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IN A WORLD OF HIP HOP WHERE EVERYTHING HAS ALL BEEN LATELY SOUNDING THE SAME, ONE MAN HAS MANAGED TO DO SEEMINGLY THE IMPOSSIBLE- REMAIN COMPLETELY ORIGINAL. BRINGING HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF A THOUSAND AND ONE INFLUENCES, HE HAS QUICKLY TAKEN HIS MUSIC TO ANOTHER LEVEL. HIS NAME IS JOHN PIERRE AND HIS BRAND OF HIP HOP HAS BROKEN THE MOLD OF TODAY'S SOUND. A NATIVE OF SUBURBAN CHICAGO, PIERRE HAD MANY DAY-TO-DAY OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME HIS ENTIRE LIFE. ONE OF THOSE OBSTACLES WAS SURVIVAL. "A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT BECAUSE I AM FROM THE SUBURBS THAT I HAD IT MADE," PIERRE STATES. "BUT I DON'T GO OUT OF MY WAY TO PROVE THEM WRONG NEITHER. BEING ALIVE PAST 21 WHERE I AM FROM IS HUGE BUT I DON'T GO AROUND BRAGGING ABOUT HOW HARD MY HOOD IS BECAUSE THAT IS SOMEWHAT ADVOCATING VIOLENCE AND I REALLY AIN'T ON THAT RIGHT NOW." PIERRE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF MUSIC SINCE TODDLERHOOD. HE BEGAN SONGWRITING AT THE AGE OF 11. IT WAS WHEN HE JOINED HIS HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND THAT HE DISCOVERED HOW PASSIONATE HE WAS ABOUT MUSIC. FROM THERE HE WOULD GO ON TO COLLEGE TO MAJOR IN MUSIC AND ABSORB HIMSELF WITH MUSICAL PRODUCTION. "I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE BEATS. I USED TO TELL THAT TO PEOPLE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER BUT NO ONE EVER TOOK ME SERIOUSLY SO I STOPPED TELLING PEOPLE UNTIL I LEARNE TO DO IT." WHILE IN COLLEGE, JOHN PIERRE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT MUSIC BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. HE DECIDED TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT HE LEARNED OF INTO HIS MUSIC. THIS, HE BELIEVES, SETS HIM APART FROM MOST OTHER PRODUCERS. "NOWADAYS, ANYONE WITH A PC AND FRUITY LOOPS, CAN BE A PRODUCER, " PIERRE SAYS. "YOU DONT HAVE TO HAVE ANY REAL MUSICAL TRAINING TO BE ONE THESE DAYS. I THINK THAT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE I HAVE OF HIP HOP AND ALL OTHER MUSIC REALLY WILL SETS ME APART FROM EVERYONE ELSE DOING WHAT I AM DOING AND PUTS ME INTO ANOTHER CATEGORY." PIERRE, WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO COMBINE ALL GENRES INTO HIS MUSIC FROM ROCK TO JAZZ AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, IS ABLE TO COMPOSE AND PRODUCE IN MANY GENRES OF MUSIC INCLUDING R&B, JAZZ, ALTERNATIVE, ROCK, PROGRESSIVE, EXPERIMENTAL, TRIP HOP, AND CLASSICAL. COMBINE THIS WITH HIS ABILITY TO PLAY SEVERAL DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS, HIS ABILITY TO RAP, HIS KNOWLEDGE OF HIP HOP AND OTHER CULTURES, AND HIS KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC THEORY, AND YOU COME UP WITH AN AMAZINGLY TALENTED MUSICIAN. SO WHERE DOES HIS MUSIC GO FROM HERE? THE WAY JOHN PIERRE SEES IT, THERE ISNT ANYWHERE ELSE TO GO BUT UP! AND THATS EXACTLY WHERE HE HAS BEEN HEADED! TEAMED UP WITH HIS PRODUCTION CREW, THE ADVOCATES, HE HAS BEEN MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF WITH EVERY TRACK HE PRODUCES. "I DONT KNOW ANYONE THAT WORKS AS HARD AS HIM," STATES MANNIE G, ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE ADVOCATES. "HE WORKS ALL DAY AND NIGHT ON HIS MUSIC AND I THINK IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT STARTS PAYING OFF FOR HIM." IT MAY ONLY COME DOWN TO A MATTER OF TIME BECAUSE AT THE RATE HE HAS BEEN MAKING HIS OUTSTANDING MUSIC, THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD HIM BACK FROM REACHING THE MOUNTAINTOP! CONTACT INFO: (708)938 5124 www.myspace.com/johnpierrebeatz2 [email protected][color="red"][/color][i]