As with every period in musical history, great people have shaped the world, leading and inspiring, innovating and entertaining. Q (Born Quinton T. Spikener, August 21, 1981) is pure brilliance to hip-hop. As founder, composer, and head producer, of XyayX Multi Media Productions ltd (XyayX), Q utilizes his strong passion for music; with its likeness; to create change in hip-hop.
Receiving his creative inspiration from his father, who holds a United States patent for a method to produce three dimensional sounds, Q has a well rounded foundation in music. Not only did his father teach Q the principals of digital audio in addition to its physics he also at the age of 7, sparked the beginning of his ventures in the realms of the music industry. But with an untouchable framework in audio, Q remains disciplined on producing great works of music importance via digitals programs such as pro tools and reason ; ssl mixing consoles; and mixing boards such as mackie.
Although Q was born to revolutionize hip-hop growing up in Brooklyn brought a fair share of obstacles including the loss of close friends to violence and prisons; and criminal charges. Nonetheless, Q emulates a quote noted by b.c. Forbes “history has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.†Q has seized the chance to better himself and continues to turn his life challenges into opportunities.
Balancing his musical proficiencies with business and scholastics, Q proudly manages the XyayX’s team of artistic vividness whom work synonymously to generate high quality products. XyayX has recorded over 5000 songs including songs for the Indie film “Spanish Harlemâ€. Q leads his team of artists, producers, editors, engineers, video directors/producers, and administrative staff, as well as collaborative efforts through his renowned visions with respect to his predecessors.
Q appreciates hip-hop musical productions notably from: DJ Premiere, Quincy Jones, Babyface, RZA, Just Blaze, Dr. Dre, P. Diddy, and High Tech. However, Q differs from such contemporaries in the sense that he unknowingly sparks a 21st century musical renaissance in hip-hop production. Moreover, Q personally worked with artists including but not limited to: slick rick, doug e. fresh and biz markie, intigo, brooklyn red, allah real, domination, words worth, the back blocks, spliff starr, mic handler, geda k, curtis smith, hersh, billiang boomp and donny yardas.