Producer pushes new talent with ‘Out a Focus’ rhythm

As a budding producer, Fabian 'Gego' Lee has experienced challenges in getting major acts to record on his projects.

Realising that up-and-coming acts experience similar difficulties as it relates to opportunities from established music producers, Lee decided to throw his support behind these acts. His latest project, the 'Out a Focus' rhythm, features three songs by emerging acts Kosa, Full Maxx and Statts and Donai Singleton.

"It was intentional for me to work with new acts for this project. As a young producer, it can be challenging to get household names to work with, so I opted to work with my surrounding artistes and friends, who all share the same dreams as I do, to be successful in the music business," Lee explained.

The songs featured are Born Fighter (Kosa), Top Dreams (Full Maxx and Statts) and Never Give Up (Donai Singleton). Lee hopes that the songs will be well received by the public.

"As a label, we are all about promoting positive music; music with substance and music that will have shelf life. There's a market for music that will inspire and provide hope to others," Lee reasoned.

He said that working with the artistes on the project, which took several months to complete, was a joyful experience.

"These are artistes that I am very familiar with and we have much things in common. So it was very natural to be working with them. The studio vibe was energetic and filled with joy," said Lee, who has worked with artistes such as Shawn Ice, 21 Law and Logical. Lee said that he was drawn to music from being around artistes.

"I was employed by Luigi Society as the road manager for recording artiste Lavisch, and he later introduced me to Munga Honorable, so I was constantly around music daily. Prior to that, I recorded my own song at the age of 18 for Baraka Productions," he said.

Originally from the Majesty Gardens community in St Andrew, Lee has big plans for his label.

"I want to eventually attract household names, while still trying to help young artistes, and continue to learn more about the music industry," he said.