We "R" Producers Featured producer of the Month J Pierre.
| Featured producer of the Month J Pierre. |
| Thursday, 11 August 2011 17:46 |
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When it comes to being business minded, this is the man right here! J Pierre is not only a beatsmith, he is the owner of Blazin Kits.com. A online site that provides some of the most banging drum out on the market today. Check out his story on if you are not careful, you will loose focus and get caught up. MARV Josh what up fam! How you?
Doing well! God is faithful =)
Mang I here that. So lets get right into it. Who is J Pierre? JP That is my name. Ha. I'm just a Christian who is trying to live for Christ to the fullest. I'm blessed to have a gift to use for the Kingdom! Ministry, friends, music, and a desire to do God's will sums up my life in a nutshell. MARV Bet how long have you serving the Lord?
Honestly, I don't really know. I've been saved since 1998. I started off on fire for God preaching the Gospel to anything that moved! However, in 2005-2008, I began drifting from the Lord. My mind got off focus and my heart soon followed. Towards the end of 2008 I found myself in a very low place in life. Music was gone. I had stepped into some immoral stuff. BUT the Lord brought me back to my knees. Been reactivated in the ministry. Now I am serving in my church in various different ministries the Lord has put me in and I am truly blessed. I couldn't live any other way. MARV Yeah I remember when you went on your sabbatical. As a matter of fact you text me when that took place. Thank God for restoration!
Amen! December 2008 is when I began my healing and restoration in the Lord. It's also the month when BlazinKits was revamped! MARV Hallelujah when that happen lol!
Ha!
Now you know me and you go back quite sometime but for those that may not know or heard of you, tell us who have worked with and what you doing now
Ok. I started making beats in 2004. I sucked at it but I knew it was what God wanted me to do. I went from not knowing anything about music production to turning heads of major A&R executives in the music industry. I got good at making beats! I worked with 2Five (The Watcher LP track: 'Talk to ya'). I also composed a few beats on Viktory's album, "Son of The King." On that LP I did "Good Thing" Featuring Marvin Winans Jr. and "Get Better" featuring Lisa from Out of Eden. I got a few T.V. placements as well on America's Next Top Model, MTV Cribs, and a few other CW Network T.V. shows. I also did Saylah's hit single "Amazing" on his "Break out" LP. I skipped a lot of stuff but that's what I can remember. It's been so long since I got any placements. Oh I forgot to mention what I'm doing now Right now I am starting to reconnect with Christian Rap artist. I kind of have to start from scratch. I've been away from Christian music for almost 3 years. I just started making beats again in the summer of 2010. I'm talking with Saylah about working on some new stuff for his next album. That's about it for right now. I'm still working on BlazinKits. That's been what's kept me in tune with music.
Ok word. Speaking of Blazin kits, first off not i'm only a customer, I'm a big fan,supporter,advocate of your drums. What was the reason behind you starting Blazin Kits?
JP favorite producers and I used to wonder where they would get their drums! I bought kits from sound sites but they didn't hit hard enough for me. So I started teaching myself how to layer my drums. So before I started working on a beat I would create my own kick, snare, or clap. After awhile I had a whole library of samples. I wanted to sell them but, I remembered when I started off making beats and how I always wanted drums that made my beats stand out. So for awhile I had my whole drum library up for FREE. After that I started making more and more samples and then started selling kits. I also started layering synths. I love it! I still have a few free samples up. They're up on the site. A while back you had a situation with dudes stealing your joint and reselling them. How do bob and weave thru all of that? I tried to tackle those stinkin' bootleg sites! It's tough. When I manage to take down one or two illegal download links another 3 pop up. So I just keep it moving. I ask my customers not to upload BlazinKits samples for the world to download for free. That's all I can do right now. Number of visits a month. It's good to me! I love worship music too. But when I do play Christian rap I listen to Mouthpiece, Lecrae, and a few others. I think the music that's coming out now in Christian rap is great! I can't speak for every Christian rapper, but for artist like Mouthpiece, Lecrae, and Sho their music is on point! You've improved! What I think needs to change is the business side of selling beats. That's another conversation in itself. Ha! Me and you talked about that for hours over the phone. The business side needs to get cleaned up. Musicians need to start working with better contracts when they lease out rights to a beat. least work on that today. That's it. God Bless! =) everyone supporting BlazinKits. Thank you. And thanks Marv for the support brO. God Bless you. Stay humble and looking forward to seeing the great things God is doing in your life. |
