Pete Marriott

Pete Marriott (born Peter Andres Marriott-Singh) is an American music producer and musician. Marriott was born in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington.

Biography

Pete Marriott is a Brooklyn born record producer and DJ who's currently resident of Whistler, B.C.

He surrounded himself with music since youth, with the recording studio becoming a makeshift babysitter when his uncle's reggae band did recording sessions. It was then that Marriott became his uncle's assistant engineer. While merely pushing buttons to communicate between the studio and control room, it widened his curiosity of the recording studio environment. At the age of 15, Marriott was paid for his first music production. His entry into the studio also coincided with many rappers getting into the rap music business for the first time. One of the first records he worked on was The Boogie Boys 1987 track "I'm Comin'" (Capitol), credited as one of the suppliers of "scratches." A year later, he found himself on The Choice MC's "Let's Make Some Noise" b/w "This Is The B-Side" (Idlers), the latter featuring a young Chubb Rock. The Marriott-produced "This Is The B-Side" became an immediate cult favorite among DJ's who would make it an important part of their DJ sets for years because of the sound that many feel was ahead of its time. The song was also sampled by, among others, Moby and Photek.

Marriott didn't limit himself as a studio mainstay, his history in hip-hop radio is worth a chapter or two. Upon becoming a guest DJ for the DNA/Hank Love show on WMWK 105.9FM, it would lead to having his own show with Merc called H20. The end of that stint lead to another guest DJ spot, this time on Planet Brooklyn with Big Pete and G-Man, before claiming another show on his own, The Hip-Hop Cafe (WKRB). That would lead to doing a show called e Breaking Point (WBCR) with Doug Money, who would later work for Myspace music. By working through the roughs and Tri-State area, Marriott was able to become a tastemaker. The nature of networking would soon change by the mid-1990s, and he soon found a home on the World Wide Web.

As the internet and its many music communities grew, Marriott expanded his work, knowledge, and expertise online. Through working with and embracing new studio equipment and technology, he shares his expertise through online video courses. He did these long before the existence of YouTube or Vimeo, allowing fans and studio junkies to see his work from the ground up, one of the first artist/musician/producers to do so on a regular basis.

After years of working in various NYC recording studios and producing major and indie releases (including "Me Done", a song by longtime Slits member Ari Up), Marriott is currently expanding his new Seattle based studio, The Tool Shed, a hybrid studio which incorporates vintage analog and state of the art digital recording technology. The Tool Shed is also headquarters of his production company, Illogical Industries, LLC.

Marriott is currently producing and mixing new recording projects through two music outlets: The BRKLYN Collection, and Beat Hollow Records. He also plans to work on sound design projects for other producers as well as creating scores for the television, film, and the gaming industries.

External links

• Official Site (requires flash)
• Artist Page at Hippnott Records
• Part 1. of an interview by John Book for KevinNottingham.com Published 7/1/2011
• Part 2. of an interview by John Book for KevinNottingham.com Published 7/2/2011
• Part 3. of an interview by John Book for KevinNottingham.com Published 7/3/2011
• Part 4. of an interview by John Book for KevinNottingham.com Published 7/4/2011
• Part 5. of an interview by John Book for KevinNottingham.com Published 7/5/2011
• Interview with Kevin Nottingham Published 12/21/2009
• Interview with Potholes in my Blog Published 1/19/2009
• Interview with Music Forecast Published 3/27/2009
• Interview with The Crusade Published 10/20/2005