound game. With UK serving up some of the hottest products in the Grime, Rap, Funky House, Garage, Dance, Soundscape and Experimental Sound game, TJ AKA Black Dragon whom serves his final year in Music Technology Specialist, stands as one of the most exciting merchants of cool skilful producers to emerge in years.
Thanks to underground testimonials and certain producers for keeping the music scene going and keeping it live, Black Dragon's production skills and his authentic style has made believers out of some the biggest players in the game to be recognised by within the game and his hunger for the increment of his sound productions to be heard by external human ears across the Globe.
In his native London home, and throughout the North-West, Black Dragon has created nothing short of a movement. Like many producers within the game, producing wasn't in Black Dragon's original game plan. As CEO of Black Dragon Record Label and Empire Records-Entertainment, he began Producing, Mixing, Mastering external Mixtapes, Album tracks, 5.1 Surround mix and experimentation/manipulation with sounds.
“Basically, I'm real and I can relate to allot of artists,” Dragon says of his appeal. “
I don't just do music for the clubs, I do music for the struggle, money and emotion expression.
I do music for everyday, the kids and the artists who ain't got no sense of direction.
I'm trying to restore some of the morals back into the game, as far as the street.” And explode in my own territory and overtake other parameters if you get me, but through time.
What sets Black Dragon's music apart is his ability to bring colour, texture, quality, sub-text and emotional expression to sounds that has not been presented before. He's a true digital age artist who doesn't need 16 and 8 bar, drum pattern or a melody section sequenced production in order to develop a picture in your head or get you to like his music. When he snaps off with a track in the studio the vibe is simple enough for everyone to feel it instantly.
“In his own words”
I /Compose/Produce music via Midi, Synths, Audio Sampling sources or Live Recordings and exceed more knowledge, skills, techniques to the Generic/Physics level and the ability to be successful within the music industry as an Artist.
I Produce, Mix and Master for or under Black Dragon and Grime Empire Records, I Process Additional/Individual Artist's Beats, Songs, SoundTracks or Projects for Mix and Mastering or 5.1 Surround Mix- [Including 6 Monitor/Speakers].
Charges for Mastering Beats, Desired sounds or Projects are applicable depending on the
Artist's Budget, income and circumstances..
For Beat Composition or Beat Productions,
Sequencing or Live Recordings,
or Vocal Recordings I use:
[MAC]-Logic Pro-[7.4]-[8], Pro-Tools.HD-[RATS.TDM Plug-ins], Cubase, SX3/4, Kontakt.2, ESX24, Battry.3, Ultra.Beat, Korg, WaveLab.5, Sound.Libraries and HardWare Synthesizers.
Mics Used: AKG 414. AKG 421, Neuman U-87, SM-58, SM-57, Gold Sontronics, DPA's and many more..
For Mixing and Mastering I use the Mackie DXB, Sony DMX Line Input Mixing Console and Pro-Tools HD Core.