{"id":3591,"date":"2015-03-31T01:38:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T01:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/?p=3591"},"modified":"2015-03-31T01:38:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T01:38:23","slug":"van-leeuwen-that-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/van-leeuwen-that-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Leeuwen ~ That Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3588\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3588\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3588\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Van-Leeuwen-head-shot-225x185.jpg\" alt=\"Van Leeuwen\" width=\"225\" height=\"185\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Van Leeuwen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My name is Van Leeuwen and I am a 21-year-old hip-hop recording artist, certified audio engineer and producer from Grove City, Pennsylvania. I have been in and around the professional music industry for 10+ years learning everything I can while perfecting my craft.<\/p>\n<p>My passion first and foremost is making and performing music, but over the years, I developed a keen ear for sound quality. I recently went to school for Audio Engineering at SAE Institute in Atlanta, where I received my diploma as well as a few recommendation letters.<\/p>\n<p>I feel being an artist and an engineer only helps me, because I know what it feels like to be in the artist&#8217;s shoes, wanting someone to help make your vision come to life. My advice for hiring a good sound engineer is to find someone who is, first and foremost, knowledgeable with studio gear and, secondly, someone who has experience and a good ear. Listen to their previous works with a good set of speakers or headphones. Ask yourself, &#8220;Does this sound like it could be on the radio?&#8221; If so, you&#8217;re probably in the clear.<\/p>\n<p>The newest project I&#8217;m currently working on is a new single that I&#8217;m dropping tomorrow: <em>That Weight<\/em> produced by d&#8217;Millionaire, producer a few of my previous successful singles. The song is really upbeat, fun and totally written, recorded performed and mixed\/mastered by me. It\u2019s really dope, if I do say so myself!<\/p>\n<p>Another really dope project me and some fellow artists previously released is <em>Fresher Than A Dead Man<\/em>, which you can find on YouTube as well. This is a single by me and an artist from my area named Izzo and features Rhythm of RMA (the Ying Yang Twins new EDM group). I am on the first verse and also did the mixing\/mastering on this record as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3590\" src=\"http:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Van-Leeuwen-recording-225x225.jpg\" alt=\"Van Leeuwen recording\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Van-Leeuwen-recording-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Van-Leeuwen-recording-225x225-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Van-Leeuwen-recording-225x225-38x38.jpg 38w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Van-Leeuwen-recording-225x225-186x186.jpg 186w, https:\/\/amusednow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Van-Leeuwen-recording-225x225-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>That project led to me mixing the Ying Yang Twins most recent single <em>Mic Check<\/em>, because they liked how I mixed <em>Fresher Than A Dead Man<\/em> so much. Oh, and I forgot to mention they also showed up and made a guest appearance in the music video. That was so cool to me, because not only did they not have to do that, but I remember being 12 years old and listening to them at school dances. Now they&#8217;re at one of my music video shoots! It was very humbling.<\/p>\n<p>My advice for any upcoming artists is: Just don&#8217;t give up! If you\u2019re in it and you have a vision, stick to it and believe it and MAKE IT HAPPEN. Don&#8217;t let where you\u2019re at get in the way of where you want to be. Enjoy the ride!<\/p>\n<p>Van Leeuwen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanleeuwenmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.vanleeuwenmusic.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/okvanleeuwen\" target=\"_blank\">@okvanleeuwen<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/okvanleeuwen?_rdr\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/114031483885855982098\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Google +<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Van Leeuwen and I am a 21-year-old hip-hop recording artist, certified audio engineer and producer from Grove City, Pennsylvania. I have been in and around the professional music industry for 10+ years learning everything I can while perfecting my craft. 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