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headnods: Marcus D Head Nods Interview Big Thanks To Him For Being The First Phone Interview And Also Very Patient. Marcus D how did you get started with music, beats? It all started with an 80 year old piano and a SNES cartridge of Final Fantasy II. But, I got started on Hip hop during my sophomore year of high school. A friend of mine had shown me Substantial and Nujabes’ album, “To This Union…” and I knew I wanted to make that kind of music. When was the first time you recorded? I was either a Freshman or Sophomore…I was 15. It wasn’t anything big, just a computer, a $50 mic, and an early version of Cool Edit Pro.  I wanted to get a feel for hardware, but didn’t know how to go about it. There weren’t as many producer forums and Youtube tutorials as there are now.  I’d get home from school everyday, open Fruity Loops and mess around with it until I went to sleep. When was the first time you got to work on a beat for someone to emcee over it? I approached Substantial in 2008 through Myspace while I was working on Revival of the Fittest. I didn’t expect him to reply, but figured I’d give it a shot anyway, and a couple weeks later we’d finished our first song called “Enjoy Yourself”. How did you Start with Bop alloy? After the release of “Enjoy Yourself” I started to send Sub more beats and he noticed certain similarities between myself and Nujabes (rip). I kept sending him beats and he’d send me songs back, so we decided to put a name on our collaborations, and it evolved from there. Your latest work is Melancholy Prequel, What about Melancholy Hopeful? I’m actually one song away from completing it. After that, I’ll start mixing it and working on securing distribution in Japan and maybe in the US. Hoping for an early Spring release, but the first single from it should be out in December. I’ve uploaded some of your beats on my Youtube channel, which has a few other producers, but people comment on your videos comparing you to Nujabes, How does it make you feel to be compared to Nujabes? The magnitude of being compared to him is really humbling.  From an early age, I looked up to him and I still do, but I appreciate people noticing the differences as well. Everybody starts out emulating their influences, but the key is to progress from that point and build your own style. Do you like to play Video Games? I play a lot of old school RPGs and Super Nintendo games. I’m constantly replaying the Final Fantasy series (1-10). I’m still convinced that older RPGs have the best stories and character development to date. I started when I was young, so it’s interesting to revisit them as I get older and see how my interpretations of the stories change. So you started on myspace, now that it’s less popular, how do you think people find your type of music say if they didn’t know soundcloud or bandcamp? Great question, I still think the most powerful form of promotion is word of mouth, but the connotation of that phrase has changed a lot in the past 5 years. It’s almost equivalent to sharing things on Facebook, reblogging posts on Tumblr, or uploading music on Youtube. Who would you like to work with? Nobuo Uematsu is first on my list. Without him, the piano in my house would probably still just be an expensive piece of furniture. I’d also love to work with people like Uyama Hiroto, Mos Def, DJ Deckstream, Saigon, Just Blaze etc. Shoutouts Peace to Headnods, my followers on Tumblr, and everyone that actively supports my music and genuinely tries to buy it when they have the dough. When you buy a CD, it allows me to put a budget back into the music. Also, to people like Substantial and Shing02 for being dope MCs, but more importantly, good people. It’s great to make music to express yourself, but without people to share it with there’s really no rhyme or reason. Links http://www.marcusd.net/ http://marcus-d.tumblr.com/ http://www.facebook.com/marcusdproductions http://twitter.com/#!/marcusd http://marcusd.bandcamp.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/marcusd206 http://www.myspace.com/marcusd206 Also Marcus D Greater Purpose ft. Cise Star drops 11/2 Peace to Jessica at Headnods, thanks.
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