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Sample Reels

Billy Hume Rock and Pop Production Reel

This is a sampling of my rock and pop production reel.

Billy Hume Urban Mix and Production Reel

This is my Urban mix and production reel.   Please note that the artists' lyrical content has not been "sanitized".

Organizations and Accolades

The Recording Academy

Grammy

I was recently elected as a Governor of the Atlanta Chapter of The Recording Academy.  Over the last decade, the Academy has expanded its goals from the important work of recognizing the best in music through the The GRAMMY Awards to establishing itself as the preeminent arts advocacy and outreach organization in the country.

ASCAP Pop Songwriter Award

ASCAP

I was recently honored as a songwriter on one of the Top 50 songs of 2007 at the 2008 ASCAP Pop Awards in Los Angeles.

RIAA Gold and Platinum Records

RIAA

I have produced, engineered, mixed, and been a multi-instrumentalist on numerous records that have been certified Gold (500k US Sales) and Platinum (1m US Sales) by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Web Presence

References

Glenn Schick

(Professional)

Justin Eshak

(Professional)

Press

Public Appearances

PotLuckCon

Featured panelist at conference formerly known as "TapeOpCon".  New Orleans, LA.  June 2008.

ASCAP I Create Music Expo

Featured panelist.  Los Angeles, CA.  April 2008.

FMF

Featured panelist.  Orlando, FL.  2005-2008.

Remix Hotel

Featured panelist.  Atlanta, GA.  Sept. 2007.

Atlantis Music Conference

Featured panelist.  Atlanta, GA.  2005-2007.

Grammy

"From Vinyl to Final".  Moderator of panel discussion between featured speakers Jimmy Douglass (Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Linkin Park, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake) and Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young).  Atlanta, GA.  June 2006.

Indie Impact

The Recording Academy's "Indie Impact" Seminar.  Featured panelist.  Memphis, TN.  May 2006.

Billy appears in Ying Yang Twins Video

At the beginning of the video, I utter the epic, profound, and now legendary question: "So, Ying Yang, what're you going to do 2 years after 'Whistle While you Twerk?" My life would never be the same.

About Me

I was in bands for 17 years; anything from playing bass in heavy metal bands to playing mandolin and fronting a southern rock band to doing regular singer-songwriter gigs at the Bluebird in Nashville and Eddie's Attic in Atlanta. My musical journey took a wild turn when my air conditioning repair man convinced me to do some hip-hop sessions with a few guys named Bonecrusher, Lil John, and David Banner...the result of our chance meeting was what's now known as "Crunk Music."

 

I’ve gone on to produce, write, mix, and play multiple instruments on major label records in several genres...from Rock, Rap and Pop, to just plain weird. Taking a chance on hip-hop years ago when a lot of people thought I was crazy ended up leading to some of the most successful years of my career; but rock music has, and always will be, where my heart is. Luckily there’s a new wave of bands coming through now that I’m really excited about.

 

I now have a top secret underground studio called The Zone hidden in an unassuming suburb north of Atlanta. I've been doing this since before most of my clients were born...back before MIDI, before PODs, before digital ANYTHING we were cutting tape and playing songs all the way through with no click track.

 

Below, you will be able to find out more about me and some of the artists and labels that I've worked with over the last few years. I'm always looking for new artists and projects to work on whether it's an indie band looking to release a record independently or a major label artist working on their next hit record...I'm just in to good music and great artists. period. Not bound by genres...just good music.

 

Feel free to shoot me an email or give me a call anytime.

Projects I've Done

Rehab

Rehab LP Cover
What a sense of gratification I feel over Rehab signing with Universal and re-releasing "Graffiti the World" (with some new additions and remixing some stuff we didn't have the time to address properly). We did this album over 3 years ago, and the band has been touring and selling the album tirelessly all this time. Just proof that if you stick with what you believe in eventually the rest of the world will come around. I've worked with guitarist, Fazal since he was in high school and become close friends with everyone in the band. Listen for their smash single "Sittin' at a Bar (The Bartender Song)" climbing multiple charts right now.
 

Heavy Mojo

Heavy Mojo
I have been a fan of Heavy Mojo for years, having seen their incredible live shows, and finally got a chance to produce their newest album for SRC/Universal, their first with the label. I have to say I was even more astonished by the depth of talent in the band after getting them in the studio. The band's "Choice Cuts EP" featuring 3 songs off of the album is available on iTunes now, and the band is currently on tour with Rehab.
 

Colour Academy

Colour Academy EP
I have never seen a band come so far so fast as Colour Academy. Their hard work and relentless touring have forged a band whose new songs have reached a level of sophistication that is beyond their years and whose live shows are truly the best I've ever seen from an unsigned band. Their EP is due to be released at the end of August.
 

Nas

Nas
I recently completed mixing "Hero", the debut single for Nas' newest album. This is my first mix for the legendary artist and a definite highlight of my work in Urban music. The track was produced by Polow Da Don and features Keri Hilson. The album was released in July and debuted at #1 on teh Billboard 200 Album Chart. I'm proud to have contributed to such a great result for the LP which is the 9th studio album of Nas' historic career.
 

Highlight Projects

Rich Boy "Throw Some D's

Rich Boy
Rich Boy's huge single "Throw Some D's", which was produced by Polow Da Don, was one of the most intense mixes I've ever done (actually, every mix I do for Polow is intense, in a good way. He is a perfectionist). We actually went back and worked on it 3 times, adding new parts and changing sounds. I also co-produced, engineered, mixed, and played guitar on the remix with Travis Barker.
 

Shop Boyz "Party Like a Rockstar"

Shop Boyz
I still remember the day I got a call from the producer, Jason Pittman (who I've worked with for 17 years) asking me to add my touch to "Party Like A Rockstar". I ended up playing guitar and mixing it that day, made an mp3 and sent it to my friend and former A&R at Universal Records, Justin Eshak, and the rest is history. This hit song earned me an ASCAP songwriter award for writing on one of the 50 most performed songs of 2007 and a Grammy nomination.
 

Bonecrusher "AttenCHUN!"

Bonecrusher
Bone Crusher scared me the first time he walked into my studio in 1997. But I knew he was a big talent and we struck up a long lasting friendship. I had been through 2 record deals with him before he hit with "Never Scared" featuring T.I. on So So Def/Arista. I co-wrote, mixed, engineered, and played multiple instruments on much of the album.
 

Nelly "Da Derrty Versions"

Nelly "Da Derrty Versions"
I engineered and played multiple instruments on Nelly's platinum selling release "Da Derrty Versions" including the hit songs "Air Force Ones" and "Tip Drill"
 

Ying Yang Twins "USA"

Ying Yang Twins "USA"
I have mixed, co-written, produced, engineered, and on countless Ying Yang Twins projects over the years including this platinum release which included the song "Live Again" featuring Adam Lavine from Maroon 5 which I co-Wrote, produced, engineered and mixed.
 

David Banner

David Banner
I've worked on a ton of Banner albums over the year but this was the one that broke him on the national scene. When I was working on this album I'd show up in the studio in the morning and he would be sleeping on promotional posters in the back of his van. Say what you want about Banner...but he wanted it more than almost anyone I've ever met.
 

Discography

 

  • Al Kapone - "Gettin Mine", "We On Deck" $5 Cover Soundtrack -(Co-W/P/E/M/I) (MTV)
  • Al Kapone - "Deepest Hood" (M) from Stomp The Yard Soundtrack (Sony Pictures)   
  • Archie - Untitled (MCA) (M)
  • Beezel - "Get Ready" (P/M/E),  Mixed add'l 18 songs from LP (Breakem Off/Def Jam)
  • Big Sky - "By Design" (P/E/M) from By Design (Dragon Car)
  • Big Mamma's House - "I Like Dem Gurls" (E/M), "Ohh Big Mamma" (E/M) from Big Mamma's House Soundtrack (Sony)
  • Billionaire - Various tracks  (E) Ascension (Universal)
  • BG - "I Want It" (M) from Heart Of The Street (Chopper City)
  • Bluestring - Overthinking (IND) (P/E/M)
  • Bluestring - Pick Me Up (W/P/E/M)
  • Brandon Scott Smith - Modren Day Prodigal EP (P/E/M) (IND)
  • Blak Jak - Place Your Bets (Vintage Sound/Universal Republic) (M) ** Including "Bobbin' My Head" , "500 Dollars".
  • Block Exhange - Forthcoming LP (M) (DTP/Geffen)
  • Bohagon - Various tracks (M) (Emergent)
  • Bonecrusher - "The Wall" (Co-W/P/E/I), "Never Scared" (M), "Grippin The Grain" (M), 2003"Lock And Load" (M), "Back Up" (M), "It's Me" (M), "For The Streets" (M),"Hate Ourselves" (M), "Peaches and Cream" (M) from Attenchun! (So So Def/Arista)
  • Bonecrusher - "Come On" (Co-W/P/E/M/I ), "Let It Go (f/ Jason Tillery)" (Co-W/P/E/M/I) (Jive)
  • Bree - "Girls Cry" (M) (Drift City)
  • Cloud 10 - The Sound of... (Superkala) (P/E/M)2003
  • Colour Academy - Move With the Tide EP (P/E/M) (Rectifier)
  • Chyna White - "Thug For Life" (Co-W/P/E/M) from Love and a Bullet Soundtrack
  • Crunk and Disorderly - Crunk and Disorderly (Compilation) Various tracks (M) (TVT)
  • David Banner - Dem Fire Water Boyz (Big Face) (E/M)
  • David Banner - "Choose Me" (Co-W/P/E/M/I)  "Like A Pimp" (E/M/I), "Mississippi" (E/M/I), "Really Don't Wanna Go" (E/M/I), "Lil Jones" (E/M/I), "Bring It On"(E/M/I), "Still Pimpin'" (E/M/I) from Mississippi, The Album (SRC/Universal)
  • David Banner - "Cross Roads" (Co-W/Co-P/E/M/I)2005 from Certified (SRC/Universal)
  • David Banner - "Crank it Up" (M), "Pop That" (M)2003 from Baptized In Dirty Water (SRC/Universal) 
  • Dolly Braid - 4 Song Demo (Columbia) (E/M)
  • El Puz - 5 Song Demo (Virgin) (E/M)
  • Erica Chambers - 5 song EP (E/P/M) IND)
  • FA - "Hold This" (M) (Upfront)
  • Fabo - "She Get Loose" (Co-W/P/E/I) from Forthcoming LP (Atlantic) 
  • Field Mob - "Baby Bend Over" (M) from Light Poles and Pine Trees (DTP/Geffen)
  • Fiend - Various Singles (Rough Riders) (E/M)
  • Film - Rolling EP (Projector) (E/M)
  • Flickerstick - Welcome Home The Astronauts (Epic) (E/M)
  • Full Contact Sports - Compilation (IND)
  • The Gang Of Roses - "Candy Coated" (M/I) (NAL Music)
  • Grout Untitled (Radiator) (Co-W/P/E/M)2003
  • Guest - Entrance (Jugular) (P/E/M)
  • Heavy Mojo - Blow Out The Sound (Co-W/P/E/M) (SRC/Universal)
  • Hitman Sammysam - Step Daddy (Universal) (E/M)2003
  • Hoodratz - Use What U Got 2 Get What U Want (M) (Collipark)
  • Josh Ritter -  Theme to national Crayola commercial (V2) (E/M)
  • Justin Hale - In Formation (M) (Daemon)
  • Kayne (from Ying Yang Twins) - Various Tracks (Co-W/P/E/M) from Forthcoming LP (TVT) 
  • King Konga - Something Good (IND) (E/M)
  • Kizzy Rock - "The Realist", "King S__T" (M/E) (Koch)
  • Lazy Eye - "All I Need" (P/E/M), "When The Lights Go Out" (P/E/M) from 3 Song Demo (Disturbing Tha Peace)
  • Lazyeye - Lazyeye (IND) (P/E/M)2006
  • Left Front Tire - "Bring You Down" (E/M) from American Pie II Soundtrack (Universal)
  • Left Front Tire - "Cheaters" (E/M) from Cheaters Soundtrack (New Line Cinema)
  • Left Front Tire - Social Icon (Gladiator) (E/M)
  • Left Front Tire - 42 Ways To Lose A Friend (Redeye) (Co-P/E/M)
  • Lemar - "Another Day" (Co-W) from Dedicated (Sony UK)
  • Lil Fate f/ Gangsta Boo - "Break A Nigga Off" (M) from Ludacris Presents Disturbing Tha Peace(DTP/Def Jam)
  • Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - "I Like Dem Gurls" (E/M), "Put Yo Hood Up" (E/M), "Bia Bia" (E/M), "Move Bitch" (E/M), "Uhh Ohh" (E/M), "Where Dem Girlz At" (E/M) from Put Yo Hood Up (TVT) ** Certified Gold
  • Lil Jon &  The Eastside Boys - Kings Of Crunk (TVT) (E) ** Certified 2x Platinum
  • Ludacris - "Sweet Revenge" (M) from Ludacris Presents Disturbing Tha Peace (DTP/Def Jam)
  • Ludacris - "Get Back (Rock Remix)" (P/M/I)(DTP/Def Jam)
  • Lyrical Giantz - "Trick Buster" (E/M/I) (Tommy Boy)
  • Magic - Still Thuggin (Bodyhead/Universal) (M)
  • Magic/Youngbloodz - "I Smoke, I Drank" (M) from Body Head Bangerz (Bodyhead/Universal)
  • Memoranda - Demos (IND) (Co-P/E/M)
  • Michelle Malone - Hello Out There (E/M) (SBS
  • Michelle Malone "Feather In A Huricane - Remix" (P/M/E) (SBS)
  • Montana da Mack - "Rock On (Do the Rock Man)" (Co-W/M) (Koch) 
  • Nappy Roots - Wooden Leather (Atlantic) (I)2003
  • Nappy Roots w/ Ying Yang Twins- "Po Folks " (Remix) (M) from Watermellon, Chicken & Gritz (Atlantic)** Certified Platinum
  • Nas - "Hero" (M) from Untitled (Def Jam)
  • Nelly - "Tip Drill" (E/I) (Universal)
  • Nelly - "Airforce Ones" (E/I) from Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention (Universal)** Certified Platinum
  • PH Balance - Fluent (IND) (E/M) 
  • Playaz Circle & I-20 - "You Ain't Got Enough" (M) from Ludacris Presents Disturbing Tha Peace (DTP/Def Jam)
  • Po' White Trash - Po' Like Dis (P/E/M) (Pocket Change)
  • Rehab - "Grafitti The World" (Co-W/P/E/M/I), "This Town" (Co-W/P/E/M/I), "Red Water" (P/E/M), "Chest Pain" (P/E/M), "Last Tatto" (M), "Bump" (M) "We Live" (M) from Grafitti The World (Attica Sound/Universal)
  • Rich Boy - "Get Money", "Throw Some D's", "Role Model", "Balla Life" (M) "D Boys" (M) from Rich Boy (Interscope) 
  • Rich Boy - "Throw Some D's (Remix)" (Co-P/M/I) (Interscope)
  • Shop Boyz - Rockstar Mentality (M) (Universal Republic) ** including "Party Like A Rockstar" (Co-W/M/I) --- 2x Platinum digitial single,  4x Platinum Ringtone, #1 Rap, Urban & Rhythm (BDS/BB), #2 BB Hot 100  
  • Stil True - Stil True (M) (IND)
  • Something Left After Misfortune - 3 Song Demo (IND) (E/M)
  • Sophie Nix - "Camera" (M/I) (Drift City)
  • Sound Tribe Sector 9 - Interplanetary Escape (Landslide) (E/M)
  • The Pack - "Milkyway" (Co-W/Co-P/E/M/I), "Backseat" (M) from Based Boys (Jive)
  • The Skyline Drive -Trains, Planes & Automobiles (P/E/M/I) (Rectifier)
  • Tum Tum - "Spill the Wine" (M) (Universal Republic)
  • Tum Tum - "T.U.M." (M) from Eat or Get Ate (Universal Republic)
  • Will Smith - "Party Starter" (M) from Lost And Found (Overbrook/Interscope) ** Certified Gold
  • Ying Yang Twins - "I Yi Yi" (M) "By Myself" (M) "Twurkulator" (M)
  • "Sound Off" (M) from Alley (Collipark/Koch)
  • Ying Yang Twins - "What's Happenin" (E/M/I), "Naggin" (E/M/I), "Georgia Dome" (E/M), "Me And My Brother" (E/M/I) "Grey Goose" (M) "The Nerve Calmer" (M) "Hanh!" (M) from Me And My Brother (Collipark/TVT)  ** Certified Platinum
  • Ying Yang Twins - "Live Again f/ Adam Levine of Maroon 5"  (Co-W/Co-P/M/I), "The Walk" (M), "Brothers Keeper" (M), "USA" (M)from The United States of Atlanta (TVT) ** Certified Platinum
  • Ying Yang Twins - "Keep On Coming", "In This Thang Still", "Jack It Up" (M) from Chemically Imbalanced (TVT)
  • Ying Yang Twins - "Ying Yang in This Thang" (M)from Thug Walkin (Collipark)
  • Young Bloodz - "Datz Me" (M) from Presidential (Laface/Arista)
  • Young Bloodz - "Everybody Know Me" (M) from Everybody Know Me (Sony BMG)
  • Young Jeezy - "Come Shop Wit' Me" (M) (Corporaate Thugs)
  • Yung Ralph - Various Tracks (M)  (Universal Republic)
  • V.I.C. - "We Ridin" (M) (Reprise)
  • Vistosso Bosses - Camera / Superstar (Co-W/P/E/M) Various tracks (P/E/M) from forthcoming LP (Collipark/Interscope)

 

Key: Artist “Song” Album (Label)

P= Produced E= Engineered M= Mixed I= Instrumentation