MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM 4MATA Studio!

Fly Like my G5!!!!!

Its now On again at 4Mata Studio!!! Got the PowerMac G5 And it's time to really time to hit the Heaven in 2011!!! If you looking to record or make or buy beats get at us!!!!!

Future Looking Bright!

Ok so the future is looking good for my to get a MAC by next week and hopefully this will be the machine that get me back on track for at least a few more years! Keep you fingers crossed! 4MATA Studio will be Back and ready to please those ears with some dopeness!

DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!!

Well good people its been a hell of a past few weeks in the studio and I'm fed up with my old ass computer. My Hard drive has bit the dust and all my music files with it! I'm pissed because I don't know how or why it did it but it did! I'm hoping that maybe just maybe its not the HD but the pc itself. But only time will tell. I'm in the market to get something new and I guess its going to happen sooner than expected. So until then Sayonara Bitches!!!

DOWNLOAD: J DILLA - DONUT SHOP

Do yourself a favor and Download it!

DOWNLOAD: J DILLA - DONUT SHOP
FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FOR STONES THROW NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS: As a way to say "thanks" to all of the DJs and Dilla fans who have supported this release, here is a free download of the six Dilla tracks.
http://stonesthrow.com/jdilla-donutshop.zip

URB ALT 2010 - Pics

SO this past week/weekend I was invited to perform at URB ALT 2010 Music Festival and it was too cool! Played with MuthaWit and the URB ALT Orchestra! I must say it was a truly electrifying experience and I can't wait to do it again! Great Music, excellent musicians and new friendships! Here are some pics to check out!

Check out the rest! at: http://picasaweb.google.com/4MATA.Studio/URBALT2010#

Picked up a Dr. Sample Sp-303 Yesterday!

My Sample game will be getting better people! I know have a SP-303.... yeah yeah I know its old school but if you know me I like the era of the 90's so this is right up my profile! I got it from a friend of mine "Chris Fox" mad cool eclectic cat and it had some already dope samples on it tha tI am gonig to be using very soon! Stay tuned!

I just can't get over this Dope Track!

ENJOY!

Been Blocked

Whats good people! So its been a minute since I've felt like posting anything on this blog, but I am still hard at work! Its been a busy past few weeks and its only going to get busier! I have been having a Hellish creativity block lately and haven't really been able to make any beats I like! I've been searchin for inspiration and the strength to get this water flowing! PAscale came through on Sat. and knocked some sense into me so hopefully You'll be hearing something good very Soon! till then......................... keep it on the chill!

Zilla!

Sycosis - Mostly Me

Yo Check out a great artists and good friend Sycosis from Chicago! We met in college where he was doing his thing on the community circuit kept up with him after we all graduating and 3 Years and $3,000 later the mediumly (by Sycosis, but Highly by 4Shig) anticipated Sycosis Mostly Me album is available for download @ SycosisMusic.com. Tell everybody and they momma...

4MATA Studio

Is a Brooklyn base independent project music studio with professional power for the independent artist! Founded by Benjamin "Benzilla" Stewart.

Benzilla is the culmination of 2 great decades of musical influence and experience. Growing up as a product of the 1980’s influences, Ben was heavily influenced by music and culture. Excited about the prospect of combining his love of music, production, performance and cultural influences to maintain that essence of a time when urban music shaped the industry into what it is today, his passion steered him towards studying music in college and now moving on to study the cultural influence of music in different cultures especially in the underground and independent music environment. He has been involved with a number of musical promotions, events and projects during his college career at Truman State University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in Music. During that time he was fortunate enough to meet several other talented musicians and form the funk band known as Hazard to Ya Booty, a group that has grown in popularity throughout the Midwest. Hazard to Ya Booty’s popularity and name spread and soon became one of the most popular live bands in the area due to its unique sound and live stage performances.

Soon after, Ben left to study and perform in Tokyo, Japan. There he found a renewed love for music in the form of underground HIP-HOP!!! Networking with a group known as S.C. Crew and exploring famous clubs like Vuenos in Shibuya and Lexington Queen in Ropongii confirmed a love for his passion of learning about music in different cultures.
In ‘02 he returned to Truman and met a rap artist buy the name of Al_e_Baba who felt the same way about the music. The industry was letting them down. Together they started distribution of an underground publication named 4shigadare. This magazine featured and showcased local underground artist throughout the area as well as articles of discussions about the current music industry and who was representing and who were letting “us” down.

After graduating Truman he struck out to follow his musical passion by performing over seas in Shanghai, China and Tokyo, Japan once again. After that he then began the next chapter in hes career by moving to NYC where he earned his Master in Business Administration in International Business and started his own music studio 4MATA Studios where he works with local talent producing and recording the next generation of great music and musicians.