gogetlive

Producer and engineer Dion “LIVE” Smith is ready. Ready to share his unique and undeniable bounce with the world and make his permanent stamp on the music industry. He is establishing his trademark sound in order to take his definitive place at the top as one of the industry’s most sought-after producers. This is his destiny—he has already claimed it. Coming from a family of musicians and singers, his interest in music developed at an early age. It was not until he was in college, that LIVE...

Producer and engineer Dion “LIVE” Smith is ready. Ready to share his unique and undeniable bounce with the world and make his permanent stamp on the music industry. He is establishing his trademark sound in order to take his definitive place at the top as one of the industry’s most sought-after producers. This is his destiny—he has already claimed it. Coming from a family of musicians and singers, his interest in music developed at an early age. It was not until he was in college, that LIVE discovered his knack for producing music. During college, he formed relationships with people who would later play key roles in helping to shape his sound and music career. LIVE’s initial encounter with a drum machine was the Roland MC505 and in less than 24 hours he created his first beat and began his quest toward greatness. He later purchased the Akai MPC2000XL, only to discover that it did not come with any sounds. LIVE spent several days learning all of the screens on the machine and once he got a hold of his family’s extensive record collection, began chopping and searching for sounds and loops—the foundation for LIVE’s sound was born. LIVE is sure that being a producer is his ultimate calling, “I produce because it is the only thing on this planet I can do where time stands still and I flat out enjoy every moment of it.” After a decade in the game, LIVE has produced, recorded and helped to release multiple mixtapes and albums, while working with numerous artists. His next focus: releasing The deLIVEry: the Confirmation, his own mixtape showcasing his variety of bold and hard-hitting beats, complimented with lyrics by local Chicago artists. His creativity, passion, and dedication to his skill are unmatched; from relocating to the San Francisco area to receive formal training in music engineering to teaching himself how to play the piano and spending endless days and nights in the studio banging out beats and mixing down tracks. LIVE is not only ready, but also focused. His work ethic is like non-other. LIVE has a sound that is made up of melodic strings paired with hard drums. The rising producer and Chicago native labels his sound as one word—LIVE His creativity is defined in color: kicks are red, snares are orange, hi-hats are red- orange, synths are shades of green, and he tends to see the artist, whether singer or rapper, in various hues of blue as they are the final instrument/ color to touch the track/ canvas. Once LIVE determines an artist’s color, he instantly knows what other shades he wants to surround them with. Then with his canvas set, he paints. Equipped with the vision to see a record from beginning to end, LIVE has a few last words for all of you following him on his rise to the top: “Let’s Get It LIVE”