Influence came from almost every popular genre. Somewhere along his sonic journey he discovered favorites like Sarah Mclaclan, Portis Head, Prince, Bjork, Mazzy Star, 311, The Cure, Kraftwerk, Zepplin, Elliot Smith, Suzanne Vega, Faith no more, The Police, King Crimson, Steel Pulse, A tribe Called Quest, Joyce Simms and Enigma.
He traveled to London in 2002 when he decided the coast line was wrapped around him just a little too tight, and got an audio engineering degree. So now knowing how to use all these wonderful toys that engineers always told him to back away from, yet another horizon of songwriting opened up. Synthesizers, Samplers and all that other stuff that people say isn't real music. Still he considers himself a producer of every style that he can get into and that's a lot.
"All I know is that I respond to things that stand out. I thrive on diversity and uniqueness of sound. Some people say reacting is losing control and responding is taking control, but when I'm on a dancefloor I've noticed that the majority of a set, people will respond to music because that's what they are being told to do - by the Billboards and record stores (you know how you are...) Sometimes, however, they will react and that's when you know a tune stands out when you play it for the first time. Of course with all experiments things can go *boof* and leave your face covered with soot, but isn't that what real marketing is about? Isn't the aim to stand apart from the competition? To break through? It's so much more thrilling than siting there with your seatbelts on at 60kph just so you can keep pace with convention.
Jay-Peg (Jason Millington)
Sound engineer/Producer.
