Master Ganyani
1. Please tell me a little about yourself? Who is Dj Ganyani ?
I am Ganyani Tshabalala, a simple guy born & bred in Soweto...
2. When did your career start?
My career started at the age of 15 when I taught myself to deejay. At the time, deejaying was not even a craze as it has become.
2.1 How did you get your start in the music business?
It was out of the love for music that I became a deejay. I manipulated pre-recorded music and I had the knowledge of cueing etc that todate I am a mobile deejay. Later on I registered my company, Ganyani Entertainment and never looked back. Todate, I am a preferred supplier of sound equipment and deejay services for private and corporate clients.
2.2 How had the internet changed your relationship with and to music and the industry?
The internet has simplified how we do business and through this medium, music can reach anyone in the world and therefore selling brands and showcasing the talent the world would not have known about.
4. Do you use loops or prefer to program your beat from single hits?
I prefer to program, one always gets unique sounds from doing so…
5. What is the key ingredient in a track? breakdown? Style of production?
Bassline?
That involves a couple of things,but the style of production & the baseline does it for me
6. When building a track how do you normally work? Do you start with the drum and build from that?
It depends on your concept,but the most common is your kick
7. Do you mainly use analog or digital soft synth sources? Do you think analog makes a different?
Digital makes things much more simpler,analog creates more presents,it's just natural
8. Any advice on monitoring? Quiet? Loud? Do you prefer flat and boring Speakers, headphones or Big, Phat and chunky monitors?
A pair of quality headphones & monitors does it for me…
9. what are the biggest barriers new producers face?
Not so sure,but i think quality music production gear might be a problem…
10. How important do you think it is to have your music mastered commercially? Can you do it yourself as effectively and what tools would you recommend?
That's a tricky one,but i prefer an experienced mastering engineer to do mastering on my stuff…
11. What do you believe is the secret to your success as a producer?
I'd prefer to keep that a secret…LOL