AMBITION & TRIUMPH COULD EASILY DEPICT THE STORY OF A YOUNG & TALENTED MUSIC PRODIGY, THE CONTINUING BIOGRAPHY OF MUSIC PRODUCER & SONG WRITER JAY STILLA PROVES TO BE FAR MORE THEN YOUR AVERAGE QUEST, IT BEGIN IN THE NATIONS POOREST & ROUGHEST CITY WHEN JASON “JAY STILLA” LEE WAS BORN ON APRIL 22, 1986.
HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE CHILDREN, FOUR BOYS AND ONE GIRL. HE WAS RAISED IN THE INFAMOUS GANG INFESTED WEST SIDE REGION OF SAN BERNARDINO CA. ALTHOUGH MANY OF HIS PEERS FEEL INTO TRAPS OF GANG LIFE EARLY, HE FOUND HIS CALLING IN CREATION THROUGH SEVERAL MEDIUMS
HIS FATHER WAS A GUITARIST IN THE WELL KNOWN 70’s/80’s FUNK BAND GENERAL (CAINE) – KANE AND CONTINUED TO FREELANCE AS A MUSICIAN & MANAGER FOR VARIOUS ARTIST, INCLUDING RAPPER HEAVY D. IN 1990 HE HAD A HOME STUDIO SET UP AND WOULD LET HIS SON SIT IN ON RECORDING SESSION WITH HIS ARTIST AND PLAY WITH THE EQUIPMENT .AT AN EARLY AGE HE BEGAN TO TEACH LEARN FROM HIS FATHER . THE PASSION TO CREATE MUSIC WAS SEEDED N THESE PIVOTAL MOMENTS OF HIS YOUNG LIFE . HE BEGAN CREATING BEATS AT AGE 5 USING A CAKEWALK MIDI SOFTWARE, a DR-RHYTHM DRUM MACHINE & A KAWAII K-8 SYNTHESIZER KEYBOARD CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER BY MIDI CABLES. JAY BEGAN CLASSICAL PIANO LESSON AT AGE 7 & STARTED RECORDING HIS VOCALS VIA TASCAM 4 TK. 5 years later AT AGE 12 HE SWITCHED FROM ANALOG REC TO DIGITAL RECORDING WITH A CREATIVE AUDIGY PCI SOUND CARD & WAVE-LAB RECORDING SOFTWARE. AT AGE 14 HE RECEIVED PROPELLER-HEAD REASON AND BEGAN RECORDING VOCALS WITH ACID & WAVE-LAB. BY AGE 16 HE HAD CREATED THOUSANDS OF BEATS AND LYRICS. JAY STILLA IS 2ND COUSIN TO MARK ROBERT’S: A BILLBOARD NOMINATED R & B SINGER & MEMBER OF CHRIS STOKES VIRGIN RECORDS MANAGED GROUP N2U & AT THE AGE OF 18 WAS INVITED TO DIAMOND BAR TO CO-PRODUCED TRACKS WITH CHRIS STOKES T.U.G PLATINUM STATUS PRODUCER: TONY SCOTT AT B2K’s GATED ESTATE. WHERE HE WORKED ALSO WORKED WITH KEYBOARDIST MARCUS HODGE, SOUND ENGINEERS DESMOND SCOTT & MICAH WILLIAMS, RAPPER YOUNG ROME AND PLATINUM STATUS CEO MARCUS HOUSTON AS WELL AS VARIOUS ARTIST & MUSICAL GROUPS. WHILE HE FESTERED HIS TALENT IN THE MEDIA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA WAS HE CONSTANTLY WORKED WITH INLAND EMPIRE RAPPER AND ENTREPRENUER, WEST SIDE BUG AT HIS SAN BERNARDINO BASED STUDIO “THE ROACH MOTEL” AND HELPED PRODUCE TRACKS FOR 40 GLOCK, BIZZY BONE, & DIRTY BIRDY. IN 2007 HE WAS OFFERED A LUCRATIVE RECORDING CONTRACT BY THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CEO JEFF DEIHL, OWNER OF THE THIRD BIGGEST ENERGY DRINK IN THE NATION, NITRO 2 GO, HE ALSO OFFERED JAY A FULL TIME, HIGH PAYING POSITION AS AN EXECUTIVE ENGINEER IN HIS BRAND NEW STATE OF THE ART, LAVISH 5000 SQAURE FOOT, PROFESSIONAL AUDIO, VIDEO & MEDIA RECORDING STUDIO BUSINESS VENTURE NAMED NITROROCKS.COM, LOCATED IN STILLA’S HOME TOWN, IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF DOWNTOWN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA. IN HIS FIVE YEAR STINT AS A PROFESSIONAL AUDIO TECHNICIAN, HE RECORDING & ENGINEERED 15 STUDIO ALBUMS FOR LOCAL ALTERNATIVE ROCK BANDS, SUCH AS DAY ZERO,UNSTABLE, JOEY CHRISMAN, 33 DEGREES, ASSUMING WE SURVIVE, 747, IDASES, SCORCH THE EARTH, PORTRAIT OF A KILLER, ETC. HE ALSO MICRO DEVELOPED 7 OF HIS ON ARTIST, AND PUBLISHED DEMO’S & PRESS-KIT. JAY STILLA BEGAN TO FILL NUMEROUS ROLES IN THE COMPANIES DAILY OPERATIONS. WHETHER IT WAS ADVERTISEMENT, ARTIST PROMOTION, TOUR SCHEDULING, SHOW BOOKING, BUDGET ACCOUNTING, AND BECAME A KEY MEMBER AND ICON IN THE INLAND EMPIRES MUSIC SCENE. NOT ONLY DID HE RECORD ALBUMS FOR ARTIST BUT HE ALSO WENT ON TOUR, AS A LIVE SOUND ENGINEER ON THE ROAD WITH BANDS HE FAVORED. IN 2010 HE DIRECTED & CONTROLLED THE LIVE SOUND FROM BEHIND THE MIXER AT PAUL WALLS SOLD OUT CONCERT AT THE ORANGE SHOW’s 4th OF JULY TORRES LOW RIDER CAR SHOW. JAY STILLA HAS COLLABORATED WITH SUCH ARTIST AS PLATINUM PRODUCER ICE DRAKE WHO IS MOST FAMOUS FOR MAKING SPLASH WATERFALLS BEAT FOR LUDACRIS, & BEING A MEMBER OF LIL KIM’S RECORD LABEL. JAY STILLA CO-PRODUCED SEVERAL TRACKS ALONG SIDE ICE DRAKE AND PLATINUM WRITER THE AMAZING GLACÉ CONWAY ANOTHER CHICAGO NATIVE. JAY STILLA WAS INTRODUCED TO ACTRESS RAVEN SIMONE FROM GLACÉ AND BEGAN TO CO PRODUCED NUMEROUS SONGS FOR HER ALBUM WITH ICE DRAKE. HE ALSO WORKED WITH CONTEMPORARY SINGER TIMNA PEREZ AN ARTIST SIGNED WITH BABY FACES FAMOUS LA FACE RECORDS, AND PRODUCED MOST OF HER DEBUT ALBUM. JAY STILLA ALSO WORKED WITH MC LITES DJ BACKSIDE, A FAMOUS FEMALE DJ WHO HELD A MONTHLY COLUMN IN THE TOP SELLING OZONE MAGAZINE. JAY STILLA ALSO WORKED WITH JADA PINKETT SMITH ROCK BAND MANUC AND BECAME LONG TIME FRIENDS WITH HER ENGINEER, POCKET. STILLA ALSO PICKED UP NEW SPONSOR AND BECAME A GREAT FRIEND AND SPONSORED ARTIST OF CEO JERROD GUTTIEREZ PREMIERE ALCOHOL COMPANY, FLAWLESS VODKA, AND GOT A HUGE BREAK WHEN JERROD GOT HIS MUSIC IN ROTATION AT FLAWLESS GRAND OPENINGS AT MAJOR CLUBS CHAINS AND PRESTIGES GRAMMYs, MTV AND BET AFTER PARTYS. HE ALSO HAD IT PUMPED BY LOCAL CLUBS LIKE CARLOS OBRIENS LONG BEACH & RIVERSIDE. JAY STILLA HAD ALREADY BECAME A WELL KNOWN PRODUCER BUT THANKS TO FLAWLESS VODKA HAD GENERATED A HUGE BUZZ FOR HIS MUSIC. WITH HUGE SPONSORS SUCH NITRO 2 GO AND FLAWLESS VODKA JAY STILLA MYSPACE MUSIC PAGE REACHED OVER HALF A MILLION PLAYS AND A QUARTER MILLION FRIENDS. ALTHOUGH THINGS WHERE LOOKING UP JAY WANTED TO LEAVE NITRO2GO RECORDS AND WAS APPROACHED BY 24 YEAR MILLIONAIRE AND CEO OF SECURITY ONLINE TRAINING SCHOOLS (SOTA) RALPH VILLADOSA. HE OFFERED JAY A DEAL HE COULDN’T REFUSE AND HAD A LARGE BUDGET BY HIS PRIMARY INVESTOR AND COUSIN DANNY DURO SON OF THE CHIEF OF SAN MANUEL. WHO CONNECTED UNIVERSAL DISTRIBUTION TO RALPH’S NEWLY FOUNDED LABEL REDEFINED RECORDS. ALTHOUGH NITRO 2 GO HAD ITS PERKS STILLA SEEN MORE OF A CHANCE TO BE AN ARTIST AND HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF HIS MUSIC AND EARNINGS WITH REDEFINE RECORDS. STILLA SET UP SHOP AND MADE A BUILDING IN THE PRESTIGES RANCHO CUCAMONGA AREA HIS NEE MUSICAL HOME AND STUDIO. STILLA SUGGESTED THAT RALPH HIRE HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND AMERICAN IDOL LIVE SOUND ENGINEER FRANK MARTINEZ WHO ENGINEERED A SHARE OF JAY STILLA EP. STILLA WORKED WITH REDEFINED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT IN 2011 DECIDED TO START HIS OWN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL AND PUBLISHING COMPANY “TRAP HEREOS ENT”. CURRENTLY HE IS DEVELOPING ARTIST AND GLOBALLY BRANDING HIS OWN PERSONAL MUSIC. HE HAS TOOK THE KNOWLEDGE HE HAS LEARNED AND IS HEADED TO EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. HIS GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE HIS LABEL AND PUBLISHING COMPANY TO NEXT LEVEL BY BECOMING A SUBSIDIARY TO A MAJOR DISTRIBUTOR SUCH AS SONY, UNIVERSAL, DEF JAM, ETC. JAY STILLA HAS THE CONSTANT ABILITY TO REINVENT HIMSELF AND CREATE MULTIPLE GENRES OF ORIGINAL MUSIC THAT STAND OUTS.
“ I AM AN ARCHITECT OF EXPRESSION. A DESIGNER OF THE FUTURE. EXPESSING MY ARTISTIC CREATIVITY THROUGH VARIOUS OUTLETS. MUSIC, PAINTING, FASHION, POETRY, AND ETC. THE GIFT TO GIVE LIFE TO THOUGHTS, THE UNREALITY OF IMAGINATION IS NOT A UNREALITY. ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF IS POSSIBLE. ARCHIVES OF VISION ONCE UNREAL, HAVE BECOME REALITIES. THE STRONGEST TOOL OF AN INTELLECTUAL ARCITECH IS A VIVID & LUCID IMAGINATION. DREAM IT BELIEVE IT AND CREATE IT. BEFORE DEVELOPING A MENTAL BLUEPRINT YOU MUST KNOW IT ALREADY EXIST IN THE REALMS OF YOUR MIND. IN ORDER TO TRANSFER THIS INFORMATION FROM THE MENTAL REALM TO THE PHYSICAL REALM YOU MUST SEE IT AND MEDITATE STRONGLY TO TAP INTO YOUR MINDS EYE. PROCESS EVERY MINUTE DETAIL, CHANNEL YOUR VISION AND BRING IT INTO EXISTENCE. A MENTAL BLUEPRINT BUILT WITH NO MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTED BY CHANNELING YOUR HIGHEST MENTAL DIMENSION . EVERY GROUND BREAKING INNOVATION THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED STARTED AS AN IDEA. AN IDEA WHICH IS REAL, EVEN WHEN IT IS NON EXISTING, THE TRUE BEAUTY IS THAT EACH CREATION BECOMES A BIOLOGICAL ENTITY, A REFLECTION OF THE ONE WHOM GAVE IT LIFE. THE ABILITY TO CREATE IS THE CLOSEST FEELING TO BEING MORE THEN HUMAN. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS. I CREATE WITHOUT LIMITATIONS OR BOUNDARIES. FREE FROM THE PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS OF REALITY. JUST A DREAM, THE BLUEPRINT OF FUTURE POSSIBILITIES, BRINGING THOUGHTS TO LIFE, CREATING MY ON REALITY THROUGH SONIC ARTS.
