ThisisRnB’s own Brian Allonce was recently interviewed by The Source in regards to his return to music production and his background. Much congrats to Brian!
Peep excerpts from the interview below…
How did you start producing?
I started producing in my head when I was about 11 or 12; I used to follow my older brother Bendji around to band rehearsals, college and things of that nature. See, he’s a Drummer/Percussionist and was attending Five Towns College at the time and was part of the jazz band and a recording engineering major. The jazz band back then was something special; I would always go when I was allowed to and just listen. I would imagine my favorite parts of the performances whether it was horns, strings, percussions or whatever they played that sounded really cool over my own mental break beats. Then picture my favorite artist over them, or I would even rap over it my damn self. I secretly dreamed of being a rapper too. Plus, my brothers’ Dad is also Herman Nau, who played in the band Tabou Combo, he’s one of the most skilled Haitian Drummers of one of the most famous Haitian groups of all time in my eyes. I mean, Carlos Santana sampled their work. So back then, My mom would bring me to Haitian concerts and I would always be so amazed on how much control they had over people to make them feel good and dance to eight minute songs, and I wanted to do that myself. To know you took people away from their issues and let them just have fun to your sound is pretty damn cool. My mom would be stressing at home, but by the time the second song was on, man, she’ aint have no worries!!
How does being an engineer help you being a producer?
Being an engineer allows me to understand sound and how to do really cool trippy things with it, understanding audio allows you to correctly place the right sounds into a record so things don’t clash frequency wise.
