ATEAM
ATeam (Alex Teamer) was born and raised in Orlando, Fl to Karen Purnell (Mom) and Eric Teamer(Dad). Both parents of ATeam were extremely gifted in music. Karen Purnell, Second Alto singer for various choirs and Christian singing group formally known as Persuasion (directed by Alan Mcknight), and Eric Teamer, a singer/Songwriter not to forget a musician as well. At the age of 5 Ateam began Singing, and soon Began playing the piano. By the age of 13, Ateam was Running sound, Playing Keyboards, and recording demos for various groups around Orlando.
At the age of 18 Ateam was nominated and received the award as Dream Teen of the Year for his involvement in the community and church. This nomination was a nation wide award.
At the age of 20 Alex Graduated with Honors from A.R.T.I (Audio Recording Technical Institute) located in Orlando, where soon after he began his professional career as a Certified Audio Recording Specialist. He was sign to a Independent Production Company (Nue Sound Entertainment), where he was able to also cultivate his music production skills, along Donnie Smith (music Producer) on many Projects such as:
Nu Ground (Universal Music Group/Albatross), D’EL (EMI), Baby-Girl, 441(Interlude Records/UMG), Lewellen Mitchell, Bobby Brown, and many more...
At 22 Alex Branched off and Started his own Studio (Studio 7) where he began make his name, working with artist such as C-note, Jordan Knight, Izzy aka Israel Bell, Smiles & South Star, 7th Element, Frederick Mcknight, Jon jones(son of Tome Jones), Dexter Redding, 441, Victor Cade, Genessa Escobar and Colby O Donis.
Now alex is Located in LA where he teamed up with his longtime friend Colby O Donis and Akon for Colby”s New album. Ateam has also Done projects With Xzibit, Lauryn Hill, Teddy Riley, Guy, Landon and Bobby Brown, Mervyn Warren, Quincy Jones, Bebe Winans/Cece Winans, Edna Wright and the Honeycone, The Temptations, Krys Ivory(Ryan Leslie), Prima J, Keithian Sammons(Will-I-AM) and have many more projects to come.
Artist Q&A
1.) How did you first hear about Open Labs?
I was on tour with Mega producer “Teddy Riley”. He told me about the Openlabs Company. And showed me the product on his studio bus… and I had to have it!!!
2.) What Production Station do you have?
Miko LX4
3.) How has the gear changed your method of work?
I am able to Work on the fly when I need to get my ideas out or take my entire production style to any studio with no hassle.
4.) What is your production station's primary function, live or studio?
It’s my studio Piece, but I will say that I used it for a live gig just recently and it was a smash to use live as well. Not to mention I recorded the show live. LOL awesome!!!
5.) What is your favorite software on the board?
Nuendo and Truepianos
6.) How do you use it?
I use Steinberg nuendo to program all of my music. Truepianos is one of many plugins that I love to use.
7.) Which kind of equipment have you owned in the past and how do they compare to your Open Labs equipment?
I have owned Yamaha, Roland, Kurzweil keyboards of all kinds and many sounds modules (Mo Phatt, Orbit, Proteus 1, Roland 2080). Nothing compares to having all of your sounds in one location and that have the same great quality. Go MIKO!!!!!
8.) Has the gear changed the way you write songs?
I am able to get my ideas at the very rawest stage of creation. This is a great thing because you can feel the integrity of your work and not loose it because of have to wait to get to the studio. I take my Miko everywhere with me.
9.) How different is the composition process compared to the standard computer or laptop system?
Well... it’s similar but more efficient. When you computer and keys are in front of you in one unit, why would you need to leave or move or turn around to access another piece of gear? Exactly, that’s what I thought…. Genius!!
10.) Do you think the quality of your production now would be possible with another keyboard?
Not at all!!!
11.) Have you had any experience with our Tech Support and how does it rate with you?
I have and I rate it a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the highest. They are friendly and helpful, and know their stuff.
12.) What is next for you and your Production Station?
I want a Neko next… upgrade baby!!!!
Equipment Used
Purchased MiKo LX4
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