Meet The Producers - Where are you from?
SoyuNeik - Im from Delaware
MTP - How is the Hip Hop scene out there?
S - Its real competitive. Everyone has there own style and there own cliques-all going in different directions.
MTP - When and Why did you start producing?
S - I officially started producing in 1999/2000. I started producing based on a realization that I loved music way too much to just sit back and wait for it to come to me.
MTP - What was your first piece of equipment and what do you use now?
S - My very first piece was Fruity Loops. Now I use the Akai Mpc 2000xl, Akai s900, Numark Decks, Ensoniq Eps Classic, Roland Juno 106, Roland Fantom Xa, Roland D-50, and an Emu Mo' Phatt Synth Module.
MTP - Why did u choose to go from software to hardware?
S - I would have chosen hardware from the gate if I could afford it back then. I got to a point with Fruity Loops where it was holding me back and I'd have to hear through massive amounts static just to get through one sequence. Overall, i'm more the hands-on type. I need to bang on the pads, feel the keys.... With software like that, its just too mechanical to me.
MTP - Do you collect records and how do you feel about the diggin culture?
S - Yes. I love it. It almost takes me back to collecting comics and baseball cards when I was a kid. But even better.
MTP - What type of records do you collect?
S - Pretty much everything. The stuff no one will ever buy, crazy stuff (like some weird dudes talking about absolutely nothing over some no name lady with a harp), Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul, Swing, Jazz, etc.
MTP - What producers influence you to make beats?
S - Besides the producers around me like Serafino, Gary Gnu, Flux, Duke Cliffton, J.Bliss, etc Producers like Rza, Mannie Fresh, 9th Wonder, Premier, etc. also influence me.
MTP - Whats it like being in a beat battle?
S - Its very exciting and competitive. Making beats is my life, so the whole time I was looking at like it was a battle for my life.
MTP - How can it help a producer?
S - Getting your name out there and networking with people from state to state in this vast stretch of upcoming producers.
MTP - I understand there is another beat battle in Delaware that you attended entitled The Eargazm. How is that scene?
S - The Eargazm is similar to MTP except for the rules, how it's judged, and the prizes. They don't put women in the battles.
MTP - Whats your thoughts on the whole keyboard vs.sample beat discussion?
S - I am both and instrumentalist and sample based producer therefore to me they are equal mediums. Every keyboard has sounds that were originally created by someone else. The same goes with samples.
MTP - Are you professionally trained in any instrument?
S - I've never had any formal training. But, I can play guitar and keyboard by ear.
MTP - What is the worst studio session you have ever been involved with?
S - I'd rather not name names, but, I had to explain what bars were, what type of mic he should be using, etc.
MTP - What projects are you currently working with?
S - My crew (First Reps) are gonna be putting out a collective compilation out soon. I'll also be working with a number of them individually. So expect to hear some more on that.
MTP - Whats something the readers may not know about you?
S - I'm 4'11
S - http://www.myspace.com/soyuneik - Personel Page
http://www.myspace.com/soyuneikbeats - Music Page
MTP - Any last words?
S - See ya at the finals!
SOYUNEIK BEATS TRACK "THE END"
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