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Major

About Me

Major’s music career officially began when at age 12 he and some neighborhood friends formed an R&B/soul band. Yes the young Major did indeed refused to sing or dance while on stage (says it interfered with his playing) but he could rock the guitar better than most of the kids his age, well at least when it came to playing Chic, Average White Band, or George Benson. By age 16 he moved on to DJing, playing high schools and later college parties around Baltimore and the Wash., D.C. area. The natural progression into music production soon followed… recording local artists out in his bedroom with a 4 track Yamaha cassette recorder, a Korg Poly 800 keyboard, a Radio Shack condenser microphone and an Alesis drum machine. Opportunity would later allow for recording in “real” 24 track studios leading to interests from major and indie labels. Soon Major would find himself working along side the crew at Smack Productions cranking out the tracks for the house music lovers around the world. And the four on the floor go on....

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Music:

Member Since: 10/02/2008
Influences: My creative foundation comes from names such as Gamble and Huff, Niles Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, James Brown, George Clinton, Prince, The Corporation (Motown writers and producers), Trevor Horn, Patrice Rushen, Michael Jackson, Jam and Lewis, Stevie Wonder, Rick James, Maurice White, Barry White, Roberta Flack, Giorgio Moroder, Tito Puente, Ashford and Simpson, Alice and John Coltrane, Thomas Dolby, Sting, Miles Davis, Hank Shocklee, Henri Belolo and Jacques Morali amongst others.
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Record Label: Imbasa, Native
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I’m Home

My trip to South Africa this year was a success. I was there for the last 6 months and felt I really made a difference in those kids lives, (see last blog). Just a brief refresher, I went to an orphan...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:28:00 GMT

Upcoming releases and other inquiries

Hello everyone, I have gotten several inquiries about where to purchase posted tracks, what am I doing in S. Africa and upcoming releases. I'll address all in that order.First of all I've been gone so...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:12:00 GMT