In 2009, I got the itch to learn how to produce music. I noticed mainstream Hip-Hop, R&B and Pop were missing some of the musicality that I had grown up appreciating and I wanted a newer version of that sound. With computer software and technology being what it is today, it has lowered the cost of building a studio for many musicians, DIY producers & engineers. After I bought my first Akai MPK25 and learned to use it, I quickly upgraded to an MPK49 and the collection of equipment and software continued to grow. I learned that being a musician does not mean you know how to produce a song & record someone performing it. I also learned that after you learn how to produce & record a song, it’s not radio ready until it’s been engineered. So after tallying all the equipment and software and learning the technical end of it all, I then had to learn to engineer. To learn this skill, I furthered my education at Sweetwater Sound under the instruction of Mark Hornsby, and learned to mix & engineer so I could complete the picture and know how to take a song from the idea phase, all the way to the radio.
Over the years of learning and honing my craft, I decided in order to put music out in to the mainstream the way I envisioned, how any artist envisions, I would need a record label to go along with the studio. After enlisting the help of an entertainment attorney and explaining my complete vision to him, he advised that I start a publishing company in addition to the studio and record label, to fully reap the benefits of all my efforts and for those who I would be recording. So after years of learning and being advised, I bring to you Field Lab Studios, Field Lab Publishing, and Field Lab Entertainment.
Thanks for reading,
~JtL aka Jackson tha Lyrasist