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| Weapons of choice: Turntables, bass, piano, Reason and Pro Tools Musical influences: Family,Murs, DJ Premier, 9th Wonder and Deadmau5. |
Louden Beats, DJ/ Producer/ Reverie's brother, has been keeping busy with his first tour in Europe with his sister. Although this LA native has not been dabbling in the music industry for long, most people can probably never tell; especially after producing 8 of Reverie's songs off of her fifth album, The Transition, and also mixed and mastered the album as well.
At age 17 Louden was in juvenile hall for over a year. When he was released, his family had moved to Seattle, WA and on the way up his dad showed him Reverie's work. With his fathers encouragement he bought him an M Box and influenced him to record Rev's music. Within that month Louden had completed recording Reverie's album.
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| Louden Beats and Reverie |
"It really was out of nowhere. I've always been into computers and I've always liked music so I just clicked with it right away. I picked it up hella fast. If I wouldn't have found the music or heard my sister rapping I wouldn't have been doing shit. I would of been back in LA being crazy"
Despite being busy packing for Europe Louden took some time out to sit down and chat with Piece Magazine.
Piece: You're going to Europe dude! What are your plans while you're over there?
Louden: We have a lot of studio sessions set up while we're there [and] we have interviews set up while we are there. It's crazy 'cause they don't even speak English... well a little bit of English. It's going to be a crazy experience. I am super excited. If someone told me five years ago I was going to Europe I would tell them fuck off you're full of shit. [laughing] We have six shows lined up and we're filming a music video in Paris.
Piece: How has your style changed over the last couple of years?
Louden: Recently I've been making really upbeat, kind of happy, mellow kind of beats and I haven't been sampling as much. In the stuff that's coming out it's all going to be no sampling. That's going to be a big change. In my opinion it brings out what I am really feeling instead of what the sample is feeling at the time. With sampling you hear something dope and just use it, but making your own sounds and playing it out is what you're really feeling at that moment."
Piece: Whats the most important thing you've learned being an independent artist?
Louden: No one's going to help you unless you want to be helped and keep pushing. That goes for everything in life. You can make as many beats or [as much] music as you want but if you don't put it out there or work with other people nothing is gonna happen with it. Pushing your art out there and making connections is what it's all about.
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Louden: Yeah. definitely. Self provoked and I have been talking about making a cd. I feel like everything happens at the right time. I do want to work with other artists. It's hard when I'm working on two cd's with Reverie and the whole tour is coming up and we have shows coming up. I do see myself working with more people.
Piece: In the music in the industry right now what things do you feel need to change?
Louden: Get rid of Miley Cyrus. [laughing] People need to stop listening to what everyone else is saying to listen to. Listen to what you want to listen to.
Piece: Who is the most embarrassing artist you have in your music collection?
Louden: I listen to a lot of old school disco. I like that one song by the Flock of Seaguls [singing] "I ran so far away"
Piece: What do you see in the future of Hip Hop?
Louden: Transformation. It's been transforming. In ten years it's going to sound different. The underground is going to sound like another underground and main stream is going to sound like another kind of main stream. It's going to be the same movement just another generation.
Piece: Do you have any last shout out's or fuck you's?
Louden: Fuck you to my my P.O. back in the day. Shout outs to my mom, my dad, Piece Magazine, Reverie and all of Hip Hop.
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