About Us
HardSleeper Music Group®
We're an Independent Music Production Company and Label based in
the Greater Bay Area. Our recording studio & production is located inside
Arthur Teague Private Business Plaza at 1739 8th Street 94607 Oakland California.
HardSleeper Music Group Specializes in Urban and Electronic Music for Artists, Radio, TV and Film.
We offer Custom Instrumentals, Songwriting and Music Audio Products.
We also offer Pro Audio Services and Post Production!
HSMG Classic Photo Moment!
Jaye Frugal aka Seduce ONE (shoutz 2 thegrafflab)
and Elph in Jr. High..thats cray
and Elph in Jr. High..thats cray
New Artist -- Elph One set to be release Q3 2012!
CD- Coming Soon!
12" Vinyl Single- Coming Soon!
How did We ever get Dj Killowattz??
Our New Assistant Creative Director!
HSMG Introduces Anthony Lee as Our New Assistant Creative Director!
Anthony has numerous Talents and Skills... but I chose him mainly because he's a cool guy,
a true music lover, highly opinionated and most important of all NOT TONE DEAF.
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HSMG's INSTANT VINTAGE TRACK!
Actor/Rapper Steve Spel
"One & Only" Featuring Steve Spel
Original Release: October 2008
Original Release: October 2008
Background on the song
"Being the Dopest MC!! The MC that seems to be the Only one still relevant ..he reminds me of Eminem, Atmosphere or Asher Roth... but he has his own sound."
"This Beat has real dirty drums and a maniac guitar lick..Something I knew he might get into."
"Steve's a really cool guy [he's a friggin great MC] I just sent the track over and he knocked it out!"
"Plus I was already a fan of his role on Entourage so... it was easy."
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STORY BEHIND HARDSLEEPER MUSIC GROUP,LLC
Biography
Oakland native Jaye Sanders made his first melody at the age of eight. By the time he was thirteen, this singer/songwriter/producer was writing his own songs and making beats! Jaye spent most of the 90's in the company of music-loving friends, roomates, deejays and producers who exposed him to a wide range of musical styles and blends . He would spend all day in the studio making beats, strike out at night on his bike to shop at all the stores, and then, finally, on to the hippest clubs to sample the new music. Needless to say he had “Dummy Dedication.” A true Hip -Hop head at heart, Sanders' music started becoming reflective of all the records his roommates were spinning at the time. They jokingly gave him the nickname, “The Black Moby”. “I didn't mind really, Moby's a great musician! I heard lots of different artists that my roommates would play..Moby's records were just very popular in the house”, Jaye remembers. “His sound was definitely starting to come out in my beat production..” that quirky, funky type of thing...".
In 1998, Jaye started acquiring a fan base. These partyers would frequent the places where he performed and deejayed. They would also lend support to the infamous “Rent Parties” they'd have each month. Jaye decided to take his passion for music to the next level and start a music entertainment/production label of his own. After running a couple of names by his girlfriend, Jaye came up with the name HardSleeper (Music Group) for his fledgling hip-hop production company. He explains:
"One night , coming home late from a local club, I found myself locked out the house. I tried banging on the door and windows to wake my roommates. Realizing they weren't going to get up, I wedged a side window, pulled myself up and slipped inside. To my amazement, I found myself in the midst of my roommates, who were sprawled out asleep on the living room floor.There was loud music blaring in the background! I couldn't get over the fact that they were such hard sleepers". This perplexed him and also left him slightly jealous. Later, he tried ripping into them for not being awake to open the door for him and they all just laughed. They had absolutely no idea what he was talking about! “I could have been anybody!”
I made a ton of noise climbing through the window...and none of them wakes up??
A relatively light sleeper himself, he couldn't help but think, “It sure must be nice!”
Jaye admits to having this silly fixation towards 'hard sleepers.'
"It's like an ability I want but don't have!".
Jaye has found it easy to follow his affinity for music. HardSleeper Music Group boasts a sound as eclectic and diverse as the Bay Area itself!
HSMG is a throwback to the Hip Hop production style of the 1990's with a contemporary edge.
In 2010, Jaye's company moved into a much larger space for artistic and commercial productions.
In the last 3 years, because of the support of the label's core audience, they've been able to service and cater to the best underground Hip Hop, Electronic/Dance artists; locally, nationally, and abroad!
Biography reworked by Bruce Marshall
In 1998, Jaye started acquiring a fan base. These partyers would frequent the places where he performed and deejayed. They would also lend support to the infamous “Rent Parties” they'd have each month. Jaye decided to take his passion for music to the next level and start a music entertainment/production label of his own. After running a couple of names by his girlfriend, Jaye came up with the name HardSleeper (Music Group) for his fledgling hip-hop production company. He explains:
"One night , coming home late from a local club, I found myself locked out the house. I tried banging on the door and windows to wake my roommates. Realizing they weren't going to get up, I wedged a side window, pulled myself up and slipped inside. To my amazement, I found myself in the midst of my roommates, who were sprawled out asleep on the living room floor.There was loud music blaring in the background! I couldn't get over the fact that they were such hard sleepers". This perplexed him and also left him slightly jealous. Later, he tried ripping into them for not being awake to open the door for him and they all just laughed. They had absolutely no idea what he was talking about! “I could have been anybody!”
I made a ton of noise climbing through the window...and none of them wakes up??
A relatively light sleeper himself, he couldn't help but think, “It sure must be nice!”
Jaye admits to having this silly fixation towards 'hard sleepers.'
"It's like an ability I want but don't have!".
Jaye has found it easy to follow his affinity for music. HardSleeper Music Group boasts a sound as eclectic and diverse as the Bay Area itself!
HSMG is a throwback to the Hip Hop production style of the 1990's with a contemporary edge.
In 2010, Jaye's company moved into a much larger space for artistic and commercial productions.
In the last 3 years, because of the support of the label's core audience, they've been able to service and cater to the best underground Hip Hop, Electronic/Dance artists; locally, nationally, and abroad!
Biography reworked by Bruce Marshall