naw man, i'm totally independent. i work with a few people but really no production company or management. i been doing live stuff for the last 10 years, mainly rock, punk, metal, blues, funk, bluegrass bands. a little bit of hiphop, mainly just a couple 1mc-1dj kinda deals and only a couple of times. i've been making "electronic" music for about the last 7, on and off. got into making beats about 2 years ago when i worked with a dude that had a friend that could rap well but had no original beats and was working on a budget. dude got me motivated and started, now i just make the songs to stay up with song writing and up to date on sequencing programs and vst's. i, recently, found Toontrack's EZDrummer. ooohhhh man! it's helped get me back into playing guitar, bass, and trumpet. i'm still in a lot of the writing and re-re-recording... don't know if i'll ever put together another full-time live band. i most recently played bass with Fatty Poindexter for 4 years.