Lazerbeak
Super Producer
Lazerbeak is a thug. Do not be deceived by the nice-guy introductions backstage. Beak is responsible for some of the hardest lavabangers in hip hop, period. Catchy, rib-crushing, filthy.
In his basement workshop, Beak works mostly with a MPC2000XL. He layers propulsive, hard-hitting drums with driving guitar and keyboard melodies. He paces after the addition of each element, ducking to avoid the overhead pipes, playing air drums, and calculating his next layer.
Beak’s sequencing is a large part of his sound. “After you’ve got the main structure, to make it a real song, you have to take it all part again. It’s like a battle with the beat, every time.” And Beak always wins. When it’s over, the effect is some helicopter-at-the-omnitheater shit. He’ll take a beat down to its most essential elements before letting it off the leash to explode into anthemic proportions.
Lazerbeak got involved with the Doomtree crew through his high school friendship with Stef (P.O.S). But by then he’d already been playing music for years. Since 8th grade he played with The Plastic Constellations, the indie rock group that would go on to tour the country, signed to French Kiss Records. Stef, having heard Lazerbeak’s music with TPC, encouraged him to start making beats. Beak got a loan from his folks to buy his first MPC from Guitar Center. Stef came over in the afternoon to show him the ropes. No looking back.
To date, Lazerbeak has produced over 400 beats. His production appears on almost every Doomtree release, including all three of P.O.S’ solo albums. He's now completing the production for the upcoming Sims solo release and working on a solo endeavor of his own.
Most recently, Doomtree released Lazerbeak’s collaboration with Mike Mictlan. The two schemed for years to write and record the disc. For much of that time Mike was living in L.A. Lazerbeak sent Mike beat CDs in the mail. Mike rapped his verses to Lazerbeak over the phone. Big dreams, big phone bills. Now the fruit of their labor is available in all its glory as Hand Over Fist. Legend Recognize Legend.
Solo Projects
Hand Over Fist (with Mike Mictlan)
This month marks the ninth year that I have been making rap beats. Man, I can’t believe how fast time flies sometimes. Figured I’d take a breather from all the lists of things that are awesome, and instead just put together a post on my early years of beat making.
Right out of highschool Stef (P.O.S.) convinced me to buy an MPC2000XL and give production a shot. Up until that point I …
Here we go again. Got a little late start on this one due to the combination of the fantastic Dolphins/Jets game last night and the vodka red bulls that went right along side it. Yikes. Think I’m gonna have to just roll out another installment of “3 Things Everyboday Loves, Because They Just Plain Rule.” Promise I will try to get more creative next week.
3 (MORE) THINGS EVERYBODY LOVES, BECAUSE THEY JUST PLAIN RULE
1. 3-D MOVIES…
It’s that time of the week again, I gotta start where I left off: Vikes!!! What more can I say, my man Sims summed it up beautifully in the post below me. Living in Minnesota my whole life, there is such a sense of pride when the national spotlight is on your guys and they just go out there and handle it. Now if the Twins can just find a way to …
LEGENDZ!!!
Hello there and welcome to my new weekly Doomtree blog, “Tuesdays With Lazerbeak” (kind of like “Tuesdays With Morrie,” shout to Oprah’s Book Club). Gonna post every Tuesday with an update on what I’m working on, what I’m into, what kinds of food I have consumed out of crockpots, etc. First blog attempt ever, so go easy on me.
Three Reasons I Am Losing My Edge
1. I actually really like …
My friends are building a safe house in Honduras for victims of human trafficking. Please check out www.10kfor10k.com for more information on how you can help. Good people, good cause. Help spread the word.
I started tracking vocals for my first ever solo record yesterday. It’s gonna be a little different (light on the lava bangers this time around) but I’m really excited. Dessa and Stef were kind enough to come down and lend their ears and support. And that’s Joe Mabbott (engineer extraordinaire) making sure everything sounds awesome. Keep you posted homies.
My 93 year old grandpa, “Guts” Mader, at the presidential inauguration.
The man has spent his entire life immersed in Chicago politics. They gave him a front row seat. The true definition of the phrase Legend Recognize Legend.
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