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EDDY J FREE producer, songwriter, composer

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About Me

Eddy J. Free’s background in classical and church music, as well as his love for hip-hop, R&B and jazz, has paved the way for many opportunities: he's composed music for MTV, worked with a variety of artists and co-produced with multi-platinum producer Kayo (LaFace Records, Toni Braxton, TLC).He's had the opportunity to work with legendary jazz bassist Charlie Haden and be in the studio with bassist/award-winning producer Andrew Gouche (Mary Mary, Warren G, The Winans and Chaka Khan) among others.Constantly surrounded by music from an early age, Eddy taught himself to read music and started playing piano at the age of seven. Within a few years he was composing and writing songs, as well as playing drums for the school band and piano for his church.He received a scholarship to the California Institute of the Arts where he earned his BA. Since then, he's also earned a certificate in audio engineering and production.In 2007 Eddy signed a management deal with Los Angeles entertainment attorney Darrell Thompson, whose clients have included Jay-Z, The Black-Eyed Peas, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, The Avilla Brothers, Myke Diesel and Ron Isley.FREELIFE RADIO ON LIVE365.COM. AS A DJ ON FREELIFE RADIO, I CAN ADD YOUR TRACKS TO THE PLAYLIST. I CAN EVEN DO AN INTERVIEW OR COMMERCIAL FOR YOU. ALL THE INFORMATION CAN BE HAD BY GOING TO MYSPACE.COM/FREELIFERADIO. YOU CAN SEND YOUR TRACKS DIRECTLY TO ME IN MP3 FORMAT TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS **** [email protected] [LOVEMYFLASH]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/6/2006
Band Website: MySpace.com/EddyJFree
Band Members: Akai MPC 2000, Korg Triton LE88, Roland JX-305, Yamaha Motif-Rack ES, Stranton 8-30 turntables and a used Gemini PMX 120 mixer, ART Tube Studio V3 PreAmp.
Influences: Life in general, but musically, artists from all genres, including Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Prince, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, John Lennon, James Brown.
All Old School Rappers and DJ's: (R.I.P. JMJ), Public Enemy, NWA (R.I.P. Eazy E), A Tribe Called Quest, Grandmaster Flash, Too Short, Rakim, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, up to the new school: Young Jeezy, Jim Jones, Outkast, Three Six Mafia, U.G.K. (R.I.P. Pimp C.), Big Pun (R.I.P.), 2Pac (R.I.P.), Jay Z, Nas, Common, Snoop Dogg, The Game, The Roots, T Pain, Akon.
THE LEGENDS: Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Ray, Stevie, Marvin, Prince, MJ, James Brown.
PRODUCERS: DJ Premier, Dr Dre, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Mannie Fresh, Trevor Horn, David Foster, Timbaland, Dre & Vidal, Cool & Dre, The Runners, The Neptunes, Brian Michael Cox. Trent Reznor, Kurt Cobain (R.I.P.), Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, all Motown and all Gospel, and the list goes on and on. GOOD MUSIC IS GOOD MUSIC. OPEN YOUR EARS AND OPEN YOUR MIND!
Record Label: Freelife Ent./Earthlight Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

XXL Article - Internet Double Edged Sword for Musicians

 The May '08 issue of XXL magazine contains the first of a two part article about the demise of the music industry as we know it.  Now I've been reading articles like this for the past ten y...
Posted by EDDY J FREE producer, songwriter, composer on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:45:00 PST

DSE presents THE TAKEOVER EP AVAILABLE FRIDAY, FEB. 15

DROP STEP ENTERTAINMENT will release 'THE TAKEOVER' EP featuring Cazz Kennedy and Miss Kitty this Friday, Feb. 15 at the release party to be held at We Be Music Hall in Cincinnati. Listen to the track...
Posted by EDDY J FREE producer, songwriter, composer on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:10:00 PST